Maybe the San Francisco 49ers should have built around Jimmy Garoppolo for at least another year. Perhaps they’d have won a Super Bowl. The 49ers blew a fourth-quarter lead in the NFC championship game to the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams didn’t take the lead until 1:46 remained. One play could have turned it. During that game, the third overall pick of the draft — who cost San Francisco three first-round picks and a third-rounder in a trade — was one of two 49ers players to not play a… Source link

U.S. stock futures pointed to gains early Tuesday as investors geared up for another round of corporate earnings. Contracts on the benchmark S&P 500 index climbed 0.8% while futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 200 points, or roughly 0.6%. Nasdaq futures rose 0.9%. Tuesday’s moves come after a rally in the previous session was reversed in the final hour of trading amid a report from Bloomberg News that indicated Apple (AAPL) plans to slow hiring and curb spending next year… Source link

Russia fined Google 21.1 billion rubles ($374 million) on Monday for repeatedly failing to “remove prohibited information” — content related to the country’s invasion and subsequent war in Ukraine. The country’s telecommunication watchdog Roskomnadzor cited a court order and said Google (particularly YouTube) didn’t take down content that discredited “the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.” The watchdog’s press release also accused Google of… Source link

In his role overseeing Google’s startup support arm in Asia-Pacific, Mike Kim sees promising growth opportunities for AI startups in the region, thanks to government support for the increasingly important technology, a deep talent pool and in-a-hurry population, among other factors. The impatience of Asia’s Millennials and Gen Zers is one of many reasons why Mike Kim, the head of Google for Startups Asia-Pacific, sees strong growth potential for artificial intelligence startups in the… Source link

LaMelo Ball has a strong aversion to the No. 2. So it’s odd that the Charlotte Hornets All-Star wore the number on his jersey for the first two seasons of his NBA career. He won’t moving forward. The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports that Ball has been granted approval to switch to No. 1 starting next season. Why the switch? Let Ball explain. Here he is during his season-ending news conference in April: “I ain’t supposed to wear 2 ever again in my life,” Ball told reporters. “I promise you. If… Source link

The potential for any sort of partnership between the Big 12 and Pac-12 reportedly went up in flames on Monday. As the SEC and Big Ten further distance themselves from the rest of the major collegiate conferences, a partnership between the Big 12 and Pac-12 was “discussed extensively the last two weeks,” according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. However, after the two sides were unable to forge a union that was mutually beneficial, the talks officially ended Monday. According to ESPN, “a full… Source link

Julio Rodriguez didn’t technically win the 2022 MLB Home Run Derby, but it’s hard to not call him a winner after Monday. The Seattle Mariners outfielder, the overwhelming favorite to win AL Rookie of the Year, came up short in the final with a loss to Washington Nationals star Juan Soto, but managed to double his salary this season just by reaching that far. As USA Today’s Bob Nightengale noted after the event, the $750,000 payout Rodriguez receives as runner-up is more money than he will… Source link

The report investigates the current status of the Search Engine Market and analyses the future trends of the Search Engine market. The report explores the market opportunities available in the Search Engine market. The report assesses the Search Engine market sourced from the currently available data. The report provides in-depth information of the Search Engine market that helps market players understand and analyse the Search Engine industry in terms of key products and… Source link

MLB’s All-Star week is a celebration, an exhibition, an honor and a party. It is also, as the unofficial midway point, an opportunity to take stock of the season that it bisects. Storylines of 2022 include the unstoppable New York Yankees led by a giant chasing legends, their crosstown would-be rivals making a new reputation for themselves under new ownership, and Shohei Ohtani putting up a sequel to his historic season that is somehow equally unparalleled. Those are the headlines, anyway…. Source link

In today’s world, the markets cannot be separated from politics. Case in point – the semiconductor subsidy bill currently before Congress. The bill, which holds the promise of some $52 billion worth of subsidies for the US semiconductor industry, was stalled in the Congressional processes for several months but last week got a boost from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In a move not sees as particularly coincidental, Pelosi’s husband just last month exercised a call option to purchase more… Source link