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Google, Oracle, Snowflake, Seagate Break Early Week Cloud News

Google, Oracle, Snowflake, Seagate Break Early Week Cloud News

Google added Anthos to its Distributed Cloud and Snowflake just made a big investment. As we head into the middle of June, it’s a good time to catch up on some low-key cloud news. These items have made the rounds over the last week. Channel partners for Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Snowflake and Seagate Technology will take particular interest in this latest batch of cloud news. We’ve also got a snippet from top Google Cloud MSP SADA, if you want to know what your peers are up… Source link

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New bipartisan bill would force Google to break up its ad business

New bipartisan bill would force Google to break up its ad business

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) speaks during the U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 13, 2020. Demetrius Freeman | Pool | Reuters A new bipartisan proposal takes aim at Google and would force it to break up its digital advertising business if passed. The Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act was introduced Thursday by a group of key Senators on the Judiciary… Source link

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Will an airline ticket cost you more this spring break and summer?

Will an airline ticket cost you more this spring break and summer?

Here comes even more expensive ticket prices for spring breakers and summer travelers. “Ticket prices are strong now. Probably not really related to oil — demand is so strong, we have full planes. I think our fares are as good as they have been for us. We are talking about prices 4% or 5% higher than they were in 2019,” said Alaska Airlines CFO Shane Tackett on Yahoo Finance Live. Domestic airlines are seen increasing fares by 7% on average each month until June, according to the latest Source link

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Google and Mozilla are ready for Chrome and Firefox version 100 to break some websites

Google and Mozilla are ready for Chrome and Firefox version 100 to break some websites

Chrome, Firefox, and Edge are about to hit version 100, in a triple release that could break some websites. The move to version 100 in the coming weeks could result in bugs or compatibility issues on some websites not ready to read triple-digit user-agent strings. Google, Mozilla, and Microsoft are busy trying preempt any big issues. Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft have been warning about the upcoming version 100 release for months, which is about to drop in March for both Chrome and Edge,… Source link

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NFTs are a ‘fantastic gateway’ for women to break into crypto: Zuckerberg Media CEO

NFTs are a ‘fantastic gateway’ for women to break into crypto: Zuckerberg Media CEO

We are less than a month into the New Year, but so far 2022 has not been kind to crypto. The price of bitcoin (BTC-USD), the granddaddy of digital currency, is off to its worst yearly start since the dawn of crypto, down roughly 40% from its all time high, and analysts are bracing for more volatility ahead. But true believers are not backing off. While it’s mostly young men who are trading cryptocurrency, research finds a growing number of women are taking the plunge and even prefer trading… Source link

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An important investing reminder that could make or break your portfolio in 2022

An important investing reminder that could make or break your portfolio in 2022

When it comes to the Federal Reserve’s looming interest rate hiking cycle, speed of movement should be top of mind among investors that will have to navigate the evolving liquidity backdrop with precision.  “I think it’s the speed at which the Fed will have to move [on rates] that probably defines market behavior, not in a broad sense but in terms of leadership,” said Charles Schwab chief investment strategist Liz Ann Sonders on Yahoo Finance Live.  The Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading out… Source link

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Google warns 2 billion users of update that could break websites worldwide

Google warns 2 billion users of update that could break websites worldwide

Google has issued a warning to Chrome’s more than two billion users amid fears the browser’s forthcoming update will break a number of websites around the world. The tech giant announced the news via its Chromium Bug tracker, the codebase for Chrome, and a solution to the issue is currently nowhere in sight. It’s currently unclear what websites – and how many – are due to be… Source link

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Bearcats break through into College Football Playoff

Bearcats break through into College Football Playoff

It has been a part-plucky, mostly comical, rarely sincere slogan of every college football upstart of the past dozen or so years, written on signs designed to create smiles or chanted through contained laughter from student sections across the land. “We Want Bama.” Well, Cincinnati, you big-dreaming, gate-crashing, perfect regular season after perfect regular season Group of 5 underdog, congratulations on doing the seemingly impossible and actually making the College Football Playoff. Now… Source link

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Biden gets a break on oil and gas prices

Biden gets a break on oil and gas prices

One month ago, gas prices—up 50% during the last year—were looking like the bane of Joe Biden’s presidency. Then three things happened: Combined, these developments have shaved oil prices by more than 20% since late October. Gas prices haven’t yet fallen by the same amount, but they most likely will. Gas prices lag oil prices whether going up or down, but only by a few weeks, as the following chart shows. So gas prices should be dropping by the end of the year. There’s already been a… Source link

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The Dalles approves tax break for new Google data centers

The Dalles approves tax break for new Google data centers

In this Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, photo, shows the exterior of a Google data center in The Dalles, Oregon. Andrew Selsky / AP The Dalles City Council voted Monday to approve tax breaks for Google, which plans to expand its footprint in the Columbia River Gorge. The city and Wasco County negotiated an agreement with the tech giant that will significantly reduce the amount of annual property taxes on up to two new data centers the company hopes to build in The Dalles. The deal would require Google… Source link

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