At the end of October, the Miami Dolphins were 1-7. They’d lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars and Atlanta Falcons. They were unquestionably bad. In early December, the Dolphins have a path to the playoffs. Seriously. The craziest NFL story that hasn’t gotten enough attention yet is happening in Miami. The Dolphins have won five in a row after a 20-9 win over the New York Giants on Sunday. Beating the Daniel Jones-less Giants isn’t a major feat, and Miami’s schedule during its winning… Source link
Read More »Alphabet is putting its prototype robots to work cleaning up around Google’s offices
What does Google’s parent company Alphabet want with robots? Well, it would like them to clean up around the office, for a start. The company announced today that its Everyday Robots Project — a team within its experimental X labs dedicated to creating “a general-purpose learning robot” — has moved some of its prototype machines out of the lab and into Google’s Bay Area campuses to carry out some light custodial tasks. “We are now operating a fleet of more than 100 robot… Source link
Read More »China’s crypto ban puts spotlight on central banks putting their own spin on digital coins
Earlier this month, Benoit Coeure, a well-known central bank policymaker, sounded an alarm for central banks to act now on minting their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). In a speech, the former European Central Bank economist who leads innovation at the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) warned that rapidly mushrooming cryptocurrencies will challenge the business models of international banking — if monetary authorities don’t quickly act. As China moved on Friday to… Source link
Read More »UK regulator says celebrities such as Kim Kardashian are putting investors at risk by pushing unknown crypto tokens
Kim Kardashian promoted an unknown crypto token to her followers in June. NurPhoto/Getty Images Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian are putting investors at risk by advertising crypto tokens, a UK regulator said. The chair of the Financial Conduct Authority said online influencers regularly promote crypto scams. Kardashian advertised a crypto token called ethereum max on her Instagram account in June. See more stories on Insider’s business page. The UK’s financial watchdog has said celebrities… Source link
Read More »Vaccination hesitancy amid Delta variant is putting two groups of people are particular risk, doctor says
Vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. has proven to be a stubborn issue that is holding back America’s ability to defend itself against the particularly infectious Delta variant in certain parts of the country. In addition to unvaccinated adults themselves, two demographics are particularly vulnerable as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises. “Children under 12 don’t have a vaccine yet,” Dr. Heather Yeo, associate professor of surgery and health care policy and research at Weill Cornell… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Finance: Dave Nadig Putting Crypto In Focus
Cryptocurrency has been going through some inner-battles as of late. Joining the “ETF Report” with hosts Alexis Christoforous and Kristin Myerson Yahoo Finance, ETF Trends’ CIO and Director of Research, Dave Nadig, discusses what kind of options there are for those investors who want to get into the crypto space. As Nadig explains, volatility in this area should not be much of a surprise. Crypto, in general, generally has a level of context that needs to be applied, so in this current… Source link
Read More »Code Warriors Are Putting Google And Apple’s Privacy Changes Under The Microscope
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Allison Schiff, senior editor at AdExchanger. It’s part of a series of perspectives from AdExchanger’s editorial team. When the big platforms say “jump,” the ad industry warily asks, “how high?” Apple and Google are both old pros at making unilateral changes to their ad policies that throw mobile developers into… Source link
Read More »Young investors are putting stimulus checks into stocks and bitcoin
(Photo: Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) The everything rally of the last several months may be getting a lift from an unexpected source: federal stimulus money. A new Yahoo Finance–Harris poll finds that 9% of people expecting to get a $1,400 stimulus check plan to invest some of the money in traditional assets such as stocks, while 7% plan to use the money to buy cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. Young investors are even more willing to gamble. Among 18- to 24-year-olds, 19% plan… Source link
Read More »Millions of U.S. vaccine doses sit on ice, putting 2020 goal in doubt
By Rebecca Spalding and Carl O’Donnell Dec 23 (Reuters) – Millions of COVID-19 vaccines are sitting unused in U.S. hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign, putting the government’s target for 20 million vaccinations this month in doubt. As of Wednesday morning, only 1 million shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had been given, about one-third of the first shipment sent last week. Over 9.5 million doses of vaccines, including Moderna’s, have now been sent… Source link
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