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The McLaren Formula One team announced a multi-year partnership with Google on Wednesday ahead of the new season starting in Bahrain this weekend. No financial details were provided, although the partnership is the latest to involve a major U.S. company and Formula One, with the sport growing in the Americas and a second U.S. race scheduled in Miami in May. There is also talk of a third to come in Las Vegas. 2 Related McLaren, who came fourth last year but finished one-two at Monza for their… Source link

Season five of Formula 1: Drive to Survive could potentially include scenes of McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown smashing a Chromebook or Android tablet, Tom Brady-style, thanks to a new arrangement between the team and Google. In 2020, McLaren exited its deal with OnePlus that produced several powerfully-specced black and orange Android phones, but there’s no indication of a similar branding exercise coming to the Pixel series anytime soon. Instead, the new “multi-year” agreement… Source link

A secret deal struck between Google and Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is being investigated by antitrust regulators in the European Union and Britain for potentially undermining competition in the multibillion-dollar digital advertising market. The inquiry, which was announced on Friday by the European Commission and U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, is the latest effort to scrutinize the business practices of the world’s largest technology companies. The regulators said the… Source link

A 3D printed Facebook’s new rebrand logo Meta is seen in front of displayed Google logo in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Files Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BRUSSELS/LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) – European Union and British antitrust authorities launched parallel investigations on Friday into a 2018 online display advertising deal between Google and Facebook, adding to a long list of regulatory challenges facing the… Source link

Google is being probed by the EU and the U.K. over whether it and Meta Platforms sought to illegally fix prices in digital advertising. Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press Source link

After all that, there will be a 2022 baseball season. And while some things will look different — more on that in a minute — the most important things will look the same. Three outs, 30 teams, one trophy, six months and — this is the big one — 162 games. Nine days after commissioner Rob Manfred canceled opening day and over three months into an owner-implemented lockout, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to a new labor contract Thursday afternoon in New York… Source link

Google agreed to buy cybersecurity company Mandiant. Photo: Jeff Chiu/Associated Press … Source link

Shares of Limelight Networks Inc. LLNW, +13.03% rallied 6.7% in premarket trading Monday, after the content delivery services provider announced a deal to buy Yahoo’s Edgecast Inc., a provider of security, content delivery and video services, in a stock deal that values Edgecast at about $300 million. Yahoo, which owns Edgecast, is owned by Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, -0.90% and funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global… Source link

By Colin Kellaher Limelight Networks Inc. on Monday said it agreed to buy Yahoo’s Edgecast Inc. unit in an all-stock deal that values the provider of edge security, content delivery and video services at about $300 million. Limelight said it will issue about 72.2 million shares to Yahoo, majority owned by private-equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc., resulting in Yahoo owning about 31.9% of the combined company at closing. Apollo bought Yahoo last year for $5… Source link

Gonzaga freshman Chet Holmgren has added another name, image and likeness (NIL) deal, this one breaking new ground with Yahoo Sports’ NCAA tournament bracket contest. Holmgren and Duke freshman standout Paolo Banchero will be co-ambassadors helping promote Yahoo Sports’ Tourney Pick’em best bracket contest. These are believed to be the first NIL deals… Source link