Yearly Archives: 2021

How Yahoo is experimenting with platforms and partnerships to grow its audience

Yahoo is on a mission to drive brand affinity across its portfolio by turning casual readers into fanatics who are willing to spend money with the media company. That strategy has led the company to experiment with new mediums and types of content, as well as new innovative partnerships, said Joanna Lambert, head of consumer at Yahoo. In the latest episode of the Digiday Podcast, she said she wants to reach 900 million monthly, paying users by further enticing them with shoppable… Source link

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Will Pistons take Cade Cunningham No. 1?

The top five looks to be falling into place with Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham the consensus favorite for the No. 1 overall pick (-5000 at BetMGM), although the Pistons reportedly are not locked in on a pick yet and are still looking at Jalen Green and Evan Mobley. This is the deepest and most talented draft class in recent memory and a few players like James Bouknight, Ziaire Williams and Joshua Primo are climbing up draft boards late.  Here’s a look at Yahoo Sports’ projected first… Source link

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Stock futures drift sideways as investors await tech earnings

Stock futures opened little changed Monday evening on the heels of another record-setting session, with investors looking ahead to the start of earnings results from mega-cap technology companies on Tuesday. Contracts on the S&P 500 drifted after the blue-chip index eked out a record closing and intraday high during the regular trading day. The Dow and Nasdaq also closed at records and moved sideways in late trading.  On Tuesday, investors are set to receive quarterly earnings results from… Source link

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Amazon denies report of accepting bitcoin as payment

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc on Monday denied a media report saying the e-commerce giant was looking to accept bitcoin payments by the end of the year. The report https://bit.ly/3xb6orM from London’s City A.M. newspaper, citing an unnamed “insider”, sent the world’s biggest cryptocurrency up as much as 14.5% before it trimmed gains to last trade 6% higher at $37,684.04. “Notwithstanding our interest in the space, the speculation that has ensued around our specific plans for cryptocurrencies is… Source link

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Fed to keep cards close to the chest on taper

The Federal Reserve has signaled that it will slow its asset purchases as the U.S. economy continues to recover. But the Fed has not offered any clues as to when it will begin “tapering” its so-called quantitative easing program, which is currently absorbing about $80 billion in U.S Treasuries and about $40 billion in agency mortgage-backed securities each month. The Federal Open Market Committee will meet Tuesday and Wednesday to check in on its monetary policy stance, which has been Source link

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Google testing Duplex feature that adds names to restaurant waitlists

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Google appears to be testing a new feature that allows users to add themselves and their parties to waitlists at restaurants that would normally require a phone call. Powered by Duplex, Google’s AI-driven natural language processing technology that can converse with business owners over the phone, the waitlist capability could benefit hospitality organizations facing surges in traffic as pandemic fears… Source link

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Bitcoin Spike Fueled by Short Squeeze as Market Shrugs Off Tether News

Bitcoin market analysts are speculating over what fueled the cryptocurrency’s price jump on Monday, and some of the experts say a short squeeze of heavily leveraged traders may have added to upward pressure on prices. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have risen dramatically over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, was trading at $39,189 at press time, for a 15% price gain.  Short liquidations – bearish trades where the principal was wiped out due to margin… Source link

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Vaccination hesitancy amid Delta variant is putting two groups of people are particular risk, doctor says

Vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. has proven to be a stubborn issue that is holding back America’s ability to defend itself against the particularly infectious Delta variant in certain parts of the country. In addition to unvaccinated adults themselves, two demographics are particularly vulnerable as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises. “Children under 12 don’t have a vaccine yet,” Dr. Heather Yeo, associate professor of surgery and health care policy and research at Weill Cornell… Source link

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The missing pay raises

Pedestrians walk past a sign inviting people to apply for employment at a shop in Boston’s fashionable Newbury Street neighborhood, Monday, July 5, 2021. As the U.S. economy bounds back with unexpected speed from the pandemic recession and customer demand intensifies, high school-age kids are filling jobs that older workers can’t — or won’t. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Help-wanted signs are up all over the country, and businesses say they can’t get enough workers. But there’s a missing… Source link

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Amazon And Google Are Finally Tackling One Of Healthcare’s Biggest Problems: Unstructured Health Data

Healthcare is a broad concept: clinical encounters with patients, population health data and trends, community health outcomes, pharmaceutical trials, etc., are just a few of the different siloes that entail the concept of  “healthcare” as a whole. Even if just looking at an individual level— medical records, history of medications, previous lab testing and results, prior procedures—there are so many different siloes that entail an individual’s healthcare profile. Given the… Source link

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