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“I believe a lasting economic recovery will come from local communities, and the people and small businesses that give them life,” said Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google and Alphabet. “Google wants to be a part of that recovery. That’s why we plan to invest over $7 billion in offices and data centers across the U.S. and create at least 10,000 new full-time Google jobs in the U.S. this year.” Source link

“I believe a lasting economic recovery will come from local communities, and the people and small businesses that give them life,” said Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google and Alphabet. “Google wants to be a part of that recovery. That’s why we plan to invest over $7 billion in offices and data centers across the U.S. and create at least 10,000 new full-time Google jobs in the U.S. this year.” Source link

AUSTIN, Texas — Google Fiber announced Monday it has opened a new “Fiber Space” on South Lamar Boulevard. The new “Fiber Space” will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The office is located at 701 S. Lamar Blvd. The company has closed its downtown retail space to the public, so this new office space will give Austinites a new option to explore using the service in the… Source link

Yahoo Sports College Basketball reporter Krysten Peek takes you through the South Region of the 2021 NCAA Tournament, and gives you her instant reaction to seeing the matchups for the first time. Make sure to sign up for Yahoo Fantasy’s 50-K Tourney Pick’Em contest for your chance at ten thousand dollars and a Las Vegas getaway. Free to play, so sign up now at yahoo.com/tourney. Source link

Coupang (CPNG) shares closed at $49.52 each on their first day of trading, well below their opening trade but still above their IPO price, in the largest initial public offering in the US this year. Dubbed the Amazon (AMZN) of South Korea, shares of the e-commerce giant opened at $63.50 after pricing its IPO at $35 a share, raising $4.6 billion. About 10 minutes after the opening trade, the stock was trading at around $59 a share. The IPO surpassed that of dating app Bumble (BMBL), which Source link

Liam Hendriks adds big personality to Sox clubhouse originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago It probably didn’t take long for White Sox fans to notice Liam Hendriks’ on-field behavior when he faced off against his future mates in the playoffs last year. Screaming, yelling, fist-pumping, swearing. It’s all part of Hendriks’ act on the mound, the pitching equivalent of Tim Anderson’s bat flips. What wasn’t as apparent, perhaps not even known to his new teammates until he showed up to spring… Source link

New York Times columnist Charles Blow has outlined a new proposition to increase Black political power: a mass migration of Blacks in America to the South to create Black-majority states and cities. Blow calls for a “Second Great Migration,” a reversal of the Great Migration that saw millions of Black Americans flee oppression and a lack of economic opportunity in the South for cities in the North, Midwest, and the West. “I understand why people migrated during the Great Migration,”… Source link

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it has settled with mobile advertising company Tapjoy over claims it used false advertising offers for the promise of in-game rewards that weren’t given. But two Democratic regulators also said Apple and Google helped create the environment that squeezes mobile gaming industry players and incentivizes them to find other monetization models that may have unsavory consequences for consumers. The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it… Source link

Millions of youth nationwide Monday embark on Computer Science Education Week — with its “Hour of Code” shared by 1 billion young students globally. Left behind will be many Chicago Public Schools students learning from home during a pandemic shining a harsh spotlight on the digital divide. “I was going to ask my school for a small budget to send some kind of electronics kits home to my students, just so they’d have something to do, because our kids don’t have access to… Source link

South Carolina parted ways with coach Will Muschamp on Sunday night, opening the first Power Five job of the year. Here’s a look at who could replace him in Columbia after Muschamp went 28-30 in five seasons. South Carolina will not get one of the top candidates bandied around for the blue-blood jobs, as coaches like Iowa State’s Matt Campbell, Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell and Indiana’s Tom Allen aren’t going there. (Allen just signed a new deal, and his buyout would be in the… Source link