Monthly Archives: April 2022

Google makes Distributed Cloud Edge hardware generally available – DatacenterDynamics

Google has made its Cloud Edge hardware generally available. The company this week announced the availability of Google Distributed Cloud Edge (DCE), including Google Distributed Cloud Edge Appliances. Google said DCE allows customers to run 5G Core and radio access network (RAN) functions at the Edge, enabling applications including anomaly detection using machine vision,… Source link

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Stock futures edge higher as EU eyes more sanctions against Russia

U.S. stock futures traded mostly higher Monday morning as investors monitored the potential for more sanctions against Russia amid ongoing concerns over inflation and global economic growth. Contracts on the S&P 500 traded slightly higher as the index looked to hold onto last week’s gains. The Dow was flat to slightly higher, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4% as technology shares outperformed in pre-market trading. Shares of Twitter (TWTR) soared by more than 20% after Tesla (TSLA) CEO… Source link

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Google’s Employees Return to the Office Today. This Former Exec Says Hybrid Work Won’t Last

After two years of mostly remote work and months of changing plans about when to bring people back to the office, Google’s hybrid work arrangement begins today. That means that most employees will be expected to be in the office three days each week, with the rest of the time spent working remotely. Google has spent a considerable amount of time and energy reconfiguring office spaces to accommodate a hybrid work arrangement and to give employees peace of mind about returning even though we… Source link

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Musk takes 9% stake in Twitter to become top shareholder, starts poll on edit button

By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) – Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk on Monday disclosed a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc, worth nearly $3 billion, making him the micro-blogging site’s largest shareholder and triggering a rise of more than 27% in the company’s shares. Musk’s move, revealed in a regulatory filing, comes on the heels of his tweet that he was giving “serious thought” to building a new social media platform, while questioning Twitter’s commitment to free speech. He also started a poll asking Twitter… Source link

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Google Search Ranking and Popup Banners

Google’s John Mueller answered a question in a Google SEO office-hours video about whether rankings could be affected by a banner popup. John answered the question and then shared the technical background of why banners may have a negative effect as well as other issues related to Core Web Vitals. The answer to the question involves more than just the banner. The answer is more technical because of ranking factors related to Core Web Vitals which can also be influenced by things like popup… Source link

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Does Google Use Different Algorithms For Each Niche?

Google’s John Mueller answered an interesting question about whether Google treats sites in different niches differently. John Mueller said that it’s true that Google’s algorithm handles different content differently but it’s not the case that Google treats niches differently. Niche-Specific Ranking Factors There is an idea that ranking factors differ across niches, based on looking at the kinds of sites that are top ranked. For example, studies published by some SEO tool sites… Source link

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Is the stock market flashing a net bullish sign?: Morning Brief

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 Monday, April 4, 2022 “Cash is trash,” billionaire Ray Dalio told me in a chat recently (more on that below). And he may be right as it pertains to the current investing backdrop. Cash allocations are almost two times more than last year’s levels, according to new data out of Bank of America. The data looks at the average recommended allocation to… Source link

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S&P 500 Is Defying Skeptics on Run Toward Record, Charts Show

(Bloomberg) — A hawkish Federal Reserve, high inflation, war and pestilence are among the reasons to doubt the U.S. stock market rebound. Technical studies suggest such naysayers risk missing out on a run to a record high. Most Read from Bloomberg Skeptics are presently fixated on proliferating inversions across the Treasury yield curve, where shorter-term yields exceed those for longer tenors. Some view that as a harbinger of an economic downturn that will hurt stocks. While bear markets tend… Source link

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Yahoo promotes John McNerney and Dan Richardson to leadership roles

Share Tweet Share Email Yahoo has announced the promotions of John McNerney to senior director of platforms for APAC and Dan Richardson as head of data for APAC. In his previous role, McNerney was director of platforms, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). As part of his expanded remit, he will oversee the commercial and technology strategy underpinning Yahoo’s ad platforms and unified ad tech stack, and grow Yahoo’s omnichannel capabilities across flourishing channels including Connected TV… Source link

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LeBron James ‘should be embarrassed’

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not shy with his LeBron James opinions. On Sunday, he laid into the fellow Los Angeles Lakers great during an appearance to celebrate James’ teammate Carmelo Anthony. Abdul-Jabbar showed up to Crypto.com Arena ahead of Sunday’s Lakers game against the Denver Nuggets to present Anthony with the NBA’s Social Justice Champion Award. Anthony is the inaugural winner of the award that comes with a trophy named after Abdul-Jabbar. ‘Really beneath him’ He used the appearance to… Source link

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