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Google has responded to allegations that the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro don’t charge as fast as some have expected, confirming that their charging speeds are a deliberate tradeoff for better battery life. It follows a report from Android Authority which found that the phones’ maximum power draw was around 22W, well short of the 30W that Google’s latest USB-C charging brick is technically capable of. Writing in a community support post, a spokesperson for Google confirmed that the… Source link

There’s a lot to rave about with the Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, but their fingerprint scanners are not among those things. Since the Pixel 6 release in October, users have been complaining about its sluggish, unreliable fingerprint scanner that makes the phone a hassle to unlock. Google has finally responded to those complaints, and while it provided an explanation, it didn’t really offer any solid solution (via Engadget). We’re sorry for the hassle. The Pixel 6 fingerprint sensor… Source link

Supply chain issues may be keeping many Americans up — literally — due to backlogs experienced by the world’s largest bedding provider. “We’re seeing it a little bit in trucking, obviously the shipping, a little bit in the component issues, primarily chemicals, … it’s getting better, but it continues to be a challenge,” Scott Thompson, chairman, president, and CEO of Tempur Sealy, told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “And we think we’ll be working through supply issues probably here… Source link

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorizing Pfizer (PFE)’s COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds on Friday is welcome news for millions of parents across the country. Roughly 28 million children are now eligible for vaccination, according to the New York Times. “If you look at a lot of the data, you’ll see that younger people, teenagers, small children, they’ve been responsible for a lot of the transmission of coronavirus,” Dr. Adrian Burrowes, a family medicine physician… Source link

Alphabet is still the darling of Wall Street after another blowout quarter from the tech beast Tuesday night.  And one line item continues to standout in particular as a key driver of the bull thesis on the stock: operating margins.  Jefferies analyst Brent Thill points out Alphabet’s operating profit margins hit 39.2% in the third quarter, up for five straight quarters as the company sees strong momentum behind its search business and YouTube premium. The upward slope in margins comes… Source link

The crypto founder going on the offensive in the industry’s latest battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) called out a lack of understanding as a big problem among regulators. Terraform Labs co-founder and CEO Do Kwon, who sued the SEC Friday to quash a recent subpoena, explained to Yahoo Finance at Monday’s All Markets Summit that regulators are still learning that some of the code and protocols launched in the sector are no longer controlled by centralized entities, but… Source link

Over the course of Tom Brady’s 22-year career, the NFL’s winningest quarterback has bolstered the reputation of lesser-known players and coaches, his own brand TB12, and most recently the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after winning a Super Bowl championship during his first season with the franchise. But businesses don’t need to be directly on Brady’s team to benefit from the future Hall of Famer. New data from EDO, which measures consumer engagement with ads, shows that brands that advertise… Source link

Consumers may be getting less “bang for their buck” as companies have begun to offer fewer services in lieu of raising prices, Alan Cole, former staff for Congress’ Joint Economic Committee and policy director at Full Stack Economics. Generally, inflation occurs when the price of a good increases, so that consumers pay more for what they could previously purchase for a cheaper price. “But there’s another way that inflation can happen, and that’s when you’re paying the same amount, but… Source link

A shipping expert believes that the supply chain crisis may last well into 2023 given how global trade has been reshuffled to meet surging American demand.  “We expect… strained supply chains to last until the early parts of 2023,” Peter Sand, chief shipping analyst at Copenhagen-based BIMCO, a shipping trade group, told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “We are basically seeing a global all-but-breakdown of the supply chains from from end-to-end.” In Sand’s view, the “spectacular recovery”… Source link

The Seattle Kraken, the National Hockey League’s 32nd team, will play its inaugural game on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. For the business minds behind the return of professional hockey to Seattle after a nearly century-long hiatus, the Kraken’s first game is a crucial step in a nearly $2 billion investment in the team. “When people think that there aren’t many opportunities left, we found this great frontier called Seattle,” Kraken CEO Tod Leiweke said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above)…. Source link