Internet users may be seeing an ad-free internet. At 8:04 p.m. Eastern Standard time, Google posted that it was “investigating reports of an issue with Google Ad Manager.” While users can get into the program, they are “seeing error messages, high latency and/or other unexpected behavior.” Most importantly, ads aren’t going through, meaning users aren’t seeing ads on the websites of companies that use Google Ad Manager. “Ad Manager is not delivering ads for the affected… Source link
Read More »Cathie Wood thinks former Salesforce CEO Bret Taylor should run Twitter next
Elon Musk has been running Twitter since being forced to go through with his purchase of the social-media company in October. But Musk’s current post is not a permanent position, with the billionaire saying last month he intends to find someone else to run Twitter. And noted Elon Musk booster Cathie Wood has a potential candidate: ex-Twitter chairman Bret Taylor, who stepped down last week as co-CEO of Salesforce. Taylor “certainly understands” Twitter, Wood, the CEO and chief investment… Source link
Read More »DEA agent who helped put Viktor Bout behind bars slams Brittney Griner swap
Tom Pasquarello’s phone started buzzing around 7 a.m. on Thursday. “Did you hear the news?” a friend asked. “What news?” Pasquarello responded. The news turned out to be the undoing of one of Pasquarello’s proudest achievements from his tenure as a regional director with the Drug Enforcement Administration. The U.S. had released the notorious Russian arms trafficker who Pasquarello helped take down 14 years ago with an audacious sting operation. Viktor Bout, the so-called “Merchant… Source link
Read More »Best Week 14 Quarterback rankings
Fantasy football managers would be hard-pressed to complain about Josh Allen this season. Sure, turnovers have been a problem, but I don’t know about you all, the positives seem to wayyyy outweigh the negatives. He’s the third-highest-scoring fantasy football quarterback, behind only Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes, respectively — and it’s tight at the top. He’s second in passing touchdowns (25), fourth in quarterback rush yards (581) and third in quarterback rushing touchdowns (five). [ Source link
Read More »Upbeat Teofimo Lopez wants to impress against Sandor Martin and remind peers how great he can be
He’s racked up the wins and the championships at an impressive pace, but professional boxing hasn’t always gone swimmingly for Teofimo Lopez. The former undisputed lightweight champion has been one of the sport’s most gifted fighters, but he’s been plagued by demons that have always left more questions than answers. He suffered his first, and only, loss to George Kambosos last year, fighting despite a medical condition known as pneumomediastinum, which can be fatal. He should have pulled out… Source link
Read More »SEC sends letter to companies urging updated disclosures amid ‘widespread disruption’ in crypto markets
The Securities and Exchange Commission is sending a letter to U.S. public companies asking firms evaluate their disclosure obligations, including a “specific tailored disclosure,” about how recent crypto bankruptcies and broader financial distress across the digital asset market may have hit their business. The letter is intended to illustrate the type of comments the securities agency might send to public companies. “In meeting their disclosure obligations, companies should consider the… Source link
Read More »Disney+ launches new ad tier — why it could be a $3 billion opportunity: Analyst
Disney’s ad tier officially launched Thursday as the media giant looks to curb accelerating streaming losses. “We expect Disney to generate anywhere from about $500 million to even up to $1 billion dollars in ad-supported revenue on the Disney+ product in their first year of operation,” Geetha Rangathan, analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, told Yahoo Finance Live. Rangathan said ad-supported revenue rise by up to $3 billion over the next three years, reiterating her confidence in the media… Source link
Read More »We’ve let technology be used in ‘unhealthy ways’
Elon Musk, the tech mogul and Twitter CEO, and Matt Taibbi, an independent journalist, recently released a trove of internal emails from Twitter. The documents revealed the company’s efforts to suppress news on their platform and spurred a fierce polemic about the effects of big tech and social media on American society. Frank McCourt, the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has recently been tackling these challenges. Last year, he founded Project Liberty, a company that promotes… Source link
Read More »New Google Chrome features will boost performance and save battery
The logo of Google Chrome shown on a smartphone. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek via Getty Images I currently have 47 tabs open on Google Chrome. If you’re like me, you’ll want to hear about a new update. Over the next few weeks, Google is rolling out two Chrome performance settings to save memory and battery power. The update will be available for Windows, macOS and ChromeOS desktop users with the release of Chrome 108. Here’s what’s coming and how to make sure you download the updates. Energy… Source link
Read More »Cathie Wood’s ETFs lost investors more than $1 billion before this year’s wipeout
Bold bets on high-flying technology stocks from Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest have destroyed an estimated $1.3 billion in shareholder wealth over the past decade, a Morningstar analysis published this week found. And these losses don’t take into account the sharp declines seen across ARK’s suite of investment offerings so far this year. According to Morningstar, the bulk of these losses came primarily from two of ARK’s actively managed vehicles last year: the ARK Genomic Revolution ETF (ARKG) and… Source link
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