Tag Archives: People

InvestigateTV – A study by financial comparison site Forbes Advisor analyzed thousands of credit-related search terms to see which is Googled the most. Here is the list in descending order: “What is a good credit score?” According to the most widely known credit score model FICO, a score between 670 and 739 is generally considered good. “What is APR?” APR or annual percentage rate is the amount you pay in interest each year on borrowed money. “How to build credit?” There are many… Source link

When it comes to productivity and collaboration tools, a new study found that recent college graduates vastly prefer Google Cloud products to Microsoft products. The study, commissioned by Los Angeles-based Google Cloud part SADA and conducted by independent research firm College Pulse, asked young people to choose which products they would use when collaborating with a team. Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides won by huge margins over… Source link

MLB’s Field of Dreams Game was a big hit last season, and fans could only wonder how the league could top it with its follow-up on Thursday. A big clue came on Wednesday, when a report emerged that Fox was testing a hologram of the late Harry Caray, the legendary Chicago Cubs broadcaster who died in 1998, for the Chicago Cubs-Cincinnati Reds game. A source, however, told reporter Timothy Burke that the footage was “unconvincing” and “possibly offensive.” That made quite a few fans more than a… Source link

Friction is the mind-killer when it comes to cloud gaming. You can’t just click a game trailer to instantly be playing a game quite yet. But this week, Google appears to be rolling out a feature that could reduce that friction: if you simply search for the name of a game in Google search, you might be presented with a “Play” button that can instantly launch the title. It looks like the Google search engine has a new update for cloud gaming platforms!!! When searching for a game… Source link

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) – Three people were burned in an electrical incident at a Google facility on Monday. The Council Bluffs Fire Department was called to the Google data center, located north of Highway 275, at about noon. A spokesman told 6 News that they received a report of an electrical explosion after three people were accessing an electrical box when an arc occurred. All three sustained burns and were transported to a trauma center. Copyright 2022 WOWT. All rights reserved. Source link

Brittney Griner in a Russian jail cell (left), Elon Musk (right)ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (left) and JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (right) Elon Musk responded to reports of a US-Russia prisoner exchange to free WNBA player Brittney Griner. “Maybe free some people in jail for weed here too?” he tweeted alongside a meme on Sunday. Griner was imprisoned in Russia after officials found vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage. Elon Musk tweeted Sunday in… Source link

More people are toasting with tequila, according to alcohol-delivery company Drizly’s customer base. “Tequila is the big winner here and the type of alcohol people are drinking at home,” Drizly CEO Corey Rellas told Yahoo Finance (video above) about COVID-19 era trends that have stuck around. At-home cocktail making “reset” with COVID, Rellas said, “as more and more people started to embrace cocktail culture, wanting to try new things at home when [they] didn’t have access to the bar.” The… Source link

For 11 long and emotional minutes, Kyler Murray stood at a podium Thursday and defended himself and his work ethic as an athlete. You couldn’t blame him. Earlier this week, an addendum in his recently agreed upon $230 million contract ($160 million guaranteed) with the Arizona Cardinals was made public. It required Murray complete four hours of “independent study” during the week before each game. This is in addition to studying with coaches and teammates. It required Murray to… Source link

Jerry Jones apologized on Tuesday after using a derogatory term for little people during a Dallas Cowboys news conference. “Earlier today I made a reference which I understand may have been viewed as offensive,” a statement from Jones reads. “I apologize.” The Cowboys owner used the term while speaking about late Cowboys director of scouting Larry Lacewell. He did so as he paid tribute to former players and staff members who recently died while addressing media at the start of training… Source link

Bill Gates just won legal approval to buy 2,100 acres of North Dakota farmland worth $13.5M — and people are ‘livid’ about it all across the state Bill Gates made his fortune in tech, but he’s now betting big on something completely different: farmland. Last week, Gates secured the legal approval for purchasing 2,100 acres of farmland from northeastern North Dakota potato growers Campbell Farms. Of course, this isn’t first time Gates has invested in the asset class. Having amassed… Source link