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Giada De Laurentiis — known for her nearly 20 years on Food Network as a celebrity chef, cookbook author, and restaurant owner— is ready to take another “leap” with her personal brand and e-commerce site Giadzy. De Laurentiis said she’s on a mission to “bring real, good, authentic, organic ingredients from Italy to the United States” and provide a place for her fans to buy ingredients she often uses herself. However, the chef told Yahoo Finance that the decision to dive into Giadzy “took… Source link

Quick! Read this now. Google says it’s cracking down on clickbait, and we hope this article makes the cut (we’re pretty sure it will). The tech giant announced on Thursday that it will start prioritizing “content by people, for people” in a push to get rid of clickbait articles that seek to grab readers’ attention with a catchy headline but don’t always deliver the goods. But this one’s different (we promise). The so-called helpful content update will enable Google’s search… Source link

Payments company Block (SQ) announced second quarter results Thursday that showed bitcoin revenue from its Cash App product fell 34% to $1.79 billion, with the company taking a $36 million charge on its bitcoin investments. Gross profit in the quarter totaled $1.47 billion against Wall Street expectations for $1.46 billion, while adjusted earnings per share of $0.18 topped estimates for $0.16. Excluding bitcoin, total net revenue in the second quarter was $2.62 billion, up 34% year over… Source link

MicroStrategy (MSTR) announced on Tuesday its founder and CEO Michael Saylor will step down from the top job and take a new post as executive chairman, focused on the company’s bitcoin strategy. Phong Le, the company’s president, will take over in the CEO role. MicroStrategy reported quarterly results that were light of Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, with revenue coming at $122.1 million against expectations for $126 million. Losses in the quarter totaled $918.1 million, with $917.8 million… Source link

The former head of Russia’s top tech firm Yandex Tigran Khudaverdyan has challenged sanctions against him over the Ukraine war in a European Union court. Khudaverdyan filed a lawsuit on June 7 demanding the European Council lift its “discriminatory and disproportionate” sanctions against him. The lawsuit was first reported by TV channel RTVI on Monday evening.  Khudaverdyan quit as Yandex executive director and deputy CEO in March after being hit with an EU asset freeze and… Source link

The former head of Russia’s top tech firm Yandex Tigran Khudaverdyan has challenged sanctions against him over the Ukraine war in a European Union court. Khudaverdyan filed a lawsuit on June 7 demanding the European Council lift its “discriminatory and disproportionate” sanctions against him. The lawsuit was first reported by TV channel RTVI on Monday evening.  Khudaverdyan quit as Yandex executive director and deputy CEO in March after being hit with an EU asset freeze and… Source link

The Chicago Bears unveiled their new alternate orange helmet on Sunday, which will debut during the 2022 season. Chicago will wear their orange helmet and orange jersey against the Washington Commanders in Week 6 and Dallas Cowboys in Week 8 (perfectly-timed for Halloween). But there was one NFL team’s social media account that wasn’t a fan of the Bears’ new alternate helmet. The Browns’ Twitter account trolled the Bears for their new orange helmet, quote tweeting with the following… Source link

As inflation reaches new record-highs, more Americans are ditching their daily cup of joe — at least at big coffee chains like Dunkin’ and Starbucks (SBUX). According to new data from foot traffic analytics platform Placer.ai, coffee visits dropped below quick service restaurants for the first time all year during the month of June due to “a combination of inflation, high gas prices, and the rise in COVID cases,” the report noted. Over the past two years — as the pandemic hammered fast… Source link

Quaero Capital S.A. purchased a new stake in Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX – Get Rating) in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 145,000 shares of the information services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $2,746,000. Yandex comprises 1.7% of Quaero Capital S.A.’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest position. Other hedge funds also recently made… Source link

This is a significant update. Pinterest has today announced that co-founder and CEO Ben Silbermann is stepping down from his role, and shifting to a new position within the organization, with online commerce expert Bill Ready set to take over as Pinterest chief, effective June 29th, 2022.  Silberman posted an impassioned update on the Pinterest blog, noting the significance of the platform to him and his life. “As you can imagine, this was a hard decision. So much of my heart belongs to… Source link