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Kyler Murray’s mad at the wrong people over his ‘independent study’ clause

Kyler Murray’s mad at the wrong people over his ‘independent study’ clause

For 11 long and emotional minutes, Kyler Murray stood at a podium Thursday and defended himself and his work ethic as an athlete. You couldn’t blame him. Earlier this week, an addendum in his recently agreed upon $230 million contract ($160 million guaranteed) with the Arizona Cardinals was made public. It required Murray complete four hours of “independent study” during the week before each game. This is in addition to studying with coaches and teammates. It required Murray to… Source link

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Russian Search Engines Remove ‘Extremist’ Instagram, Independent Media Results

Russian Search Engines Remove ‘Extremist’ Instagram, Independent Media Results

Two of Russia’s largest search engines have removed results for Facebook, Instagram and several independent news websites after authorities blocked or declared them “extremist.” Meduza, Mediazona, Deutsche Welle, Current Time, Kholod, The Insider and other news outlets that have been providing independent coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine were also removed from search results. Yandex and VK-owned Mail.ru said Monday they have stopped giving out the search results… Source link

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Russian Search Engines Remove Independent Media, ‘Extremist’ Instagram Results

Russian Search Engines Remove ‘Extremist’ Instagram, Independent Media Results

Two of Russia’s largest search engines have removed results for Facebook, Instagram and several independent news websites after authorities blocked them or declared them “extremist” amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Meduza, Mediazona, Deutsche Welle, Current Time, Kholod, The Insider and other news outlets that have been providing independent coverage of the invasion have been removed from search results. Yandex and Mail.ru-owned VKontakte said Monday they stopped… Source link

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Google eyes first downtown San Jose village site and project timing – Marin Independent Journal

Google eyes first downtown San Jose village site and project timing – Marin Independent Journal

SAN JOSE — Google’s first property purchase for its downtown San Jose transit village was an aging telephone company building — and now that area is slated to be the spot for the neighborhood’s first development sites. Office buildings, housing, and a cultural center would be part of the initial stages of the development of the Downtown West transit-oriented neighborhood that Google has proposed for a mile-long stretch near the Diridon train station and SAP Center — if city… Source link

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InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. Elects former Yahoo! President Susan Decker, Venture Capitalist Jeffrey Harris and ex-Citi Private Bank Chair Tracey Brophy Warson as Independent Directors

InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. Elects former Yahoo! President Susan Decker, Venture Capitalist Jeffrey Harris and ex-Citi Private Bank Chair Tracey Brophy Warson as Independent Directors

NEW YORK, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: IPVA.U) (NYSE: IPVA) (NYSE: IPVA WS) (the “Company”) announced today that Susan L. Decker, Jeffrey Harris and Tracey Brophy Warson were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) on March 4, 2021, in connection with the Company’s initial public offering. Ms. Decker, Mr. Harris, and Ms. Warson are independent directors. InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. is led by Chairman and CEO

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Google strikes $98 million deal with French publishers, leaving independent media angered

Google strikes  million deal with French publishers, leaving independent media angered

Google has agreed to pay $US76 million ($98 million) over three years to a group of 121 French news publishers to end a more than year-long copyright spat, documents show. Key points: Agence France-Press and other media outlets are angry about the deal which they say is unfair and opaque Australia is seeking to impose a digital media code of conduct that would force Google to pay for news Under the French deal publishers will have to sign up for the Google News Showcase platform, recently… Source link

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Yandex separates cloud platform into independent business unit

Yandex separates cloud platform into independent business unit

Russian internet search engine Yandex has separated its cloud platform Yandex.Cloud into an independent business unit. The decision was taken on the back of the platform’s strong results in 2018-2020. Yandex.Cloud revenues have tripled since the start of the year.  More than 7,000 business customers currently use Yandex.Cloud for business development. The user base includes SMEs, large private companies and state-owned companies working in various segments of economy. Large… Source link

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