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Images of unrest and desperation at the international airport in Kabul spread across the world on Monday as the Taliban took the city and thousands of Afghans sought to flee.  The chaos brought widespread criticism of the U.S. withdrawal, but President Joe Biden said on Monday afternoon that he stood “squarely behind my decision” to begin formally pulling out troops in May. Still, the U.S. exit poses a “real chance” of destroying the Biden presidency, Eurasia Group founder and political… Source link

This is your last chance to get free health insurance from Biden’s stimulus package Americans have just hours left to claim free health insurance for the remainder of the year, courtesy of President Joe Biden’s pandemic rescue package. White House officials are urging anyone interested in a zero-premium plan to submit an application by Sunday, Aug. 15 at midnight local time. Both wealthy and low-income Americans are welcome to apply — and although there is one big eligibility requirement,… Source link

Google is changing how its Android search engine choice screen works in Europe, following complaints from rivals about its pay-to-play model, the company has announced in a blog post. The selection screen appears for users when they first set up an Android device, and is designed to offer a choice of search engines after Google was hit by a record $5 billion antitrust fine in 2018. From September, the search giant is making it free for search engines to be included, and is increasing the… Source link

Google is changing how its Android search engine choice screen works in Europe, following complaints from rivals about its pay-to-play model, the company has announced in a blog post. The selection screen appears for users when they first set up an Android device, and is designed to offer a choice of search engines after Google was hit by a record $5 billion antitrust fine in 2018. From September, the search giant is making it free for search engines to be included, and is increasing the… Source link

After four years as a standout at the U.S. Naval Academy, Cameron Kinley signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in May as an undrafted rookie free agent. But when the Bucs start mandatory minicamp Tuesday, Kinley won’t be there. He will instead be required to immediately commission for the rank of ensign. Cadets who attend the Naval Academy commit to active-duty military service after graduation. A 2019 policy directive allows for graduates pursuing a career in professional sports to delay… Source link

Tesla (TSLA) short sellers are up $4 billion so far this year, driven by the stock’s fall back to earth after a steep rise of more than 695% last year, according to an analysis by S3 partners that CNN reported.  Investor Michael Burry, who anticipated the 2008 housing collapse and was made famous by the book and movie “The Big Short,” last week revealed that his firm Scion Asset Management had joined the army of Tesla short sellers to the tune of more than 800,000 shares worth about $534… Source link

Dec 3, 2019; New Orleans, LA, USA; Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban prior to tip off against the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports Cities like Miami, Denver, and Dallas have become attractive destinations for entrepreneurs and companies during the coronavirus pandemic. Texas, in particular, has become home to high-profile figures like Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and podcast host Joe Rogan — Oracle (ORCL) recently moved its… Source link

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media.  Today’s column is written by Melinda Han Williams, Chief Data Scientist at Dstillery. There’s been a great deal of hand-wringing over the future of identity in digital advertising. Google Chrome’s plan to retire third-party cookies and Apple’s move to make IDFAs opt-in have kicked off what, to many, feels like a crisis for digital… Source link

Any doodlers out there? Even if you’re just a casual artist, Doodle For Google is a pretty cool contest that you should most certainly consider entering. Yes, the annual art contest is back again, and it’s running now through Feb. 26. So you still have just more than a week to get those entries in! So if you’re a student, or you know a student, in grades K-12, you’re invited to create a doodle. One winner’s artwork will be displayed on Google.com for a day. He or she will also receive:

It’s the same question asked by tech executives of an earlier era whose companies had also been accused of illegal monopolization — Kodak, Xerox, IBM, AT&T, Intel and Microsoft. And the honest answer, one that regulators and politicians rarely say out loud, is that when companies are so successful that they achieve dominance in their markets, then some of what they used to do — and what their rivals can still do — becomes illegal. At its core, antitrust law says that to save… Source link