Google Pressed in Lawsuit to Dump Telegram Just Like Parler

(Bloomberg) — A former U.S. ambassador wants Google to do to Telegram what it did to Parler. Marc Ginsberg sued the Alphabet Inc. unit Monday, asking a California court to require it to remove the Telegram Messenger app from the Google Play Store because it facilitates violence, extremism and anti-Semitism. Telegram, especially in the wake of George Floyd’s killing and the inauguration of Joe Biden as president, has been used to threaten, encourage and coordinate racist violence, claims… Source link

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Janet Yellen confirmed as Treasury Secretary — first woman to hold the position

TipRanks 3 Top Dividend Stocks With Growth Opportunity; Goldman Sachs Says ‘Buy’ Investing is all about finding profits, and investors have long seen two main paths toward that goal. Growth stocks, equities that will give a return based mainly on share price appreciation, are one route. The second route lies through dividend stocks. These are stocks that pay out a percentage of profits back to shareholders – a dividend, usually sent out quarterly. The payments vary widely, from less than… Source link

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Stock market news live updates: Stock futures open

Stock futures opened lower late Monday after a mixed day on Wall Street. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached record closing highs by the end of the regular session, led by a rally in tech stocks. The Dow ended slightly lower as financials, energy and industrial stocks came under pressure. “Today has been really been a continuation of what we saw last week, where the cyclical rotation that had really gone vertical since the Pfizer vaccine was first announced in November kind of took a pause,… Source link

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Chiefs/Bucs Super Bowl set, Rodgers future in Green Bay

Subscribe to The Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast Super Bowl LV is set as the Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers become the first ever team to play the big game in their home stadium, while the Kansas City Chiefs come to town looking to become repeat champs for the first time since…Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson kick off two weeks of discussion surrounding this legacy-defining Super Bowl, but first they must address the legacy of Aaron Rodgers. After… Source link

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Virus to stay with the world ‘forever’

Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel on Monday trumpeted new data showing his company’s vaccine remains effective in battling new coronavirus variants, even as he painted a long road ahead in the war against the pandemic. The biotech firm’s study showed what it called “protective” immune responses to both the variant first documented in the U.K. (B.1.1.7) and the variant seen in South Africa (B.1.351). Yet Bancel gave a stark assessment of the pandemic, saying there is good reason to expect a… Source link

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Vaccines near me: Google Maps to show local COVID vaccination sites

by: Fareeha Rehman, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jan 25, 2021 / 04:40 PM EST / Updated: Jan 25, 2021 / 04:40 PM EST SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Google is about to make it way easier to find where to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The company will soon show COVID-19 vaccination sites in Google Search and Google Maps, starting in the U.S. and then expanding to other countries, according to CEO Sundar Pichai. Flu rate drops… Source link

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Yahoo: NCAA revenue falls by $600M in 2020 after March Madness cancellation

The NCAA experienced a $600 million drop in revenue for the 2020 fiscal year, new documents acquired by USA Today Sports show. It’s due largely in part to the cancelation of the 2020 Division I men’s basketball tournament and shows why the NCAA is pushing forward with the tournament this year. It’s a drop of more than 50 percent in revenue compared to the 2019 numbers. Why did NCAA lose $600 million? Though it had $270 million from event cancelation insurance and spent about $473 million… Source link

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Google Maps to show local COVID vaccination sites

by: Fareeha Rehman, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jan 25, 2021 / 03:38 PM EST / Updated: Jan 25, 2021 / 03:39 PM EST SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Google is about to make it way easier to find where to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The company will soon show COVID-19 vaccination sites in Google Search and Google Maps, starting in the U.S. and then expanding to other countries, according to CEO Sundar Pichai. Here is where you can… Source link

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US needs to prepare for fall, COVID-19 resurgence

News of Moderna’s vaccine’s weakened response to the South African strain (B.1.351) of the coronavirus is raising more alarm bells amid the ongoing pandemic. Experts have been watching the strain closely as it may be resilient to the vaccine. Though it has not yet been detected in the U.S., the country should prepare for its potential spread, experts warn. Dr. Anthony Fauci said as much on CBS Sunday, and Moderna (MRNA) CEO Stéphane Bancel told Yahoo Finance Monday that Fauci agreed with… Source link

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Vaccines near me: Google Maps to show COVID-19 vaccination sites

by: Fareeha Rehman, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Jan 25, 2021 / 03:17 PM EST / Updated: Jan 25, 2021 / 03:17 PM EST ANAHEIM, CA – JANUARY 12: COVID-19 vaccination tents are set up in the north of the Toy Story parking lot at the Disneyland Resort on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Anaheim, CA. The parking lot is located of Katella Avenue and sits southeast Disneyland. “n(Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via… Source link

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