A new Biden stimulus benefit offers free health insurance for 6 months The massive COVID rescue package President Joe Biden signed back in March — the same law that included $1,400 stimulus and the monthly payments for families that start next week — is now offering free health insurance to millions of Americans, through the end of 2021. The benefit’s zero-premium health plans became available on July 1, with no income limits for qualifying. But there is one major eligibility… Source link
Read More »Rupert Murdoch’s answer to Google News is dead after only 18 months
Enlarge / The now-defunct news aggregator was an excellent source of boldface, italics, underline, and wildly mismatched typefaces. In August of 2019, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp announced that it was developing Knwez, its own “conservative friendly” alternative to Google News. Knewz went live without much fanfare in January of 2020, and officially died today, less than eighteen months later. What was Knewz? Knewz described itself as “an… Source link
Read More »18 months after launch, Google Stadia now supports Android TV
Enlarge / Google Stadia: Now for televisions. Google Televisions and video games have gone together since the beginning. It only makes sense: If you want to play a AAA video game, you often want to do it on the biggest, best screen in the house. So we’re a bit mystified that, just now, 18 months after launch, Google’s video game platform will support Google’s television platform. Google has announced that starting this month, Stadia will have… Source link
Read More »Google to test changes to ad practices over coming months
The logo of Google is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo Google said on Monday it will test changes to its widely-used online advertising services over the coming months following the French antitrust decision. The company also said it planned to roll these changes out ‘more broadly, including some globally’. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Source link
Read More »Stock market correction is likely in 12 to 36 months: CFA Institute
TipRanks Oppenheimer: These 2 Stocks Have Triple-Digit Gains in Sight When the best talk, people listen. It works in all walks of life, but especially the stock market. Investors are keen to read the latest stock reviews from Wall Street’s professional analysts, but knowing who’s the best is the place to start. Covering the markets for investment firm and brokerage Oppenheimer, Colin Rusch has built a reputation that puts him at the top of the Street’s analyst corps. He’s currently… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin, Ether Now Down 50% From Last Month’s ATHs as Rout Resumes
Bloomberg Inside the Race to Avert Disaster at China’s Biggest ‘Bad Bank’ (Bloomberg) — It was past 9 p.m. on Financial Street in Beijing by the time the figure inside Huarong Tower there picked up an inkbrush and, with practiced strokes, began to set characters to paper.Another trying workday was ending for Wang Zhanfeng, corporate chairman, Chinese Communist Party functionary—and, less happily, replacement for a man who very recently had been executed.On this April night, Wang was… Source link
Read More »Google Canada Commits $2 Million to Reskill Job Seekers for New Careers in Technology in Under Six Months
Support includes three-year Google.org grant to NPower Canada, distributing 5,000 Google Career Certificate scholarships to underserved communities and providing funding to four Canadian nonprofits to support job training programs TORONTO, May 17, 2021 /CNW/ – Today Google Canada announced a $2 million commitment in digital skills to train job seekers in Canada for new careers in technology in under six months. The support includes a three-year Google.org grant to NPower Canada to deliver Source link
Read More »More people diagnosed with COVID-19 in past 2 weeks than in first 6 months of pandemic, WHO says
Bloomberg Inflation Risk Intensifies With Supply Shortages Multiplying (Bloomberg) — Discover what’s driving the global economy and what it means for policy makers, businesses, investors and you with The New Economy Daily. Sign up hereSigns of inflation are picking up, with a mounting number of consumer-facing companies warning in recent days that supply shortages and logistical logjams may force them to raise prices.Tight inventories of materials as varied as semiconductors, steel, lumber… Source link
Read More »Google Stadia now has a search bar — 16 months after launch
Great news for those who play games with Stadia, the streaming service from Google, the worldwide leader in searching: Google Stadia has a search function. Not yet, though. A blog post Wednesday said search would reach all players this week. But “it will make finding your favorite games much easier.” Bold statement! Here’s a comparison of Stadia’s landing page before … and after … the forthcoming change. For those… Source link
Read More »Google responds to last month’s WebView nightmare on Android
Bloomberg J&J Signals Optimism With Covid Vaccine Use in Limbo in U.S. (Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson indicated that uncertainty regarding its Covid-19 vaccine could ease in coming days, as regulators review whether the shot can cause rare blood clots and inspect a factory that’s key to the drugmaker hitting its production targets.The U.S. paused use of the vaccine last week after six women who received it developed serious but rare blood clots in the brain. A panel of medical experts… Source link
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