The satellite image sparking fears of a worldwide crisis

A striking satellite image shows the severity of the shipping traffic jam after a vessel blocked one of the world’s busiest shipping channels for trade linking Asia and Europe. The huge container ship, Ever Given, has blocked the Suez Canal like a “beached whale” and could take weeks to free, the salvage company said, as officials stopped all ships entering the channel on Thursday (local time) in a new setback for global trade. The man-made Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the… Source link

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Jim Nantz agrees to new deal with CBS

National Review Secret Service Agents Intervened in Hunter Biden Gun Incident: Report Secret Service agents allegedly involved themselves in an incident in which Joe Biden’s daughter-in-law Hallie threw a gun belonging to her husband Hunter Biden in the trash outside a grocery store, Politico reported Thursday. The alleged involvement of the Secret Service in the incident would be inappropriate given that the incident was investigated by Delaware police and the FBI, and because Joe Biden was… Source link

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NFL probe also chills trade market

In the 12 years since the commissioner’s exempt list was popularized as a circumstantial tool to sit NFL players down while continuing to pay their salary, only one thing has remained consistent: The standard for the league’s “timeout” has been as opaque as it is broad. And for this reason, the 16 pending civil lawsuits against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson could lead him to be removed from NFL activities at any moment this offseason or suspended entirely — or not… Source link

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Posted Up: Trade Deadline Recap

Subscribe to Posted Up with Chris Haynes Chris Haynes is joined by Yahoo’s Vincent Goodwill to recap the messy, if somewhat underwhelming, 2021 NBA trade deadline. With a number of star players rumored to be on the move, was the biggest move of the day the Toronto Raptors declining to trade point guard Kyle Lowry? Moving into the deals that were made, the guys break down the Miami Heat acquiring Houston Rockets guard Victor Oladipo, the fire sale in Orlando and the suddenly intriguing Denver… Source link

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Facebook, Twitter and Google CEOs grilled by Congress on misinformation

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee pressed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey about their platforms’ efforts to stem baseless election fraud claims and vaccine skepticism. Opaque algorithms that prioritize user engagement and promote misinformation also came under scrutiny. Rep. Mike Doyle, chair of the House subcommittee on Communications and Technology, said his staff easily found anti-vaccine content on Facebook, Facebook’s… Source link

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Google’s new alliance wants to get digital keys, mobile IDs working on Android

Bloomberg Tencent’s Ma Grapples with $170 Billion China Threat (Bloomberg) — Beijing’s clampdown on its most powerful internet firms is clouding the prospects for Tencent Holdings Ltd. and its $120 billion financial services operation just as it’s casting around for new sources of growth.China’s top watchdogs have stepped up oversight of the country’s most valuable company, scrutinizing everything from Tencent’s insights into the online behavior of a billion-plus people to an… Source link

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Evan Fournier viciously pranks Celtics fans by telling them to Google his last name

Evan Fournier: NBA player and vicious prankster. Fournier, who was reportedly traded from the Magic to the Celtics on Thursday, had a . . . curious way of introducing himself to Boston fans. The veteran shooting guard tweeted a seemingly innocuous message, telling Celtics supporters to Google his last name. MORE: Tracking NBA trade deadline rumors, news, updates Hi @celtics fans,If you’re not familiar with me, please Google my last name.You’re welcome.? — Evan Fournier… Source link

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Takeaways from House hearing on disinformation with Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs

The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter were in the hot seat once again, as lawmakers grilled them Thursday over their companies’ alleged role in the proliferation of disinformation and misinformation online. The Silicon Valley chief executives have already faced questioning on Capitol Hill multiple times over the past few years. The deadly riot on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol — and the apparent role social media played leading up to the event — loomed large over the virtual… Source link

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Google, Facebook Twitter grilled in US on fake news

US campaign group SumOfUS has reviewed dozens of social media accounts, pages and groups – and says that the tech platforms’ “policies, algorithms, and tools directly fuelled” violence. Twitter, Facebook and Google “came up massively short in preventing the escalation of violence,” its report concluded. Source link

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Local Google IT certificate program draws notice from tech giant

A Google IT Support Professional Certificate program that was launched at the start of 2020 by Mohawk Valley Community College was noted in the Google technology company’s annual Economic Impact Study for New York. The report, issued last week, referred to the MVCC program in a section titled “Helping New York businesses and job seekers.” The report said “Google is invested in expanding access to Google Career Certificates to help more people—particularly underserved—grow their… Source link

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