Oct 6 (Reuters) – Facial recognition returned to the latest Google Pixel phones on Thursday after a short hiatus due to challenges on cost and performance, according to three former employees at the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit knowledgeable about the efforts. The feature on the new Pixel 7 is not as good Apple Inc’s Face ID unlocking mechanism, as it can struggle in low light and is more vulnerable to being spoofed. In addition, Google has said it is not secure enough to enable signing into… Source link
Read More »Column-Store ClickHouse Launches Cloud Version
Graphic courtesy of ClickHouse. ClickHouse, a distributed column-oriented analytic database management system provider, has announced the launch of ClickHouse Cloud. The company says its new cloud-based DBMS decouples storage and compute and scales automatically, relieving users of the need for sizing and tuning clusters to achieve fast query speeds. ClickHouse Cloud is initially being released in Public Beta on AWS and will soon be available through other cloud providers, according to… Source link
Read More »Judge postpones Twitter-Musk trial after company accuses him of ‘mischief and delay’
Twitter’s lawyers fired back at Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a court filing Thursday, accusing the company’s recalcitrant buyer of engaging in “mischief and delay” with his renewed bid for the company. Twitter said Musk’s latest proposal to buy the company for $44 billion can’t be trusted. The claim came in a court document opposing Musk’s earlier request on Thursday for a Delaware judge to halt the court proceedings against him in the parties’ merger deal gone sour. The case was set for… Source link
Read More »Everything you wanted to know about Google Fall Event 2022 (but were afraid to ask) • TechCrunch
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hi again! Wondering if you have a preference between “Friday Eve,” “Pre-Friday” or just stick to Thursday? We are very gently leaning toward Little Friday, but tweet us your favorite post–hump day monikers! — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Made by Google: Brian and a group of other consumer tech fans filed 14 stories (!) related to… Source link
Read More »Levi Strauss, AMD, Tilray, and more
Levi Strauss (LEVI): Shares fell 5% in extended trading after the jeans-maker lowered its full year forecast, citing the strong dollar and supply chain disruptions. Levi sees full-year adjusted earnings per share of $1.44 to $1.49, down from its previous range of $1.50 to $1.56, and 2022 net revenue growth of 6.7% to 7%. For the third quarter, Levi reported adjusted earnings of 40 cents a share on revenue of $1.52 billion. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): The chipmaker fell in after hours trading… Source link
Read More »Yahoo NHL DFS Strategy
This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Hockey series. The puck will drop on the 2022-23 NHL season Oct. 7, with the Sharks and Predators getting things started from Prague. Stateside action will follow soon after, starting Oct. 11, and Yahoo Daily Fantasy Hockey (DFS) contests will be available every day on which there’s at least one regular season or playoff hockey game. Yahoo offers both multi-game and single-game DFS contests. The strategies below have multi-game contests in mind,… Source link
Read More »Why the stock market may skip the usual midterm election rally
History shows the stock market loves the period after the midterm elections — but that might not be the case in the wake of this year’s Nov. 8 election. “A lot of things will drive the stock market,” Gargi Chaudhuri, head of iShares investment strategy at BlackRock Americas, said on Yahoo Finance Live. “I don’t want to base it entirely upon the Fed and elections only. … But all else equal, if you are just giving me a hawkish Fed and a divided government, I think it is just going to be… Source link
Read More »U.S. payrolls grew by 263,000 in September, unemployment rate falls to 3.5%
Job growth slowed for a second month in September as a series of supersized interest rate hikes permeated the U.S. economy, but the softer non-farm payroll gain is still unlikely to deter policymakers from aggressive monetary action to fight inflation that remains at a decades-high. Here are highlights from the latest monthly jobs report released by the Labor Department on Friday, compared to consensus estimates from Bloomberg. Non-farm payrolls: +263,000 vs. +255,000 expected Unemployment… Source link
Read More »AMD Announces Preliminary Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Preliminary third quarter revenue of approximately $5.6 billion, lower than prior outlook of $6.7 billion plus or minus $200 million, primarily due to weaker Client segment revenue Revenue for Data Center, Gaming, and Embedded Segments each grew significantly year-over-year and in-line with the company’s expectations Management to discuss financial results and outlook on Nov. 1 earnings call SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ:AMD)… Source link
Read More »U.S. ‘would be lucky’ to get a mild recession, Ken Rogoff warns
Investors should pray for a mild recession from the Fed’s aggressive interest rate hikes, according to Harvard University professor of economics and author Ken Rogoff, because it could get much worse. “The dollar is very strong, and interest rates are rising very fast,” Rogoff said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “So I think the idea that it’s going to be a really mild recession, if that, would be lucky. I’d say it’s going to be a tough trade-off for the Fed once the numbers start… Source link
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