Tiger Woods recovering at home after car accident

Tiger Woods‘ road to recovery has finally taken him home. The golf legend announced Tuesday that he is back home in Florida, where he will continue his rehab following his terrifying car accident near Los Angeles that left him with extensive leg injuries. Woods thanked his medical team at both the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for their care. Woods had previously been hospitalized since Feb. 23, when his SUV hit a sign on a winding residential road in Rolling Hills… Source link

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Google gets into sleep surveillance with new Nest Hub screen

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Google’s next internet-connected home device will test whether consumers trust the company enough to let it snoop on their sleep. New sleep-sensing technology will be a key feature on Google’s latest version of its Nest Hub, a 7-inch smart screen unveiled Tuesday. Like the previous generation, the $100 Nest Hub can display pictures and video in addition to fielding questions and handling household tasks through Google’s voice-activated assistant…. Source link

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You have a ‘better chance of making money in Dallas and Texas’

Dec 3, 2019; New Orleans, LA, USA; Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban prior to tip off against the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports Cities like Miami, Denver, and Dallas have become attractive destinations for entrepreneurs and companies during the coronavirus pandemic. Texas, in particular, has become home to high-profile figures like Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and podcast host Joe Rogan — Oracle (ORCL) recently moved its… Source link

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Forget GameStop and short sellers — the SEC says ‘OCMillionaire’ manipulated a worthless stock higher

Fool’s gold? The SEC alleges that a stock manipulator sucked investors into a worthless company by claiming it was about to become a big player in cannabis. If you’ve been following the ludicrous saga of trading in GameStop shares, you’ve probably heard about how short sellers try to profit by manipulating stocks to fall in price. But that’s not the only way people try to play the market. The Securities and Exchange Commission just unveiled fraud charges against a trader allegedly trying to… Source link

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Stock futures drift higher ahead of Fed decision

Stock futures opened slightly higher Tuesday morning as investors awaited a key monetary policy decision and updated economic outlook from the Federal Reserve.  Earlier during the regular session, the S&P 500 and Dow each ended lower to retreat from record closing highs notched earlier this week. The S&P 500’s loss was its first in five days. The Nasdaq ended marginally higher as technology stocks outperformed. The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, fell to a pandemic-era low of 19.3, or the… Source link

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ETFs Targeting Natural Resources To Counter Inflation

For this week’s “ETF Report” on Yahoo Finance, with host Alexis Christoforous, ETF Trends’ CIO and Director of Research, Dave Nadig, was on hand to go over what’s happening with the billion dollars flowing into ETFs targeting natural resources. As he explains, there’s a good reason why it’s become so popular for investors, and it’s related to inflation concerns. “I think a lot of folks are, at least, concerned about inflation,” Nadig says. “One of the ways people express… Source link

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BRCC offering Google program to help jumpstart new careers

AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) – Blue Ridge Community College is offering a Google IT certificates program that is geared to help folks get a starting point into a technology career. The program also includes an employer consortium of over 130 companies committed to those who complete the certification for related entry-level roles. “We need more technicians out there in the IT field. If anybody thinks they’re good at actually figuring things out and working with technology, this would be… Source link

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Inside the New York Democrats’ messy fight over whether to impeach Andrew Cuomo

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is not being impeached — yet. Instead, with mounting sexual misconduct accusations and an alleged cover-up of nursing home deaths, Cuomo is facing an investigation from his fellow Democrats in the state Assembly’s Judiciary Committee that could, conceivably, result in his removal from office. However, multiple members of the Albany Legislature are concerned the investigation is merely “buying time” for the governor, whose term ends next year. Gov. Andrew… Source link

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Google, Apple giving up less than 5% of revenue from apps with pay changes: estimate

The App Store logo displayed on a smartphone. Igor Golovniov | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images New estimates from analytics firm Sensor Tower suggest neither Apple nor Google is giving up a substantial amount of revenue by changing the fees they charge developers. The report follows changes Google announced on Tuesday when it said it plans to change the way it charges app makers on its Google Play app store, following a similar move Apple made in December. Beginning July 1, Android… Source link

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