Alphabet Inc. GOOG 1.98% ’s Google and AARP want to help older people improve their digital skills. The AARP Foundation said the new program, aided by a $10 million grant from Google’s philanthropic arm, will aim to train 25,000 people ages 50 and older on helping them use digital skills to advance in their careers. AARP, the Washington-based advocacy group for older adults, said the… Source link
Read More »There are eight quarterbacks in NFL history with 50,000 yards and at least one Super Bowl win. Tom Brady. Drew Brees. Peyton Manning. Brett Favre. Ben Roethlisberger. Eli Manning. Aaron Rodgers. John Elway. That’s three Hall of Famers, four locks and Eli Manning. We’ve all heard the debate on Eli Manning’s HOF candidacy by now, and he has a chance to make it eight-for-eight. Matthew Stafford is at 49,995 career yards, which is 12th all-time. He’s five yards and two wins this postseason —… Source link
Read More »New York Giants co-owner John Mara still believes in Daniel Jones. Mara offered a blunt assessment on why Jones deserves another chance to start, saying the Giants have “done everything possible to screw” him up. Mara said the team needs to surround Jones with better help. That will allow the team to make an “intelligent evaluation” of Jones’ play. Jones failed to live up to expectations after being selected with the No. 6 pick in the 2019 NFL draft. He showed some promise his rookie season,… Source link
Read More »Ask Ford CEO and resident car super fan Jim Farley who he sees as his biggest competitors in the electric vehicle race, the answer isn’t fierce hometown rival General Motors. In fact, Farley won’t say specifically the Model T creator has worthy competitors in EVs. Rather, Farley acknowledges “admiring” two EV players in particular. “Well, the companies that I think about that I admire because of their commitment — and frankly, the hard work they did to earn their reputation — are… Source link
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Cybersecurity company Surfshark compared data collected by 30 mobility apps based on the 32 types of data that the Apple Store lists By Paulius Udra A study conducted by cybersecurity company Surfshark revealed that ride-hailing and taxi apps collect extensive information about their users. According to the research, these apps, on average, collect 14 data points per user and 30% of them use this data for “Third-Party advertising”. Surfshark’s data sensitivity index, which shows… Source link
Read More »U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says it’s high time for lawmakers to pass legislation that helps end a crippling pandemic-fueled semiconductor shortage that has been going on for a longer than a year. “It’s a crisis,” Raimondo said of the shortage on Yahoo Finance Live. Findings from a new Commerce Department survey underscore the extent of that crisis. The median inventory of semiconductor products highlighted by buyers has fallen from 40 days in 2019 to less than five days in… Source link
Read More »This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, January 26, 2022 Nvidia’s (NVDA) $40 billion bid to buy chip designer Arm is effectively over. The deal, which would have blown apart the balance of power in the microprocessor industry, already attracted intense scrutiny from regulators both in the U.S. and abroad. Industry… Source link
Read More »Ford CEO Jim Farley is keen on seeing President Joe Biden’s stalled Build Back Better bill passed in an effort to boost electric vehicle adoption in the United States. “It’s mission critical for the EV industry,” Farley said on Yahoo Finance Live. As it stands now, the Build Back Better (BBB) bill would offer credits of up to $12,500 for consumers if they purchase an electric vehicle. The bill would also aid in the development of more public charging stations. Both aspects of the bill are… Source link
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(Bloomberg) — Jeremy Grantham got the market’s attention with his “super bubble” call on U.S. stocks. Now he wants to get an even more alarming and urgent message out, one his critics may find harder to accept. Most Read from Bloomberg The “Goldilocks” period of the past 25 years is ending, and the world needs to prepare for a future of inflation, slower growth and labor shortages, the renowned value investor said in a Bloomberg “Front Row” interview. “There’s only a certain… Source link
Read More »Ford CEO Jim Farley is seeing impressive early demand for the company’s new electric vehicles, the E-Transit (van) and F-150 Lightning. “We have over 10,000 orders already from a lot of different customers [for the E-Transit]. I think we just got over 1,000 orders from Walmart. So, the demand is very high,” Farley told Yahoo Finance. “The E-Transit is strategically very important for the company because of our dominant position.” The company’s E-Transit vans will begin arriving to customers… Source link
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