Deshaun Watson, accusers won’t settle, so it’s NFL’s hands

HOUSTON — A moment of clarity arrived for the Houston Texans‘ Deshaun Watson with Thursday’s revelation that four women met with NFL investigators regarding their civil lawsuits against the star quarterback. The league now has testimony from some of Watson’s accusers, and one way or another, it will have to decide what to do with that information.  It’s a crossroads between Watson’s civil litigation and an NFL investigation that was never guaranteed to materialize given the reality… Source link

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Stock futures flat after recovery from sell-off, Dow’s best day since March

Stock futures opened little changed Thursday evening after a surge during the regular trading day, which saw the major U.S. equity indexes recover some losses after three straight days of declines.  Contracts on the Dow edged higher after the index posted its best single-session gain since March. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were little changed after advancing strongly earlier.  Shares of Disney (DIS) slid after the company posted quarterly revenue that missed estimates, with… Source link

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DoorDash spikes over 9% as Q1 revenue tops expectations; boosts FY outlook

DoorDash (DASH) posted a first-quarter earnings report on Thursday that largely surpassed Wall Street’s expectations, with the company demonstrating that the boost it got from COVID-19 demand has staying power beyond the pandemic. The company reported revenue that skyrocketed 198 percent compared to a year-ago, to $1.08 billion, and total orders soaring 219 percent year-over-year, to $329 million. The results sent its stock on a tear after hours, which was up over 10%. Here’s what the San… Source link

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Google Analytics Will Track Data Without Cookies

Google announces several updates that will help provide site owners and advertisers with relevant data when cookies aren’t available. The new privacy-safe tracking methods, which don’t involve Google’s controversial FLoC technology, rely on consented first-party data and machine learning. These new solutions are designed to help marketers succeed in a world with fewer third party cookies and identifiers, by introducing ways to measure conversions and unlock helpful insights while… Source link

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Airbnb revenue climbed 5% to $887M, beating expectations – Yahoo Finance

Bloomberg Over 700 Barges Stuck in Mississippi River From Bridge Crack (Bloomberg) — A crack in a bridge over the Mississippi River has stranded more than 700 barges, cutting off the biggest route for U.S. agricultural exports when the critical waterway is at its busiest.The route is shut near Memphis while the Tennessee Department of Transportation inspects a large crack in a highway bridge spanning the river, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A queue has expanded to 47 vessels and 771… Source link

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Coinbase misses on top and bottom line in first earnings report as a public company

Coinbase (COIN), the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., missed analysts’ expectations on the top and bottom line in its Q1 2021 earnings report, its first ever as a public company. Coinbase employee Daniel Huynh holds a celebratory bottle of champagne as he photographs outside the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York’s Times Square, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) The company’s stock was down more than 3% following the announcement. “Our strong Q1 2021 results reflect the strength… Source link

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Howard County second grader representing Maryland in national Doodle for Google contest

This week, doodlers and their fans have been working to get votes in the hopes of winning the grand prize, which includes a $50,000 technology package for the student’s school and a $30,000 college scholarship, as well as the honor of the national title and getting their doodle on Google’s homepage. Voting, available at doodles.google.com/d4g/vote, closes at 2:59 a.m. Saturday. Source link

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Government looks to disrupt ransomware business

WASHINGTON — Amid an ongoing disruption to the delivery of fuel to the East Coast due to a cyberattack on a major U.S. pipeline, a top cybersecurity official said Thursday the U.S. government is looking at how to prevent companies and individuals from paying the hackers. “The U.S. government is looking at what can be done. … There are active discussions in the federal government about what more we can do to disrupt that business model,” said Brandon Wales, the acting director of the… Source link

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How to alphabetize in Google Sheets

Sort A-Z or Z-A in Google Sheets on any platform and also sort in sequence by more than one column on the web. Illustration: Andy Wolber/TechRepublic Google Sheets often helps people manage lists of people, things and places. An alphabetical sort can not only bring a bit of order to these lists, but also help us recognize patterns, such as… Source link

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Starlink teams up with Google for ground infrastructure

TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX will install ground stations within Google’s data centers for its Starlink broadband satellites under a new cloud partnership. The alliance aims to expand the reach of Google Cloud customers to their data, services and applications without the need for nearby cell towers.  After connecting to a Starlink constellation that is becoming increasingly available worldwide, they can increase performance by running applications within Google data centers. SpaceX… Source link

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