Every week I send out a newsletter with links to articles on retirement. While I link to just a handful of articles, I wade through 100 or more pieces to find the gems. This week I stumbled upon an article that reminded me why we can’t trust a Google GOOG search when it comes to finding the best financial products. TOPSHOT – This picture taken on November 5, 2018 shows a woman passing a booth of Google at the … [+] first China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on . (Photo… Source link
Read More »If you consider buying an iPhone or Apple Watch this weekend, stop!
So you’re looking for a new iPhone or Apple Watch and figure Labor Day weekend is the best chance to score some good deals and save a few bucks. Please don’t do that, dear reader. This is the worst time to buy a new Apple (AAPL) device because the company is set to host its annual iPhone event on Sept. 7. The company is widely expected to reveal a slew of new iPhones and Apple Watches. It’s not just that Apple is rolling out new devices in a matter of days. Even if you don’t want to snag… Source link
Read More »Google Workers Press Company to Stop Collecting Abortion Data
A group of workers at Google parent Alphabet has asked the company to stop collecting data on users seeking information about abortions, according to a petition sent to Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai this week. The petition, signed by more than 650 workers, also called on the company to remove search results for crisis pregnancy centers, which it said were misleading to those seeking abortions. Crisis pregnancy centers are typically nonprofits that counsel women against having abortions. Source link
Read More »Google Meet will finally stop messing up your hat
Google is stepping up its background effects in Google Meet. The company’s videoconferencing software has been offering all sorts of effects for a while now, allowing you to blur your background or remove it entirely, adding a virtual background instead. But the way these effects worked left a lot to be desired. OK, I’ll be frank, they sucked. Now, they’re getting better. In a blog post Monday, the company said it has improved the background and foreground separation, allowing for more… Source link
Read More »This investor bought a Bored Ape NFT for $1,700 in 2021 and plans to HODL. He explains why the crypto meltdown didn’t stop him from quitting his job to work in Web3.
Keith Martin, 31, and his Bored Ape NFTPhil Rosen/Insider Keith Martin bought a Bored Ape NFT in May 2021 for around $1,700 — just as digital assets began to boom. It’s now worth almost 100 times that and he told Insider at the NFT.NYC conference he won’t sell any time soon. To Martin, the crypto bear market is not a concern, and he even quit his job to get into Web3. When Keith Martin bought his first Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible token in May last year, he paid less than $500 and seemed… Source link
Read More »Russia’s Yandex Maps to Stop Displaying National Borders
Russia’s flagship IT company Yandex will stop showing national borders on its online maps. Speaking on Thursday, the company said that their updated digital maps would “focus on natural features rather than on state boundaries.” “Our task is to display the world around us. So the map will show mountains, rivers, and other data usually found on such maps,” Yandex’s press service told Russian tech news site Durov’s Code, adding that further changes would appear… Source link
Read More »Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says markets are imploding because investors don’t have confidence in the Fed’s ability to stop inflation
Bill Ackman is a billionaire investor and hedge fund manager.Elsa/Getty Images Markets aren’t confident that the Federal Reserve can tame record inflation, Bill Ackman tweeted Tuesday. He predicts that inflation can only come down if the Fed aggressively raises rates, or if stocks crash. “It ends when the Fed puts a line in the sand on inflation and says it will do ‘whatever it takes,'” Ackman said. Bill Ackman, the CEO and founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said markets are facing a… Source link
Read More »Demand destruction is the only way to stop increases, says trader
Gasoline prices will stop rising once consumer demand destruction kicks in, according to one energy trader. “It’s become really evident that the only thing that is going to alleviate these price rises is demand destruction,” CIBC Private Wealth U.S senior energy trader Rebecca Babin told Yahoo Finance Live. Gasoline keeps hitting record highs as the national average now sits at $4.59 per gallon. Some states are seeing even higher numbers at the pump — $5 or even $6 per… Source link
Read More »How can I stop the pain and make money in this nightmarish market? BofA says this is the ‘best hope’ for bulls in 2022
The market is in full panic mode. The S&P 500 is down 18% year to date. The Nasdaq is down a staggering 27%. And even the Dow Jones — made up of the 30 most prominent publicly-traded companies — is in correction territory. According to Bank of America, there’s one thing that might save the stock market in 2022: money that corporations can return to shareholders. “The best hope for 2022 bulls lies in the ability of investors to dislodge the $7.1 trillion in idle U.S. corporate cash,”… Source link
Read More »Delaware State bus stop spotlights racial profiling issue
Even for someone who has designs on a career in filmmaking, Gwenna Gentle couldn’t believe it. After sitting on the side of the highway for several minutes during what she thought was a routine traffic stop, Gentle said a sheriff’s deputy in Liberty County, Georgia, got on the charter bus she and her Delaware State lacrosse teammates were riding in and started rambling about human trafficking and drugs. “When he said, ‘What we’re looking for is lost children that are returned to families and… Source link
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