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The WSJ asked visitors to San Francisco’s Fisherman Wharf for permission to photograph them, then asked which they liked best. We took their photos outside on a partly cloudy day, with the normal wide-angle lens on three phones—Google’s Pixel 6, Samsung’s Galaxy S21 and Apple’s iPhone 13 Mini. Justin Sullivan/Getty, Cover: Google/AFP/Getty Source link

Home price growth in the U.S. may finally be slowing down. Standard & Poor’s said Tuesday that its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index posted a 19.8% annual gain in August, the same from July — remaining at an all-time high. The 20-City Composite posted a 19.7% annual gain, down from 20% a month earlier. The 20-City results were slightly down below analysts’ expectations of a 20% annual gain, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates. “In August 2021, the National… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger spelled out the cost of his drive to return the world’s largest chipmaker to leadership of the industry and investors weren’t pleased. Shares fell about 9% in extended trading. Most Read from Bloomberg Executives said profitability will suffer during the next few years because of increased spending on the company’s manufacturing technology. Near term, if Intel’s fourth quarter comes in as the chipmaker projects, sales… Source link

The fast-food restaurant of the future may be able to detect your order in advance, cook it just the way you like it, and have it ready when you arrive (or bring it to your house). That’s if partnerships like the one between The Wendy’s Company (WEN) and Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOGL, GOOG) Google Cloud deliver on a data-based future aided by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). As reported in The Wall Street Journal, on Oct. 12, 2021, Wendy’s and Google announced a deal that… Source link

Indian visitors talk on their mobile phones outside the Google stall at the India Mobile Congress in New Delhi on Sept. 27, 2017. Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India, using its “huge financial muscle” to illegally hurt competitors, the country’s antitrust authority found in a report on its two-year probe seen by Reuters. Alphabet Inc’s Google reduced “the ability and incentive of device manufacturers to develop and sell… Source link

Antitrust findings latest setback for Google in India Google also leveraged Play Store’s dominance – report Google under antitrust investigation since 2019 NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Google abused the dominant position of its Android operating system in India, using its “huge financial muscle” to illegally hurt competitors, the country’s antitrust authority found in a report on its two-year probe seen by Reuters. Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google reduced “the ability and incentive of device… Source link

Amid a major student loan debt crisis in the U.S., a new report by the Texas Public Policy Foundation found that some degrees cost tens of thousands of dollars more than others.  The report — which uses new data released by the Department of Education (ED)’s College Scorecard to examine typical college debt by credential and program — contributes to a burgeoning trend of transparency that’s aimed at scrutinizing the cost of tuition generally. The analysis “is really quite revolutionary… Source link

A board member at VF Corporation reportedly calls Black Lives Matter “the true racists” in leaked emails. Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images A board member at VF Corporation reportedly called Black Lives Matter “the true racists.” “I don’t believe in Black Lives Matter,” Veronica Wu reportedly said in emails obtained by Axios. VF Corp is home to brands like Supreme, Vans, Timberland, Dickies, and The North Face. See more stories on Insider’s business page. A Silicon Valley… Source link

Bitcoin crested above $50,000 on Monday, benefiting from simultaneous supply chain shortages and a crackdown from Chinese regulators – putting bitcoin mining on par with profits near the coin’s April all-time-high.  Now, building infrastructure for the energy-intensive business poses the greatest challenge for companies and individuals hoping to reap big money. That means finding cheap and reliable energy sources, striking deals and building out mining facilities. “Throughout the summer,… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, August 24, 2021 A ‘maximalist’ vision of bitcoin means every company will be a crypto company. Oh what a difference a summer makes. Bitcoin’s (BTC-USD) slow but steady rebound from its spring lows saw the crypto unit top $50,000 on Monday, with the latest move greased by PayPal’s (PYPL) announcement that it would let U.K.-based… Source link