Millions of youth nationwide Monday embark on Computer Science Education Week — with its “Hour of Code” shared by 1 billion young students globally. Left behind will be many Chicago Public Schools students learning from home during a pandemic shining a harsh spotlight on the digital divide. “I was going to ask my school for a small budget to send some kind of electronics kits home to my students, just so they’d have something to do, because our kids don’t have access to… Source link
Read More »Four new things you can do with Google Maps
These are the newest updates to Google Maps: Community feed within the app: With this new feature, Google Maps users will be able to access the latest reviews, photos and posts added to Maps by people they follow and local experts. It’s like Yelp (YELP) — but it’ll be available directly in the app. Messaging for Maps and Search: Verified companies can message customers directly from the app, allowing searchers to interact with businesses and ask questions. The messages from customers will… Source link
Read More »Google Spars With Barry Diller’s IAC on Marketing Practices
Google is deciding whether to impose severe penalties on the online conglomerate IAC/InterActive Corp. over what the search giant concluded were deceptive marketing practices, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and people familiar with the matter. Google, which determined that IAC misled users about its browser extensions, could go as far as banning those products from its Chrome browser. IAC, under Chairman Barry Diller, is pushing back, saying… Source link
Read More »What to know in the week ahead
This week, members of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will convene to discuss Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the inoculation closer to receiving authorization to be distributed throughout the country. A couple hotly anticipated initial public offerings will also draw investor focus. Pfizer’s vaccine review Equity markets for weeks have been propped up amid a flurry of upbeat vaccine-related news, as drugmakers unveiled efficacy data that far exceeded health officials’… Source link
Read More »You might use Google Home’s new music feature every single day. Here’s how it works best
Lots of people have multiple Google Home and Nest smart speakers in their houses, and the Google Home app’s new media controls help keep them organized. Dale… Source link
Read More »Spence, Crawford to blame for boxing’s fall
Errol Spence Jr. celebrates after a unanimous decision win against Danny Garcia on Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) After Terence Crawford knocked out Kell Brook in Las Vegas on Nov. 14, he was asked if he’d call out Errol Spence Jr. He replied by saying it was the media’s job to call for the fight. On Saturday, after Spence soothed any fears that his Oct. 10, 2019, auto accident may have stolen his greatness by routing Danny Garcia to… Source link
Read More »Ohio State firms up College Football Playoff argument
No. 1 Alabama restored order in the SEC West, looking capable of hanging 100 on LSU in a 55-17 victory. No. 2 Notre Dame shook off a sluggish start to breeze past Syracuse, 45-21. No. 3 Clemson awoke from some early doldrums to vanquish Virginia Tech, 45-10. No. 4 Ohio State endured significant losses from COVID-19 — including three starting offensive linemen — and blew out Michigan State so authoritatively, 52-12, that few could tell the difference. No. 5 Texas A&M delivered a solid win at… Source link
Read More »Breaking down conference title races
There won’t be too much conference championship drama in the final week of the college football regular season. Thirteen teams have already clinched spots in the 10 conference title games set to take place over Dec. 18 and 19. That includes No. 1 Alabama after the Crimson Tide wrapped up the SEC West in dominating fashion with a 55-17 win over defending national champion LSU. The Alabama passing game carved up LSU as wide receiver DeVonta Smith caught seven passes for 219 yards and three… Source link
Read More »China prepares large-scale rollout of coronavirus vaccines
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country’s 1.4 billion people. Developers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese foreign minister said during a U.N. meeting last week, as Britain approved emergency use of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine candidate and providers scrambled to set up distribution. Even without final… Source link
Read More »Jennifer Garner, 48, recreates steamy ‘Alias’ pool scene with hilarious update she ‘promised I would never post’
Actress Jennifer Garner, 48, posted a hilarious recreation of a steamy swimming pool scene from the television show “Alias.” (Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Jennifer Garner thanked her social media followers for helping her reach the 10 million mark by recreating a sexy bikini scene from her hit television show Alias. The actress, 48, took to Instagram on Friday to post a hilarious mash-up video of herself parodying a moment from the show, which ran from 2001 to 2006, in which she… Source link
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