Monthly Archives: January 2023

Tyre Nichols’s family attorneys question white officer’s discipline after Nichols’s death

Tyre Nichols’s family attorneys question white officer’s discipline after Nichols’s death

Attorney Ben Crump; Memphis Police Officer Preston Hemphill. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Gerald Herbert/AP, Memphis Police Department) Attorneys for the family of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old Black man fatally beaten by Memphis police following a traffic stop, expressed disappointment and frustration with the Memphis Police Department over the news that a sixth officer involved in the stop has been relieved of his duty, but has not been fired or charged. Officer Preston Hemphill,… Source link

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Google TV is getting an Android homescreen widget

Google TV is getting an Android homescreen widget

After rolling out a Material You redesign in December, the Google TV Android app is now readying a homescreen widget. With version 4.38.7.4 (from December) Google TV is appearing in the Widgets list, but it’s clearly not ready. The preview says the default size is 4×5, and it can’t go any smaller than that when placed on a homescreen. However, it can take up your entire screen. At the moment, all you get is a short bar where “Google TV” is flanked by search (opens the… Source link

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Paramount merging Paramount+ and Showtime to ‘unlock operational efficiencies’

Paramount merging Paramount+ and Showtime to ‘unlock operational efficiencies’

Paramount (PARA) is merging its Paramount+ and Showtime streaming services into one offering — dubbed “Paramount+ with Showtime” — as the company eyes a greater integration between linear television and streaming in an increasingly crowded landscape. In an internal memo obtained by Yahoo Finance, and first reported by Variety, Paramount CEO Bob Bakish wrote to employees: This new combined offering demonstrates how we can leverage our entire collection of content to drive deeper connections… Source link

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Paramount merging Paramount+ and Showtime to ‘unlock operational efficiencies’

Paramount merging Paramount+ and Showtime to ‘unlock operational efficiencies’

Paramount (PARA) is merging its Paramount+ and Showtime streaming services into one offering — dubbed “Paramount+ with Showtime” — as the company eyes a greater integration between linear television and streaming in an increasingly crowded landscape. In an internal memo obtained by Yahoo Finance, and first reported by Variety, Paramount CEO Bob Bakish wrote to employees: This new combined offering demonstrates how we can leverage our entire collection of content to drive deeper connections… Source link

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Lawsuit accuses Google of firing exec after he rejected female boss’s groping advances

Lawsuit accuses Google of firing exec after he rejected female boss’s groping advances

[Source] A former Google executive has sued the tech giant over claims that he was fired after allegedly being groped by a high-ranking female colleague at a company dinner. Ryan Olohan, a 48-year-old married father of seven from New Jersey, accused Google of firing him after he refused top executive Tiffany Miller’s alleged advances at a New York City restaurant in December 2019. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, has named both Google and Miller as defendants, accusing them of… Source link

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Lawsuit accuses Google of firing exec after he rejected female boss’s groping advances

Lawsuit accuses Google of firing exec after he rejected female boss’s groping advances

[Source] A former Google executive has sued the tech giant over claims that he was fired after allegedly being groped by a high-ranking female colleague at a company dinner. Ryan Olohan, a 48-year-old married father of seven from New Jersey, accused Google of firing him after he refused top executive Tiffany Miller’s alleged advances at a New York City restaurant in December 2019. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, has named both Google and Miller as defendants, accusing them of… Source link

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New, oddly familiar Google Play Games icon makes its debut on Android

New, oddly familiar Google Play Games icon makes its debut on Android

Google Play Games for PC beta testers should know how it looks There are a whole bunch of visual allegories you could tie to the various logos of the various properties housed under the Google Play umbrella. At one point, it had all you wanted to see, listen, read, and game from the Play Store proper to Play Movies and Play Music. Those last two were turned into Google TV and YouTube Music, respectively, leaving us with two other auxiliaries: Play Books and

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‘I would be freaking out’

‘I would be freaking out’

There are few joys greater than boarding a plane and discovering that the seat next to you is empty. But what if you had the entire plane to yourself? It’s called a “ghost flight,” and one man recently found himself in the strange and somewhat creepy scenario after booking a trip to Fiji for his birthday. According to his now-viral TikTok, posted on Jan. 16, the trip took place in January 2022. That was when Robbie Allen (@robbieallen) arrived at the Sydney Airport in Australia, only to… Source link

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Go add Jeremy Sochan in every league he’s available

Go add Jeremy Sochan in every league he’s available

Week 16 of the fantasy basketball season is upon us, and like every Monday, I’ll break down several players who are rostered in less than 50% of Yahoo fantasy basketball leagues. But before we get to this week’s waiver pickups, here are the games to be played by each team in Week 16. Four games: 16 teams (76ers, Hawks, Hornets, Kings, Knicks, Lakers, Magic, Nuggets, Pelicans, Pistons, Raptors, Suns, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers, Warriors and Wizards) Three games: 12 teams (Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Source link

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