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Stock futures edge higher, oil prices extend gains

Stock futures edged up Wednesday morning on the heels of a mixed session a day earlier, with the three major indexes struggling for direction at the start of June. Contracts on each of the three major indexes traded slightly above the flat line heading into the regular trading day. Brent and crude oil prices extended gains after hitting their highest levels since 2018 on Tuesday after OPEC+ suggested demand would rebound during the recovery and opted for gradual supply increases. Treasury… Source link

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Suns roll over Lakers; Nuggets edge Lillard in 2OT

Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NBA playoff tracker, your daily one-stop shop for all the latest game results from each NBA playoff series. Here’s a look at Tuesday’s games. The Los Angeles Lakers struggled on Tuesday night without Anthony Davis in Phoenix. In fact, their Game 5 matchup with the Suns was over by halftime. The Suns, after taking a 30-point halftime lead, rolled to a dominant 115-85 win to take a 3-2 series lead. Davis’ absence — he missed with a groin injury he suffered in Game… Source link

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Stock futures edge higher as tech shares steady

Stock futures traded slightly higher Monday evening after falling during the regular session, with technology stocks underperforming and dragging the Nasdaq lower as inflation concerns persisted.  Contracts on the S&P 500 opened a tick above the flat line, after the index posted its first decline in three days during Monday’s regular trading day. Dow and Nasdaq futures also opened in the green.  Technology stocks renewed a run of underperformance after a brief rebound late last week, with… Source link

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Google Cloud teams up with SpaceX’s Starlink for enterprise connectivity at network’s edge – TechCrunch

SpaceX’s bourgeoning Starlink satellite-based broadband internet service just got a big boost from a significant new partner: Google Cloud. Thanks to a new partnership between the two, SpaceX will now be locating Starlink ground stations right within Google’s existing data centers, providing the Starlink network with direct access to ground-based network infrastructure to help facilitate network connections for customers who are on the edges of the footprint of existing network… Source link

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Stock futures edge lower, giving back some gains

TipRanks Goldman Sachs: These 2 Stocks Are Poised to Double (or More) The new week kicked off on a negative note, as all 3 major indexes pulled back from record highs. After applauding recent strong economic data, the worsening global coronavirus situation appeared to have soured investor sentiment. But according to Goldman Sachs chief US equity strategist David Kostin, investors shouldn’t get too worked up. The overall trend remains upward, and Kostin points out that volatility – the… Source link

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Stock futures edge lower, Netflix shares slide after earnings

TipRanks Goldman Sachs: These 2 Stocks Are Poised to Double (or More) The new week kicked off on a negative note, as all 3 major indexes pulled back from record highs. After applauding recent strong economic data, the worsening global coronavirus situation appeared to have soured investor sentiment. But according to Goldman Sachs chief US equity strategist David Kostin, investors shouldn’t get too worked up. The overall trend remains upward, and Kostin points out that volatility – the… Source link

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Google and Siemens combine forces to address AI at the industrial edge

Google has partnered with Siemens to combine deep domain expertise in manufacturing with artificial intelligence (AI). The partnership aims to provide manufacturing with a way to deploy AI at the edge on manufacturing production lines in a way that can scale globally. In a video showcasing how AI could be deployed on a production line, Axel Lorenz, vice-president of control and factory automation at Siemens Digital Industries, discussed AI-powered vision, based on a camera and a model… Source link

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Firefox, Edge, Safari, and other browsers won’t use Google’s new FLoC ad tech

Google is going it alone with its proposed advertising technology to replace third-party cookies. Every major browser that uses the open source Chromium project has declined to use it, and it’s unclear what that will mean for the future of advertising on the web. A couple of weeks ago, Google announced it was beginning to test a new ad technology inside Google Chrome called the Federated Learning of Cohorts, or FLoC. It uses an algorithm to look at your browser history and place you in… Source link

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Microsoft launches Edge Kids Mode, the first kid-friendly version of a major web browser

Microsoft Edge Kids Mode is designed to let kids browse the web safely, without forcing parents to deal with cumbersome parental control software. (Image: Microsoft) Microsoft (MSFT) on Thursday debuted a new kids mode for its Edge web browser, the first such feature from any major browser. The move, the company says, is meant to ensure that parents can let their children jump online without worrying about the kind of content they’ll come across. Available starting today, Microsoft Edge Kids… Source link

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Browser Swap: How to Switch From Google Chrome to Microsoft Edge

After years of Microsoft-built web browsers being a punchline, Edge has turned things around thanks to Google. I never thought I’d see the day, but the new Edge has a number of enthusiasts switching away from Google Chrome. Since they share the same Chromium base, the two browsers are now extremely similar, so switching is pretty easy—most of the basic functionality is the same, and you can even install the same extensions. However, Edge tends to perform a bit better than Chrome—not only… Source link

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