This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Apple and a boring experience could crush Truth Social More than a year after Twitter (TWTR) and Facebook parent Meta (FB) ditched Donald Trump, the ex-president is back online with Truth Social. The platform, which opened to the public on Monday, marks Trump’s… Source link

The ongoing MLB lockout has left baseball frozen and uncertain in days when it should be thawing out and looking toward the glory of opening day. It has also left the winter’s business unfinished and in a state of suspended animation. Whenever a deal is struck and players are summoned to spring training, there will be no time for picking up steam. Teams will have to be filled in at warp speed. Despite a flurry of activity prior to the lockout, there are a lot of big names without teams and… Source link

A staff member works during preparations for the reopening of a Fnac store in Paris as part of an easing of the country’s lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, May 18, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Feb 23 (Reuters) – French retailer Fnac Darty said on Wednesday it entered into a new partnership with tech giant Google (GOOGL.O), as it seeks to improve its online services. Under… Source link

Google has announced it will soon remove a feature of Chrome for Android that for years helped people cut down on their mobile data usage. Per 9to5Google, Chrome’s “Lite mode” will go away with the release of Chrome version M100 in late March. Lite mode was originally known as Data Saver when Google first introduced it on Android back in 2014. In those days, many smartphone owners were on tiered data plans and risked extra charges if they went over their monthly allotment. And in… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) and other major cryptocurrencies have tracked the volatility and broader market declines seen so far in 2022. But the pressure could be short-lived, according to at least one pundit, with a handful of temporary factors driving the latest pullback for digital currencies. “It always is uncomfortable when the market goes down, but I think we’re actually setting up for an extraordinarily strong second half of the year,” Matt Hougan, chief investment officer of Bitwise Asset… Source link

It’s been a big few weeks for Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Not only did he and his teammates win the Super Bowl on Feb. 9, he and his partner Lauren Wood welcomed their first child on Feb. 17. OBJ announced the arrival of Zydn in an emotional Instagram post, featuring several photos of himself and Wood cradling their newborn. Beckham’s Instagram post was full of love and gratitude. THE biggest blessing I’ve ever had in my life arrived here on earth! The words, I can’t… Source link

New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson is asking the public for help to find his father, who has been missing for more than 10 days. Robinson posted an emotional story on Instagram on Monday, pleading with his father, 39-year-old Mitchell Robinson Jr., to come home. “Don’t know a place the devil will hide you … Come home, Pops,” Robinson wrote on Instagram. Earlier, Robinson posted about his missing father on Snapchat. He shared a Facebook post from Feb. 13 in which the Escambia (Florida)… Source link

If you’re a Google Workspace user, the classic Hangouts messaging service will start to disappear next month as part of the transition to Google Chat. Google has announced that it’ll make Google Chat its default chat application beginning March 22nd, meaning users will be redirected to Chat when they try to visit Hangouts in Gmail on the web, or try to use the old Hangouts mobile apps. The shift from Google Hangouts to Google Chat is the latest step in Google’s constantly evolving… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, February 23, 2022 The risks of oil zeroing in on $100 Believe it or not, the current Russia-dominated news cycle has at least a couple of bright spots. The good news is that geopolitical events, like the one that sent the S&P 500 Index reeling into correction territory on Tuesday, tend to move the market in decisive yet mercifully short… Source link

On Wednesday, the Biden administration said it will set aside $450 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law this year towards accomplishing one goal: unclogging U.S. ports. Individual ports, which operate as independent businesses, will soon be able to apply for money from the government to pay for a wide range of projects — from expanding terminals to constructing new piers to creating rail yards for moving goods. “At a foundational level, all of the projects to be chosen must… Source link