Brett Favre’s Mississippi welfare scandal keeps getting bigger. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) Throughout his Mississippi welfare fund scandal, Brett Favre has pleaded innocence or, at worst, ignorance. No, he didn’t just take the $1.1 million and run, he actually did record ads for the nonprofit involved. No, he had no idea that money came from a program intended to help needy families. No, he really did pay back the money (with no interest). A new report from Mississippi Today… Source link
Read More »Google court docs show that users who opt out of tracking are still monitored
Newly released documents in the Arizona Attorney General’s lawsuit against tech behemoth Google reveal more details about the company’s response to reporting on its privacy policies and how Google users’ IP addresses are used to obtain exact location information. Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s case, filed in 2020, is part of a larger investigation that has been going on since at least 2018, after an Associated Press article revealed certain… Source link
Read More »Ericsson, Google show Android 13 network slicing support
In their latest collaboration, the ecosystem partners have demonstrated support on Ericsson network infrastructure for multiple slices on a single device running Android 13, supporting both enterprise (work profile) and consumer applications. In addition, for the first time, a slice for carrier branded services will allow communications service providers (CSP) to provide extra flexibility for customized offerings and capabilities. Network slicing has long been seen as… Source link
Read More »China Shocks With Rate Cut as Data Show ‘Alarming’ Slowdown
(Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Most Read from Bloomberg China’s economic slowdown deepened in July due to a worsening property slump and continued coronavirus lockdowns, with an unexpected cut in interest rates unlikely to turn things around while those twin drags remain. Retail sales, industrial output and investment all slowed and missed economists estimates in July. The surveyed jobless rate for those aged… Source link
Read More »Austin Ekeler’s Yahoo fantasy football show is back
When consensus first-round fantasy draft pick Austin Ekeler isn’t slicing through defenses this fall, he’ll be moonlighting in a gig that feels rather appropriate, if not a little meta: fantasy football analyst. Driving the news: The Chargers running back’s weekly fantasy football show, “Ekeler’s Edge,” is returning to Yahoo Sports for a second season starting Sept. 7. The video and podcast series will run on 18 consecutive Wednesdays as Ekeler and co-host Matt Harmon, a Yahoo fantasy analyst,… Source link
Read More »The new Google Wallet is starting to show up on people’s phones
Google Wallet, the app that will replace Google Pay in many countries (more on that in a moment), has started to show up on people’s phones. According to Google spokesperson Chaiti Sen, the company has “started rolling out the Wallet to Android users in 39 countries,” and it’ll be available “to all users over the next few days.” Google announced Wallet at its 2022 I/O event, pitching it as an app to manage all your digital cards — not just for payment, like debit and credit… Source link
Read More »‘His career highlight was pretending to be a successful entrepreneur on a TV show’
Former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.Chris Seward, Hannibal Hanschke/AP Photo Reid Hoffman said he’s “not surprised” former President Donald Trump dissed Elon Musk. The LinkedIn founder called Trump a grifter and Musk an “entrepreneur with a real record of success.” On Tuesday, Trump said he could have made Musk beg for his help and the Tesla CEO would have. Reid Hoffman, a LinkedIn cofounder, took a dig at former President Donald Trump on Wednesday after Trump slammed Elon… Source link
Read More »Jonas brothers kick Chuck Norris’s grandson off new show for breaking major rule
The premiere of Claim to Fame ended in a scandalous fashion on Monday. The series challenges mystery contestants to guess the famous relatives of the other contestants. And right out the gate, there was an unexpected twist at the end of the episode. Contestants are not allowed to have personal phones, because it would make it much too easy to cheat. During the first elimination, Kevin Jonas and Frankie Jonas revealed that one of the contestants cheated by using their phone. The guilty party… Source link
Read More »How a $44B deal turned into a ‘horror show’ that’s just beginning
Elon Musk is trying to kill his own plan to take over Twitter (TWTR) for $44 billion and mold it to his liking. The deal crumbled on Friday when the Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX CEO announced via a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that he’s terminating the buyout. So where did the tie-up that Twitter never asked for go wrong? It depends on whom you ask. Musk says he’s walking away because Twitter refused to hand over information about how many bots and spam accounts it has on its… Source link
Read More »LIV Golf first impressions show there’s a market for the Saudi Arabia-backed series
NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — First impressions go a long way. After spending three days at the LIV Golf Invitational Series event at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, one thing is clear: there’s a market for this upstart circuit. It just depends what you want to get out of a golf tournament. If you’re a golf fan who loves the game for the history and competition, these events won’t be for you. But if you’re a general sports fan who loves festivals and fanfare, you may be interested. When you walk… Source link
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