We weren’t being coy when we named the $599 Pixel 6 and $899 Pixel 6 Pro the best Android phones money can buy. Four months down the road that stands, but another mid-range phone has made its debut — the $699 Galaxy S21 FE. Samsung phones are generally fantastic Android devices, and the S21 FE is no exception. But with a price that’s $100 more than the Pixel 6, is the Galaxy S21 FE worth it? Or does the Pixel 6 still get the job… Source link
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Rob Gronkowski came out of retirement to reunite on the field with Tom Brady in Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniforms. That doesn’t mean he’s committing to staying in step with his longtime quarterback. Gronkowski told reporters Monday following the Buccaneers’ 30-27 NFC divisional-round loss to the Los Angeles Rams that he could see a scenario in which Brady retired, but he decided to keep playing. “There could be a scenario like that,” Gronkowski told reporters, via 95.3 WDAE in St. Petersburg.… Source link
Read More »Four attorneys general sue Google for ‘deceptive’ location tracking
The parallel lawsuits by the District of Columbia, Texas, Indiana and Washington state zero in on Google’s collection of location data, which can be used to target advertising and build profiles on internet users. The DC Attorney General’s lawsuit alleges that since 2014, Google (GOOG) has made misleading public statements about how users can opt out of location tracking. Despite offering settings in users’ Google accounts that promised to restrict location data tracking, Google allegedly… Source link
Read More »Leon Cooperman’s Performance in 2021: 10 Best Stock Picks
In this article, we discuss Leon Cooperman’s 10 best performing stocks in 2021. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of Cooperman’s history, investment philosophy, and hedge fund performance, go directly to Leon Cooperman’s Performance in 2021: 5 Best Stock Picks. Leon Cooperman is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and long-time investor. He is best known in the financial circles for founding Omega Advisors in 1991, which is a New York-based investment advisory firm. He… Source link
Read More »US STOCKS-Nasdaq plunges over 4%, S&P 500 set to confirm correction
(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * S&P 500 falls over 10% from its record closing high on Jan 3 * Kohl’s surges as Sycamore, Acacia show takeover interest * Information Technology top S&P 500 sectoral loser * Indexes drop: Dow 3.15%, S&P 3.9%, Nasdaq 4.8% (Adds comment, details; updates prices) By Devik Jain and Bansari Mayur Kamdar Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes plunged on Monday, with the S&P 500 on course to… Source link
Read More »‘It’s a recipe for revolution’
Jon Stewart and Jeff Bezos.Zach Gibson/Getty Images; Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images Jon Stewart once told Jeff Bezos that his vision for the economy was a “recipe for revolution.” Stewart said during a recent podcast episode that President Barack Obama agreed. In recent years, Amazon employees have gone on strike, filed lawsuits, and attempted to unionize. Jeff Bezos’ vision for the future has made him one of the richest people, but the comedian Jon Stewart sees it as a “recipe for revolution”… Source link
Read More »Four Attorneys General Sue Google Over Privacy Claims
The District of Columbia and three states sued Google on Monday, claiming that the tech giant deceived consumers to gain access to their location data. In separate lawsuits, the attorneys general of D.C., Texas, Washington and Indiana claimed that Google misled users of Android phones and of tools like Google Maps and its search engine by continuing to track location information of users who had changed privacy setting to prevent the data collection. Karl A. Racine, the attorney general for… Source link
Read More »Four AGs sue Google for allegedly tracking consumers without permission
Attorneys general from the District of Columbia and three states sued Google on Monday, claiming the search giant misled consumers to gain access to their location data. The lawsuits from D.C., Indiana, Texas and Washington allege Alphabet Inc.’s Google GOOGL, -4.18% GOOG, -3.88% deceived users from at least 2014 to 2019 by leading them to believe that turning off “location history” settings would stop tracking… Source link
Read More »U.S. consumers expect spending growth but fewer splurges on non-essentials
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) – U.S. consumers expect their monthly spending to grow above pre-pandemic levels this year but people are becoming less likely to spend big on vacations and other non-essential items – a sign that more households may be more concerned about rising prices, according to a survey released Monday by the New York Federal Reserve. The survey showed that consumers expect to spend more on daily living expenses in the coming year. But it also showed that… Source link
Read More »Google Deceived Users About Location Tracking, New Suit Alleges
Washington, D.C., and two states filed new lawsuits against Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -2.15% Google, accusing it of deceiving consumers by recording their location even after users tried to turn off the company’s tracking. Google falsely told customers that if they opted out of collection of their “Location History” or other settings, Google wouldn’t store the places they went, according to a lawsuit… Source link
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