The Carolina Panthers entered the world of augmented reality (AR) after the them showed fans a 30-second clip of a “mixed-reality” panther pouncing onto the scoreboard and tearing the opposing Jets’ team flag at midfield before kickoff during their first game of the NFL season last week. While the panther wasn’t actually in the stadium at all, the live mixed-reality show created by The Famous Group presented a three-dimensional type experience for fans inside Bank of America… Source link
Read More »Mēris Botnet Hit Russia’s Yandex With Massive 22 Million RPS DDoS Attack
Russian internet giant Yandex has been the target of a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack by a new botnet called Mēris. The botnet is believed to have pummeled the company’s web infrastructure with millions of HTTP requests, before hitting a peak of 21.8 million requests per second (RPS), dwarfing a recent botnet-powered attack that came to light last month, bombarding an unnamed Cloudflare customer in the financial industry with 17.2 million RPS. Russian DDoS… Source link
Read More »Big Oil Looks To Woo Investors Back With Massive Dividends
Big Oil is coming off yet another blockbuster season, posting the second consecutive quarter of stellar top-and-bottom line growth. According to the latest FactSet data, the energy sector’s Q2 2021 revenue growth rate of 24.9% came in way higher than Wall Street’s estimate of 19.4% while the sector reported earnings of $15.9 billion compared to a loss of -$10.6 billion in Q2 2020 marked the biggest Y/Y improvement of any of the S&P 500‘s 11 market sectors. Interestingly, the Big Oil duo of… Source link
Read More »Google Accidentally Leaks Massive Pixel 6 Upgrade
Google’s next-gen Pixel 6 smartphones have been the subject of much speculation, but now one huge upgrade has been confirmed by Google itself. Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro (pictured) pack massive upgrades over previous models. GOOGLE MORE FROM FORBESGoogle Pixel 6 Radical Upgrade Suddenly ConfirmedBy Paul Monckton Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones are likely to deliver a significant upgrade over previous models, including a massively improved camera. Now,… Source link
Read More »New Pixel 6 Leak Exposes Google’s Massive Upgrade
New Pixel 6 leaks reveal a massive step up over Google’s current Pixel 5, including a huge camera upgrade. Google’s Pixel 6 range will likely represent a massive upgrade over the current Pixel 5 (pictured). © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP MORE FROM FORBESNew Samsung Galaxy Leak Reveals S22 Ultra Design ShockBy Paul Monckton The news comes from serial leaker Jon Prosser, who presents a list of what he believes to be the “full final specifications” of Google’s next-gen Pixel 6… Source link
Read More »Massive Ransomware Attack May Impact Thousands of Victims
(Bloomberg) — Just weeks after President Joe Biden implored Vladimir Putin to curb cyber crime, a notorious, Russia-linked ransomware gang has been accused of pulling off an audacious attack on the global software supply chain. REvil, the group blamed for the May 30 ransomware attack of meatpacking giant JBS SA, is believed to be behind hacks on at least 20 managed-service providers, which provide IT services to small- and medium-sized businesses. More than 1,000 businesses have already been… Source link
Read More »Fan with sign causes massive crash
The Tour de France descended into chaos Saturday after a careless fan caused a massive crash at the event when their sign hit one of the riders. The fan was posing for the camera with the sign, and not watching the race when a rider collided with the sign. With all the riders packed so close together, the impact of the crash was massive. At least one bike was damaged as a result of the crash. It’s unclear whether any riders were seriously injured in the incident. A fan caused a massive crash… Source link
Read More »Nike’s stock goes haywire after massive earnings report — here’s one stealth winner from Nike’s boom
Foot Locker (FL) is prepared to ride the coattails of serious momentum at key vendor Nike, analysts contend. On Thursday evening, Nike reported record sales in North America for its fourth fiscal quarter. Sales surged 141% from last year, and 29% compared to the fourth quarter of 2019 (pre-pandemic). Digital sales soared 147% from the fourth quarter of 2019. Jordan brand sales rose an impressive 31% to $5 billion in Nike’s just completed fiscal year. Shares of Nike exploded 15% on Friday as… Source link
Read More »Chamath-Backed Clover Health in Apparent Squeeze with Massive Short Interest Reminiscent of GameStop
Bloomberg As Sanjeev Gupta Rose From Trader to Tycoon, Several Banks Backed Away (Bloomberg) — British industrialist Sanjeev Gupta’s companies seemed to be prospering until his main lender, Greensill Capital, imploded last month. But long before Greensill collapsed, several banks had cut off the commodity trading business of Gupta’s Liberty House Group.Four banks stopped working with Gupta’s commodity trading business, starting in 2016, after they became concerned about what they… Source link
Read More »The New York Stock Exchange’s massive post-COVID question
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 20: Traders, some in medical masks, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 20, 2020 in New York City. Trading on the floor will temporarily become fully electronic starting on Monday to protect employees from spreading the coronavirus. The Dow fell over 500 points on Friday as investors continue to show concerns over COVID-19. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) A year ago last week, March 23, 2020 to be exact, as COVID-19 was beginning… Source link
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