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The U.S. Supreme Court issued two highly anticipated rulings on Thursday, temporarily blocking a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers but allowing a separate rule applying only to health care workers at facilities receiving federal funding. The high court settled the matter concerning large employers in a 6-3 decision to block the rule that would have been issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, with the three liberal justices dissenting…. Source link

Businesses will increasingly use “foundational” A.I. algorithms, but ethical perils remain, Google executive warns |… Source link

Google has partnered with notable Black entertainers and businesses across the country to reimagine Black Friday as “Black-owned Friday.” It’s the second year the tech giant has partnered with the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. to do such a campaign. This year, 55 businesses are involved and can be shopped in an interactive Black-Owned Friday film, soundtracked by a new song from T-Pain and Normani. While watching the film, which can be seen here, or on YouTube, items that appear to be the… Source link

Paul Sakuma / AP The Yahoo logo is displayed outside of offices in Santa Clara, Calif., in this Monday, April 18, 2011, file photo. Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 | 2 a.m. In an all-too-rare instance of positive news coming from Big Tech, Yahoo announced this week that it was pulling out of China. Citing the Chinese government’s sweeping regulatory crackdown on the tech, education, gaming and entertainment industries in recent months, Yahoo said it was shutting down access to its services… Source link

Talon Cyber Security founders Ohad Bobrov and Ofer Ben-Noon. They’ve convinced big-name investors … [+] they have the answer to the boom in browser-based cyberattacks. Talon Cyber Security Browsers are proving to be a potential Achilles’ heel in computer and smartphone security. This year has seen a record number of so-called zero-day attacks in the wild, where unpatched weaknesses in software are exploited by hackers, and Google Chrome has seen at least 12… Source link

Three Black-owned Birmingham-based businesses were among 50 nationwide chosen to receive $100,000 from the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund. Healthtech firm Acclinate, networking app Mixtroz and healthcare monitor SynsorMed were chosen along with firms from 15 states to receive the money. Google for Startups works to connect tech companies with Google’s products and mentoring, with a commitment to creating diverse startup communities. Jewel Burks Solomon, head of Google for Startups… Source link

President Joe Biden put forward a new strategy this week to combat the spread of COVID-19 as daily cases average about 150,000 and hospitalizations surge, particularly in regions with low vaccination rates. The recent spike in cases, driven largely by the highly contagious Delta variant, has prompted calls for vaccine mandates, from both health officials and policymakers. “If you are getting federal funding, there should be a vaccine mandate,” Dr. Anand Swaminathan, an emergency medicine… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said small businesses will keep choosing the internet to reach their customers even after the pandemic subsides and brick-and-mortar advertising options become more useful. “That digital transformation will continue to happen,” Sandberg said in an interview with Bloomberg News. “It might happen at a slightly slower rate but I think that the transformation and people moving to be online is going to continue to… Source link

Warren Buffett says these are the very best businesses to own Never forget the basics. While we’re constantly bombarded with confusing investment mumbo jumbo, we should never forget that companies largely exist for one main reason: to take capital from investors and earn a return on it. That’s why it makes sense for investors to look for businesses, with durable competitive advantages, that are able to consistently deliver high returns on capital. As Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett… Source link

Russian technology giant Yandex has purchased Uber’s stake in several of the joint ventures it owns together, including its food and grocery delivery services. Yandex is one of Russia’s biggest technology companies Russian search engine and ridehailing company Yandex has announced that it will buy out Uber in some of the joint ventures the two giants share, including its food and grocery delivery services, in a $1 billion deal.     The agreement will see Yandex purchase Uber’s… Source link