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Jeff Bezos is set to launch aboard the New Shepard rocket on July 20. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Blue Origin Petitions to stop Jeff Bezos’ Earth re-entry collected more than 41,000 signatures between them. The one with the most signatures is entitled: “Do not allow Jeff Bezos to return to Earth.” Bezos will fly into space on July 20 for Blue Origin’s first human flight of New Shepard rocket. See more stories on Insider’s business page. More than 41,000 people have signed petitions calling… Source link

Jeff Bezos is set to launch aboard the New Shepard rocket on July 20. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Blue Origin Petitions to stop Jeff Bezos’ Earth re-entry collected more than 41,000 signatures between them. The one with the most signatures is entitled: “Do not allow Jeff Bezos to return to Earth.” Bezos will fly into space on July 20 for Blue Origin’s first human flight of New Shepard rocket. See more stories on Insider’s business page. More than 41,000 people have signed petitions calling… Source link

Over 5 decades ago, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in New York City Greenwich Village. The events that followed fueled the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans (LGBTQ+) rights moment. And as the Big Apple was walloped last year by the COVID-19 pandemic, the historic club — like many other small business and cultural mainstays in the city — found itself in dire financial straits. Currently, New York City is in the midst of a revival, and celebrating Pride Month. Yet back in… Source link

Home sales fell for the third straight month this year as home prices continue to rise at a record pace. Existing home sales fell 2.7% to a seasonally adjusted 5.58 million in April, from a month earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The results missed analyst expectations of a 1% gain, according to Bloomberg consensus. April sales activity was up 33.9% from the same month a year earlier when the nation was under a lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Compared… Source link

Google is refreshing its Meet user interface next month for desktop and laptop users. The new Meet for web interface includes improvements to video feeds, how you view or present meetings, and the navigation bar. While some of Google’s changes are playing catch-up to what’s offered in Zoom or Microsoft Teams, they are much-needed additions. If you’re fed up of seeing your own face during calls, you’ll soon be able to minimize or hide it entirely. New options will also include the… Source link

Google announces its I/O plans, Facebook tests an audio Q&A feature and Patreon triples its valuation. This is your Daily Crunch for April 7, 2021. The big story: Google I/O will return virtually next month Google canceled its giant developer conference last year during the pandemic. This year, the show will return in virtual form, from May 18 to May 20. It will be free and open to all. Google is following the lead of companies like Apple (which is holding a virtual WWDC in June) and… Source link

Bloomberg Yellen Says Tax Plan Recoups $2 Trillion in Overseas Profits (Bloomberg) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen unveiled a detailed sales pitch for the Biden administration’s proposed new corporate-tax code, a plan that she said would be fairer to all Americans, remove incentives for companies to shift investments and profit abroad and raise more money for critical needs at home.Expanding on the tax proposals released last week in President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion economic… Source link

Yahoo Answers is coming to an end. Nearly 16 years after its inception, the amusing and often frustrating Q&A platform will permanently shut down on May 4. Yahoo announced the move in a note to users this week, laying out a timeline for the upcoming changes. “While we could not have been prouder of what we accomplished together, we are reaching out today to let you know that we have decided to shut down Yahoo Answers on May 4th, 2021,” read the note published by The Verge. “While Yahoo… Source link

Yahoo Answers — perhaps the internet’s largest repository of stupid questions — is on its last leg. Yahoo plans to shut down the question-and-answer message board for good in May, ending a nearly 16-year run. The Verizon-owned media outfit announced the move at the top of the Yahoo Answers homepage. The forum will stop accepting new submissions on April 20 before it becomes inaccessible and redirects to the Yahoo homepage starting May 4. Yahoo reportedly… Source link

Google said staff may start returning to some of its U.S. offices over the next month, another indication of how companies are preparing for a more normalized environment as Covid-19 vaccinations pick up. The search-engine giant owned by Alphabet Inc. said Wednesday the initial return period will be voluntary as offices begin to reopen but with capacity limits, according to an email from Google’s top people executive Fionna Cicconi. “Conditions vary… Source link