Google is bringing a set of new kids-focused features such as parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions to Google TV, the latest in a series of efforts from the Android-maker as it attempts to broaden the offerings of its TV operating system for family consumption. The company said it is adding these features to the kids’ profiles to improve content recommendation and exploration. Parents can directly push titles to the “must watch” lists for… Source link

Google introduced a refreshed Family Link app today with three tabs for highlights, controls, and location along with a central hub for notifications. The company also launched a web version of Family Link for both parents and children. The company first introduced Family Link in 2017 to allow parents to monitor and set limits on children’s screen time and app usage. It also allows guardians to lock children’s Android and Chromebook devices at a set… Source link

The European Commission is facing fresh calls to make good on its 2017 antitrust decision against Google Shopping by banning Google from displaying its own shopping comparison ads units in search results — boxes which Google populates with revenue-generating ads — as they argue the self-preferencing units constitute an ongoing competition abuse by the adtech giant. The 2017 Commission decision found Google abused its dominance by systematically giving prominent placement to its own… Source link

U.S. equity futures pushed forward for another day, extending a positive start to the week as earnings season sets into high gear. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 1.3%, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) added 300 points, or 1%. Contracts on the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) advanced 1.6%. The moves in pre-market trading Tuesday come after all three major averages rallied in the previous session, with the S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq notching gains of… Source link

Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former chief economic adviser to President Donald Trump, warned that significant job losses are necessary to get inflation under control. “We’re going to have to see job destruction if we’re really going to see inflation be curtailed,” Cohn said in an interview during Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit on Monday (video above). His comments follow September’s hotter-than-expected inflation print, which showed consumer prices rose 0.4% from a month… Source link

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 Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 “Past performance is no guarantee of future results” may be the most repeated disclaimer in the financial services industry. It’s a warning to investors not to get too excited about what they think is a replay of a historical pattern. Because oftentimes, history doesn’t repeat itself. That said, if history is any… Source link

Editor’s note: Jim Lanzone is the CEO of Yahoo Finance’s parent company, Yahoo. Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone has overseen his share of internet success stories in his nearly three-decade career. From steering the ship at Ask.com, to the launch of CBS Interactive, Lanzone has built his reputation around turnaround stories. Yet, he credits his success to early failures with startup eTour, an internet search and navigation company he co-founded in 1998 at the height of the dotcom boom. “We went up way… Source link

Continued relationship with Google Cloud empowers Bloomberg Data License customers to streamline their data pipelines in the cloud NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Bloomberg announced today that its Data License content is now available on Google Cloud, enabling customers globally to receive content natively through cloud technology, which dramatically reduces the time to integrate data and derive insights. Building upon Bloomberg’s existing relationship with Google Cloud and the… Source link

Tuesday features eight NHL games on the slate. Sure, it’s opening night for the NBA, but there are only two basketball games going on. There’s four times the hockey! Here are some players to target and avoid for your DFS lineups. GOALIE Ilya Sorokin, NYI vs. SAN ($42): In his career, Sorokin has a 2.31 GAA and .924 save percentage. He’s off to a hot start to the season, even if it only two games, but that continues his standard from his two previous campaigns. The Sharks have only managed 2.51… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said investors should sell S&P 500 Index calls and fund buying of the same options on the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index to position for a likely catch-up in battered China-related assets. Most Read from Bloomberg “Sentiment on China-exposed assets has remained subdued this year and did not mirror the risk appetite rebound during the summer,” undershooting a measure of investor mood for global growth, strategists including Christian… Source link