Google’s parent company Alphabet (GOOG -1.39%) (GOOGL -1.40%) may be considering an acquisition of image-browsing platform Pinterest (PINS -2.67%). And that’s because Pinterest possesses something extremely valuable that Alphabet would definitely like to have in a changing advertising economy. Don’t be fooled by a stock price that’s down more than 70% from its all-time high. Here’s the case for Pinterest and its potential suitor. Where did this crazy rumor even come from? Alphabet CEO… Source link

The precious metal often labeled a ‘hedge against inflation’ and commonly known as a ‘safe haven’, is looking dull. Gold (GC=F) is 23% off from its peak in March, and 10% down year-to-date. In our series, ‘What to do in a bear market’, we asked the experts to tell us if there is value to holding gold in this environment. Why hasn’t gold performed better this year? “First, with major central banks around the world tightening their policies, this has helped to send bond yields to… Source link

If you’ve been using Google Photos for a long time, you may want to check some of your older photos. Multiple reports are coming in from worried users with pictures that have become corrupted by strange visual artifacts. Google Photos users are reporting multiple corrupted photos. GOOGLE MORE FROM FORBESGoogle Introduces Powerful New Google Photos Features – Rolling Out NowBy Paul Monckton The problem seems to affect photos that have been backed up to Google Photos several years ago…. Source link

Recently Google announced the general availability of virtual machine (VM) support in Anthos for bare metal, also known as Google Distributed Cloud Virtual (GDC), which will allow customers to run VMs alongside containers on a single, unified, Google Cloud-connected platform in their data center or at the edge. Earlier, the company previewed VM support for Anthos for bare metal at Google Cloud Next’21 as an option for customers to choose between deploying applications in… Source link

Looks like there’s trouble out at L2, where the James Webb Space Telescope suffered a mechanical anomaly back in August. The issue, which was just announced this week, involves only one of the six imaging instruments at the heart of the space observatory, known as MIRI, the Mid-Infrared Instrument. MIRI is the instrument on Webb that needs the coldest temperatures to work correctly, down to six Kelvins — we’ve talked about the cryocooler needed to do this… Source link

Looks like there’s trouble out at L2, where the James Webb Space Telescope suffered a mechanical anomaly back in August. The issue, which was just announced this week, involves only one of the six imaging instruments at the heart of the space observatory, known as MIRI, the Mid-Infrared Instrument. MIRI is the instrument on Webb that needs the coldest temperatures to work correctly, down to six Kelvins — we’ve talked about the cryocooler needed to do this… Source link

Stephen F. Austin delivered the biggest blowout of the 2022 college football season on Saturday night. The Lumberjacks defeated the Warner Royals 98-0 in a game that was a rout before the first quarter was even over. Stephen F. Austin had 35 points after the first quarter and led 59-0 at halftime. Stephen F. Austin competes at the NCAA’s second-tier FCS level. Warner University, located in Lake Wales, Florida, is an NAIA school and plays three levels lower than the Lumberjacks. SFA had eight… Source link

The 2022 college football season is a month old. Yep, Week 4 was the final weekend of September as most teams are now a third of the way through their regular seasons. With October approaching, there’s no better time to see how the 10 conferences at the top level of college football stack up to one another. And, spoiler alert, the SEC is at No. 1. 10. MAC The biggest two wins for the MAC so far are Bowling Green’s upset of Marshall after the Thundering Herd beat Notre Dame and Eastern… Source link

New coach, same-old Miami. Miami brought Mario Cristobal home from Oregon to vault the Hurricanes back into an upper-tier program in the national landscape. Getting embarrassed at home by 25.5-point underdog Middle Tennessee was not part of that plan. On the heels of a road loss to Texas A&M, Miami came out completely flat and got punked by Middle Tennessee, 45-31. This is a Middle Tennessee team that lost 44-7 to James Madison a few weeks ago, yet the Blue Raiders were able to come in and… Source link

Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly grew agitated during a “heated” all-hands meeting in which an employee asked why the search engine was nickel-and-diming workers by taking away perks and benefits. One worker summoned the nerve to ask Pichai why Google was “nickel-and-diming employees” when the company reported “record profits and huge cash reserves,” according to audio obtained by CNBC. Don’t miss: Remember the summer spike in layoffs that pointed to a U.S…. Source link