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Stock equity grants, which typically make up a significant portion of tech workers’ total compensation, are also being reduced starting last month. For some employees, that means their stock grants could be 25 percent lower than if they worked at other Google offices, like in Atlanta, the workers said in the letter. Story continues below advertisement The employees say they want the salary cut reversed, and a commitment from their bosses to be more transparent about how regional salary… Source link

No. 1 South Carolina remains undefeated after it once again defended its ranking against a No. 2 team in the country.  The Gamecocks came back from 18 points down and completed the largest comeback victory in program history to down reigning champion Stanford, 65-61. It was their fifth victory against a top-10 ranked team this season and they are the first team since Baylor in 2011-12 to multiple regular season Nos. 1 vs. 2 games, per ESPN. National player of the year contender Aliyah Boston… Source link

Cam Newton is back in Carolina. Now, there’s only one question surrounding him: Will he be the Panthers’ starting quarterback again? Newton left the Panthers after the 2019 NFL season. Carolina wanted to move in a new direction at quarterback while Newton wanted to continue starting. However, after the Panthers endured a season and a half of subpar play from Teddy Bridgewater and Sam Darnold, Newton is back with the team that made him the No. 1 selection in the 2011 NFL Draft. Newton… Source link

The Carolina Panthers entered the world of augmented reality (AR) after the them showed fans a 30-second clip of a “mixed-reality” panther pouncing onto the scoreboard and tearing the opposing Jets’ team flag at midfield before kickoff during their first game of the NFL season last week. While the panther wasn’t actually in the stadium at all, the live mixed-reality show created by The Famous Group presented a three-dimensional type experience for fans inside Bank of America… Source link

RALEIGH – North Carolina is among a group of states planning to file an antitrust suit against Google over its Play Store app store practices, sources say. Reuters broke the story late Tuesday. The suit is likely to be similar to an antitrust suit filed by Cary-based Epic Games against tech giant Apple over procedures and requirements at its App Store, Reuters noted. The Google action is expected to be filed as soon as next week in a federal court in norhtern… Source link

EDEN, N.C. (AP) — The body of a fourth tuber has been found in a North Carolina river following a deadly accident in which a family on a recreational float went over a dam, local officials said Sunday. The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a news release that Isiah Crawford, 7, was the person who was found in the Dan River. Another tuber, Teresa Villano, 35, is still missing. The search for her continued on Sunday, including near the Virginia state line, officials said. The… Source link

Searchers on Friday spent a second day scouring a North Carolina river for a 30-year-old woman and a 7-year-old boy missing since they went over a dam during a family float trip. Three people, including a 14-year-old, were found dead Thursday after nine relatives on inflatable tubes in the Dan River went over the dam around nightfall Wednesday, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office said. Four people were rescued, and two others, Teresa Villino, 30, and Isiah Crawford, 7, remained missing, the… Source link

Police believe that Tarik Cohen‘s brother was electrocuted while climbing electrical equipment. (Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The twin brother of Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen was found dead at a North Carolina electrical substation on Sunday.  Police say that a Duke Energy employee found Tyrell Antar Cohen’s body at a substation near Raleigh early Sunday morning. Wake County sheriff’s spokesman Eric Curry said that Cohen is believed to have been electrocuted… Source link

Each time Texas attempted to stomp back into it, South Carolina answered. The No. 1 seed Gamecocks handled the six seed with ease in the Hemisfair region, 62-34, and are moving on to the Final Four. Texas didn’t score over the final 12:30 of the game. South Carolina, which finished the 2020 season as the No. 1 team in the country, plays the winner of No. 1 overall seed Stanford and No. 2 Louisville.   South Carolina shuts down Texas in final quarter South Carolina advanced with a balanced… Source link

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Google has announced plans to create a hub in Durham, North Carolina, for hundreds of engineers to work on its Google Cloud products. The company said in a statement Thursday that it is already recruiting for the site and that it plans to employ 150 people by the end of the year. The company said it will aim to add 300 more employees next year and 500 more in 2023. The site will eventually support more than 1,000 jobs and be one of Google Cloud’s top engineering hubs…. Source link