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By Noor Zainab Hussain (Reuters) – Visa Inc said on Monday it will allow the use of the cryptocurrency USD Coin to settle transactions on its payment network, the latest sign of growing acceptance of digital currencies by the mainstream financial industry. The company told Reuters it had launched the pilot program with payment and crypto platform Crypto.com and plans to offer the option to more partners later this year. Bitcoin, the most popular crypto coin, jumped to a one-week high on the… Source link

Yahoo Sports senior NBA insider Chris Haynes and senior NBA writer Vincent Goodwill discuss the recent injuries battling Los Angeles, which offseason signings just aren’t working out and if it’s a sign that the defending champs are in real trouble entering the stretch run of the regular season. Hear the full conversation on the Posted Up with Chris Haynes podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen. Source link

(Bloomberg) — Equity traders frustrated by recent sleepy volumes are getting a big liquidity boost. Stock transactions spiked Friday amid a quarterly event colloquially known as quadruple witching, when options and futures on indexes and equities expire. As of 11:05 a.m. in New York, volume on S&P 500 stocks was 24% above the average for that time of day over the past 30 sessions as the benchmark almost erased an earlier loss of 0.7%. The event usually brings single-day volumes that rank… Source link

Tech giant Google is ramping up its focus on health and wellness by adding sleep tracking to its Nest Hub smart home device. The company announced Tuesday that its second-generation Nest Hub includes a sleep sensing feature that uses radar-based sleep tracking in addition to an algorithm for cough and snore detection. It marks Google’s first foray into the health and wellness space with its smart display products. “One thing we learned with the original Nest Hub is that the bedroom was… Source link

Last year, Google made a significant change to its Google Shopping destination by making it free for e-commerce retailers to sell on Google, when before the Shopping tab had been dominated by paid product listings. It also made it free for partners to participate in Google Flights. Today, the company announced it’s now doing the same thing for hotel booking links on the Google.com/travel vertical. Beginning this week, Google will make it free for hotels and travel companies around the… Source link

Last year, Google made a significant change to its Google Shopping destination by making it free for e-commerce retailers to sell on Google, when before the Shopping tab had been dominated by paid product listings. It also made it free for partners to participate in Google Flights. Today, the company announced it’s now doing the same thing for hotel booking links on the Google.com/travel vertical. Beginning this week, Google will make it free for hotels and travel companies around the world… Source link

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Google is weaning itself off user-tracking “cookies” which allow the web giant to deliver personalized ads but which also have raised the hackles of privacy defenders. Last month, Google unveiled the results of tests showing an alternative to the longstanding tracking practice, claiming it could improve online privacy while still enabling advertisers to serve up relevant messages. “This approach effectively hides individuals ‘in the crowd’ and uses on-device… Source link

Reuters Nearly all victims of Mexican massacre confirmed as Guatemalans Mexico has identified nine more Guatemalan victims who were among the 19 people killed in a massacre in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas last month, authorities said on Saturday. So far 16 of the victims have been identified, including two Mexican nationals and 14 Guatemalans, the prosecutor’s office of the state of Tamaulipas said in a statement. The bodies, some badly charred and with gunshot wounds, were found… Source link

The Associated Press Lindy McDaniel, MLB reliever for 21 seasons, dies at 84 Lindy McDaniel, an All-Star reliever who appeared in nearly 1,000 major league games over 21 seasons, has died. Bill Chambers, longtime friend and fellow elder at the Lavon Church of Christ in Lavon, Texas, said McDaniel died of COVID-19 on Saturday night at an acute care facility in Carrollton, a Dallas suburb. Steady as a long man and closer, McDaniel pitched in 987 big league games, trailing only Hall of Famer… Source link