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By Cristina Carlevaro, Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has sealed its first licence agreements in Italy with several publishers to offer access to some of their content on the U.S. tech group’s Showcase news platform. Google News Showcase is a global product to pay news publishers for their content online and a new service that allows partnering publishers to curate content and provide limited access to paywalled stories for users. Showcase is expected to launch in… Source link

As a position, the NFL fullback is dead. That is unless your name is Kyle Juszczyk. In that case, it’s a lucrative career path. The San Francisco 49ers fullback agreed to an extension on Sunday. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, it’s worth $27 million over five years. Of that, $10 million is guaranteed.  That’s not bad for a guy whose position has largely been phased out of the NFL for the better part of a decade — especially considering that he’s already banked more than $23 million in… Source link

A man walks past an electronic board showing currency exchange rates at a securities firm in Tokyo on 12 March. Photo: James Matsumoto/SOPA Images/Sipa USA European stocks suffered a tepid end to the week on Friday, as official data confirmed another economic slump for the UK and futures markets pointed to a tech sell-off on Wall Street later today. The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) was down 0.3% by just before lunchtime on Friday. Data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed GDP shrank… Source link

After turning heads with a breakout performance against Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the playoffs, Taylor Heinicke has his payday. The Washington Football Team announced on Wednesday that they signed the journeyman quarterback to a two-year contract extension. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that the deal is worth $8.75 million with incentives tied to starts. In terms of NFL quarterback money, Heinicke didn’t break the bank. In terms of a 27-year-old who had previously earned $1.9… Source link

Google, led by CEO Sundar Pichai, pictured, is facing increasing pressure by regulators worldwide to reach licensing deals with news publishers. ASSOCIATED PRESS Google says it will begin paying news publishers in the United Kingdom to feature articles on one of its platforms, a move that comes as the Silicon Valley giant is trying to prove to global antitrust regulators that it is willing to support the media industry. Under its Google News Showcase initiative, the company Source link

Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) just signed a multiyear deal with technology giant Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) that moves most of the social network’s data processing onto the Google Cloud platform. Twitter has been using Google Cloud since 2018, but this agreement takes the partnership to a new level. The new… Source link

Patrick Mahomes remains in concussion protocol. But the Kansas City Chiefs are preparing for Sunday’s AFC championship this week seemingly confident that he’ll play against the Buffalo Bills. Mahomes suffered a serious enough injury that he couldn’t finish last week’s playoff win over the Cleveland Browns. He was visibly shaken after a third-quarter hit and had trouble finding his footing before leaving the field and being ruled out. All eyes are on Patrick Mahomes ahead of the AFC… Source link

FILE PHOTO: Visitors gather outside the Nokia booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo (Reuters) – Nokia on Thursday partnered with Alphabet’s Google Cloud unit to build 5G core network infrastructure and allow business customers to offer services such as smart retail and automated manufacturing. Cloud computing units of big technology companies such as Microsoft and Amazon are also tying up with telecoms vendors ahead of… Source link

Mike Babcock is emerging from exile. NBC, the NHL’s U.S. broadcasting partner, announced Monday that the former Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs head coach, and two-time Olympic gold medal-winning bench boss with Canada, has signed on as a studio analyst for the upcoming season. Babcock will, in a way, take the seat from Mike Milbury, who NBC chose not to retain for this upcoming season for reasons that presumably include the sexist comment he uttered on air during the first-round… Source link

TipRanks 3 Monster Growth Stocks That Can Charge Forward in 2021 With 2020 winding down, there’s a growing belief that 2021 is going to be a growth year for the stock markets. The US elections have returned a divided government, one unlikely to have the broad majorities – or the broad support – needed to enact wide-ranging reform legislation from either the right or left, and that bodes well for the economy generally.The COVID vaccines are entering distribution, and while new anti-virus… Source link