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After months of leaks and speculation, the Google Pixel 7 and Google Pixel 7 Pro arrived on the market in style. Google took the lessons it learned from its first-gen Tensor-powered devices and launched two of the best Android phones on the market, offering a well-rounded package at affordable prices that undercut the competition. But with those phones now established as the rulers of the smartphone world, it’s time to look at what’s on the horizon for the Pixel series. ANDROIDPOLICE… Source link

(Adds Insider report, background) Jan 17 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp plans to cut about 5% of its workforce, or about 11,000 roles, U.K broadcaster Sky News reported on Tuesday, citing sources. The reported layoffs would be the latest in the U.S. technology sector, where companies including Amazon.com Inc and Meta Platforms Inc have announced retrenchment exercises in response to slowing demand. Microsoft could cut recruiting staff by as much as one-third even as many teams have initiated a… Source link

U.S. stock futures pointed to losses at Tuesday’s open as a shortened but busy week packed with corporate earnings got underway on Wall Street. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 0.3%, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) edged down 60 points, or 0.2%. Contracts on the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) declined 0.4%. The remainder of results out of the financial sector are set to trickle in across the coming days, with all eyes on megabanks Goldman Sachs (GS)… Source link

Russian army officers delivered a damning verdict on Vladimir Putin‘s war in Ukraine, as they voted to down arms and go home in a secret poll. Putin’s army has been involved in fierce fighting in the Donbas, as it tries to secure control over the entire resource rich region. On Friday Russia‘s Ministry of Defence claimed the city of Soledar had fallen to the Kremlin’s troops and that the noose was tightening on Bakhmut. Kyiv insisted that the city was still not fully under Russian control and… Source link

The Congress on Friday lashed out at the BJP, using its rival’s tag line of “acche din (good days)”, as it accused the ruling party of failing to deliver its poll promise. The BJP had centered its 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign around the promise of “acche din” and ending corruption. While the grand old party has faced multiple poll setbacks since then, that has not stopped it from attacking its rival. In its latest attack, the party tweeted a meme on Google search of jobs in current… Source link

U.S. stock futures pulled back early Tuesday as Wall Street processed hawkish rate talk from Federal Reserve officials and awaited comments from Chair Jerome Powell. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped 0.5%, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) shed 150 points, or 0.4%. Contracts on the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) declined by 0.7%. Fed chief Powell is scheduled to participated in a panel discussion at the Sveriges Riksbank International Symposium on… Source link

U.S. equity futures crept higher early Monday as stocks attempted to sustain momentum from their first big rally of the year last week. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.4%, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) added 95 points, or 0.3%. Contracts on the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) were up 0.4%. Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) gained 19% in pre-market trading — at one point ripping as much as 75% higher — after wiping out nearly half of their… Source link

Bed Bath & Beyond hasn’t filed for bankruptcy (yet), which looks to be keeping hopes alive among the few remaining bulls on the stock. Shares of the near-death retailer shot up as much as 75% in pre-market trading on Monday before giving back some of its gains to be up about 40% as of around 6:00 AM ET. The speculative move in the stock comes ahead of Bed Bath & Beyond’s highly-anticipated earnings on Tuesday. Chatter has been the company would declare bankruptcy prior to its earnings… Source link

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 21: A computer store employee stacks copies of Microsoft’s new operating … [+] system ‘Windows 7’ ahead of its official launch at midnight tonight on October 21, 2009 in London, England. Microsoft’s much-anticipated version of its Windows operating system for PCs aims to eradicate many of the problems associated with its predecessor ‘Vista’. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Getty Images Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how… Source link

U.S. stock futures were higher Friday morning after the December jobs report showed the economy added more jobs than expected in the final month of 2022. About 40 minutes before the market open, futures tied to the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) were up about 0.9%, while contracts on the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) were higher by closer to 1%. The Labor Department’s final jobs report of 2022 showed the economy added 223,000 jobs last month while the… Source link