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Google CEO Sundar Pichai, speaking at the Code Conference last week, suggested the tech company needed to become 20% more efficient — a comment some in the industry took to mean headcount reductions could soon be on the table. Now, it seems that prediction may be coming true. TechCrunch has learned and Google confirmed the company is slashing projects at its in-house R&D division known as Area 120. The company on Tuesday informed staff of a “reduction in force” which will see the… Source link

South Carolina women’s head basketball coach Dawn Staley announced the Gamecocks won’t face BYU in a home-and-home series that was scheduled to start this year. A Black female Duke volleyball player accused BYU home spectators of shouting racial slurs at her during a match last week. “As a head coach, my job is to do what’s best for my players and staff,” Staley said in a statement Friday night. “The incident at BYU has led me to reevaluate our home-and-home, and I don’t feel that this… Source link

The Jake Paul-Tommy Fury boxing match is officially off, for a second time. Paul does not sound pleased. The YouTuber-turned-boxer confirmed via Twitter on Wednesday that Fury had received a termination notice for their bout and claimed his erstwhile opponent “literally went into hiding.” Paul confirmed he still planned to fight in his Aug. 6 event at Madison Square Garden, co-headlined by an Amanda Serrano match, but will have to find an opponent on short notice. He indicated an announcement… Source link

Today started with big news from Lenovo, followed by Waymo and Intel. Now it seems that Google is extracting itself entirely from its in-person presence at CES. A spokesperson for the company tells TechCrunch: After careful consideration we have decided to withhold from having a presence on the show floor of CES 2022. We’ve been closely monitoring the development of the Omicron variant, and have decided that this is the best choice for the health and safety of our teams. We will… Source link

Photo: Yandex.ru Russian tech giant Yandex announced last week that it would withdraw its contract to buy online fashion retailer Kupi VIP, but said it was considering alternative retailers in the fashion arena. In May, we agreed to purchase online retailers on private terms to enhance Yandex.Market, a free platform for displaying products in retail stores and online stores. The transaction was expected to close in the third quarter of this year. “Yandex.Market does not exercise the… Source link

Pic: Yandex.ru Russian tech giant Yandex last week announced pulling out of a deal to buy online fashion retailer KupiVIP, but said it is considering alternative outlets in the field of fashion. In May, it had agreed to buy the online retailer on undisclosed terms to enhance its Yandex.Market, a free platform for displaying products by retail and online stores. The deal was expected to be completed in the third quarter of this year. “Yandex.Market will not exercise its option to… Source link

By Makiko Yamazaki and Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) -Nomura Holdings Inc on Monday flagged a possible $2 billion loss at a U.S. subsidiary, prompting Japan’s biggest brokerage and investment bank to shelve a hefty bond issuance and sending its stock tumbling by the most in over a decade. Nomura’s stock was greeted by a deluge of sell orders at market open, pushing its price down as much 16% in early trade. The firm in a statement said the $2 billion hit derived from transactions with a U.S…. Source link

Terraria Re-Logic Google Stadia made news this month when it announced it was shutting down its original first party production house, and would instead focus on third party partnerships for the service going forward. But one of those may be on the rocks, according to a recent thread from Terraria creator Andrew “@Demilogic” Spinks. In a thread posted late last night, Spinks lamented about how he has been locked out of his Google Account for… Source link

Fox News has canceled “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” the program hosted by one of Donald Trump’s most ardent defenders, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Dobbs, 75, praised Trump on a nightly basis, excoriated the former president’s perceived enemies and promoted the false claim that the 2020 election had not been decided fairly by the American people. Dobbs’s show, which ran twice each weekday night on the Fox Business Network, will be broadcast for the final time on Friday, the Times… Source link

Wisconsin won’t play game vs. Nebraska due to COVID-19 spike originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Just one week into the Big Ten college football season, the conference is now feeling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. On Wednesday, Wisconsin announced that it would be pausing all football-related activities for seven days due to an “elevated number of COVID-19 cases within the Badgers’ program,” the program said in a statement. Wisconsin’s game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on… Source link