The former Verizon Digital Media Services unit, including its serverless and Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, has rebranded as Edgecast as Apollo Global completes its acquisition of Yahoo!/Verizon Media. Edgecast offers Edge Computing, CDN, and streaming delivery services, as well as a Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS, also known as serverless computing) offering called [email protected] Verizon acquired Yahoo! In 2017 and merged it with its Verizon Digital Media Services business… Source link

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) threw a monkey wrench into Democratic plans to quickly pass their proposed $3.5 trillion budget plan with an op-ed last week that called for a “pause.” And while the Democratic-led House is “moving at light speed” to pass the legislation, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above), Sen. Manchin — who holds a crucial swing vote in the upper chamber — is “asking exactly the right questions.” Some experts predict that for the bill to… Source link

The world’s largest multichannel video game retailer GameStop is expected to report its fiscal second-quarter loss of -$0.67 per share, an improvement from a loss of -$1.40 per share seen in the same period a year ago. The Grapevine, Texas-based company would post year-over-year revenue growth of about 20% year-on-year to around $1.1 billion. EPS estimates have been exceeded twice in the last four quarters. GameStop Corp. will report second-quarter fiscal 2021 earnings results after the… Source link

Kim Kardashian promoted an unknown crypto token to her followers in June. NurPhoto/Getty Images Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian are putting investors at risk by advertising crypto tokens, a UK regulator said. The chair of the Financial Conduct Authority said online influencers regularly promote crypto scams. Kardashian advertised a crypto token called ethereum max on her Instagram account in June. See more stories on Insider’s business page. The UK’s financial watchdog has said celebrities… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity-index futures rose and European stocks inched closer to a record high as investors bet slower hiring in the world’s largest economy may delay a tapering of Federal Reserve stimulus. Aluminum hit a decade high amid political unrest in Guinea. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rebounded from last week’s losses, led by technology shares. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index rose 0.2% even as U.S. markets were closed for Labor Day. Aluminum supplier Norsk Hydro ASA headed for a… Source link

For actors Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, the reason for launching their own bourbon brand is personal. The two have been good friends since playing brothers on “The Vampire Diaries.” Even though it’s been four years since the popular CW series wrapped, the co-stars remain close — so close, that they co-created an alcohol brand called Brother’s Bond Bourbon. “We drank bourbon on the show,” Wesley told Yahoo Finance Live. “Ian and I drank bourbon offscreen when we finished… Source link

Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about the company’s third-generation artificial intelligence chips. Source: YouTube screenshot Not content with relying on standard chips that are in high demand, some of the world’s biggest tech firms are developing their own semiconductors. Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Tesla and Baidu are all shunning established chip firms and bringing certain aspects of chip development in-house, according to company announcements and media reports. “Increasingly, these companies… Source link

The Galaxy Watch 4 is Samsung and Google’s attempt to combine efforts and compete with Apple’s smartwatch – and it gets about 80% of the way there. The Android smartwatch comes in two designs and four sizes, starting at £249 ($250) for the Watch 4 and £349 ($350) – as tested – for the Watch 4 Classic. They succeed the £269 Watch Active 2 and £399 Watch 3 respectively. The two designs have the same chips, features and screen sizes, but the stainless steel Classic has Samsung’s… Source link

Consider your daily fantasy football advice needs taken care of this week with our weekly lineup picks. Our Week 1 Yahoo DFS tournament lineup should get us off to a good start, as we’re loading up at RB and mining for value with our WRs. You might scoff at our trio of reasonably priced wide receivers, but while this unit lacks a “sexy” household name, each is positioned to be heavily utilized in his team’s respective offense — perhaps even function as the WR1 this week…. Source link

There’s not much that can compare to Thursday Night Football on the opening night of a new NFL season, especially when the schedule makers provide daily fantasy football players with such a juicy, star-studded matchup. The reigning Super Bowl champion Buccaneers begin their pursuit for back-to-back titles by hosting the Cowboys, who have playoff aspirations of their own. All that firepower gives us a plethora of options for our Yahoo single-game DFS lineup.  Las Vegas opened the… Source link