Google Hangouts, a text, video and voice chat app built into Gmail, is finally being shut down today. As announced earlier this year, Google is switching Hangouts users over to Google Chat, the company’s Slack-like instant messaging app for businesses. Starting today, November 1, the Google Hangouts web app is no longer available. This was the last Hangouts offering available to users. The Android and iOS apps died in July of this year. Hangouts had an arguably… Source link

The global net-zero goals set out by the Paris Agreement are still within reach — but achieving them will require a $100 trillion investment, according to a new report by BNY Mellon Investment Management and Fathom Consulting. That amount equates to around 15% of all global investment or 3% of global GDP over the next 30 years in order to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius or below, per the Paris Agreement Accord established in 2015. And the more… Source link

Elon Musk may have gotten a steal in purchasing Twitter at $44 billion, according to one of the platform’s former execs, provided he can suck value out of the platform by launching new features and cutting costs. “It’s really up to the team to execute the way they see fit, but I think they should have billions of users given the content they have that’s so valuable,” former Twitter CFO and COO Anthony Noto said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “And they should be valued in hundreds of… Source link

Steve Nash reacts to a call during the second quarter of the Brooklyn Nets‘ game against the Indiana Pacers at Barclays Center on Halloween in New York City. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images) Following a tumultuous offseason in the organization, the Brooklyn Nets and head coach Steve Nash “have agreed to part ways” seven games into their 2022-23 NBA campaign, the team announced on Tuesday. The Nets have underperformed since hiring Nash as a first-time coach in 2020, even if the Hall of Fame point… Source link

Stocks lost ground Tuesday, as another batch of earnings rolled in and investors awaited the Federal Reserve policy meeting and jobs data later this week. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) turned lower by about 0.1% in midday trading, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) ticked lower nearly 0.2%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell by 0.4%. All three indices had risen to start the session. Investors digested economic releases on Tuesday, including the Job Openings and Labor Turnover… Source link

Could he be any more blatant? Just days before the midterm elections on Nov. 8, President Biden has called for a baldly political windfall tax on “excess” profits of oil and gas companies. There’s no chance it will happen, which Biden knows. Only Congress can impose new taxes, and Congress isn’t in session right now. When it was in session earlier this year, Democrats who control both houses kicked around the idea of an oil-company windfall tax, and it got nowhere. Biden says he’ll… Source link

Just imagine the Google app icon growing teeth, then crawling over to the Hangouts icon while it opens its jaws wide.Photo: BigTunaOnline (Shutterstock) Google is just about ready to let Hangouts die its famously long death, and the company is asking users to not look back as they mosey on over to Google Chat. It’s the end of an era, of sorts, namely the wasted time the tech giant spent trying to make an all-in-one dedicated call and messaging app work within its vast suite of native apps.

The Kremlin on Tuesday accused the United Kingdom of “directing and coordinating” the September explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. “Our intelligence services have data indicating that British military specialists were directing and coordinating the attack,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists. “There is evidence that Britain is involved in sabotage, in a terrorist attack on vital energy infrastructure, not Russian, but international.”  Peskov did not… Source link

Tuesday brings a light slate in the NBA with only eight teams in action. The good news is, there are still plenty of intriguing storylines. The Nets, who are off to a disappointing start and just fired head coach Steve Nash, will face a Bulls team that has also been underwhelming at 3-4. The Heat, who are only 2-5, will try to avoid falling further in the hole when they host the Warriors. The night will be capped off by the Suns hosting the Timberwolves, a battle between two Western… Source link

Stocks lost ground Tuesday, as another batch of earnings rolled in and investors awaited the Federal Reserve policy meeting and jobs data later this week. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) turned down by about 0.1% in midday trading, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) ticked lower nearly 0.2%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell by 0.4% during. All three indices had risen to start the session. Investors digested economic releases on Tuesday, including the Job Openings and Labor… Source link