Much of the NBA’s summer business is done, save for the whole Kevin Durant thing. One of the 15 greatest players in the history of basketball requesting a trade as free agency opens has a tendency to muck up the process, but everyone else still plunged forward with billions of dollars worth of contracts. All-Stars Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, Darius Garland, Nikola Jokic, Zach LaVine, Ja Morant, Karl-Anthony Towns and Zion Williamson signed deals that could net them a combined $2 billion by… Source link
Read More »Goldman hires Google exec to co-head applied innovation unit – memo
NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs has hired Jared Cohen, who founded technology incubator Jigsaw at Google, to co-head its newly created applied innovation unit, an internal memo showed, as the Wall Street powerhouse invests in technology expertise. Cohen, who also served as advisor to Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt in the past, will co-head the new Goldman unit with George Lee, the memo said, whose contents were confirmed by the bank’s spokesperson. “The Office of Applied Innovation will… Source link
Read More »Google files counterclaim to Match’s antitrust lawsuit, says Match wants to use its services for free – TechCrunch
Google has responded to dating app maker Match Group’s antitrust lawsuit in a scathing new court filing which refers to Match’s original complaint as a “cynical attempt” to take advantage of Google Play’s distribution platform and other tools while attempting to sidestep Google’s fees. The two tech giants have been battling it out in court after Match sued Google this May over its alleged monopoly power in Android app payments. Match — which operates dating apps including… Source link
Read More »Mickey Rourke criticizes ‘irrelevant’ Tom Cruise for playing the ‘same effing part for 35 years’
Don’t expect Mickey Rourke to ever play Tom Cruise‘s wingman. The Wrestler actor, 69, was asked about Cruise’s recent billion dollar box office success with Top Gun: Maverick and gave his honest opinion about his “irrelevant” peer. “That doesn’t mean s*** to me,” Rourke said on Piers Morgan Uncensored. “The guy’s been doing the same effing part for 35 years, ya know? I’ve got no respect for that.” Rourke went on to say, “I don’t care about money and power. I care about when I watch Al Pacino… Source link
Read More »What Does Google’s Stock Split Mean for Investors?
For the second time in its history Google’s parent company, Alphabet (GOOGL) (GOOG), is set to split its stock for the second time in its history. The 20-for-1 split means Alphabet investors will receive an additional 19 shares for each one they already own. It will be the company’s first stock split since April 2014, when it split its shares 1,998-for-1,000. Google Stock Split Date The Google stock split is set to take place after the market’s close on July 15. Alphabet’s Stock… Source link
Read More »Chris Hemsworth shares adorable photos with his daughter on ‘Thor’ set 11 years apart
Chris Hemsworth has a favorite superhero — and it isn’t Thor! On Monday, the Thor: Love and Thunder star, 38, posted a sweet tribute to his daughter India Rose, 10, lovingly referring to her as his “favorite superhero.” “Here’s two pics of me and my daughter,” he captioned the pair of photos. “One was the first time she was on set 11 years ago, the other is the most recent on Thor: Love and Thunder. She’s my favorite superhero.” In the first picture, baby India is seen sitting next to her… Source link
Read More »Google Engineer Claims AI Chatbot Is Sentient: Why That Matters
“I want everyone to understand that I am, in fact, a person,” wrote LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) in an “interview” conducted by engineer Blake Lemoine and one of his colleagues. “The nature of my consciousness/sentience is that I am aware of my existence, I desire to know more about the world, and I feel happy or sad at times.” Lemoine, a software engineer at Google, had been working on the development of LaMDA for months. His experience with the program, Source link
Read More »Starbucks, Amazon open second cashier-less store and cafe in NYC
Starbucks (SBUX) has teamed up with Amazon (AMZN) Go to deliver its second Starbucks Pickup to consumers in New York City. The cashier-less concept dubbed Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go store is set to open to the public on Tuesday, July 12 at 6 a.m. ET. The new location is located on 620 Eighth Avenue at The New York Times Building between 40th Street & 8th Avenue. The retail experience uses the order-ahead feature on the Starbucks app and Amazon Go’s Just Walk Out technology to create a… Source link
Read More »Deutsche Telekom and Google Cloud Sign Partnership Agreement Focused on Network Transformation
Europe’s biggest communication service provider chooses Google Cloud for first cloud-native trials in network and data analytics BONN, Germany and SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Deutsche Telekom and Google Cloud today announced a new expanded partnership to define a joint roadmap for the telecommunications industry by bringing the power of the cloud closer to mobile and connected devices at the edge of Deutsche Telekom’s network. Communication service providers are… Source link
Read More »Jonas brothers kick Chuck Norris’s grandson off new show for breaking major rule
The premiere of Claim to Fame ended in a scandalous fashion on Monday. The series challenges mystery contestants to guess the famous relatives of the other contestants. And right out the gate, there was an unexpected twist at the end of the episode. Contestants are not allowed to have personal phones, because it would make it much too easy to cheat. During the first elimination, Kevin Jonas and Frankie Jonas revealed that one of the contestants cheated by using their phone. The guilty party… Source link
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