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Fifteen years after its launch, a Google Maps feature that lets people explore faraway places as though standing right there is providing a glimpse of the metaverse being heralded as the future of the internet. There was not yet talk of online life moving to virtual worlds when a “far-fetched” musing by Google co-founder Larry Page prompted Street View, which lets users of the company’s free navigation service see imagery of map locations from the perspective of being there. Now the… Source link

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For months, federal regulators have increased pressure on Beijing and Chinese companies that trade on U.S. stock exchanges to comply with American listing rules. But on Friday, five of China’s biggest U.S.-listed, state-owned giants, valued at a collective $318 billion, announced they would exit Wall Street instead, marking an acceleration in the U.S.-China financial decoupling. State insurer China Life Insurance, energy behemoths PetroChina and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation,… Source link

The July jobs report was so out-of-the-blue hot on Friday — coming in at more than double expectations — that it may spur the Federal Reserve to be way more aggressive on interest rate hikes than market goers thought just one day earlier. If so, would that set the table for a potential swift downdraft in stocks? “I think it does at the S&P level for the index,” Wall Street’s biggest bear strategist Mike Wilson of Morgan Stanley told Yahoo Finance (video above) when asked if on if the jobs… Source link

Tech stocks have gotten some of their mojo back — at least for now. Some of the beaten down tech-related names have rebounded since the market’s most recent bottom on June 16. In our series “What to do in a bear market,“ Yahoo Finance examines Wall Street analysts’ recommendations on tech related holdings — against a backdrop of a slowing economy and the Federal Reserve’s moves to bring down inflation. On Wednesday, the central bank announced a 75 basis point rate hike. Fed Chairman Jerome… Source link

Street View has returned to select parts of India, Google announced today at an event hosted in New Delhi and on its blog. The 360-degree street-level viewpoint debuted in the country in 2011 but was then rejected by its government in 2016 due to security concerns. The navigation feature can be particularly useful for spotting landmarks that might help you find your way around. According to Google’s blog post, this feature is rolling out in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai,… Source link

Google is relaunching Street View, the Google Maps feature that allows users to explore an area through 360-degree panoramic street-level images, in India roughly six years after the South Asian nation rejected the feature over national security concerns. The company, which has been attempting to launch Street View in the country for over 10 years, said it has partnered with local giants Genesys and Tech Mahindra to relaunch the service, which is now live in 10 Indian cities. The… Source link

The year has been grueling to those holding almost every type of stock. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is down 16% year-to-date. The Nasdaq (^IXIC) is down 24% during that same period. Even the energy sector (XLE) — the only one positive year-to-date — has seen some of its gains evaporate recently. In a new Yahoo Finance series, we’re looking at some of the strategies experts recommend for how to navigate a bear market. To kick things off, we asked them what they think investors should do in an… Source link

Olympic silver medalist Kim Glass says that she was attacked by a random man with a pipe while walking on a Los Angeles street. Glass shared video on Instagram speaking about the attack that shows multiple facial injuries including fractures around her right eye and cuts that required stitches. (Warning, the video seen here and included above shows graphic injuries.) Glass’ right eye was swollen shut, and she had a gash on the bridge of her nose. She told her followers that the attack happened… Source link

PENNSYLVANIA (WETM) – The Google Maps Street View feature launched 15 years ago, and since then it has amassed a truly huge amount of data, showcasing high-resolution, ground-level photos of roads all over the world. But how often does Google update the Street View of a given location, and when will it come to Central Pennsylvania? According to Google, it’s expected to visit Central Pennsylvania this year. Google says it will visit the following Pennsylvania counties in… Source link