Netflix (NFLX) is past its prime. Shares of the streaming media giant crashed nearly 40% on Wednesday as the company uncorked another disappointing quarter, sparking fresh worry on the Street about future growth potential. “I think its best days are behind it,” said Macquarie tech analyst Tim Nollen on Yahoo Finance Live. Nollen is one of the few analysts on Wall Street to downgrade Netflix shares ahead of the company’s latest results. And Nollen’s call looks to be spot on. Here’s how Netflix… Source link

Google is testing some significant changes to featured snippets. Both will give searchers a more diverse set of sources in the coveted featured snippet position.  From the web. A typical featured snippet features text from, and a link to, one website. In this From the web test, Google shows brief excerpts from two or three different websites, linking to each source separately. Google also includes the site’s favicon. Here’s an example screenshot (shared via Twitter by @vladrpt):  Other… Source link

Shaquille O’Neal, NBA Hall of Famer and “Inside the NBA” host, opened up about some painful details from his private life recently, discussing his three major regrets on an episode of “The Pivot Podcast” that was released on Tuesday. “Just because things you do make you seem like you’re perfect, you’re not perfect,” Shaq said. “Big mistake in the Penny [Hardaway] relationship. Big mistake in the Kobe [Bryant] relationship. Horrible mistake in both marriages. Other than that I don’t really… Source link

Housing activity slowed for a second straight month in March. Existing home sales fell 2.7% to a seasonally adjusted 5.77 million units in March from a month earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Home sales fell across all regions in the U.S. from February. The NAR also revised February existing home sales downward to 5.93 million from 6.02 million. The number of sales was down 4.5% from the same month a year ago. The results came in better than analysts’… Source link

Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow pushed back in a viral speech against the growing trend of Republicans labeling their Democratic opponents as groomers and pedophiles. McMorrow responded Tuesday morning to accusations made in a fundraising email by Republican state Sen. Lana Theis that her Democratic colleague wanted to “groom and sexualize kindergarteners.” “I didn’t expect to wake up yesterday to the news that the senator from the 22nd District had, overnight, accused me by name… Source link

Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina said most Russian banks and 52 foreign organisations from 12 countries had access to the country’s alternative to Swift.Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters Some Russian banks have been banned from the SWIFT banking system due to the Ukraine war. Russia is now urging the use of its alternative System for Transfer of Financial Messages. Russia’s central bank said it will stop revealing the names of those participating in its alternative to SWIFT. Russia’s… Source link

We’ve been hearing rumors about Google’s Pixel Watch for years now, but it does finally seem like pieces for the project are finally falling into place. A purported render of the device shared by Evan Blass over at 91Mobiles lines up with past leaks and rumors, showing a device with a familiar circular design, physical crown, and Fitbit integration. Of course, there’s also a lot missing from the render. The image doesn’t include the watch’s lugs (which would show how the strap… Source link

There are some early start times across baseball on Wednesday, including an afternoon matchup between the Pirates and Brewers in which Brandon Woodruff will start for Milwaukee. As far as the night games go, the matchup between the Mets and Giants has the potential to be a great pitchers duel between Carlos Rodon and Chris Bassitt. The two have combined to allow three runs over 24 innings this season. The Blue Jays and Red Sox will also take the field against each other in a matchup between… Source link

It’s going to be a late night for hockey lovers on the East Coast on Wednesday. There are four games taking place — the first starts at 8:30 p.m. EDT, and the other three start at 10 p.m. EDT. You have a lot of time to get your DFS lineups in, so consider these recommendations when you do. GOALIE Kevin Lankinen, CHI at ARI ($20): The way things seem like they will shake out goaltending wise Wednesday this is an opportunity to roll the dice on Lankinen and save some salary. He hasn’t been… Source link

Brave announced a new feature for its browser on Tuesday: De-AMP, which automatically jumps past any page rendered with Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages framework and instead takes users straight to the original website. “Where possible, De-AMP will rewrite links and URLs to prevent users from visiting AMP pages altogether,” Brave said in a blog post. “And in cases where that is not possible, Brave will watch as pages are being fetched and redirect users away from AMP pages… Source link