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LA, Long Beach target ‘ugly hazard’ of containers left near ports as supply crisis drags on

With shipping delays mounting and cargo piling up at Los Angeles County ports, local officials are tightening the rules on , part of an effort to ease congestion of freighter ships anchored along Southern California’s coast. Beginning Nov. 1, carriers will be charged $100 per container, with the fee increasing $100 per container per day — but the fee will not be assessed until Nov. 15. Collected fees will be reinvested by the ports in programs to increase efficiency and address congestion,… Source link

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Google Stadia’s director of games has left for Google Cloud

Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service appears to have lost another top video game industry veteran — kind of. Jack Buser, Stadia’s Director for Games and a former PlayStation exec, is moving to the company’s Google Cloud division to head up “Gaming Solutions,” according to a ZDNet report. Google confirms Buser is leaving the Stadia group for Google Cloud, providing this statement to The Verge: Gaming is an incredibly important vertical at Google and we’re seeing huge momentum… Source link

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The Fate of Ethereum Miners When There’s Nothing Left to Mine

This week, we continue the conversation about Ethereum miners and how they’re preparing for changes to the reward dynamics of the network. Also, we take a look at what other asset types are popularly used on decentralized finance (DeFi) applications beyond ether (ETH).  Welcome to another edition of Valid Points. This article originally appeared in Valid Points, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter breaking down Ethereum 2.0 and its sweeping impact on crypto markets. Subscribe to Valid Points… Source link

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Teens Are Taking High Paying Jobs, Filling Employment Gaps Left by Adults During COVID

kate_sept2004 / Getty Images Teenagers are suddenly a hot commodity in the U.S. labor market this summer, as employers scramble to fill jobs in a market where numerous industries face severe worker shortages. See: Teens Can Expect Plenty of Job Opportunities This Summer, and Wages Are UpFind: Should Teens Save for College or Retirement? Take Our Poll Nearly six million Americans between the ages of 16 and 19 are leveraging a shortage of adult workers to find jobs this summer, the Financial… Source link

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A Delta pilot discovered a note inside a plane that a fellow pilot left at the beginning of the pandemic

The note left by First Officer Chris Dennis in a Delta plane parked at the Victorville Airport. Delta Air Lines A Delta first officer discovered an early-pandemic letter left by a fellow pilot on a parked aircraft. The note, which was written in March 2020, predicted there would be “light … at the end of the tunnel.” “Amazing how fast it changed,” First Officer Chris D. wrote more than 400 days ago. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. As the world starts to creep back to normality after… Source link

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Turbulent 2020, COVID-19 left ‘clear and significant impact’ on the young: Expert

A year defined by social unrest, political polarization and a global pandemic took its toll on the nation’s collective psyche, especially the young — and the effects may linger well beyond 2021, a mental health advocate told Yahoo Finance.  Throughout 2020, crisis counselors at the Crisis Text Line held 1.4 million conversations, according to the nonprofit organization, which offers free support 24-7 via text message.  In a new report, Crisis Text Line found a higher volume of nearly 3,000… Source link

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Verizon, AOL, Yahoo deal: Executive pay skyrockets as average workers left out (Letters)

Facebook Share Twitter Share In a recent edition of the Republican business section  an article appeared concerning the decision by Verizon to divest it’s Yahoo and AOL holdings, “Verizon to see off media brands Yahoo, AOL,” May 4, page A8. The Board of Directors of Verizon approved a $3 million bonus to the current head of Yahoo to assure that he remain in place for six months. Think of the absurdity of that number which works out be about $3 thousand per hour for a 40 hour week during… Source link

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‘Disability keeps getting left out’: A Google exec on boosting representation of people with disabilities — and bringing them into the C-suite

The Value Gap is a MarketWatch Q&A series with business leaders, academics, policymakers and activists on how to reduce racial and social inequalities. At the dawn of the dot-com boom, Silicon Valley was an ideal place for KR Liu to grow up and immerse herself in the latest gadgets. Liu, who was diagnosed with severe hearing loss at age 2, became skilled at disguising her disability by lip reading and relying on technology to communicate.  “Email and instant messaging was wonderful… Source link

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4chan founder Chris Poole (“Moot”) has left Google

Hutton Supancic | Getty Images Chris Poole, who founded controversial online community 4chan before joining Google in 2016, has left the search giant after jumping among several groups within the company, CNBC has learned. Poole’s last official day at Google was April 13th, according to an internal repository viewed by CNBC, which described his last role as a product manager. Oftentimes, employee shares attached to hiring vest at the five-year mark, though it’s unclear if that’s a reason for… Source link

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