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Indonesia’s PayPal, Yahoo bans cast cloud over tech hub dream | Technology

Indonesia’s PayPal, Yahoo bans cast cloud over tech hub dream | Technology

Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia’s temporary ban on major websites including PayPal has exposed the difficult balancing act Jakarta faces as it seeks to both tighten control of the internet and become Southeast Asia’s next tech hub. Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has listed digital infrastructure as a priority under his Making Indonesia 4.0 roadmap aimed at lifting his country into the ranks of the world’s top 10 economies. But even as Widodo has pushed the digital… Source link

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Shadow cast over future of Google’s C++ replacement

Shadow cast over future of Google’s C++ replacement

Google launched Carbon, an experimental language, last week, but industry skepticism clouds its future as a C++ replacement. C++ is a mainstay of enterprise development, but it has drawbacks, and some developers have argued that it needs a replacement. The reasons for this are many, including code that is difficult to learn and read, issues with safety mechanisms and lack of suitability for modern hardware architectures and environments, said Chandler Carruth, principal software engineer… Source link

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Jordan Poole leads Warriors’ supporting cast with title poise

Jordan Poole leads Warriors’ supporting cast with title poise

SAN FRANCISCO — There’s no such thing as Warriors magic, no imaginary pixie dust that’s sprinkled on players once entering the walls of Chase Center that downloads championship poise into their DNA. But it damn sure feels like it, even if old-fashioned sweat equity is the true answer. The Golden State Warriors have it, and the Dallas Mavericks may one day acquire it through experience with Luka Doncic leading the franchise. That process can’t be sped up, though. While Steph Curry, Klay… Source link

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Why Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos saga has cast a ‘long shadow’ on female-led startups

The trial of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes officially begins next week — and there’s more at stake than the fate of a disgraced biotech entrepreneur, and a company that’s now become synonymous with fraud. Indeed, there’s at least some element of Silicon Valley that’s also being put on trial, and at least a few entrepreneurs believe the fallout could outlast the trial headlines, particularly for female startup founders. The tech sector’s mantra of “move fast and break things,”… Source link

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Wells Fargo account closures cast light on vague cost of a credit score hit

This month Wells Fargo (WFC) announced it was shutting down personal lines of credit, a lending product consumers could use to consolidate debt, pay for surprise expenses, or even use as a checking overdraft safety net.  The decision was made after an early 2020 review of its businesses, where the bank found that personal lines of credit weren’t as popular as loans, and only 40% of account holders had balances, a bank spokesperson told Yahoo Finance. (The main difference between a personal… Source link

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Andy Cohen on why it took so long to add a Black cast member to ‘RHOBH’

Andy Cohen is talking about diversity within The Real Housewives franchise. Cohen, who executive produces the series and hosts the reunion specials, appeared on Garcelle Beauvais‘s podcast and was asked why it took so long to have a Black cast member on the Beverly Hills franchise — and when viewers will see an all-gay cast. Cohen said on Going to Bed with Garcelle that it took to Season 10 of Bravo’s RHOBH, in 2019, to add Beauvais as the first Black woman in 10 seasons because they were… Source link

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Alphabet earnings: Antitrust charges cast long shadow over Google

The historic lawsuit will be an underlying theme, both in the short and long term, when Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL, +1.63% GOOG, +1.58% Google announces third-quarter results on Oct. 29 — the same day as Facebook Inc. FB, +2.39%, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +0.88%, Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.61% and a raft of other tech companies. Antitrust story lines abound. On Oct. 28, Google… Source link

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Less than a third of U.S. voters plan to cast their ballots in person on Election Day

Globe Newswire The sustainable aviation fuel market is projected to grow from estimated USD 66 million in 2020 to USD 15,307 million by 2030, at a CAGR of 72.4% during the forecast period. This growth can be attributed to factors, such as increasing need for reduction in GHG emissions in aviation industry, increasing air passenger traffic, high fuel efficiency of renewable jet fuel.New York, Oct. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report “Sustainable… Source link

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Less than a third of U.S. voters plan to cast their ballots in person on Election Day

Less than a third of U.S. voters say they will cast their ballots in person on Election Day, the lowest  percentage in American history, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows. Nearly two-thirds plan to vote early — or already have voted. According to the survey of 1,583 registered voters conducted Oct. 16-18, just 31 percent of respondents said they plan to vote in person on Nov. 3 — about half the number who voted in person four years ago — while 42 percent planned to vote by mail or… Source link

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