Google reportedly giving $1,600 bonuses to employees worldwide

The Google logo is seen Jan. 8, 2020, at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) (The Hill) — Google said it will distribute one-time bonuses of $1,600 to employees this month amid the tech giant’s decision to postpone a plan to return to the office, according to Reuters.  A Google spokesperson told the newswire the bonuses will be given… Source link

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Best Buy pulls TCL Google TVs amid complaints of slow, buggy software

Back in late summer, TCL announced an upgraded version of its high-end 6-Series TV. Aside from some technical improvements — the newer set fully supports HDMI 2.1 and 4K gaming at 120Hz — the biggest change had to do with software, with the latest 6-Series running Google TV instead of the Roku OS that has shipped on many of TCL’s most popular sets in the United States. The company has already released TVs powered by Android TV internationally and on a few budget models in North… Source link

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‘Who is not eating Spam?’

Even after 81 years in existence, the world’s love affair with the magical canned meat product known as Spam is not showing any signs of letting up. The brand’s owner Hormel said on its fourth fiscal quarter earnings call Thursday that sales of Spam capped off their seventh straight record-setting year. And that definitely doesn’t surprise Hormel CEO Jim Snee. “The question is, who is not eating Spam? It’s amazing what we have been able to do over the last seven years,” Snee said on Yahoo… Source link

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Google says bug with Teams and Android can cause 911 calls to fail

Last week, a Reddit user reported that they weren’t able to call 911 using their Pixel 3 and later said they were working with Google support to figure out the issue. Yesterday, Google announced what was causing the issue in a reply to the post: an “unintended interaction between the Microsoft Teams app and the underlying Android operating system” (via 9to5Google). In its comment, Google says that the bug happens when someone is using Android 10 or later and has Teams installed but… Source link

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Wes Unseld Jr. already has Wizards in playoff race

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — There are 12 teams in non-play-in playoff positioning and only one has a new head coach: Wes Unseld Jr.’s Washington Wizards, who snapped a three-game losing streak Wednesday night in overtime against a pesky Detroit Pistons squad. Unseld Jr. is one of several new coaches on the sideline this season and, arguably, could be the most mild, soft-spoken of them all. It’s a sharp contrast to a couple scenes from Wednesday night, when a few of his players were… Source link

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Yahoo Fantasy to host first Yahoo Fantasy Football Championship

This Sunday December 12, the top fantasy players in the country will face off for the title of Best Yahoo Fantasy Football Player and $200K in cash prizes at an exclusive, all-expenses paid weekend at MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino in Maryland. NFL legends and Super Bowl champions Vernon Davis and Torrey Smith will help host the event, which is the first of its kind for Yahoo Fantasy. Over the past 10 weeks, Yahoo Fantasy users had multiple free and paid ways to qualify for a coveted… Source link

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Yahoo Fantasy to host first Yahoo Fantasy Football Championship

The inaugural Yahoo Fantasy Football Championship is on Sunday. This Sunday December 12, the top fantasy players in the country will face off for the title of Best Yahoo Fantasy Football Player and $200K in cash prizes at an exclusive, all-expenses paid weekend at MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino in Maryland. NFL legends and Super Bowl champions Vernon Davis and Torrey Smith will help host the event, which is the first of its kind for Yahoo Fantasy. Over the past 10 weeks, Yahoo Fantasy… Source link

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Trevor Lawrence sticks up for Jaguars teammate

Say what you will about Trevor Lawrence during a mostly trying season, but the Jacksonville Jaguars rookie quarterback still isn’t afraid to speak his mind. Lawrence made some ripples before the season when he said he didn’t feel the need to manufacture motivation for himself. Then he earned some raised eyebrows in October when he semi-questioned his coaches’ reservations about his QB-sneaking ability. Now Lawrence is speaking his mind again, this time sticking up for a teammate.  Running back… Source link

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Why Apple’s stock is on fire right now

Apple (AAPL) appears well on its way to being the first company to hit a $3 trillion market cap. As of the opening bell on Thursday, the company’s stock was sitting at $174.91 per share, and it only needs to hit $182.85 before crossing the historic point. So what’s behind the run on Apple’s stock? The continued success of the company’s iPhone lineup, not to mention its accessories like the Apple Watch and AirPods are, of course, a large part of the story. But the build-up in… Source link

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Prices for almost everything online are surging: Adobe data

If it feels like your digital wallet is getting a little thinner this holiday season, it’s because it is as online inflation intensifies amid ongoing global supply chain bottlenecks.  Online prices for November rose 3.5% year-over-year, according to new data from Adobe on Thursday, marking the highest increase since 2014. The figure also represents the 18th consecutive month of year-over-year online inflation. “Ongoing supply chain constraints and durable consumer demand have underpinned… Source link

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