Google’s new Chromecast is getting an Apple TV app soon

Google’s latest Chromecast with Google TV is filling in one of its biggest missing apps, with the company announcing that it’ll soon be offering an Apple TV app in early 2021. The Apple TV app will function similarly to other versions of Apple’s service on other devices, allowing subscribers to watch Apple TV Plus original shows, movies, and documentaries (including Ted Lasso and other shows that are not Ted Lasso, which are therefore less good). Those Apple TV originals will be… Source link

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Bitcoin surges past $20,000 to new all-time-high

The price of bitcoin surged past the $20,000 mark on Wednesday morning to $20,820, a new all-time-high and the latest milestone in a 2020 surge that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new high took bitcoin’s market cap to $384 billion. Bitcoin already bested its December 2017 peak on Nov. 30 when it topped $19,800, but it swung wildly in the days after, and $20,000 was seen as a major resistance level. The majority of cryptocurrency exchange sites say this is the first time… Source link

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Stock futures rise as lawmakers press ahead with stimulus talks, traders await Fed

Stock futures rose Wednesday morning, pointing to another session of gains as investors considered lawmakers’ final efforts to get a stimulus package through before year-end, and awaited the Federal Open Market Committee’s December monetary policy decision. Contracts on all three major indices headed toward a higher open, but came off overnight session highs after a much weaker-than-expected print on November retail sales, which showed a sharper drop in consumer spending than anticipated… Source link

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Michael Jordan, LeBron James top list of athletes who could compel Americans to get COVID-19 vaccine

LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers warms up prior to the start of the game against the Miami Heat in Game Six of the 2020 NBA Finals at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on October 11, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) The U.S. began rolling out the first COVID-19 vaccine this week, from Pfizer and BioNTech, while the FDA weighs approval of the Moderna vaccine. The next challenge is to get the majority of Americans… Source link

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Google just quietly set the stage for a Chrome OS explosion

Well, shucks. Just as I was about to put my brain on auto-pilot for the remainder of the year, Google went and made a major purchase — one that may seem ho-hum on the surface but that could end up being one of the most significant expansions to Google’s ambitions in ages. Google, if you haven’t heard, is buying a company called Neverware. Never who? Never mind — it isn’t exactly a household name, I realize. But for anyone who pays close attention to Chrome… Source link

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Google hires Fiona Cicconi as personnel chief amid growing worker tensions

Google has hired a top executive from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to oversee its personnel policies amid ongoing tensions with many employees who are upset with the company’s policies. The hiring of Fiona Cicconi also comes while Alphabet’s GOOGL, +0.50% GOOG, +0.44% Google sets up plans to allow people to continue to work from home for at least eight more months. The Mountain View, California, internet… Source link

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Gmail suffers another outage – CNN

Some Gmail users reported emails bouncing back and other error messages. Google (GOOGL) initially said on its status page that it was aware of the outage around 4.30 p.m. ET. “The affected users are able to access Gmail, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior,” it added. The issues were finally resolved shortly before 7 p.m. ET, the company said. At their peak, they affected nearly 18,000 users, according to monitoring site Downdetector. “Please rest… Source link

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Honda recalling 1.79 million vehicles worldwide for safety issues

TipRanks Shift Into Hydrogen Could Lift These 3 Stocks Higher In a report on the alternative fuel market, analyst Rupert Merer, of National Bank of Canada, looks at the possibilities and potentialities of the hydrogen as both an energy resource and a commodity. At the heart of the matter, he writes, “Stakeholders across energy markets have reached the consensus that climate change is a problem and decarbonization of our energy supply mix will require a multifaceted approach which includes… Source link

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