When Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo appeared on Yahoo Finance in January, she said movement was afoot on one of her signature issues: a bill to spend over $50 billion on semiconductor manufacturing. “There is urgency,” she said at the time, adding that “the fundamentals of this bill have broad bipartisan support.” But over 3 months later — and without much progress on the issue from Capitol Hill — her patience was running thin in a follow-up appearance. “I think they’re moving… Source link

Google is hoping to make its performance reviews less of a burden to employees by making it so they only happen once a year instead of twice a year, requiring less paperwork, and changing the way employees are rated. According to a report from The Information, 47 percent of Google employees didn’t think that their time was well spent with the previous performance review system. It’s often hard to point to how internal changes can affect end users, but Google, as a company, has a… Source link

Good news for smart homes divided: as of this week, the newest Google Nest cameras can now stream to your Amazon Alexa smart displays, including Echo Show devices, Fire TVs, and Fire tablets. Following Amazon’s announcement last week that third-party cameras can take advantage of its new person and package announcement features on Echo smart speakers, Google Nest has updated its languishing Alexa skill to include its latest cameras. The Google Nest Alexa skill adds the ability to view… Source link

The majority of Moderna’s (MNRA) revenue comes from governments abroad — which are bracing are for an ongoing need for COVID-19 vaccines this year. While the U.S. waits on funding and for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decide on which virus strain to attack through boosters, Moderna and other vaccine companies are anticipating waning immunity to become a concern. “This virus is not getting less infectious,” Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel told Yahoo Finance. “As you see more and… Source link

The NBA suspended Memphis Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks for one game following his Flagrant 2 foul on Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II in Tuesday’s Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals. Brooks swiped his arm across Payton’s head on a transition layup attempt early in the first quarter of Memphis’ 106-101 victory. Officials deemed the foul “unnecessary and excessive,” ejecting Brooks from the game. Payton, who took a hard fall, made one of two free throws before exiting the… Source link

Rookie fever is in full swing in fantasy football circles as we continue to work through the aftermath of the NFL Draft. We know many of the big names that will climb the ADP charts the closer we get to September but it’s just as crucial to hit on some potential hidden gems among the first-year players. Hitting on those guys is a huge step towards winning your league. Below, I’ll offer up 10 players drafted in Round 3 or later who could provide some under-the-radar fantasy appeal as… Source link

Travel industry leaders are hopeful the Biden administration will finally end a major COVID-era hassle for Americans traveling abroad and for international travelers who want to visit the United States: A negative COVID test within 24 hours of boarding a U.S.-bound flight. That requirement has been in effect since late last year, when the Biden administration ended a ban on travel into the United States from a variety of countries and replaced it with the negative-test requirement. At first,… Source link

The Democratic Party’s effort to pass a social spending package, formerly known as Build Back Better, is now stretching into its second year with advocates still holding out hope it could happen via a slimmed down version in the months ahead. On Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) suggested that there may be a consensus forming on how to at least pay for it. During an event at the progressive Center for American Progress, Warren said that her push to impose a minimum tax on the income that… Source link

Top-tier racing series Formula 1 (FWONK) is coming to Miami this weekend, bringing along plenty of glitz, glamor, and giddy prices. The Miami Grand Prix, sponsored by Crypto.com, is the first F1 race in Miami’s history and only the second in the U.S., following one in Austin earlier this year. A third U.S. race comes next year when Las Vegas joins the calendar. Miami adds another posh, tropical setting for the racing series, which already touts tracks in Singapore and Monte Carlo. But… Source link

During draft season, I didn’t see writing an early May article about the Arizona Diamondbacks coming. After all, this is a team that had one player with a top-100 ADP (Ketel Marte), two others who barely made the top-150 (Zac Gallen, Mark Melancon) and one other team member who was tabbed inside the top-200 picks (Daulton Varsho). But there are some statistical oddities with the D-backs right now that fantasy managers need to be aware of. Let’s start with pitching. You could guess most of… Source link