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Renowned strategist Tom Lee says inflation could be ‘falling far faster than expected’ — here’s the 1 left-for-dead sector to bet on if that holds true According to Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, rampant inflation may not last much longer. “In the past week, we’ve gotten some data that I think really shows inflation could be falling far faster than expected,” the strategist tells CNBC earlier this month. Lee notes the drop in gasoline prices. He also looks at indices that are showing signs… Source link

At this year’s Monterey Car Week, Lincoln (F) is celebrating a big milestone – in style. The brand, now in its 100th year, will be a featured marque at Sunday’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and will show off its Model L100 electric concept vehicle. The electric vehicle (EV) concept is a massive vehicle with a completely configurable, luxurious interior that reimagines what it will be like to be transported in an autonomous future. Ford CEO Jim Farley believes this is Lincoln’s… Source link

An update for the Android Google Photos app (versions 5.97 and later) can help you go directly to a list of screenshots, according to Android Police. With the update, you’ll have faster access to screenshots by using a shortcut, accessible from the Photos icon on your phone’s homepage with a long press or available to split out as a direct shortcut placed on your screen. If you don’t know how to use shortcuts on Android or have forgotten, here are Google’s instructions: Touch and… Source link

For me, there’s a certain irony in creating content for a living, but absolutely dreading the look of a blank word processing document. As a writer, the less time I spend inside a word processor, the better. So I’ll take any opportunity I can to minimize typing and formatting. These three Google Docs features speed up my process exponentially. Best of all, they’re really easy to use. Voice typing If you can talk, you can type—and much faster than actually typing. Google Docs has a great… Source link

The years-long hot housing market has shown signs of cooling off. Mortgage rates over a weeklong period earlier this month topped 4% for the first time in three years — and the rise will likely continue as the Federal Reserve pursues a series of interest rate hikes this year. But persistent inflation and rising interest rates shouldn’t scare off homebuyers, real estate guru and “Shark Tank” panelist Barbara Corcoran told Yahoo Finance. Instead, aspiring homeowners should jump into the market… Source link

Google has said that the latest Chrome update, version M99, is setting records on Apple’s own Speedometer web benchmark and is even faster and more responsive on Macs than Safari. A post on the Chromium Blog breaks down the improvements made to Chrome’s speed over the past year or so when compiling JavaScript and rendering graphics. According to Google, this all adds up to its browser being the fastest on M1 Macs, benchmarking around 7 percent faster than Safari. Chrome M99 also… Source link

Version 100 of Google Chrome will launch within the next few weeks, but even after all of this time, there’s still some room for speeding up the browser. As Google announced today, version 99 of Chrome on macOS manages to score 300 points on the Speedometer benchmark, which was originally developed by Apple’s WebKit team. This, Google points out, is the fastest performance of any browser yet. Speedometer 2.0 tests for responsiveness, which makes it a good proxy for user experience…. Source link

Corporations are rushing to issue more debt amid the Federal Reserve’s messaging that it may move quicker to tighten the spigot on its easy money policies. Despite the emergence of the Omicron variant, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and a chorus of other Fed officials recently signaled they were likely to support a faster wind-down in the Fed’s asset purchase program. If the Fed can fully end the so-called quantitative easing program early next year, the central bank would have the flexibility… Source link

There’s a new Internet provider in town, and they’re on a mission to take on the Goliaths that so many of us are frustrated with, while ultimately delivering affordable, accessible Internet to billions of people. Including the underserved communities that are the hardest to reach. After routers, installations, hidden fees, upcharges, the average household in the US pays about $80/month.  Rather than using traditional fiber-optic cables that make super-fast Wifi unaffordable for low… Source link

The developing world represents the best chance of growth for large internet companies, and today one of the very biggest set out its strategy for how it plans to tackle that. Google said that it would be investing $1 billion to support “digital transformation” across Africa. This will include landing a subsea cable into the continent to enable faster internet speeds, low-interest loans for small businesses, equity investments into African startups, skills… Source link