The Shiba Inu breed is a muse in the crypto world. Getty Images Shiba inu has has seen astronomical gains over the last year, but Robinhood users have missed out. The meme coin is unlisted on the trading platform, but an online petition is aiming to change that status. Robinhood’s chief said the platform is waiting for more regulatory clarity on further coin listings. The price of the Shiba inu coin has sprinted up exponentially over the last 12 months but people who exclusively use Robinhood… Source link
Read More »Why the August jobs report missed so big
The August jobs report out just before Labor Day missed big. The economy added just 235,000 new payrolls, dramatically falling short of expectations of 733,000 — by a third. The unemployment rate stayed the same at 5.4%. So why did it miss so big? Expectations underestimate the rising number of COVID cases. It sounds obvious in retrospect, but this month’s data encompasses the Delta variant’s economic impact, particularly on the leisure and hospitality sector. After adding 415,000 jobs in… Source link
Read More »Google remembers Voice exists, adds new missed call and caller ID features
Google announced it’s adding new caller ID, missed call, and SMS message features to Google Voice on Wednesday. The otherwise minor update is notable because Google Voice has fallen to the wayside while Google focused on other messaging boondoggles. From the missed calls or voicemail sections of the mobile Google Voice app, you can now learn why you might have missed a call (for example, Do Not Disturb was on), and receive directions on how to make sure that doesn’t happen again… Source link
Read More »Bryson DeChambeau made $228K after thinking he missed cut
Axios Bernie Sanders impatient with Biden’s quest for GOP support on infrastructure Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) indicated to “Axios on HBO” he’s already impatient with the White House’s quest for Republican support for President Biden’s infrastructure package, saying. “The American people want results” and don’t care if these results are achieved with bipartisan votes.Why it matters: The Budget Committee chairman and former presidential rival can cause a lot of headaches for Biden if he so… Source link
Read More »Bryson DeChambeau flew home because he thought he missed cut
The Telegraph Rory McIlroy makes cut at Wells Fargo to play ‘weekend golf’ for first time in two months “Yes, weekend golf!” So Rory McIlroy bellowed, arms aloft, as he left the recorder’s hut here at the Wells Fargo Championship and headed to speak to the media. Of course, this was mock celebration on behalf of the four-time major winner, but beneath the self-deprecation there was clearly relief that he will be playing competitively on a Saturday for the first time in two months. If… Source link
Read More »The mystery of Google’s missed Pixel opportunity
I’ve been thinking an awful lot about Pixel phones lately. And it seems safe to say the cause for my current contemplation is a teensy bit unusual. The burning question in Android Land at this particular moment, y’see, is why Google appears to be preparing to launch a new Pixel phone that seems shockingly similar to one of its previous-generation Pixel models — which itself existed in a strange in-between position, with no obvious reason for its presence in… Source link
Read More »How is babby formed? RIP Yahoo Answers – your eccentricity will be missed | Yahoo
On the internet, warped humour and word salads are commonplace, but the material posted to Yahoo Answers regularly achieved new heights of bizarre. The perhaps best-known question posted to the social “knowledge sharing” platform is representative of the particular talents of its user base: “how is babby formed? how girl get pragnent?” Anyone with a Yahoo account was free to answer it. The question, misspelling and all, has been a celebrated meme in the decade since it first appeared… Source link
Read More »What the U.S. Missed With Google
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Did the U.S. government miss opportunities to rein in Google? Five months ago, I posed that question in this newsletter. Newly revealed documents suggest that the answer is yes. On Tuesday, Politico published articles based on previously unseen internal memos from an Obama-era government investigation into whether Google abused its power to squash competition and hurt Americans. The Federal Trade… Source link
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