Russian pay TV operator Tricolor has secured rights to show matches from the country’s second-tier football league, the FNL, on satellite through a partnership deal with leading Russian web portal Yandex. Tricolor will show FNL matches on its new Football Channel, which it launched at the start of this month and which is available as part of its Unified package. The deal with Yandex, which held rights to the FNL to stream through its portal, will enable Tricolor customers to watch all… Source link
Read More »Nearly 10% of the $380 billion in stimulus checks may be used to buy bitcoin and stocks: survey
Bloomberg Biden Eyes First Major Tax Hike Since 1993 in Next Economic Plan (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden is planning the first major federal tax hike since 1993 to help pay for the long-term economic program designed as a follow-up to his pandemic-relief bill, according to people familiar with the matter.Unlike the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus act, the next initiative, which is expected to be even bigger, won’t rely just on government debt as a funding source. While it’s been… Source link
Read More »Novavax’s (NVAX) COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Final Efficacy of 96.4%
Novavax, Inc.’s NVAX final data from a pivotal phase III study evaluating its coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373, showed that it was 96.4% effective against mild, moderate and severe disease caused by the original COVID-19 strain in the United Kingdom. The company also announced results from the complete analysis of its phase IIb study in South Africa. In the region marked by a vast majority of strains that are B1.351 escape variants, the vaccine candidate delivered 55.4% efficiency… Source link
Read More »Automation Anywhere and Google Cloud Partner to Enable Enterprises to Automate Common Business Processes
SAN JOSE, Calif. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Automation Anywhere, a leader in robotic process automation (RPA), and Google Cloud today announced a strategic, multi-year collaboration to accelerate intelligent automation adoption with enterprises on a global scale. With this partnership, Automation Anywhere’s Automation 360 platform will be available on Google Cloud, and the two companies will mutually develop AI- and RPA-powered solutions, bring RPA capabilities… Source link
Read More »Did Google just admit to tracking users even during incognito sessions on Chrome?
In its court filing, the tech giant said that it makes it clear that incognito did not mean the user being ‘invisible’. Google Chrome Incognito Mode: Google would be facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly tracking users even while they use its Chrome browser in incognito mode. The search engine giant failed to convince a California judge to dispose of the lawsuit that was filed by three users in June last year. The incognito mode of Chrome is meant to allow users to privately surf the… Source link
Read More »Nokia and Google Cloud partner to develop new, cloud-based 5G radio solutions
Press Release Nokia and Google Cloud partner to develop new, cloud-based 5G radio solutions The two companies will develop 5G solutions combining Nokia’s Radio Access Network (RAN), Open RAN, and Cloud RAN, with Google’s edge computing platform Building on recent partnership announced in February, new collaboration between Nokia and Google Cloud will deliver additional 5G monetization opportunities for CSPs 15 March 2021 Espoo, Finland – Nokia has today announced a partnership with Google… Source link
Read More »Dow eyes fresh record but tech struggles; AMC roars
Wall Street opened on a mixed note Monday, with the broader market adding to recent gains but technology shares under renewed pressure, as investors balanced extending a rally against a backdrop of steadily rising Treasury yields. On Friday, major benchmarks ended a mixed session with the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumping by nearly 300 points and the S&P 500 Index also inching to a new high, bolstered by the signing of a new $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that’s poised to spur consumer… Source link
Read More »bne IntelliNews – Yandex launches Coursera’s first data-labelling course with Toloka
NASDAQ-listed tech giant Yandex, which includes over 90 mobile apps, services and products, is launching the world’s first online course to address the growing need for data labelling, as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates. The course, titled Practical Crowdsourcing for Efficient… Source link
Read More »Why Costco may clean up long after the pandemic ends
Costco’s stock may be down 12% this year as investors fret about growth slowing down after months of consumers stocking up during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s unlikely the usually strong market performer will stay stuck in neutral for too long. That inevitability for Costco (COST) reflects several byproducts of the pandemic that play right into the hands of the warehouse giant’s very business model (and by extension, its bottom line), argues Wells Fargo analyst Edward Kelly. One is… Source link
Read More »bne IntelliNews – Yandex launches Coursera’s first data-labelling course with Toloka
NASDAQ-listed tech giant Yandex, which includes over 90 mobile apps, services and products, is launching the world’s first online course to address the growing need for data labelling, as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates. The course, titled Practical Crowdsourcing for Efficient… Source link
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