A 35-man fishing crew in Yemen netted themselves a hunk of whale vomit worth $1.5 million. Ambergris, known as “floating gold,” is a rare substance found only in the bellies of sperm whales. The fishermen sold off the 280-pound hunk of ambergris and bought new houses, cars, and boats. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. A 35-man fishing crew working off Yemen netted the find of a lifetime when they hauled in about $1.5 million worth of whale vomit. Whale vomit is also known as ambergris… Source link

Google is strengthening privacy protections for Android users who want to make it harder for advertisers to track them when they move between apps, as the company tries to counter Apple’s image as a better steward of personal data. In changes that will come as a fresh blow to the near $400bn-a-year digital advertising industry, Google will introduce extra safeguards for Android users that opt out of sharing their “Advertising ID” — a device identifier that allows… Source link

The most decorated beach volleyball player of all time will not be part of this summer’s Tokyo Olympics. An upset loss at a tournament in the Czech Republic on Wednesday doomed Kerri Walsh Jennings’ bid to reach her sixth Olympics at age 42. Walsh Jennings and partner Brooke Sweat needed to finish third or better at the J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open to keep hope alive of qualifying for Tokyo. They instead failed to even make it into the main draw, falling to unheralded Raisa Schoon and… Source link

Oakland A’s president Dave Kaval has apologized for the quality of food served to the organization’s minor league players. Kaval issued the apology Tuesday night after photos players posted went viral on social media, drawing comparisons to the infamous “Fyre Festival” meals that were panned in a pair of 2019 documentaries.  The Twitter account for Advocates for Minor Leaguers called out the A’s for meals featuring a sandwich with a single slice of processed cheese and a sparsely filled… Source link

Sanu steps up with 49ers missing plenty of wideouts at OTAs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea SANTA CLARA — Five wide receivers who should win spots on the 53-man roster were not on the practice field Wednesday during the 49ers’ second week of organized activities. The shortage of available pass-catchers left the door open for the most-experienced receiver on the 90-man roster to see a lot of action come his way. Brandon Aiyuk (groin), Richie James (hamstring) and Travis Benjamin… Source link

Almost exactly a year ago, Google announced a couple of leadership changes that saw Prabhakar Raghavan, who joined the company back in 2012, take over the lead of Search, Assistant and Maps. Now, sources familiar with the hiring tell us, the company has hired Christopher Phillips, who was previously the chief product and technology officer at SiriusXM, to lead its geo team, which is responsible for products like Google Maps, Google Earth and Google Maps Platform, the company’s… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The moonshot surge in the shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. has vaulted it into the ranks of some of the world’s most valuable companies. The company has gone from a small cap to a large cap in the space of a few months. A 95% gain amid a retail-trading frenzy on Wednesday left the movie-theater chain with a market capitalization of $31.3 billion. That makes it more valuable than half of the companies in the S&P 500 Index. AMC is now worth more than Tyson Foods Inc…. Source link

TipRanks 2 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding 7%; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ Let’s talk about defending your portfolio. It’s a common impulse for most investors, when the economy starts to turn sour. We’re in a growth phase now, with economic activity rebounding strongly from the corona-crisis shutdowns, and with reopening getting into full stride, economists are predicting up to 8% GDP expansion this year. But there are clouds on the horizon. Inflation is rising, and the April jobs report was,… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]WHAT THE TECH? How to disable Google tracking  WRCB-TV Source link

Elon Musk’s repeated criticisms of bitcoin (BTC-USD) appear to have come at a cost — at least when you look at how people are feeling about him on Twitter. According to data from sentiment tracking company Awario shared exclusively with Yahoo Finance, the positive-to-negative sentiment of tweets about Musk reached a new low in May, falling significantly around the same time cryptocurrency prices plunged after Musk started criticizing bitcoin and announced Tesla would no longer accept it as… Source link