Feb 27 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google confirmed on Sunday it has temporarily disabled for Ukraine some Google Maps tools which provide live information about traffic conditions and how busy different places are. The company said it had taken the action of globally disabling the Google Maps traffic layer and live information on how busy places like stores and restaurants are in Ukraine for the safety of local communities in the country, after consulting with sources including… Source link

After a two-week post-Super Bowl break, You Pod to Win the Game is back in action for the NFL combine, free agency, and the start of the 2022 league year. Charles Robinson & Dan Wetzel open the show briefly acknowledging the war in Ukraine and this surreal moment in world history before diving into the latest NFL stories percolating during the brief desolate news period between the Super Bowl and the combine. What has been happening in that period? Well, there’s the latest in the ongoing soap… Source link

Planned changes to New York’s vaccine mandates might be a step toward Kyrie Irving playing home games. But they’re not expected to clear his path. New York Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that the city will roll back vaccine requirements for “indoor dining, fitness and entertainment venues” on March 7 provided that the rate of COVID-19 cases “continues to go down.” The announcement arrived amid a broader loosening of COVID-19 restrictions attributed to a decline in new daily cases… Source link

BRUSSELS, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc and YouTube should ban users pushing war propaganda as part of measures to stop disinformation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, EU industry chief Thierry Breton told the chief executives of the two companies on Sunday. Alphabet’s Google on Saturday barred Russia’s state-owned media outlet RT and other channels from receiving money for ads on their websites, apps and YouTube videos, similar to a move by Facebook after the invasion of Ukraine. read… Source link

Steven Adams is deep into his first season with the Memphis Grizzlies and there are still new things to experience. Like the many different accents in the state of Tennessee. Adams, a New Zealand native, showed a childlike wonder hearing a new one on Saturday night during the Grizzlies’ 116-110 win against the Chicago Bulls. Second into the question about growth, Adams began to smirk and couldn’t help but interrupt the question for an important one of his own. “Where are you from, bro?” Adams… Source link

On one hand, they are deliciously creamy, versatile and gloriously Instagram-mable. On the other, they leave an enormous carbon footprint, which hasn’t stopped consumers from slathering them on everything in a way that’s led to a dramatic boost in consumption in recent years. Americans have a “hefty” appetite for avocados — one that’s adding to widespread food price pressures and general scarcity, according to Zhengfei Guan, an associate professor of food and resource economics at the Source link

Customers and companies alike are getting nervous about soaring inflation — but Krispy Kreme (DNUT) is a notable exception. CEO Mike Tattersfield told Yahoo Finance visits are “infrequent” enough that higher prices on its donuts is not steering customers away. “The average user visits a Krispy Kreme two and a half times a year,” Tattersfield told Yahoo Finance in a recent interview. When visitors do walk through the doors, “it’s about a celebration…it’s about a shared experience,” the… Source link

Investors will shift their focus from Putin to Powell in the week ahead when the Federal Reserve Chair testifies before lawmakers Wednesday and Thursday for clues in his remarks on how geopolitical risk could impact the central bank’s path forward on lifting interest rates. Traders will also tune in to the Labor Department’s February jobs report Friday for the latest snapshot on the U.S. job market recovery. Russia’s foray into Ukraine and punishing sanctions on the country and… Source link

Biden administration officials and Democrat senators are considering a suspension of the federal fuel tax in order to combat record inflation levels ahead of the Federal Reserve’s planned rate hikes. The proposition has received bipartisan pushback from legislators who are skeptical about the efficacy of a gas tax holiday. According to the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank which collects data and publishes research studies on U.S. tax policies at both the federal and state… Source link

A new database released by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) ranks 4,500 colleges and universities based on their return on investment (ROI). “At 1,233 postsecondary institutions (30% of all colleges), more than half of students 10 years after enrollment earn less than a high school graduate,” the Center wrote in its accompanying report. “CEW’s previous research suggests that these low earnings may be related to low college graduation rates and… Source link