On Tuesday night in Philadelphia, Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer proved that it’s possible to spitefully, even combatively, unbuckle your belt and begin to disrobe on a baseball field. Given some time to think about it, though, it wasn’t the players he took issue with, it was the new state of the game. The first day of mandatory checks for the long-illegal sticky stuff abused by pitchers made the whole process seem rather seamless. The league’s new approach to foreign substances… Source link
Read More »A second TV news reporter lost her job this week after announcing on-air that she’d be speaking to Project Veritas
CBS 62 weather reporter April Moss made the bombshell announcement in the middle of the weekend weather forecast. Screengrab/CBS 62 April Moss, a CBS affiliate journalist who paused her weather report to say she’s talking to Project Veritas, has lost her job. The station told Insider that Moss objected to its policies on COVID testing and mask-wearing. Last week Fox 26 reporter Ivory Hecker lost her job after interrupting a broadcast to claim she was being muzzled by the network. Visit Insider’s… Source link
Read More »Google likely to face antitrust claims over Play store from US states: Sources
A group of state attorneys general may file a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc‘s Google as early as next week, accusing the search and advertising giant of violating antitrust law in running its mobile app store, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The anticipated lawsuit follows complaints from app developers about Google’s management of its Play Store for Android devices, according to one source. The lawsuit has been in the works since last year and has… Source link
Read More »DeepMind scientist calls for ethical AI as Google faces ongoing backlash
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. Raia Hadsell, a research scientist at Google DeepMind, believes “responsible AI is a job for all.” That was her thesis during a talk today at the virtual Lesbians Who Tech Pride Summit, where she dove into the issues currently plaguing the field and the actions she feels are required to ensure AI is ethically developed and deployed. “AI is going to change our world in the years to… Source link
Read More »Google gets a new rival as Brave Search opens to the public
Illustration by Stephen Shankland/CNET Brave, the maker of a popular ad blocking browser, opened on Tuesday a public… Source link
Read More »Google likely to soon face antitrust claims over Play store from U.S. states – sources
WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – A group of state attorneys general may file a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google as early as next week, accusing the search and advertising giant of violating antitrust law in running its mobile app store, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The anticipated lawsuit follows complaints from app developers about Google’s management of its Play Store for Android devices, according to one source. The lawsuit has been in the works since… Source link
Read More »Stock futures open slightly higher after Nasdaq sets record high
Stock futures opened slightly higher Tuesday evening, holding onto gains from the regular session. Earlier the three major indexes ended higher for a second straight day, and the Nasdaq Composite powered to a record high as technology stocks outperformed. Microsoft (MSFT) shares steadied after jumping to a record level, bringing its market capitalization $2 trillion. Cryptocurrency prices stabilized after slumping earlier on Tuesday. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) traded back above $32,000, after… Source link
Read More »SaaS founder salaries, break-even neobanks, Google Search tips – TechCrunch
Usually, a teacher who grades students on a curve is boosting the efforts of those who didn’t perform well on the test. In the case of cloud companies, however, it’s the other way around. As of Q1 2021, startups in this sector have median Series A rounds around $8 million, reports PitchBook. With $100+ million Series D rounds becoming more common, company valuations are regularly boosted into the billions. Andy Stinnes, a general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners, says founders… Source link
Read More »Government health care is overtaking private coverage
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the American Rescue Plan in the State Dining Room of the White House on May 5, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) A surge in Medicaid enrollment during the coronavirus pandemic is pushing the United States near a momentous tipping point: More people getting health care coverage through a government plan than through the private sector. Here’s the math. A record 80.5 million Americans now get health… Source link
Read More »‘Long way to go’ on US economic recovery
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the U.S. economic recovery still needs support, despite messaging from the central bank last week that it could pare back its easy money policies sooner than expected. “We have a long way to go,” Powell told the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on Tuesday. The Fed chief committed the central bank to doing “everything we can to support the economy for as long as it takes.” Powell highlighted that the labor market is… Source link
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