The Buffalo Bills handed the New England Patriots an embarrassing 47-17 wild-card loss on Saturday night, and in the process they made NFL history. They became the first team ever to have a perfect offensive performance. They scored touchdowns on every single one of their possessions (except the kneel downs at the end of the game). They didn’t face a single fourth down in the entire game, so they had no punts or field goals. They also held onto the ball when they had it, turning the ball… Source link
Read More »Bengals celebrate 1st playoff win since before texts
Text messages were flying all over Cincinnati and beyond on Saturday night in celebration of the Bengals‘ playoff win over the Las Vegas Raiders. Given that pretty much everyone texts now, that was to be expected. But it took on more significance after one fact circulated on social media: The last time the Bengals won at this time of year was Jan. 6, 1991. The first text message sent happened on Dec. 3, 1992. That’s how long ago it was. The thing that for so many of us has become ubiquitous, our… Source link
Read More »The Crypto Daily – Movers and Shakers – August 1st, 2021
Bitcoin, BTC to USD, fell by 1.79% on Saturday. Partially reversing a 5.43% rally from Friday, Bitcoin ended the day at $41,439.0. A mixed start to the day saw Bitcoin rise to an early morning intraday high $42,398.0 before hitting reverse. Falling well short of the first major resistance level at $43,562, Bitcoin fell to a late afternoon intraday low $41,051.0. While steering clear of the first majors support level at $39,605, Bitcoin fell through the 38.2% FIB of $41,592. Steering clear of… Source link
Read More »Biden awards 1st Medal of Honor to Korean War veteran
President Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, to Ralph Puckett Jr., a 94-year-old Korean War veteran and retired Army colonel who was wounded in a battle against Chinese soldiers in Korea more than 70 years ago. “Today we are hosting a true American hero and awarding an honor that is long overdue,” Biden said during an East Room ceremony that was also attended by South Korean President Moon Jae-in. It was the first Medal of Honor awarded by… Source link
Read More »Google Photos’ free unlimited storage ends on June 1st
Bloomberg Key Brexit Clash Would Cost Euro Swap Traders $2.4 Million a Day (Bloomberg) — One of the biggest Brexit battlegrounds between the European Union and the U.K. now has a price tag: at least $2.4 million a day.That’s how much any move by the European Union to cut off access to London’s dominant clearinghouses for derivatives could cost traders in euro interest rate swaps, net of buying, according to an estimate from Albert Menkveld, professor of finance at Vrije Universiteit… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Tops $28K for 1st Time, Hours After Crossing $27K; Market Cap Now Exceeds $500B
TipRanks 3 Monster Growth Stocks That Can Charge Forward in 2021 With 2020 winding down, there’s a growing belief that 2021 is going to be a growth year for the stock markets. The US elections have returned a divided government, one unlikely to have the broad majorities – or the broad support – needed to enact wide-ranging reform legislation from either the right or left, and that bodes well for the economy generally.The COVID vaccines are entering distribution, and while new anti-virus… Source link
Read More »Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021
After five years of offering unlimited free photo backups at “high quality,” Google Photos will start charging for storage once more than 15 gigs on the account have been used. The change will happen on June 1st, 2021, and it comes with other Google Drive policy changes like counting Google Workspace documents and spreadsheets against the same cap. Google is also introducing a new policy of deleting data from inactive accounts that haven’t been logged in to for at least two years.
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