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June 30 (Renewables Now) – Russian Internet company Yandex (MCX:YNDX) plans to fully run its Mantsala data centre in Finland on wind power purchased from local renewables firm Ilmatar Energy. The two parties have entered into a five-year power purchase agreement (PPA) under which Yandex will source electricity from wind farms operated by the Finnish company. The Russian search and ride-hailing provider is pursuing a… Source link

A week after Carl Nassib‘s groundbreaking announcement that he’s gay, the NFL produced a video in support of his message. The video released Monday is simple, consisting strictly of white text on a black screen. The message is provocative and represents a full embrace of Nassib as the first active NFL player to announce that he’s gay. It starts simply with the words: “Football is gay.” It continues with drumming and cheering in the background: “Football is lesbian. Football is beautiful…. Source link

Enlarge / Google: “Just look at all these form factors!” There are 3 billion active Android devices in circulation now, and that means developers are eager to support Android. The vast majority of those devices are phones, so for app developers not particularly interested in the wider Android ecosystem, that means pump out a phone app and you’re done. A vibrant ecosystem of non-phone Android hardware is also out there, though—Wear OS,… Source link

In May, the Biden administration reversed course and decided to back the idea of waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. The move was meant to ensure more of the world can become inoculated. “Extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures,” U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said at the time. David Ricks, CEO of pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly (LLY), told Yahoo Finance that “this is a counterproductive move.” “It just… Source link

Well this is big. The UK’s competition regulator looks set to get an emergency brake that will allow it to stop Google ending support for third party cookies, a technology that’s currently used for targeting online ads, if it believes competition would be harmed by the depreciation going ahead. The development follows an investigation opened by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into Google’s self-styled ‘Privacy Sandbox’ earlier this year. The regulator will have the… Source link

Bloomberg TPG-Backed PropertyGuru Eyes $2 Billion Thiel SPAC Deal (Bloomberg) — Bridgetown 2 Holdings Ltd., the blank-check company backed by billionaires Richard Li and Peter Thiel, is in advanced talks to merge with Singapore’s online real estate firm PropertyGuru Pte, according to people with knowledge of the matter.The special purpose acquisition company has been in discussions with PropertyGuru on the potential deal, which could be announced as soon as next month, said the people, who… Source link

Google is expanding the availability of its Stadia game streaming service to more TVs and streaming devices later this month. The first version of Stadia on Chromecast with Google TV is launching on June 23rd, more than eight months after the device launched without official Stadia support. Alongside Chromecast with Google TV support, Stadia will also be available on a number of Android TV devices on June 23rd. Not every Android TV device is supported, but Nvidia’s Shield TV devices… Source link

President Biden forcefully articulated a defense of Israel on Friday evening, even as more progressive members of his party have sought to cut military aid to the country amid a renewed cycle of violence. “There is no shift in my commitment to the security of Israel. Period. No shift, not at all,” Biden said during a press conference with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, who was in Washington to discuss the fraught situation on the Korean Peninsula. “We still need a two-state… Source link

TipRanks 2 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding at Least 8%; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ Dividend stocks are always popular. They offer investors a clear path to returns, with regular cash payments and a yield – a return on the original investment – that usually far exceeds bond yields. But not all dividend stocks are created equal, and some offer better opportunities than others. Dividend yield is a key metric. Among S&P listed companies the average yield is only 2%. However, the highest yields… Source link

NEW DELHI: Search giant Google and 30 other companies are rallying to support a law that allows the spouses of H-1B visa holders in the US to work in the country. The company filed a legal brief in a lawsuit called Save Jobs USA vs US department of homeland security. The suit argues that H-4 visas, which covers spouses of H-1B visa holders, provide unfair competition to American jobs. The brief filed by Google was in support of H-4 visa holders being allowed to work in the… Source link