U.S. stock futures opened slightly higher Thursday evening as traders looked ahead to the start of a new month of trading and a closely monitored new economic report on the state of the labor market. Contracts on the S&P 500 edged up to kick off the overnight session. The index fell for a back-to-back session on Thursday, limping into the final session of March and the first quarter. Investors on Friday are set to closely monitor the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report, offering the most… Source link

Yahoo just got caught in a major plagiarism scandal and is having to pay up big. A federal jury in Oakland says the Sunnyvale-based web portal and online services company has to give a software company $15 million for infringing on its search technology patent. A Texas-based software company called Droplets Inc. has a patent on software, dating back to 2004, that lets users reach specific portions of a website without having to download the entire page, as the Chronicle reports. Other… Source link

Written by Billy Mitchell Mar 31, 2022 | FEDSCOOP Google took aim at Microsoft on Thursday claiming there’s a growing “monoculture” of the rival company’s software used in government that makes federal agencies more vulnerable to cyberattacks. In a blog post, Google published the results of a survey that presents that “84% of D.C. metro government employees primarily use Microsoft products at… Source link

As the oldest ballpark in major league baseball, Fenway Park has endured a storied 110-year history. But, Sam Kennedy, the president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox, says the park’s next chapter will largely be defined by its sustainability efforts. On Tuesday, it took a major step in that effort, signing a partnership with climate finance company Aspiration to put Fenway on a path to carbon neutrality, making the ballpark, famous for its Green Monster, even greener. “It’s really hard to… Source link

Kansas City Chiefs star QB — and new constant in the NFL playoffs — Patrick Mahomes says the league’s new overtime rules are just fine with him. “Your job is to find a way to win the game, no matter how long it takes,” Mahomes said in an interview with Yahoo Finance Presents. This week, the NFL’s 32 clubs passed a rule change that would allow both teams to get possession of the ball in overtime at least once. Under the prior rules, the first team that scored in overtime won the game. The… Source link

Google announced a major update to Google Meet today that includes a number of long-requested features and plenty that you didn’t even know you needed. There is a long list here, but the main additions are likely in-meeting reactions to give immediate updates to the Meet companion mode, emoji-based feedback, the ability to use Meet right inside of Docs, Sheets and Slides, as well as a new picture-in-picture mode so you can more easily ignore a meeting and the ability to stream a… Source link

Marvell (MRVL), Broadcom (AVGO), AMD (AMD), Analog Devices (ADI), Nvidia (NVDA) GlobalFoundries (GFS), and On Semiconductor (ON) are the stocks best positioned to navigate what appears to be a tricky market for semiconductors in the near future, says Bank of America (BAC) Analyst Vivek Arya. While the triple-A acronym might not be as well-known as some other stock group acronyms, MAAANGO stocks represent tech stocks with relatively resilient supply chains in a semiconductor industry that has… Source link

Will there be a stock market crash in 2022? Most of Wall Street doesn’t think so, but short sellers are certainly betting on it. Short interest in the S&P 500 grew by 11 basis points from 2.09% to 2.2% between the end of last year and mid-March, the latest data from S&P Global Market Intelligence reflected. Bets against stocks across every sector in the benchmark except for financials grew by meaningful amounts during the period as the index corrected from all-time highs earlier in the year.

Google is announcing a whole bunch of Workspace updates intended to improve virtual collaboration. But as a big fan of emoji, I have to say the new feature I’m most excited about is in-meeting emoji reactions in Google Meet. With these reactions, you’ll be able to drop emoji like a heart or a thumbs-up to show how you’re feeling during a meeting. The emoji will show up in video tiles or in a list that floats up on the side of your screen. Here’s a GIF from Google that gives an… Source link

Yandex (YNDX) is trying to adjust as Russian companies continue to grapple with many problems because of sanctions on the country over its war with Ukraine. Yandex is considering shutting its grocery delivery business in France and selling its operations in the UK, according to a Bloomberg report. Yandex is Russia’s largest technology company. It offers Google-type internet search engine and other online services. It also provides cloud computing, Uber-like ride-hailing, and food… Source link