Most Americans now believe that President Trump will not accept the results of November’s election if he loses to Joe Biden, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll — and an even larger majority of Trump voters say they too will refuse to accept a narrow loss if mail-in ballots contribute to Biden’s victory. In the midst of a pandemic that has seen many states expand their mail-in balloting systems to limit dangerous crowding on Election Day, the issue of postal voting took center… Source link
Read More »J.J. Redick takes on Trump
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Last week, as the NBA was gearing up for a historic season resumption after a four-month hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump issued a warning on his Twitter account that kneeling during the playing of the national anthem would be a “sign of great disrespect” and added the game would be “over for me!” Looking forward to live sports, but any time I witness a player kneeling during the National Anthem, a sign of great disrespect for… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Sports Enhance NBA Action With Virtual Reality, Fantasy Games, Sports Betting
Yahoo Sports and the National Basketball Association (NBA) are joining forces to enhance the at-home fan experience with a multiyear relationship that will make Yahoo Sports an Official Marketing Partner of the league and RYOT a live virtual reality (VR) production partner during the NBA Restart in Orlando. The relationship will also allow Yahoo… Source link
Read More »Yandex: Revenue Growth Evaporated, But Investors Don’t Care Much (NASDAQ:YNDX)
These days, Yandex’s (NASDAQ:YNDX) shares are trying to emulate the behavior of the US big tech stocks, which continue to soar no matter what. The problem, however, is that the rally went too far from the reality the company operates in today. The recent stock run would make sense for Yandex in pre-covid times, but now it’s really hard to justify a ridiculously high valuation of the company. On the other hand, if we look at Yandex through the lenses of a typical growth story where the public… Source link
Read More »Google Smart Display Games Go Live
Trivia Crack – one of the new Google Smart Display games that are available. The Ambient Google is adding an array of visual games to its Smart Display range, with the likes of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire,’ ‘Jeopardy,’ and ‘Categories Battle’ now available. To get a glimpse of the new games on offer simply ask your smart speaker with a display – the likes of the Nest Hub – “Hey Google, let’s play a game.” The move, which follows… Source link
Read More »COVID-19 patient who had double transplant didn’t recognize body – Yahoo News
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Read More »Dr. Fauci allowed to tell truth on ‘some days’ unless ‘contradicted by his leadership’
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, who said he speaks regularly with top U.S. infectious disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci, told Yahoo Finance in a recent interview that the sidelining and contradiction of Fauci by U.S. “leadership” has damaged the nation’s response to the coronavirus and may prolong the outbreak. “Some days he’s allowed to tell the truth; some days he doesn’t get contradicted by his leadership,” Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and a top backer of global public… Source link
Read More »Stock futures rise after Big Tech reports blowout earnings
Stock futures extended gains Friday morning, with contracts on the Nasdaq jumping more than 100 points, or 1%, after a slew of better than expected corporate earnings results from major tech firms. After market close, tech titans Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), each reported quarterly results that blew past estimates, affirming these companies’ pandemic-era dominance following a steep run-up in tech stocks over the past couple months. Facebook grew… Source link
Read More »Google is building a huge new underwater cable
Technology giant Google will build a new subsea cable, Grace Hopper. Built by SubCom, the cable will go live in 2022 and marks Google’s first cable to Spain and its first private subsea cable route to the UK. Grace Hopper is Google’s fourth wholly-owned cable and will provide increased reliability and support in outages. Google today announced its plans to build a new subsea cable with landing points in New York in the U.S. and Bude, U.K. and… Source link
Read More »Australia to force Google and Facebook to pay news publishers
Facebook and Google logos Peter Foley/Bloomberg | Getty Images Google and Facebook could be forced to pay Australian news publishers to distribute their content, in a landmark regulatory move from the country’s competition regulator. The Australia Competition and Consumer Commission was tasked by the government earlier this year with developing a mandatory code for the tech giants to pay for their use of news content. If approved, a draft code announced by the ACCC Friday would allow Australian… Source link
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