By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) – Bitcoin funds and products posted record outflows last week as investors continued to cast a cautious eye on the world’s largest cryptocurrency, which has seen its upward momentum stall in the last few months, according to digital currency manager CoinShares data released on Monday. Bitcoin outflows hit $141 million in the week ending June 4, representing 8.3% of the net inflows seen this year. For the year so far, bitcoin… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Sports’ Launch Pad – Avisaíl García sends one to the scoreboard
Yahoo Sports recaps the longest home runs from the Week of June 1st utilizing statcast data Video Transcript LIZ LOZA: DJ Moore and Robby Anderson, which of these Carolina Panther receivers am I prioritizing in fantasy? Well, spoiler alert, I tend to prioritize value, so my answer is gonna be Robby Anderson. But let’s talk about why. Because DJ Moore is absolutely an athletic marvel. I mean, this guy is entering his fourth season in the league, and we are still talking about his SPARQ score…. Source link
Read More »Apple debuts watchOS 8 and new health features at WWDC 2021
Apple (AAPL) is bringing updates to the software that powers the Apple Watch. Announced at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2021, watchOS 8 brings a number of changes to the world’s best-selling wearable, including the ability to track your respiratory rate and new workouts. Apple previously announced sleep tracking capabilities for the Apple Watch, but this year, it’s adding the ability to track your respiratory rate while sleeping as well. This is something that a number… Source link
Read More »YouTube/celebrity bouts have just about run their course
In the mid-to-late 1990s, Top Rank produced a series of pay-per-view events headlined by Oscar De La Hoya that included on the undercards the modern-day equivalent of Logan and Jake Paul. We saw it on Sept. 18, 1999, during the so-called “Fight of the Millennium” between De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad. We saw it a few months earlier, on Feb. 13, 1999, on UNLV’s campus, for De La Hoya’s stirring victory over Ike Quartey at the Thomas & Mack Center. And, of course, we saw it on Sept. 18,… Source link
Read More »Apple debuts iOS 15, bringing huge changes to the iPhone
Apple (AAPL) has unveiled the latest version of iOS, dubbed iOS 15. The company revealed the update on Monday during its virtual Worldwide Developers Conference 2021, or WWDC. The changes to the operating system that powers millions of iPhones around the world include new notification settings, improvements to Messages, changes to Photos, and more. Here are the biggest changes coming to your iPhone with iOS 15. Big changes to FaceTime The FaceTime app is getting an overhaul to make video… Source link
Read More »Apple Wallet can hold driver’s licenses in iOS 15
With iOS 15, Apple Wallet will receive the ability to store driver’s licenses just like it does credit cards and discount codes. The digital version of your ID will function just like a physical license, and will even be accepted at TSA checkpoints. When the feature goes live later this year, it will only be available for those in participating US states. Apple has yet to say which states are interested. “The Transportation Security Administration is working to enable airport security… Source link
Read More »E-commerce brings ‘opportunities for greener solutions,’ DHL Express US CEO says
The growth of e-commerce could make it easier for supply chains to lower their carbon footprint, according to a new report by DHL (DPSGY) and FINN Partners’ Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Transportation Practice. “We started to dig in and look at a couple of key areas in the paper where we think the trends in e-commerce would have an impact on sustainability,” Greg Hewitt, CEO of DHL Express USA, told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “That was the last-mile delivery, first and mid… Source link
Read More »The wonky interest rate that Janet Yellen was really referring to
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke about the prospects for higher interest rates over the weekend, triggering some confusion over which interest rates she was referring to. “If we ended up with a slightly higher interest rate environment it would actually be a plus for society’s point of view and the Fed’s point of view,” the former Federal Reserve chair told Bloomberg in an interview on Sunday. Yellen’s remarks come as the Jerome Powell-led Fed continues to pin short-term… Source link
Read More »McDonald’s automated drive-thru is just the latest sign of robots taking over fast-food
Fast-food’s biggest players are letting the robots right in through the front door as they seek out ways to overcome rising wages and worker shortages. McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski disclosed at a recent Wall Street conference the company is testing automated voice ordering for its drive-thru. The tests are being conducted at about 10 locations in McDonald’s backyard of Chicago, IL. “We have over the last several years spent a lot of money that shows up in the G&A line, looking at better… Source link
Read More »Why the mask culture wars may never end
WASHINGTON — You can wear a mask inside Fiddleheads Café, but it will cost you. “$5 added to orders placed while wearing a face mask,” reads a sign pasted on a window of the restaurant, located in the Northern California town of Mendocino. On the other side of the country, at the Middle Eastern restaurant Little Sesame in downtown Washington, D.C., there is also a sign greeting visitors. “No mask, no hummus,” that sign declares. Little Sesame in Washington, D.C. (Alexander… Source link
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