Monthly Archives: February 2022

The 19-year-old who turned down $5,000 from Elon Musk to stop tracking his private jet has gotten a job offer out of the viral saga

Elon Musk.Picture Alliance/Getty Images The teen who went viral for tracking Elon Musk’s private jet got a job offer out of the saga. The New York Post said Jack Sweeney was offered work with Stratos Jet Charters. Musk previously offered Sweeney $5,000 to shut down the account and has since blocked the teen. The teen who went viral for tracking Elon Musk’s private jet on Twitter has gotten a job offer out of that pursuit. Jack Sweeney, 19, has been offered work with the Orlando, Florida,… Source link

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Denver Broncos are for sale

The Denver Broncos are officially for sale.  The franchise released a statement from the Pat Bowlen Trust on Tuesday announcing the sale alongside a statement from team president Joe Ellis. “Whoever emerges as the new owner will certainly understand what the team means to our great fans and this community,” Ellis said, per the statement.  The team hopes to have the sale completed in time to start the 2022 season.  The state of the franchise’s ownership has been a source of contention since… Source link

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First look at the top 10 Super Bowl LVI props at BetMGM

Bettors have 12 days to chew on some Super Bowl LVI props.  BetMGM didn’t waste time in releasing a big batch of player props for the championship game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams. More will be added as the game gets closer, but it’s worth a first look at 10 props that everyone will be curious about:  We’ll just throw some words about this prop in with …  … because most seasons, the most-bet prop for the Super Bowl is a quarterback scoring the first touchdown. Two… Source link

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The Google One VPN is now available on iPhones

The VPN service that’s included with a Google One Premium subscription is finally available on iPhones after Google’s promise in October 2020 that it would come to iOS. While a Google-run VPN has been available on the platform for months via the Google Fi cell service, today’s update means that anyone who pays for 2TB or more of Google One storage should now also get a VPN for their phone. The VPN is available to people in 18 countries, including the US, UK, Canada, and Mexico…. Source link

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Facebook ‘sabotaged’ the global COVID response with misinformation

Progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told Yahoo Finance in an exclusive interview that Facebook (FB) and other U.S. companies have “sabotaged” the global response to COVID-19 by spreading disinformation about the virus.  The tech giant, which recently changed its name to Meta, should “be broken up” because it exploits its overlapping lines of business as a platform, vendor, and advertiser, Ocasio-Cortez added in the wide-ranging remarks. “There are some things that the… Source link

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Retail investors bought the dip in January as institutions fled: BofA

U.S. stocks recorded their worst January since the financial crisis and retail investors saw the downturn as an opportunity to buy the dip. Mom- and pop- investors led purchases of U.S. equities during the month, while institutional investors such as hedge funds sold off assets, according to fresh data from Bank of America. BofA’s retail clients were the biggest dip-buyers last month, posting inflows into stocks in each of the last four weeks. January inflows are typically led by retail… Source link

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Google Parent Alphabet Bounces Ahead of Earnings

Expectations are running high for Google parent company Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL) as it prepares to release its earnings results for the fiscal fourth quarter. The company has had an exceptional year, having benefited from greater online activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are signs that growth is slowing while inflation persists across the economy and market as a whole. Analysts forecast that Alphabet will announce $27.14 in earnings per share to accompany $72.1… Source link

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Job openings rose to 10.925 million in December

The number of job openings and quits each held at historically elevated levels in December, with worker leverage remaining high as labor demand persisted.  Vacancies across the U.S. totaled 10.925 million at the end of 2021, the Labor Department said in its latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS). This compared to 10.775 million openings in November, according to the revised monthly print. Consensus economists had anticipated December vacancies would come in at 10.3 million,… Source link

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Tom Brady officially retires after 22 seasons

Tom Brady is officially retiring from the NFL. Brady, 44, announced that he would be retiring from the league via Instagram on Tuesday morning. That announcement came after he said on his podcast released Monday night that he was still going through the process of a retirement decision.  “I have always believed the sport of football is an ‘all-in’ proposition — if a 100% competitive commitment isn’t there, you won’t succeed, and success is what I love so much about our game,” Brady wrote…. Source link

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Auto Tab Discard: How a free extension speeds up Google Chrome

Regular readers will know that I’ve been on a campaign for a few years now to try to make Google Chrome better. I’ve been tweaking settings, streamlining the installation, installing extensions, deleting extensions, and I even paid for a service to try to make it more usable. The results were mixed, to say the least. What I needed was something that basically allowed… Source link

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