This tech giant will shape the future of the metaverse, buy its stock: analyst

Adobe (ADBE) will be a major winner from the build out of the metaverse, says one widely followed Wall Street analyst. “Adobe is the best software play for the metaverse — its creative tools will enable the next generation of the internet,” said Jefferies tech analyst Brent Thill in a new research note Thursday.  Thill reiterated a Buy rating and $680 price target on Adobe. Shares of Adobe were relatively unchanged in pre-market trading Thursday. It closed down 7% at $514.43 on… Source link

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Microsoft releases IndexNow plugin for WordPress websites

Last year, Microsoft Bing and Yandex (the most popular search engine in Russia) announced IndexNow, a new way for websites owners to inform search engines about latest content changes on their website. Instead of waiting for search engines to discover the content changes, website owners can now do a simple ping so that search engines know that a URL and its content has been added, updated, or deleted. Recently, Microsoft released IndexNow Plugin for WordPress. This new plugin will enable… Source link

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NHL sues insurers over Covid-19 reimbursements

Factory Mutual Insurance Company, The Cincinnati Insurance Company, Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, and Federal Insurance Company listed as defendants Teams suing include Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, and Winnipeg Jets The National Hockey League (NHL) and 20 of its teams are suing five of their insurance providers over… Source link

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To catch an insurrectionist: Facebook and Google are helping the FBI find January 6 rioters

A few days after the Capitol insurrection last January, the FBI got two tips identifying an Ohio man named Walter Messer as a participant, and both cited his social media posts about being there. To verify those tips, the FBI turned to three companies that held a large amount of damning evidence against Messer, simply as a result of his normal use of their services: AT&T, Facebook, and Google. AT&T gave the FBI Messer’s telephone number and a list of cell sites he used, including one… Source link

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Fed snatches the punch bowl away from Wall Street’s party: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, January 6, 2021 Rate hikes no longer theoretical, but ‘front and center’  On Wall Street, there’s an old saying that refers to the market’s reaction to Federal Reserve policy that may be negative for stocks, and implies that investors are having the time of their lives. “Snatching the punch bowl away from the party,” an old… Source link

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Google hit with 150 mln euro French fine for cookie breaches

A 3D printed Facebook’s new rebrand logo Meta is seen in front of displayed Google logo in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register PARIS, Jan 6 (Reuters) – France’s data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) a record 150 million euros ($169 million) for making it difficult for internet users to refuse online trackers known as cookies. Meta Platforms’… Source link

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Gioacchino Gammino: Google Maps helps Italian police capture mafia fugitive in Galapagar, Spain

After a two-year investigation, Gioacchino Gammino, 61, was tracked down in Galapagar, Spain, where he lived under a fake name. The town is close to the capital Madrid. A Google Maps street view picture portraying a man who looked like him in front of a fruit shop was key in triggering a deeper investigation. “The photogram helped us to confirm the investigation we were developing in traditional ways,” Nicola Altiero, deputy director of the Italian anti-mafia police unit (DIA), said. Gammino, a… Source link

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Visual Regression Testing Market Size, Scope, Forecast to 2029

New Jersey, United States,- The latest report published by Verified Market Reports shows that the Visual Regression Testing Market is likely to garner a great pace in the coming years. Analysts examined market drivers, confinements, risks and openings in the world market. The Visual Regression Testing report shows the likely direction of the market in the coming years as well as its estimates. A close study aims to understand the market price. By analyzing the competitive landscape, the… Source link

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Playoff scenarios, more Antonio Brown fallout & 2022 head coaching candidates

The end of the NFL regular season brings two major topics: playoffs and awards. Charles Robinson is joined by Yahoo’s Shalise Manza Young to kick off the mid-week podcast discussing the MVP award and recent comments made by Chicago based reporter Hub Arkush that he would not be voting for Aaron Rodgers to take home his second consecutive trophy. Moving onto the playoffs, Charles breaks down where the playoff seeding stands with just one more weekend to go and why the NFC has gone from… Source link

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Antonio Brown says Bucs wanted him to play injured

Antonio Brown released a statement on Wednesday blaming his “coach” for his midgame exit from the field on Sunday that preceded his still-pending release from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  The statement released through his lawyer Sean Burstyn was the first time Brown has directly addressed the incident in public. He doesn’t reference Bruce Arians by name, but makes multiple references to an interaction with his “coach,” whom he says pressured him to play with an injured ankle during Sunday’s… Source link

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