On Thursday, Johnson & Johnson submitted it’s COVID-19 vaccine for Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. If greenlit by the Food and Drug Administration, it could be the nation’s third COVID vaccine producer, joining Pfizer and Moderna. Johnson & Johnson said last week that its one-dose vaccine has an overall 66% efficacy rate, not as high as Pfizer or Moderna’s two-dose vaccines with nearly 95% efficacy. Yahoo News Medical Contributor Dr. Kavita Patel… Source link
Read More »ESPN wants to lure Jim Nantz away from CBS
From the Super Bowl to the Masters to the Final Four, Jim Nantz is as much a part of CBS Sports as the marquee events that it covers. ESPN would reportedly like Sunday’s Super Bowl to be Nantz’s last with the network. Front Office Sports reports that ESPN hopes to lure Nantz away from CBS as he reportedly approaches the end of his contract this summer. Tony Romo money for Nantz? According to the New York Post, Nantz’s current deal pays him $6.5 million per year. He wants Tony Romo money… Source link
Read More »Google Settles Pay and Hiring Bias Case for $3.8 Million
Google has agreed to pay about $3.8 million to settle allegations of systemic compensation and hiring discrimination at California and Washington worksites. More than 5,500 current employees and job applicants will receive payments under a conciliation agreement, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) uncovered pay disparities for female software engineers during a routine compliance review, the agency said on Feb. 1…. Source link
Read More »Google union claims workers muzzled on pay
Google and a Google contractor broke federal law by forbidding workers from discussing their wages with each other, a newly formed union claimed in its first complaint to the National Labor Relations Board. Adecco Group, the contractor, also suspended a worker for complaining about the claimed prohibition, the complaint filed Thursday alleged. The National Labor Relations Act protects the right of workers to discuss pay. Google and Adecco did not immediately answer questions about the… Source link
Read More »Twitter Shifts More Computing from Its Data Centers to Google Cloud
Twitter is expanding its use of Google Cloud, moving more of its computing infrastructure from its own data centers to the cloud platform and using more of Google’s data tools to empower more of its staff to innovate. Google announced that the two are taking their few-years-long relationship to a new level Thursday. Related: Twitter Will Use AWS to Power User Feeds “As Twitter continues to scale, we’re excited to partner with Google on more… Source link
Read More »S&P 500 rises for a fourth straight day, reaching record closing high
TipRanks 2 “Strong Buy” Penny Stocks With Over 200% Upside on the Horizon Let’s talk about risk and the big picture. It’s an appropriate time, as the big risk – presented by the COVID-19 pandemic – is finally receding thanks to the ongoing vaccination program. COVID is leaving behind an economy that was forced into shutdown one year ago while in the midst of a great expansion, boosted by the deregulation policies. While the new Biden Administration is busy reversing many Trump… Source link
Read More »Commissioners question East Whisman Google Village timeline, affordable housing plan
MOUNTAIN VIEW — The 20-year timeline to build a Google village that would transform suburban office parks of the East Whisman neighborhood as well as the tech giant’s plan for meeting the city’s affordable housing requirements raised eyebrows this week among city commissioners who are eager to build housing more quickly. As part of several other massive housing projects across the South Bay, Google’s Middlefield Park project would create a new neighborhood of 1,900 homes, about 1.2… Source link
Read More »Commissioners question East Whisman Google Village timeline, affordable housing plan
MOUNTAIN VIEW — The 20-year timeline to build a Google village that would transform suburban office parks of the East Whisman neighborhood as well as the tech giant’s plan for meeting the city’s affordable housing requirements raised eyebrows this week among city commissioners who are eager to build housing more quickly. As part of several other massive housing projects across the South Bay, Google’s Middlefield Park project would create a new neighborhood of 1,900 homes, about 1.2… Source link
Read More »Two Google employees quit over AI researcher Timnit Gebru’s exit
In a letter posted to LinkedIn dated January 5, David W. Baker, a Google director of engineering who worked on trust and safety, wrote that he was leaving the company as of January 19 after more than 16 years. Gebru’s departure, Baker wrote, “extinguished my desire to continue as a Googler.” Similarly, Vinesh Kannan, a software engineer, posted on Twitter Wednesday that he left Google this month “because of Google’s mistreatment” of Gebru and April Curley, a Black ex-Google diversity… Source link
Read More »Two Google employees quit over AI researcher Timnit Gebru’s exit
Two Google engineers have resigned from the tech giant, citing the departure late last year of prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher Timnit Gebru. The resignations are the latest salvos in an ongoing fight between the company and workers who are furious about its lack of diversity. In a letter posted to LinkedIn dated January 5, David W. Baker, a Google director of engineering who worked on trust and safety, wrote that he was leaving the company as of January 19… Source link
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