The market tumbles — is this the crash Suze Orman warned about? The U.S. stock market took a gut-wrenching dive on Monday, but the big worry for investors is what still lies ahead. All three major indexes took a tumble over fears that the delta variant of COVID-19 could threaten the global recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its biggest drop of the year, falling 2.1%, while the S&P 500 fell 1.6% and the Nasdaq 1.1%. Some analysts are already worried this could be the beginning… Source link
Read More »Futures inch higher after Delta-variant selloff drags on Wall Street
Stock market futures rose in Monday’s after-hours session, indicating Wall Street would open higher on Tuesday, after rising COVID-19 infections reasserted themselves and ricocheted across markets. During Monday’s session, major benchmarks suffered their worst declines of 2021, overwhelming quarterly earnings that have almost uniformly reflected a strong rebound. The rising case count driven by the Delta variant — a more communicable form of COVID-19 — pushed the Nasdaq and S&P 500 to… Source link
Read More »‘A Lot of Very Young People’ Are Going to Buy the Dip in Stocks
(Bloomberg) — Someday, the post-pandemic equities rally is going to end. When it does it will take a lot of newly christened stock bulls with it. Their refusal to bend has been the signature fact of the stock market for at least 12 months, putting a floor under four other selloffs in 2021 alone that look just like the one that has sheared almost 3% off the S&P 500 Index since Thursday. Whether the devotion of retail investors is enough to turn the tide again is the biggest question in… Source link
Read More »Five Big 12 players on Yahoo Sports’ rankings of impactful transfers
The Big 12 as a whole is inheriting an abundance of talent throughout the conference via the transfer portal. With the rule of having to sit out after transferring now abolished, along with the extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19, teams throughout the nation are seeking transfers that can come in and make an immediate impact for their program. Texas, under a new coaching staff, is one of those schools that has relied heavily on the portal to address team needs. The Longhorns have taken… Source link
Read More »Google Reports 100-Fold Improved Quantum Error Suppression
Error mitigation is perhaps the biggest challenge and barrier to implementing practical quantum computing in the era of noisy intermediate scale quantum (NISQ) computers. Last week, Google reported promising use of so-called “stabilizer code” on its 54-qubit Sycamore quantum processor to suppress errors. The recent work, published in Nature Communications, reduced the number of errors requiring correction 100-fold per round, reported Google researchers. There’s a good account,… Source link
Read More »Google is making it easier to find Wear OS apps on the Play Store
As we approach the release of Google and Samsung’s joint smartwatch operating system later this year, Google today outlined some new Play Store improvements that will make it easier for customers to find and download apps to their Wear OS devices. The company is making it faster to search for smartwatch apps on your Android phone and instantly install them. There are new filters that are activated when you include “watch” or “watch face” in your Play Store search query. Based… Source link
Read More »U.S., Germany to announce deal on Nord Stream 2 pipeline in coming days
WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) – The United States and Germany are expected to announce a deal resolving their longstanding dispute over Russia’s $11 billion Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline in coming days, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed to settle their differences over the undersea pipeline when they met last week, but agreed Moscow must not be allowed to use energy as a weapon against its neighbors. A deal… Source link
Read More »Google Accidentally Leaks Big Pixel 6 Smartphone Upgrade
Thanks to Google, we now know more about the forthcoming Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro flagships, and it looks like a big upgrade is coming. Google’s Pixel 6 will likely offer a huge upgrade over the current Pixel 5 (pictured) © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP ADVERTISEMENT MORE FROM FORBESGoogle Accidentally Reveals Significant Google Photos ChangeBy Paul Monckton Google’s Pixel 6 range, already the subject of numerous exciting leaks, has again come under the spotlight thanks to new… Source link
Read More »Covid-19 Opportunity Still at Play for Novavax, Says Top Analyst
Delays for the regulatory filings of its Covid-19 vaccine NVX-CoV2373 (NUVAXOVID) have meant Novavax (NVAX) has been unable to get its offering out to the public yet. You would think that with other leading players firmly planted in the public and health policy makers’ consciousness, maybe the opportunity has already passed for last year’s outstanding performer. However, in late-stage studies, the vaccine’s data has shown to be just as good as those of the leading approved vaccines…. Source link
Read More »Android TV is swiping some of Google TV’s best features
Android TV is swiping some of the best content discovery tools from the Google TV platform, including a watchlist and more finely tuned recommendations. Beginning this week, Android TV users will be able to add titles to a watchlist that will populate as a row in the Discover tab. To add movies and series to this section, users can either select “watchlist” from a title’s details page or long-press on a title from the Discover tab and select “add to watchlist.” Additionally,… Source link
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