Google announced the availability of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Autopilot, a fully-managed and operated Kubernetes environment for Google Cloud customers. The underlying infrastructure is completely hidden from users while exposing the environment needed for running cloud native workloads. Drone in Autopilot Mode Pixabay Google Kubernetes Engine is one of the first managed container orchestration services available in the public cloud. Since its… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Sports Is Joining the NBA’s Alternate Sports-Betting Broadcasts
Yahoo Sports is joining with the NBA in its production of betting-centric broadcasts. Starting with Friday’s showdown between the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies, Yahoo talent will be featured on the NBABet Stream, a weekly alternate broadcast on NBA League Pass. The Verizon unit will also start distributing the feed as part of its own League Pass platforms. The NBA has been doing these alternate feeds since last August, coinciding with the restart of its pandemic-disrupted… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Hockey: Friday’s Picks
This is a unique three-game slate with all six teams owning top-10 ranks in penalty-kill percentage. The Bruins are playing their second road game in consecutive nights and are a significant favorite. The Avalanche and Wild are also receiving big chalk, and all three games have a 5.5 over/under total. GOALIE Alexandar Georgiev, NYR vs. BOS ($22): Boston lost 7-2 to the Islanders on Thursday, and while there’s definite bounce-back potential, this is also a tough, back-to-back road spot for… Source link
Read More »In a Flash, U.S. Yields Hit 1.6%, Wreaking Havoc in Markets
(Bloomberg) — After weeks of grumbling, the world’s biggest bond market spoke loud and clear Thursday — growth and inflation are moving higher. The message wreaked havoc across risk assets. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields catapulted to the highest in more than a year at over 1.6% and traders yanked forward their opinion of how soon the Federal Reserve will be forced to tighten policy. Equities tumbled, as higher borrowing costs put pressure on soaring valuations. Even Treasury Secretary… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Basketball: Friday Picks
The NBA closes out the work week with nine games on the schedule. Players resting and injuries will once again have a significant impact in DFS. As you work your way through the options, here are some players to consider targeting, as well as a few to possibly avoid. GUARDS De’Aaron Fox, SAC at DET ($36): It’s been an ugly stretch for the Kings, who have lost nine straight games. It hasn’t been Fox’s fault considering he averaged 22 points, 3.0 rebounds, 9.4 assists and 1.3 steals during that… Source link
Read More »Judge in Google Case Disturbed That Even ‘Incognito’ Users Are Tracked
(Bloomberg) — When Google users browse in “Incognito” mode, just how hidden is their activity?The Alphabet Inc. unit says activating the stealth mode in Chrome, or “private browsing” in other browsers, means the company won’t “remember your activity.” But a judge with a history of taking Silicon Valley giants to task about their data collection raised doubts Thursday about whether Google is being as forthright as it needs to be about the personal information it’s collecting… Source link
Read More »Stripe Hires Former Google Comms VP Peter Barron
DUBLIN, IRELAND – NOVEMBER 5: In this handout image provided by Sportsfile, Taking part in The … [+] Guardian Sessions: Who Decides the Right to be Forgotten is Peter Barron, Google, on the library stage. Day 2 of the 2014 Web Summit in the RDS, Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile via Getty Images) Getty Images Amid an expansion into Europe, Stripe is hiring Peter Barron to serve as its head of communications. First reported by The… Source link
Read More »$15 minimum wage not allowed in Covid relief bill, Senate official rules
Cristian Cardona, an employee at a McDonald’s, attends a rally for a $15 an hour minimum wage Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Elizabeth MacDonough, the Senate parliamentarian, ruled on Thursday that the Senate cannot use the budget reconciliation process to pass a minimum wage increase. The decision is a blow to Democrats who have been pushing to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour in the next coronavirus relief package. Democratic lawmakers are using… Source link
Read More »Stock futures trade flat after Nasdaq’s worst day since October
Bloomberg In a Flash, U.S. Yields Hit 1.6%, Wreaking Havoc Across Markets (Bloomberg) — After weeks of grumbling, the world’s biggest bond market spoke loud and clear Thursday — growth and inflation are moving higher. The message wreaked havoc across risk assets.Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields catapulted to the highest in more than a year at over 1.6% and traders yanked forward their opinion of how soon the Federal Reserve will be forced to tighten policy. Equities tumbled, as higher… Source link
Read More »Google Audio Search – Will it Ever Be Possible?
Will it ever be possible for Google to create an index of audio content that users can search through like web pages? Results of early testing, which Google published in a blog article, indicates audio search is harder to accomplish than it might sound. Details of these tests are shared in an article penned by Tim Olson, SVP of digital strategic partnerships at KQED. Google is partnering with KQED in a joint effort to make audio more findable. With the help of KUNGFU.AI, an AI services provider,… Source link
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