The Google Home app for Android and iOS has been updated with an improved mobile-based remote for compatible smart TVs and “connected streaming or media devices.” In a tweet announcing the update last week, Google said that Home App users can now “easily control playback, switch inputs, adjust the volume, and more.” The new remote feature isn’t for controlling Chromecast devices or Android TVs — both of which are already supported by the Google Home app. Instead, it links up to… Source link
Read More »Three big questions facing tech stocks this earnings season
Netflix (NFLX) earnings are set for release on Thursday, kicking off two-week period during which most of the market’s biggest tech companies will report their quarterly results. And according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, investors are focused on three big questions ahead of these results. First, a key focus will be on whether enterprise spending is holding up better than feared. Over the past decade, there’s been a rapid adoption of cloud services, with this trend accelerating during the… Source link
Read More »UPDATE 2-Microsoft to cut thousands of jobs – Sky News – Yahoo Finance
(Adds Insider report, background) Jan 17 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp plans to cut about 5% of its workforce, or about 11,000 roles, U.K broadcaster Sky News reported on Tuesday, citing sources. The reported layoffs would be the latest in the U.S. technology sector, where companies including Amazon.com Inc and Meta Platforms Inc have announced retrenchment exercises in response to slowing demand. Microsoft could cut recruiting staff by as much as one-third even as many teams have initiated a… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Plays and Strategy for Tuesday, January 17
This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Basketball series. After a busy slate for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the NBA will only bring four games to the table Tuesday. The Nets will be back in action, trying to win their first game since Kevin Durant (knee) went down when they take on the Spurs in San Antonio. The Clippers, who have dealt with plenty of injuries of their own this season, will host the 76ers. Let’s digest all of the games on the schedule and highlight some players to… Source link
Read More »UK privacy watchdog silent as Google flicks off critique its Topics API fails to reform ad-tracking • TechCrunch
Late last week it emerged Google intends to ignore a call by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) — the international body that works to guide the development of web standards — to rethink the Topics API: A key ad-targeting component of Google’s so-called “Privacy Sandbox” proposal to evolve the adtech stack Chrome supports for targeted advertising. Topics refers to an ad-targeting component of the Sandbox proposal which is based on tracking web users interests via their… Source link
Read More »UK privacy watchdog silent as Google flicks off critique its Topics API fails to reform ad-tracking • TechCrunch
Late last week it emerged Google intends to ignore a call by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) — the international body that works to guide the development of web standards — to rethink the Topics API: A key ad-targeting component of Google’s so-called “Privacy Sandbox” proposal to evolve the adtech stack Chrome supports for targeted advertising. Topics refers to an ad-targeting component of the Sandbox proposal which is based on tracking web users interests via their… Source link
Read More »Microsoft to cut thousands of jobs across divisions
(Reuters) -Microsoft Corp plans to cut thousands of jobs with some roles expected to be eliminated in human resources and engineering divisions, according to media reports on Tuesday. The expected layoffs would be the latest in the U.S. technology sector, where companies including Amazon.com Inc and Meta Platforms Inc have announced retrenchment exercises in response to slowing demand and a worsening global economic outlook. Microsoft’s move could indicate that the tech sector may continue to… Source link
Read More »Lisa Marie Presley’s daughters to inherit Graceland
Harper Lockwood, Lisa Marie Presley, Priscilla Presley, Riley Keough and Finley Lockwood are honored in Hollywood. (Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) A public memorial service for Lisa Marie Presley will be held at Graceland, the singer’s final resting place, on Sunday. The news comes as Yahoo Entertainment can confirm Elvis Presley’s iconic estate in Tennessee will go to her three surviving daughters: Riley Keough, 33, and 14-year-old twins, Harper and Finley Lockwood. “Riley, Harper,… Source link
Read More »FEC dismisses GOP complaint that Google censored fundraising emails in Gmail
The Federal Elections Commission dismissed a Republican-led complaint that Google’s filters in Gmail unfairly send GOP fundraising emails to spam folders at a higher rate than those from Democrats. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the FEC’s dismissal on Tuesday, citing a commission letter to Google earlier this month saying that it “found no reason to believe” that Google’s spam filtering algorithms were unfairly weighted against Republicans and could be considered… Source link
Read More »It may be time to buy a home—now
The housing market is cooling as consumers grow weary of higher mortgage rates. In December, the number of newly-listed homes sold had fallen about 37% from a year ago, according to Redfin data. What are real estate professionals seeing on the ground? Seana Smith of Yahoo Finance Live recently sat down with Kathy Casey, a Coldwell Banker residential brokerage realtor in Denver, Indianapolis-based Dan O’Brien, a realtor at Trueblood Real Estate, and Sir Ashley Harrison, real estate broker at… Source link
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