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Stocks rose in a choppy session Wednesday as investors mulled a fresh batch of earnings results from some major index components and tried to further shake off January’s volatility. The S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq gained just after noon in New York.  A spate of better-than-expected corporate earnings helped partially offset some more concerning signs of an Omicron-induced slowdown in growth at the start of the year. ADP reported Wednesday morning that private-sector U.S. employers cut 301,000… Source link

Samsung’s new gaming hub for 2022 TVs offers easy access to cloud and console games. Samsung … Source link

Google TV is adding yet another cord-cutting option to its live TV tab. With the addition of Pluto TV, Google TV users now have even more live TV channels to choose from. Beginning today, Google TV will now support Pluto TV within the live TV tab, meaning users can easily access more than 300 free channels from the platform’s primary live TV hub. Pluto TV is the fourth streaming service to grab a spot on Google TV’s tab. Previously, Google TV supported YouTube TV, Philo, and Sling —… Source link

The emergence of a new COVID variant spooked markets on Friday, forcing some Fed watchers to question if the Federal Reserve will change course on its plans to slow its monetary support to the U.S. economy. “Policy normalization already looked like it was going to be gradual but the… growth worries we’re seeing come back into the market’s consciousness in the last 24 hours could mean that monetary policy needs to be a little bit more dovish than that,” HSBC Asset Management Chief… Source link

Mathpresso, the Seoul-based edtech company behind QANDA, an AI-based learning app for K-12 students, announced today it has added Google as a new investor. Google’s undisclosed investment is not part of its Series C raised in June, the company said without providing its valuation. The additional investment event comes five months after its $50 million Series C, which brought its total funding to $105 million as of June. The company’s previous backers include… Source link

The new Google Pay app is a stark departure from the version that came before it, and it’s no secret that it hasn’t been as big of a success as Google hoped. Now, the company is adding a new shortcut menu to the Google Pay app. Seemingly rolling out on an account-by-account basis – we’re able to consistently see the menu on one account, but not others – this new shortcut menu appears on the app’s main tab and offers four shortcuts to common parts of the Google Pay… Source link

Netflix (NFLX) reported third-quarter results after market close that showed a pick-up in subscriber growth after a disappointing first half of the year. Third-quarter profits also came in ahead of Wall Street’s expectations, while revenue matched estimates.  Shares rose by about 1.5% in late trading following the results.  Here were the main metrics from Netflix’s report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Revenue: $7.48 billion vs. $7.48 billion expected, $6.44 billion… Source link

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. And in the U.S., app usage surged ahead of the time spent watching live TV. Currently, the average American 

Russia’s ultrafast grocery delivery service Yango Deli that can get goods to customers in under 15 minutes has launched in London, the company said in a press release on October 14. The service already works with customers in Russia, France and Israel and has now added four dark stores in the UK… Source link

Russia’s ultrafast grocery delivery service Yango Deli that can get goods to customers in under 15 minutes has launched in London, the company said in a press release on October 14. The service already works with customers in Russia, France and Israel and has now added four dark stores in the UK… Source link