This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Twitter should ditch Musk Twitter (TWTR) has asked a Delaware court to force Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk to stick to his agreement to buy the social network for $44 billion. But the company’s own lawsuit illustrates exactly why the Tesla chief is possibly one of the least… Source link

Yeardley Smith, best know as the voice of The Simpsons‘ Lisa, has married her love Dan Grice — and the story behind it is one that would make the likes of the late Nora Ephron fire up their laptop. Smith explained to the Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday that the pair met when he served as her personal bodyguard in 2014 as she visited Springfield, Ore. After having dealt with a stalker, Smith reluctantly agreed to producers’ pleas to represent her juggernaut show at the… Source link

The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Google lawyers question “improper second (or third) bite at the apple” DOJ attorneys say new round needed after Google only recently turned over some docs (Reuters) – Lawyers for Alphabet Inc’s Google LLC on Tuesday questioned the U.S. Justice Department and state plaintiffs’ bid to conduct new… Source link

Netflix (NFLX) has chosen an ad partner. The streaming giant will partner with Microsoft (MSFT) to help roll out its new ad-supported offering later this year. The tech giant, which generated $10 billion in advertising sales last year, will serve as the streamer’s technology and sales partner. Netflix stock rose to a session high on the heels of the announcement, up more than 2% in midday trading. “Microsoft has the proven ability to support all our advertising needs as we work together to… Source link

Pete Davidson is looking forward to having a child of his own. The 28-year-old comedian, actor and boyfriend of Kim Kardashian revealed his “dream” of having a family of his own in an interview with Kevin Hart for Peacock’s Hart to Heart. “My favorite thing ever, which I have yet to achieve, I wanna have a kid,” the Saturday Night Live alum said in a teaser. “That’s like my dream. It’s like super corny.” He went on to imagine how “it would be so fun. Dress up the little dude. It’s just like:… Source link

As inflation reaches new record-highs, more Americans are ditching their daily cup of joe — at least at big coffee chains like Dunkin’ and Starbucks (SBUX). According to new data from foot traffic analytics platform Placer.ai, coffee visits dropped below quick service restaurants for the first time all year during the month of June due to “a combination of inflation, high gas prices, and the rise in COVID cases,” the report noted. Over the past two years — as the pandemic hammered fast… Source link

Amazon Prime Day has officially kicked off and will end within 48 hours at the end of July 13. If you’re a fan of Google hardware, whether it’s Pixel phones, Nest smart thermostats, or Chromecasts, there are plenty of tech gadgets on sale right now at rivetingly low prices. These are our favorites.   The WIRED Gear team tests products year-round. We sorted through hundreds of thousands of deals by hand to make these picks. Crossed out products are out of stock or no longer discounted. Our Source link

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and parent company Alphabet, announced the news on Tuesday in an internal memo, noting “the uncertain global economic outlook.” Google confirmed the authenticity of the letter to CNN Business, but declined to comment further. “Moving forward, we need to be more entrepreneurial, working with greater urgency, sharper focus, and more hunger than we’ve shown on sunnier days,” Pichai said in the memo, according to The Wall Street Journal. “In some cases, that means… Source link

It’s been a long time coming, but Google Cloud today announced its first Arm-based VMs, following AWS, with its Graviton instances, and Azure, which also recently launched Arm VMs. But while AWS built its own custom chips, Google Cloud is following Azure’s lead here by using chips from Ampere. These new VMs, which are now in preview, will join Google Cloud’s line of Tau VMs under the ‘Tau T2A’ moniker. This line launched almost exactly a year ago, using AMD Milan processors,… Source link

The U.S. government believes that Iran may try to assassinate current or former senior American officials to avenge the death more than two years ago of its top military and intelligence commander, according to an intelligence report obtained by Yahoo News. In January 2020, the Trump administration conducted a drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani while he was on a trip to Iraq. Since then, the regime in Tehran has threatened revenge against those it deems responsible and has… Source link