Evanston, Illinois became the first city in the United States to enact reparations to qualifying Black residents and descendants of residents. The program, funded by a tax on legalized marijuana, will distribute $25,000 to roughly 15 households in the city. The program aims to distribute $10 million over the course of the next decade. “Evanston is really sort of an incremental step forward,” said National African American Reparations Commission convener Ron Daniels. “The big picture is… Source link
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Here are some common to today’s language that you might not have known: by: Len Rome Posted: Mar 30, 2021 / 09:29 AM EDT / Updated: Mar 30, 2021 / 09:29 AM EDT (WYTV) – Have you ever wondered what a certain acronym stood for? Here are some common to today’s language that you might not have known: FOMOThe fear of missing out on experiences other people are having. A phrase from the early 2000s when the internet and social media… Source link
Read More »Google Maps launches augmented reality directions for indoor spaces
Google Maps Live View AR indoors Google Google on Tuesday announced several new features that are coming to the Google Maps app. The coolest one will help you find your way through indoor spaces like airports, malls and train stations using augmented reality. The updated Live View AR feature, which overlays digital guides on top of the real world to provide directions as you look through your phone’s display, now works indoors. So, say you’re in an airport and need to find your gate or an ATM…. Source link
Read More »Google Nest Hub, Apple Watch and the Pros and Cons of Sleep Tracking
I’ve been sleeping with my gadgets—five of them. These sensors on my nightstand, under my mattress and on my wrists automatically capture all sorts of information overnight. I’m swimming in a sea of data—time in bed, time asleep, time it took to fall asleep, number of disturbances, percentage in light and deep sleep, snoring instances, average heart rate, average breaths a minute. The goal of all this: fix my groggy mornings. The pandemic has left me… Source link
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Chris Monroe/CNET If you own a Google smart display, chances are it’s the first-generation Nest Hub. There have… Source link
Read More »One of World’s Greatest Hidden Fortunes Is Wiped Out in Days
(Bloomberg) — From his perch high above Midtown Manhattan, just across from Carnegie Hall, Bill Hwang was quietly building one of the world’s greatest fortunes. Even on Wall Street, few ever noticed him — until suddenly, everyone did. Hwang and his private investment firm, Archegos Capital Management, are now at the center of one of the biggest margin calls of all time — a multibillion-dollar fiasco involving secretive market bets that were dangerously leveraged and unwound in a… Source link
Read More »AstraZeneca vaccine – was it really worth it?
AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and syringe are seen at the medical centre “It’s appalling the way AstraZeneca has been treated. I wouldn’t blame them if they were thoroughly fed up and decided to bow out of the covid vaccine business.” That was the view from one of the biggest institutional investors in the UK. It’s not a view the pharmaceutical giant and its talismanic boss Pascal Soriot would have expected to hear, having developed a safe, effective vaccine at breakneck speed, signing contracts… Source link
Read More »Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) – Yandex Announces Management Changes After Finance Chief Departs
European internet and ride-hailing provider Yandex NV (NASDAQ: YNDX) announced the exit of Greg Abovsky as CFO and COO effective April 30 to pursue another opportunity in a different region. Vadim Marchuk was appointed as acting CFO. Marchuk had joined Yandex in 2016 as VP of Corporate Development. The COO roles will be divided between management team members, including Deputy CEO Tigran Khudaverdyan. Price action: YNDX… Source link
Read More »Albertsons partners with Google to bring AI and other advanced technologies to grocery customers
Albertsons Cos. Inc. ACI, +0.25% said Tuesday that, after a year of planning in partnership with Google GOOGL, -0.02% GOOG, -0.14%, the two companies will launch a series of technologies to enhance the grocery shopping experience. Using artificial intelligence (AI), the companies will provide hyperlocal information about where shoppers can find and purchase products. Enhanced features will also allow shoppers to… Source link
Read More »Google Maps adding new features, including augmented reality for (eventually) getting around airports and malls
On Tuesday, Google unveiled the feature, called Indoor Live View, which shows graphics like arrows, directions, and icons on your smartphone’s screen, laid atop a camera view of the world around you. It can be used to help you find a store in a shopping mall or a bathroom at an airport, for instance. The feature is more interactive than Google Maps’ existing indoor maps, and expands on a similar feature for city-street navigation that launched in 2019. It’s available for Android and iOS… Source link
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