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President-Elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus package that includes direct payments to Americans, a $15 minimum wage, aid to small businesses, and a national vaccination program, among many other provisions. “While Congress’s bipartisan action in December was a step in the right direction, it was only a down payment. It fell far short of the resources needed to tackle the immediate crisis,” according to the statement accompanying the details of the plan. “We are in a… Source link

A Massachusetts lawyer who has apparently never heard of the Streisand effect is suing Google for returning results on him when you search for his name. Matthew Sandofsky filed the suit against the tech giant on Monday in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. He’s asking for $1,000 for himself and anyone else affected, which given the ubiquity of Google and the internet is close to every single American adult. His lawsuit, first noticed by Universal Hub, claims that Google violates… Source link

The outage also made Google Classroom temporarily unavailable, preventing many students learning remotely from accessing their classes. A little after 8 am ET, most of Google’s services came back online. The company’s workspace status dashboard had been red across the board, with every single Google service indicating an outage. Later Monday morning, they turned green, indicating that they’re operating normally. “We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued… Source link

Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. LONDON — Britain plans to create a new watchdog to police Big Tech companies including Google and Facebook to counter their market dominance and prevent them from exploiting consumers and small businesses. The U.K. government said Friday that it’s setting up a “Digital Markets Unit” next year to enforce a new code of conduct governing the behavior of tech giants that dominate the online advertising… Source link

Forsberg: Projecting every lottery pick, including the C’s at No. 14 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Who are the draft candidates most likely to be available when the Boston Celtics make the first of their three first-round selections at No. 14 in next Wednesday’s 2020 NBA Draft? We decided to hold a little mock lottery to find out. For this exercise, NBC Sports Boston’s resident college hoops guru Rob Snyder and I alternated making lottery picks (GM Forsberg was even nice enough… Source link

10 biggest NBA draft steals in the last decade originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Every year, we spend so much time and energy focusing on the perceived top players in a given NBA Draft class, but quite often the best players are drafted later on and sometimes even in the second round. Every single year, All-Stars are available outside of the top-10 and often future Hall of Famers can be found. With that in mind, here are the 10 biggest steals in the NBA Draft from the last… Source link

The labor talks between the NFL and the players union are creeping into combative territory. Coming off Wednesday’s negotiations when NFL team owners pressed for a resolution of shared revenue loss prior to training camps opening Tuesday, the rhetoric between the two sides escalated Thursday. A source with knowledge of the negotiations told Yahoo Sports that franchise owners have expressed a willingness to consider “all options” if talks break down over revenue drawbacks. The source said… Source link

Google continues to add new tools to help businesses shift into digital marketing, as many look to replace operational capacity that they’ve lost due to the COVID-19 lockdowns around the world. Google’s latest update involves new ad types, including new markers on search ads to prompt audience action, and improved display types to assist in branding. First off, Google’s launching a new beta program for image extensions, which will enable advertisers to include product visuals in search ads.

Google announced on Monday that its second-generation Pixel Buds are now available in more countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, Spain, and the UK. The true wireless headphones have only been available in the US since their April 27th release date. Google also said it will offer Pixel Buds in more colors starting next month. Currently, you can only buy them in “clearly white,” but Google said the Pixel Buds would come in “oh so… Source link