Opening Ceremony rating hit all-time low

NBC is facing a cataclysmic loss of audience for the 2022 Winter Olympics as viewership tanked for Friday’s Opening Ceremony, averaging just 16 million. It is a record low for the Opening Ceremony (20.1 million for 1988 in Calgary was the previous record) and a whopping 43 percent below the 2018 Games in South Korea that notched 28.3 million viewers despite also dealing with a less than advantageous Asian time zone for American audiences. It comes on the heels of Thursday’s ratings… Source link

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Jordan Spieth survives terrifying cliff shot at Pebble Beach

Jordan Spieth got as close to the cliffs at Pebble Beach as he possibly could on Saturday afternoon. Though he miraculously saved par in the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Spieth had to take off running backward after his shot so he didn’t fall nearly 70 feet down onto the rocks and beach below. “It was by far the most nerve-wracking shot I’ve ever hit in my life, like by far,” he was heard telling his caddie. Spieth’s drive on the par-4 eighth landed just a few inches… Source link

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IOC claims it reached out to NOS, but TV outlet denies

ZHANGJIAKOU — Two words no journalist wants to hear in connection with their name are “dragged away,” and yet that’s exactly what happened to Dutch broadcaster Sjoerd den Daas. Chinese authorities hauled Den Daas, who was in the middle of a live broadcast at the Opening Ceremony for Dutch station NOS, away from the camera and shut down filming operations on live TV. Den Daas and his camera operator were not injured in the incident, which only lasted a few seconds but was a stark… Source link

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Chrome is changing its logo for the first time in eight years

Chrome is changing its logo for the first time since 2014, and if you squint really hard, you might actually be able to see what’s different. Elvin Hu, a designer for Google Chrome, offers a first look at the logo’s redesign in a thread on Twitter, as well as some of the thinking behind the ever-so-subtle changes. Some of you might have noticed a new icon in Chrome’s Canary update today. Yes! we’re refreshing Chrome’s brand icons for the first time in 8 years. The new icons… Source link

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Why Amazon will be top FANG for 2022: BofA

Amazon (AMZN) bulls may finally have a reason to smile — just like the company’s logo suggests — after a relatively ugly winter, according to a recent Bank of America (BAC) Global Research report. “We continue to rate Amazon as our top FANG and large-cap Internet stock for 2022,” Bank of America analyst Justin Post wrote in his report. “Amazon’s profit outlook is improving as the COVID impact on labor and supply chain subsides.” Amazon pushed markets up on Friday, and was the… Source link

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Expert on increase in Black med students amid pandemic

The long-term effects of the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on minority communities has yet to play out, but one silver lining has emerged. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Black medical student enrollment has increased by 21% in the past year, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Currently, African-Americans account for just 5% of the entire physician population nationally, though about 14% of the general U.S. population. Michellene Davis, CEO of National Medical… Source link

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Shared Mobility Market Quality & Quantity Analysis

  A new research study from JCMR with title Global Shared Mobility Market Research Report 2021 provides an in-depth assessment of the Shared Mobility including key market trends, upcoming technologies, industry drivers, challenges, regulatory policies & strategies. The research study provides forecasts for Shared Mobility investments till 2029. The report does include most recent post-pandemic market survey on Shared Mobility Market. Competition Analysis : Uber, DiDi… Source link

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Google Stream is what Stadia should have been from the start

One year after Google shuttered the internal game development studio for its struggling cloud gaming service Google Stadia, a report from Business Insider gives a clear idea of what’s next for the tech giant’s gaming efforts. It’s reportedly moving away from making a cloud gaming platform where subscribers buy and play games. Instead, Google will use the technology in partnerships with major third-party companies under the moniker Google Stream. As someone who has actively played… Source link

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Team USA speed skating disqualified as China wins gold

Team USA speed skating believed it just punched its ticket to the short-track speed skating mixed team relay finals … until the semifinal race went under review. The United States was eventually penalized and disqualified, paving the way for China to win its first medal at the Beijing Olympics. At the conclusion of the semifinal race, Team USA appeared to be in. The team finished second, behind Hungary. The top two teams advance to the finals. It was enough to knock China — the favorite,… Source link

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Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants to tear down three homes to build a pool, records show

PALO ALTO — Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants to add to her expansive estate by demolishing three adjacent homes she owns to build a swimming pool and pool house that could cost almost $1.6 million. But so far, Palo Alto planning officials have said no, pointing out that a pool doesn’t warrant removing homes from the city’s housing stock. Like other cities in the Bay Area, Palo Alto is under intense pressure by the state to produce thousands of additional homes to chip away at a… Source link

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