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Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday launched its Showcase news platform in India with 30 domestic news publishers, at a time when the country is trying to weed out misinformation surrounding a ferocious second COVID-19 wave. Indians have become increasingly reliant on social media platforms like Twitter (TWTR.N), Facebook (FB.O) and Instagram for information related to the crisis amid a shortage of critical medical supplies. Google will pay the partnering publishers for their online… Source link

Bloomberg China Puts Australia on Notice With Push to Diversify Iron Ore (Bloomberg) — Beijing threw the spotlight on trade tensions with its top commodities supplier, Australia, after the government’s economic planning agency said it’s looking to diversify China’s supply of iron ore.Chinese firms should boost domestic exploration for the steel-making input, widen their sources of imports, and explore overseas ore resources, the National Development and Reform Commission said at its… Source link

Bloomberg Central Banks Keep Lid on Rate Bets as Commodity Prices Soar (Bloomberg) — The surge in commodities prices is failing to trigger some of the traditional responses in bonds and currencies.Unlike recent commodities rallies in 2008 and 2011, yields on Treasuries and currencies of major exporters like Australia have barely budged. Likewise, the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of inflation expectations has disconnected from moves in raw materials.The biggest buffer: Central bank… Source link

Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary may agree with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, and his right-hand man, Charlie Munger, on a number of things. The trading app Robinhood, isn’t one of them. The chairman of O’Shares ETF told Yahoo Finance Live, “I have ultimate respect for Charlie Munger. I’m a huge fan of his philosophy of investing. That doesn’t mean I can’t disagree with him on an issue like this.” At Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting in May, Munger tore… Source link

It’s official: New subscribers to Google’s live TV service, YouTube TV, will not be able to access it on Roku devices, according to an email the manufacturer of the popular stream boxes sent to its users. In cases such as this, current users are still able to access the app and its features, but no updates are provided. Roku speaks “We will always stand up for our users, which is why we cannot accept Google’s unfair and anticompetitive requirements that would allow for the manipulation of… Source link

After eleven years of litigation, two jury trials, and multiple appeals, on April 5, 2021, Google LLC prevailed in its defense of Oracle America, Inc.’s copyright infringement claims over Google’s use of Java API declaring code in early versions of the Android smartphone platform. In a 6-2 decision (Justice Barrett did not take part in the consideration or decision of the case), the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Federal Circuit’s ruling, sidestepping the question of… Source link

(CNN) – Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4. The question-and-answer platform launched more than 15 years ago. It became one of the largest troves of information – and misinformation – on the internet. Yahoo says the portal will go into “read-only” mode on April 20. Users have until June 30 to download any content they want to keep. Yahoo says it is planning to shift its focus to other products that better serve its members. Verizon, which owns Yahoo, recently announced plans to create… Source link

Bloomberg Activists Get Their Moment With $21 Billion Toshiba Bid (Bloomberg) — The surprise takeover bid for Toshiba Corp. is a palpable demonstration of the growing influence in corporate Japan of activist investors, who have gone from largely impotent onlookers to kingmakers in the space of just a few years.The offer from CVC Capital Partners, while still in the early stages, comes just weeks after Toshiba Chief Executive Officer Nobuaki Kurumatani lost a landmark shareholder vote, forcing… Source link

(CNN) — Yahoo Answers is shutting down May 4, 2021. The question-and-answer platform launched more than 15 years ago. It became one of the largest troves of information and misinformation on the internet. Yahoo says the portal will go into “read only” mode on April 20th. Users have until June 30 to download any content they want to keep. Yahoo says it is planning to shift it’s focus on other products that better service its members. Verizon,… Source link

Google Cloud and Deloitte have launched a new platform for enterprises aimed at helping companies thwart cyberthreats as the global workforce has gone remote and cloud usage has exploded. The cloud-native Predictive Analytics for Cyber in Enterprises tool, or PACE, allows companies to detect and mitigate cyber threats. The platform uses Deloitte’s cyber risk quantification and risk management frameworks with Google products Chronicle, Looker and BigQuery, according to a Tuesday blog post…. Source link