Apple Inc.’s recent privacy crackdown has affected the largest players in online advertising very differently, recent quarterly results show, underscoring the strengths and weaknesses of each tech giant’s ad business. Alphabet Inc.’s Google, the world’s largest digital-ad company by revenue, tallied its highest sales growth in more than a decade in the third quarter, while Facebook Inc. and Snap Inc. came up short of expectations and blamed Apple’s privacy rules… Source link
Read More »The real problem that might hurt Facebook
FFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Without younger users, Facebook could be in big trouble Former Facebook (FB) employee Frances Haugen fired up lawmakers, parents, and likely many others by leaking a trove of seemingly damning internal company… Source link
Read More »Facebook’s latest controversies won’t hurt its bottom line
This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Facebook (FB), the world’s largest social network with nearly 3 billion daily active users, is once again awash in controversy. But that won’t deter it from continuing to gain users or generating revenue. After a series of articles by The Wall Street Journal revealed Facebook was either… Source link
Read More »Will another government shutdown hurt the stock market?
If history is any guide, then investors shouldn’t sell all their stocks and move into cash and gold amid fear of another government shutdown. “History shows that U.S. government shutdowns generally have not meaningfully impacted equity returns,” points out David Kostin, Goldman Sachs chief U.S. equity strategist, in new research. Kostin crunched the numbers, and they support his view. The S&P 500 posted median returns of -0.1% on the dates of budget authority expiration, 0.1% during the… Source link
Read More »Tesla Autopilot probe could hurt the technology more than the carmaker’s bottomline
A Tesla sedan is shown after it struck a parked Laguna Beach Police Department vehicle in Laguna Beach, California, U.S. in this May 29, 2018 handout photo. (Image: Reuters) This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s probe into 11 crashes of Teslas (TSLA) using the company’s… Source link
Read More »A Quiet Place Part II Full Movie in HD Leaked on TamilRockers for Free Download & Watch Online: Emily Blunt’s Film Available on Torrents Sites in India to Hurt Its Box Office Collection?
The sequel to A Quiet Place Part released a month ago and it received massive love from the fans. The film revolves around the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) who face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. While the film is still being talked about, Blunt’s movie has leaked online. Yes, A Quiet Place Part II full movie in HD is leaked by TamilRockers and various Torrent sites for free download. These illegal… Source link
Read More »Several hurt in Greenpeace parachute stunt
A Greenpeace stunt didn’t go exactly as planned at Euro 2020. (Photo by Stefan Matzke – sampics/Corbis via Getty Images) A parachuting protestor, a stadium full of fans and one of the biggest soccer tournaments in the world. What could go wrong? Thanks to a Euro 2020 game between Germany and France, we now know the answer. A Greenpeace stunt at Tuesday’s match at Allianz Arena resulted in the hospitalization of several spectators after the parachuter — carrying a message “Kick out oil” —… Source link
Read More »Over a dozen hurt in shooting incident early Saturday
Reuters Videos Shooting in Texas capital leaves 14 wounded Fourteen people were wounded during a mass shooting in Austin, Texas early on Saturday.Police said two men opened fire at each other in the Sixth Street area, a popular nightlife destination in the state capital.One of the two suspects is still at large.Austin Police Department Interim Chief Joseph Chacon said it was an isolated incident between the two parties.”Our first 911 call was received at 1:24 a.m., and were followed by… Source link
Read More »Buffett calls SPACs ‘a killer,’ says they hurt Berkshire’s ability to do deals
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett has strong feelings on his competition from SPACs when it comes to Berkshire Hathaway’s dealmaking ability. “It’s a killer,” he said at the 2021 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting. A SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company (also called a blank check company), goes public without a business plan. The SPAC manager will conduct due diligence on any number of privately-held enterprises to find a candidate. But if one cannot be… Source link
Read More »NFL officials reverse call that hurt Bills in playoffs
The Guardian Penalty call: coaches ejected for flouting Augusta’s phone rules As some players’ mentors have found out in Masters week, this grand old club will punish anyone who breaks its traditions Spectators at the 18th green of the Masters, which stands alone as a tournament that denies the general use of mobile phones. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The famously no-nonsense approach of Augusta National to matters of discipline has been evident once more during Masters week, with… Source link
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