U.S. asks Google for detailed search data in antitrust case

The request suggests the DOJ wants to compare how Google presented search results and ads six years ago versus one year ago. That could help the government understand how the company’s grip on the search market evolved over time. The Justice Department under former U.S. President Donald Trump and 11 Republican attorneys general originally filed the suit. Three other states have since joined, including California, the site of Google’s headquarters. The latest data request shows the… Source link

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Square Financial Services Begins Banking Operations

Today, Square, Inc. announced its industrial bank, Square Financial Services, has begun operations after completing the charter approval process with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions. Square Financial Services is an independently governed subsidiary of Square, Inc. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, its primary purpose will be to offer business loan and deposit products, beginning with underwriting and originating business… Source link

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Google restarts updates for some iOS apps after long pause triggered by lack of privacy labels

Google over the weekend began to update many of its flagship iOS apps after a lengthy delay caused by the company’s failure to add Apple’s newly required privacy labels in a timely fashion. Though Google earlier this year said it would “soon” begin to add the labels to its apps as they were updated, it has still yet to do so for a number of key properties — including Search, Photos, Assistant, Maps, Pay, Chrome and others. Per Apple’s policy, developers cannot issue further updates until… Source link

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NIO Inc. Reports Unaudited Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Financial Results

Quarterly Total Revenues reached RMB6,641.1 million (US$1,017.8 million)iQuarterly Deliveries of the ES8, the ES6 and the EC6 were 17,353 vehiclesFull Year Total Revenues reached RMB16,257.9 million (US$2,491.6 million)Full Year Deliveries of the ES8, the ES6 and the EC6 were 43,728 vehicles SHANGHAI, China, March 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NIO Inc. (“NIO” or the “Company”) (NYSE: NIO), a pioneer in China’s premium smart electric vehicle market, today announced its unaudited… Source link

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Mining Bitcoin for Heat, Strawberries and Chickens

There are strawberries growing in the village of Neuville, Quebec, in the middle of a Canadian winter. The small farm Le Caveau à Légumes is funneling the excess heat from crypto miners to battle the frost, and grow a rarity for the region. “Now is really cold, so we need the heat,” Melissa Girard, an agronomist at the small producer, told CoinDesk in a phone interview. “We couldn’t afford to produce strawberries if we had to pay for electricity.” The farm is among a growing number… Source link

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'Roaring Kitty' no longer has financial broker license: filing – Yahoo Finance

TipRanks Goldman Sachs Predicts Over 50% Rally for These 2 Stocks Stocks started this year with heft gains, edged back last week, and now are rising again. The big tech giants led the moves, with volatility in Apple and Amazon leading the NASDAQ on its gyrations. The strategy team at investment bank Goldman Sachs have taken notice of the market shakeups, and are working out what it means for investors. According to macro strategist Gurpreet Gill, watching bond yields and stock values closely,… Source link

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Zoom quarterly sales surge 369% as work-from-home extends into early 2021

TipRanks Goldman Sachs Predicts Over 50% Rally for These 2 Stocks Stocks started this year with heft gains, edged back last week, and now are rising again. The big tech giants led the moves, with volatility in Apple and Amazon leading the NASDAQ on its gyrations. The strategy team at investment bank Goldman Sachs have taken notice of the market shakeups, and are working out what it means for investors. According to macro strategist Gurpreet Gill, watching bond yields and stock values closely,… Source link

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Google updates Gmail and other iOS apps for the first time in months

Google has updated the Gmail iOS app for the first time in months, along with Meet, Sheets, Docs, Calendar and Tasks. Aside from Tasks now supporting widgets on iOS 14, these are minor updates centered around bug fixes and performance improvements. It’s the first time Google has rolled out new versions of these apps since Apple started forcing third-party developers to submit privacy nutrition labels. It updated several YouTube apps in February. Some other major Google iOS apps are still on… Source link

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Kyle Lowry’s Toronto home has been conditionally sold

The Canadian Press Sigh and Cy: Bieber tagged, Bauer sharp in Dodgers debut Shane Bieber’s final start last season was rough. His first one in 2021 wasn’t too much better. The AL Cy Young winner gave up four runs and didn’t make it through his scheduled two innings on Monday as the Cleveland Indians lost to the Kansas City Royals 8-6 in Goodyear, Arizona. But while he wasn’t thrilled with his outing, Bieber wasn’t disappointed either. He committed to throwing certain pitches and… Source link

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Sabres face the reality of having to start over

It’s once again reached the point where the shift-over-shift dysfunction is the least of the Buffalo Sabres’ concerns. That isn’t to say that two weekend losses to the Philadelphia Flyers — in which the Sabres failed to muster a single goal — isn’t worth mentioning, but it seems clear we’ve already re-reached the familiar point where the results of games involving Buffalo do not matter. At least for the Sabres. With four regulation wins in 19 games inside arguably the toughest division… Source link

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