Alphabet to fold Sidewalk Labs into Google as Doctoroff steps down

Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff speaks during a press conference where Alphabet announced it will develop an area of Toronto’s waterfront on October 17, 2017. Mark Blinch | Reuters Alphabet is folding its smart city projects, known as Sidewalk Labs, into Google, as the company aims to bolster its climate sustainability efforts and consolidate businesses that aren’t making money. In a Medium post on Thursday, Sidewalk’s Founder and CEO Dan Doctoroff announced the changes. Doctoroff also said… Source link

Read More »

Any war with China is ‘likely to be around Taiwan’

The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a $768 billion defense policy bill that directs the president to create a “grand strategy” to address global economic and military threats posed by China. That vote came as news emerged that U.S. military commanders have created a software tool designed to predict how China will react to U.S. activities in the area, such as U.S. officials’ visits to Taiwan. In a new interview taped Monday, billionaire hedge fund titan Ray Dalio said a military… Source link

Read More »

Walmart’s former secret weapon Marc Lore is trying to change the world

Full stop, Jet.com founder and former Walmart U.S. e-commerce wizard Marc Lore is trying to shake up the world.  And that’s where Yahoo Finance found Lore on a recent Wednesday afternoon, somewhere between executing on big, bold new ideas (food delivery startup Wonder plus city of the future Telosa), mapping out a vision for basketball teams Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx (which he now partly owns with former baseball star Alex Rodriguez) and having a little fun on Twitter… Source link

Read More »

Sidewalk Labs products will be folded into Google proper – TechCrunch

Alphabet’s smart city project is winding down and Google will take over its products. Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff announced the news in a letter, in which he noted he is stepping down for health-related reasons. A spokesperson confirmed to Engadget that Sidewalk Labs products will be folded into Google, though Alphabet plans to spin out Canopy Buildings as a separate company. “Starting next year, Sidewalk products Pebble, Mesa, Delve, and Affordable Electrification will join Google,… Source link

Read More »

Thaddeus Young wants to play for contender

Thaddeus Young was shocked to learn that he was being traded this past offseason when the Chicago Bulls, where he’d put together two effective seasons, acquired DeMar DeRozan and sent Young to the San Antonio Spurs. Since then, Young has been among NBA trade rumors as a piece that could bolster a team looking for consistent inside scoring and a dominant rebounder. In the latest episode of the “Posted Up with Chris Haynes” podcast, Young explained what he’s looking for at this point in… Source link

Read More »

Let’s install Google Toolbar, the project that almost made it 21 years

I was lost and in search of myself after hearing the devastating news on Ars Technica: Google Toolbar had been put down by the search giant after nearly 21 years — longer than most projects the company lets live. (A recent newsletter effort didn’t make it past three months). There was no ceremony, no announcement, no moment of silence, nor any closure — just a “no longer available.” That’s what Google has now on its Install Google Toolbar help page; it tells you how to… Source link

Read More »

Google Chrome’s last-minute holiday shopping tools track prices and abandoned carts

With time ticking away before shipping deadlines put a stop to your online holiday shopping, Google is highlighting a few new Chrome features that might help you out. Still, it’s not lost on us that these features used to keep track of stuff to help you shop are also useful for the nearly $2 trillion company that makes most of its money from serving up relevant advertisements and making sure shoppers hit the “buy” button. But you will probably use Chrome anyway, so you should know… Source link

Read More »

Meta/Facebook is the worst company of the year: Yahoo Finance readers

Every December, Yahoo Finance selects a Company of the Year, based on its market performance and its achievements that particular year. In 2021, Microsoft (MSFT) took home the crown, smashing through the $2 trillion market capitalization mark and seeing a 53% surge in its stock price as of Dec. 16, year-to-date. However, the spirit of Festivus has taught us we can learn just as much from the bad as the good by airing our grievances. That’s why Yahoo Finance also selects a Worst Company of… Source link

Read More »

Russian businessman on U.S. sanctions list claims court win over Google – Reuters

Information you can trust Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world’s media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers. Source link

Read More »

Google Pledged to Remove Ads From Climate Denial Sites, but Many Still Run

Ahead of last month’s United Nations global climate summit, Google, the world’s biggest provider of ads online, made a big announcement: It would stop placing ads on sites that deny the scientific consensus on climate change. Banned from profiting from its advertising program, Google said, were sites and videos falsely referring to global warming as a hoax or a scam. Also no longer welcome to run Google ads: Content falsely claiming that greenhouse gas emissions, or human activity, do not… Source link

Read More »