Yahoo Fantasy Football has a fun stat on commissioner pages called “MVPs.” That tab counts how often players show up on the Top 500 Yahoo public teams. It’s merely a count, and not even a metric. It’s imperfect. But it’s an interesting measure of who’s moved the needle, and it’s worthy of a look as we get you ready for the fantasy semifinals. Meet the Yahoo MVPs: RB Josh Jacobs, Raiders (62.2 percent rostered on top-500 teams) The overall RB1, drafted in the seventh or eighth… Source link
Read More »Google, Facebook Now Take Less Than Half Internet’s Ad Dollars
Photo: MIA Studio (Shutterstock) The sci-fi author Stephen R. Donaldson said that “Everything dies, from the smallest blade of grass to the biggest galaxy.” A few years ago, I might have told you that’s true—about everything except Google and Meta’s ad businesses. My, how times change. Google and Meta control less than 50% of digital ad spending for the first time since 2014, a trend that’s poised to accelerate over the next few years, according to Axios. Citing predictions from… Source link
Read More »The ‘best’ and worst performers of 2022
This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 Editor’s note: The Yahoo Finance Tech Newsletter will be taking off next week for the holidays. We’ll be back on Jan. 4. The best-ish and worst tech stocks of the year To say the tech industry’s biggest players had a rough 2022 on Wall Street would be an… Source link
Read More »Stocks close sharply higher as Nike, consumer sentiment spur Wall Street rebound
U.S. stocks rallied Wednesday as strong earnings from Nike and FedEx, along with upbeat consumer confidence data, lifted sentiment after a recent bout of selling. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) surged 1.5%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) jumped more than 500 points, or 1.6%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) also advanced 1.5%. An upbeat gauge of consumer confidence helped raise the mood on Wednesday. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index rose to 108.3 this month… Source link
Read More »NBA DFS picks: Yahoo plays and strategy for Dec. 21
It’s a battle of two California teams as LeBron James and the Lakers head to Sacramento for Wednesday’s matchup. We have our usual robust Wednesday night slate on tap, as 11 games are on the docket. There are several advantageous positional matchups to exploit, as well as a good trio of candidates that may be best to steer clear of due to a combination of circumstances/salary. Guards Jaylen Brown, BOS vs. IND ($40): Brown went off for 53.8 Yahoo points in Monday’s loss to the… Source link
Read More »Google tweaks Chrome’s release schedule to limit the impact of nasty bugs
Starting with Chrome 110, stable builds will arrive a week early for a small set of users Last year, Google updated its approach to Chrome’s release schedule as it moved from a six-week to a four-week cycle, with the release of Chrome 94. The change has sped up the delivery of new features to users while keeping’s Google’s approach to development channels relatively intact: early, unstable code starts taking shape in the Canary channel, Beta lets features be… Source link
Read More »Justin Bieber nears $200 million deal to sell music rights: report
Justin Bieber is reportedly close to finalizing a $200 million deal to sell his music rights. According to The Wall Street Journal, Bieber is in negotiations with Hipgnosis Songs Capital, a Blackstone-backed investment and song management company, in a deal that would value his rights at “around” $200 million. The potential deal includes both Bieber’s publishing and recorded music catalog, the Journal noted, and represents the largest to-date acquisition for Hipgnosis, which purchased Justin… Source link
Read More »Justin Bieber nears $200 million deal to sell music rights: report
Justin Bieber is reportedly close to finalizing a $200 million deal to sell his music rights. According to The Wall Street Journal, Bieber is in negotiations with Hipgnosis Songs Capital, a Blackstone-backed investment and song management company, in a deal that would value his rights at “around” $200 million. The potential deal includes both Bieber’s publishing and recorded music catalog, the Journal noted, and represents the largest to-date acquisition for Hipgnosis, which purchased Justin… Source link
Read More »Google Downplays Microsoft Cloud Potential Versus Wall Street; Analyst Disagrees
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google has for years struggled to improve its position in the cloud market versus leaders like Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT). An internal estimate by Google, from a leaked Microsoft document and some extrapolation of other market statistics, indicated Google Cloud believes it’s closer to second place than analysts think, CNBC reports. Google estimated that Microsoft generated under $29 billion in Azure… Source link
Read More »Senate Republicans block CROWN legislation again. But advocates aren’t deterred.
A woman with dreadlocks, a hairstyle that would be protected under the CROWN Act. (Getty Images) For the second time, Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would ban race-based discrimination of hair, specifically natural, textured hair and protective hairstyles typically worn by African Americans. The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act aims to protect individuals from unjust treatment in the workplace, in hiring processes and in schools because of their hair…. Source link
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