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TechCrunch has learned that Russia search giant Yandex is to switch from using yandex.ru as its main front page for Russian-speaking users to ya.ru — a less trafficked domain it’s owned since 2000 that, historically, has only hosted a basic search engine page. Imagine if Google decided to de-emphasize google.com in favor of a less popular domain it also owns and you’ll get an inkling of how big a shift this looks to be for the Russian internet landscape. (Albeit, a fuller… Source link

Regular investors have a lot of questions about the stock market’s recent plunge. They want to know whether they should take advantage of the recent pullback (the S&P 500 is down 20% year to date), wait for a better opportunity or sell out entirely. It’s a natural question to ask. So MoneyWise chatted with fund manager and regular CNBC contributor Michael Farr to pick his investment brain about what to do in the current market. His advice is simple: don’t try to time it. “Market timing… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. Treasury yields’ advance to a three-year high kicked off a global jump in borrowing costs as traders refocused on intensifying bets on rate hikes from major central banks. Most Read from Bloomberg Ten-year U.S. yields climbed through 2.75% for the first time since March 2019 as investors priced in the impact of the Federal Reserve’s tightening plan and accelerating inflation. Traders are betting on nine quarter-point Fed rate hikes by year-end, which — including last… Source link

U.S. stock futures gained Friday morning, with investors continuing to contemplate the next policy moves by the Federal Reserve. Contracts on the S&P 500 pointed to a higher open to build on Thursday’s gains and further shake off volatility from earlier this week. Still, as of Thursday’s close, the S&P 500 was on track to post a weekly loss that would end a three-week winning streak, if levels hold through Friday’s close. Fresh commentary from Fed officials remained in focus, as another set of… Source link

The CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google, Sundar Pichai says the IT companies are focused on providing reliable information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press March 29, 2022, 2:27 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article WARSAW, Poland — Information technology companies are focused on providing reliable information and stymying Russian propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine, the CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc. said Tuesday. Sundar… Source link

By Mark Melchionna March 28, 2022 – Google has announced new artificial intelligence efforts, including tools that can help treat cardiovascular conditions and improve maternal health. At a Google Health event called The Check Up, the technology giant shared AI-focused research and development updates. Google previously created an AI system known as ARDA to support diabetic retinopathy screenings. The device screens 350 patients screened daily, bringing the total number screened via the… Source link

Google has signalled it’s dialling up efforts around portability, announcing a plan yesterday to spend $3 million and “hundreds of hours” of its engineers time over the next five years to build on existing (sometimes very long-standing) initiatives in this area, such as the 2018 open source Data Transfer Project (DTP) to which Google is a contributor. The move comes at a time when lawmakers in multiple jurisdictions are paying increased attention to barriers that prevent service… Source link

As China’s digital yuan takes the global stage at the winter Olympics, a top cryptocurrency executive believes the U.S. is actually ahead in the worldwide digital currency game. Recently, the Federal Reserve has unveiled its thinking about how a central bank digital coin might operate, without taking any firm stance on the topic. Only 2 countries, Nigeria and the Bahamas, have functional CBDCs, while a few other economies are moving toward pilots this year. However, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire… Source link

Whether or not people will need to be perpetually boosting against the coronavirus and its seemingly never-ending stream of variants remains unknown, but vaccine manufacturers are already preparing for a possible need for additional boosters in the fall. “We have to be prepared for whatever evolution gives us,” said Moderna (MRNA) CEO Stéphane Bancel. Bancel, as well as Pfizer (PFE) CEO Albert Bourla, spoke to Yahoo Finance during the annual JPMorgan Health Care conference Monday. Both… Source link

By Michael Erman and Manas Mishra (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson plans to spin off its consumer health division that sells Listerine and Baby Powder to focus on pharmaceuticals and medical devices in the biggest shake-up in the U.S. company’s 135-year history. The move by the world’s largest health products company follows similar announcements by conglomerates Toshiba https://www.reuters.com/technology/toshiba-set-announce-split-into-three-firms-shareholder-reaction-focus-2021-11-12 General… Source link