Albert Pujols became a legend in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform. He rejuvenated his career at Dodger Stadium last season. On Friday, he made history in both. The Cardinals first baseman hit one home run, then another against the Los Angeles Dodgers to join MLB’s exclusive 700-homer club. He joins the rarified air of Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth. Pujols, who took fourth position on the MLB homer list when he passed Alex Rodriguez’s 696 earlier this month, is also the first player born… Source link

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(Reuters) – Some investors are backing out of Digital World Acquisition Corp’s plan to acquire former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media firm Truth Social, the blank-check firm said on Friday. Digital World said it had received termination notices from private investment in public equity (PIPE) investors ending nearly $139 million in investments out of the $1 billion commitment it had previously announced. Investors, who signed the PIPE commitment about one year ago, are free to move… Source link

Dissatisfied Google employees have put top executives on the hot seat a few times this year.  Most recently, they interrogated CEO Sundar Pichai at an all-hands meeting this week about the company’s spending cuts amid a challenging economic climate, CNBC first reported.  At the meeting, employees submitted questions via an internal Google tool, and fellow workers then up-voted popular questions for executives to answer. When asked about why the company is limiting certain… Source link

The U.S economy muddled through a spate of high inflation, with employment staying strong last year despite inflation rising to a 40-year high. Now, markets are signaling that the muddle is ending and something worse is replacing it. The Federal Reserve, the markets’ BFF during much of the last decade, is now more like a frenemy. On Sept. 21, the Fed raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, as expected. It also signaled more aggressive rates hikes ahead. This is the… Source link

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Meta (META) is having a rough year. The company’s stock price is down 57% year-to-date, torpedoing CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth to the tune of $72 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. While the macroeconomic climate is hammering the entire tech industry, Meta and other tech companies that rely on ad-based revenue face a unique headwind — Apple’s (AAPL) massive privacy shakeup called App Tracking Transparency. The feature, which allows users to determine if… Source link

Google’s John Mueller recently answered a question of whether there’s a percentage threshold of content duplication that Google uses to identify and filter out duplicate content. What Percentage Equals Duplicate Content? The conversation actually started on Facebook when Duane Forrester (@DuaneForrester) asked if anyone knew if any search engine has published a percentage of content overlap at which content is considered duplicate. Bill Hartzer (bhartzer) turned to Twitter to ask John… Source link

AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Google has announced the date for its Pixel-centric “Made by Google” event, joining Microsoft and presumably also Apple with fall product releases. The live event will be held on October 6 at 10:00 AM ET, and Google is expected to announce its… Source link

BOSTON — Following their suspension of head coach Ime Udoka for the entire 2022-23 NBA season, Boston Celtics managing partner Wyc Grousbeck and president of basketball operations Brad Stevens offered scant factual substance during Friday’s news conference, citing “privacy reasons for the people involved.” The Celtics officially suspended Udoka on Thursday night “for violations of team policies.” The news came less than 24 hours after The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported through anonymous… Source link