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Microsoft Failed To Break Secretive Google And Apple Deal

Microsoft Failed To Break Secretive Google And Apple Deal

Google has just given millions of Microsoft users a reason to switch platforms—at least according to a surprise disclosure from a very surprising source. Google’s disclosure throws light on Apple and Bing getty Another twist this weekend in the ongoing “Browser War” between Google and Microsoft. Earlier this month, I reported on the complaints leveled at Microsoft, that it was reportedly “unfairly” promoting Edge over Chrome to Windows users. The complaint came in an independent… Source link

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China tells state banks to prepare for a massive dollar dump and yuan buying spree as Beijing’s prior interventions have failed to stem its currency’s worst year since 1994

China tells state banks to prepare for a massive dollar dump and yuan buying spree as Beijing’s prior interventions have failed to stem its currency’s worst year since 1994

Chinese President Xi Jinping.Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Reuters reported that China told state-owned banks to get ready to sell dollars and buy yuan in an effort to prop up the local currency. The move could stem the yuan’s fall, as it remains on track for its largest annual loss against the dollar since 1994. A hawkish Fed has pushed the dollar to 20-year highs this year, pressuring currencies around the world. The People’s Bank of China has told major state-run banks to prepare to shed dollar… Source link

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JaMarcus Russell explains what went wrong in failed career

JaMarcus Russell explains what went wrong in failed career

JaMarcus Russell is young enough at age 36 to still be starting in the NFL. Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers are older, and Matt Ryan was born three months before Russell. But Russell’s path took a different turn during a turbulent three years with the Oakland Raiders. The last time he was seen on an NFL field was January 2010, taking mop-up snaps in a season-ending blowout to the Baltimore Ravens. Then Russell was just gone, quickly anointed one of the biggest busts in NFL draft history. No other… Source link

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Texas police admit to failed shooting response, say kids in room with gunman called 911

Texas police admit to failed shooting response, say kids in room with gunman called 911

Texas’s top public safety official said officers on the scene failed to follow protocol at the Uvalde elementary school shooting, with officers standing in the hallway as children in the classroom called 911 as their classmates were killed. At a Friday afternoon press conference, state Director of Public Safety Steven McCraw said that 19 officers stood in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classroom on Tuesday while students inside the room called 911 for help. McCraw said the on-site… Source link

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Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving failed the Nets

Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving failed the Nets

BROOKLYN — The murmurs grew from whispers, then to a dull roar as the obvious turned to reality, the chants turning into taunts at Barclays Center. “Let’s go Celtics.” Forty-eight minutes remain between the Brooklyn Nets meeting another premature end to what was expected to be a championship season, following a borderline soulless performance against the Boston Celtics. Two championship players in the middle of their primes coming together was supposed to result in something dynastic…. Source link

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