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 Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Jared Blikre, a reporter focused on the markets on Yahoo Finance. Follow him @SPYJared It’s been a frosty year for crypto, which turned bitter cold during last week’s stablecoin meltdown. As bitcoin (BTC-USD) flirts with levels not seen since late 2020, one institutional trader is making a bold call… Source link
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Twitter says it’s committed to enforcing Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout deal even as he appears to hesitate
Elon Musk.Andrew Kelly/Reuters Twitter said on Tuesday it plans to complete its $44 billion merger agreement with Elon Musk. This is despite Musk’s apparent hesitation in recent days to go ahead with negotiations. Both parties had agreed to rules that ensure the deal closes, including a clause that forces a completion. Twitter said it plans to complete its $44 billion merger agreement with Elon Musk, even as the Tesla CEO appears to dither on the deal. “Twitter is committed to completing the… Source link
Read More »How Mariners rookie Julio Rodríguez found his speed
In his fourth game as a major leaguer, 21-year-old Julio Rodríguez, the Seattle Mariners’ top prospect coming into the year, noticed the opposition was kind of sleeping on him. Specifically, Minnesota Twins pitcher Dylan Bundy and catcher Gary Sanchez had left him largely unchecked over at first after he walked. Probably they’d seen the scouting reports, which praised his control of the strike zone, ability to adjust and “plus-plus raw power,” while tempering expectations about his… Source link
Read More »1 Red Sox fan catches 2 home runs in 5-HR Astros outburst
Nathan Eovaldi‘s bad day on Tuesday was one fan’s very good fortune. The Boston Red Sox entered the second inning at home holding a 1-0 lead over the Astros. They left trailing, 9-1 after a record-tying outburst sent five home runs into the Fenway Park stands en route to a 13-4 Houston romp. Eovaldi surrendered all five. One lucky fan caught two of them. Nathan Eovaldi didn’t have his best stuff against the Astros. (David Butler II/Reuters) Astros tee off on Eovaldi The inning started with a… Source link
Read More »Google’s finally straightening out its legacy free G-Suite mess
Almost five months after Google announced that it was going to make G-Suite legacy free edition users start paying for their accounts, it seems to finally have a path in place that most people will be happy with. According to 9To5Google, there’s now a no-cost option that’ll let people keep using their G-Suite accounts for personal use, and signing up for it won’t involve a song and dance of joining a waitlist or transferring data between accounts. In January, Google announced that… Source link
Read More »Orlando Magic get No. 1 overall selection
CHICAGO — The Orlando Magic earned the right to select No. 1 overall in the 2022 NBA draft on June 23. The Magic had the best odds (14%) to land the top pick in the NBA draft lottery held Tuesday evening. This is the first No. 1 overall pick for the Magic since 2004 when they selected Dwight Howard. Orlando had two lottery picks last year (Jalen Suggs and Franz Wagner). The Oklahoma City Thunder will select No. 2, followed by the Houston Rockets at No. 3 and the Sacramento Kings at No. 4…. Source link
Read More »Google Opens Self-Designed, Eco-Friendly Campus in California
What’s happening Google is opening a new campus that integrates environmental features to limit the company’s… Source link
Read More »Google Cloud Launches ‘SOC Of The Future’
Google Cloud unveiled its “SOC of the Future” today at the Google Cloud Security Summit. (Photo … [+] Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Cybersecurity is a top priority for every organization. At least, it should be. The challenge is that the attack surface is expanding, and the threat landscape is adapting so quickly that it is increasingly difficult to keep up with the sheer volume of… Source link
Read More »Stock futures rise to extend gains after Powell comments
U.S. stock futures opened higher Tuesday afternoon after rallying during the regular trading day, as investors took in reassurances from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that the central bank was set on using its policies to bring down inflation still running at multi-decade highs. Contracts on the S&P 500 edged higher. The blue-chip index ended Tuesday’s regular trading day higher by 2% to settle at at 4,088.85. Technology and growth stocks that had been beaten down over the past month… Source link
Read More »Google opens the doors on its massive Bay View campus next to NASA Ames | News
Google’s eye-catching, 1.1 million-square-foot campus on the edge of the bay is finally complete and open to employees, marking a major expansion of the tech company’s office footprint on the Peninsula. The Bay View campus, located on NASA Ames property off of Moffett Boulevard, will be able to house roughly 4,000 employees across two large and uniquely designed office buildings. The sloped, pavilion-like roofing is clad with large, prismatic glass shingles that generate solar power for the… Source link
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