Yearly Archives: 2021

Google moves away from diet of 'cookies' to track users – Yahoo Finance Australia

Reuters Nearly all victims of Mexican massacre confirmed as Guatemalans Mexico has identified nine more Guatemalan victims who were among the 19 people killed in a massacre in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas last month, authorities said on Saturday. So far 16 of the victims have been identified, including two Mexican nationals and 14 Guatemalans, the prosecutor’s office of the state of Tamaulipas said in a statement. The bodies, some badly charred and with gunshot wounds, were found… Source link

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Yahoo DFS Hockey: Sunday Picks

All five NHL games Sunday are happening in the afternoon. Hmm…I wonder what might be going on Sunday night? Oh, right, Columbo is airing on MeTV. In all seriousness, we know your Sunday is probably built around a certain football game, but you can still get a DFS lineup in before 12:00 p.m. EST. Here are the players to target, and to avoid, thanks to a mix of salary, performance, and matchup. GOALIE Sergei Bobrovsky, FLA vs. DET ($31): Bobrovsky is struggling again this year with a 3.57 GAA… Source link

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Nets’ Kevin Durant to quarantine 7 days

Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant will have to quarantine for seven days after having close contact with a team employee who tested positive for COVID-19, Yahoo Sports has learned. On Friday, a team employee drove in a car with Durant three separate times — to the practice facility, back home from testing and to the arena for the game. Durant and the team employee were seemingly not wearing facemasks during these interactions. The team employee initially tested inconclusive, which led to… Source link

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The company that Jeff built

Amazon Earlier this week we learned that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant that he started in his garage nearly 30 years ago. He will make way for Andy Jassy, currently head of Amazon’s cloud computing business, to take day-to-day control. Billionaire Mr Bezos won’t entirely give up the reins, however, instead assuming the role of executive chairman. Today, Amazon is one of the most valuable public companies on the planet, with Mr Bezos vying… Source link

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Leon Spinks dies at 67 after cancer battle

Leon Spinks, an undersized heavyweight who became undisputed champion when he outworked Muhammad Ali over 15 rounds in 1978, died Friday at 67 after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. Along with his brother, Michael, Spinks was a gold medal winner on the 1976 U.S. Olympic boxing team that is regarded as one of the great teams in boxing history. His son, Cory, a slick defender who became the undisputed welterweight champion in 2003, was born on Feb. 20, 1978, five days after his father… Source link

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Police used Google location data to identify criminal suspects in Minneapolis: report

Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Could your phone make you a suspect in a crime you didn’t commit? Police investigating vandalism that broke out amid the protests in Minneapolis over George Floyd’s death last year used a search warrant for Google users’ location data in an attempt to identify the so-called “Umbrella Man” who has been blamed for starting violence, TechCrunch reported. The “geofence” warrant targeted anyone who… Source link

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Yahoo Joins Competitors In Testing Legal Limits With Super Bowl DFS Contest

TAMPA, FLORIDA – JANUARY 31: An aerial view of Raymond James Stadium ahead of Super Bowl LV on … [+] January 31, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) Getty Images Earlier this week Yahoo announced that it will host a pay-to-play, daily fantasy sports contest entirely based on the Super Bowl—making Yahoo into just the latest daily fantasy sports operator to drop the historic view that DFS contests have to be based on multiple… Source link

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Google Meet Update Keeps Chromebooks Running Smoothly During Video Chats

(Image: Google) Remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic means we’re all taking more virtual meetings. Like Zoom, Google Meet is a popular platform for virtual huddles. Chromebooks are a popular way to tap into Google’s chat service, but it isn’t uncommon to see performance suffer when using Google Meet with several tabs open. So the latest Chrome OS update changes how Meet streams video to improve performance, TechRadar reports. Chrome OS will now automatically adjust Meet’s resolution… Source link

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Amazon, Google pay the piper – TechCrunch

You’ve landed on Human Capital, a weekly newsletter detailing the latest in diversity, equity, inclusion and labor. Sign up here to receive the newsletter every Friday at 1 p.m. PT. The events of this week perfectly encapsulate the variety of worker and workplace-related struggles happening in the tech industry. Google settled some discrimination allegations with the Department of Labor, Amazon agreed to settle a complaint with the FTC over stolen tips from Flex workers and the… Source link

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Pittsburgh artist chosen to design Black History Month logo for Yahoo – TribLIVE

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