Scottish mountaineering charities have criticised Google for suggesting routes up Ben Nevis and other mountains they say are “potentially fatal” and direct people over a cliff. The John Muir Trust, which looks after the upper reaches of the UK’s highest mountain, said attempts to contact the company over the issue had been met with silence. The charity said certain searches for routes up Ben Nevis on Google Maps directed users to the car park nearest the summit as the crow flies, and… Source link

NEW YORK, July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Moderna Inc. (NASD:MRNA) will replace Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASD:ALXN) in the S&P 500 effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, July 21. AstraZeneca Plc (LSE:AZN; NASD:AZN) is acquiring Alexion Pharmaceuticals in a deal expected to be completed soon pending final closing conditions. Following is a summary of the changes that will take place prior to the open of trading on the effective date: Effective Date Index Name Action Company… Source link

Stock futures opened lower Thursday evening to extend decline from the regular session.  Contracts on the S&P 500 moved to the downside. Earlier during the regular session, the Nasdaq lagged, with technology and growth stocks coming under selling pressure as concerns over the strength of the U.S. economy recovery increased.  This week, investors have taken in a bevy of new economic data alongside an early batch of second-quarter earnings results. On the economic side, data have been mixed,… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Moderna Inc. climbed more than 6% in extended trading Thursday after the vaccine maker was named to the S&P 500 Index in one of the most noteworthy additions to the index since Tesla Inc. joined late last year. The company, whose messenger-RNA vaccine has helped to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, will replace Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. in the benchmark U.S. index before the opening of trading on July 21. Alexion is set to be acquired by U.K. drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc. Shares of… Source link

Google is launching a new privacy feature for search that lets you instantly delete your last 15 minutes of search history on mobile, the company announced on Thursday. The new option was first revealed alongside several other search and Chrome improvements at I/O 2021 and is now rolling out to everyone. The option to delete your last 15 minutes of search history is currently only available in Google’s iOS app and is headed to Android later this year. On desktop, your options for… Source link

Bitcoin was trading for well over $60,000 in April, after making an astounding run from $11,000 in October. But after a tough first half of May, it’s been at about $33,000 as the crypto buzz died down. The cycles of bitcoin’s (BTC) popularity are a hallmark of the digital asset, so far at least, and despite its novelty, it’s old enough (12 years) for some patterns to have emerged. Though there’s no guarantee that what comes next won’t be different, hedge fund veteran and co-founder of… Source link

Yandex NV (YNDX) stock is higher by 27.36% over the last 12 months, and the average rating from Wall Street analysts is a Strong Buy. InvestorsObserver’s proprietary ranking system, gives YNDX stock a score of 65 out of a possible 100. That rank is chiefly influenced by a short-term technical score of 70. YNDX’s rank also includes a long-term technical score of 69. The fundamental score for YNDX is 56. In addition to the average rating from Wall Street analysts, YNDX stock has a mean… Source link

The Google logo displayed on a smartphone with the front pages of several newspapers pictured in the background. Hakan Nural | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Google is rolling out a feature to its iPhone app that lets you quickly delete the last 15 minutes of search history with just two taps. Google’s automatic systems could already be set to delete your web history after three, 18 or 36 months, but this adds an extra layer of privacy. It could be particularly useful in certain scenarios. For… Source link

In the 2020 CARES Act, Congress gave student-loan borrowers a temporary break from repaying their loans. President Trump extended that twice and President Biden once, with loan payments now set to resume Oct. 1, 2021. Borrowers could have kept paying if they wanted to, but almost nobody did. As Tom Lee of the American Action Forum recently explained, the portion of borrowers repaying their student loans dropped from 46% at the beginning of 2020 to 1% today. The portion of borrowers in… Source link

Netflix (NFLX) recently announced it’s moving into the gaming sector with the hire of a 30-year gaming industry veteran, former EA (EA) and Oculus executive Mike Verdu. However, some experts believe that the move into the cutthroat gaming industry won’t pan out for the content platform. “This thing is dead on arrival. It will not work,” Michael Pachter, senior analyst at Wedbush, told Yahoo Finance Live. “Have me back and we’ll talk about Mike Verdu’s departure and the exit of Netflix… Source link