In 2020, we had to consider a lot more than football before making any picks. Last year it became foolish to make any bets early in the week, not knowing which players would be out by Sunday due to COVID-19. Figuring out who would be in or out was more important than any other factor. Through the first 14 weeks of this season, there were some cases of players missing games on the COVID-19 list, but nothing like last season. This week seems like 2020. There were outbreaks for multiple NFL… Source link
Read More »Google says bug with Teams and Android can cause 911 calls to fail
Last week, a Reddit user reported that they weren’t able to call 911 using their Pixel 3 and later said they were working with Google support to figure out the issue. Yesterday, Google announced what was causing the issue in a reply to the post: an “unintended interaction between the Microsoft Teams app and the underlying Android operating system” (via 9to5Google). In its comment, Google says that the bug happens when someone is using Android 10 or later and has Teams installed but… Source link
Read More »Walmart teams with Yahoo to create new shoppable holiday experiences
Walmart and Yahoo are getting festive with a new AR game, shoppable influencer-studded video content and additional cross-site e-commerce integrations. Here are all of the details. Walmart and Yahoo are gearing up for Christmas commerce. The web services company has teamed with the retail giant to bring consumers a handful of new shoppable experiences, digital activations and gift guides ahead of the holidays. The joint ‘Holiday with Heart’ campaign involves a number of key initiatives… Source link
Read More »Google Cloud teams up with NLP startup Cohere on multiyear partnership around TPUs – TechCrunch
Google Cloud announced a multiyear partnership with Cohere, an early-stage startup that is building a natural language processing platform to make it easier for developers to build natural language processing models into applications. The solution requires a fair amount of infrastructure resources to pull off, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is going to provide them under the terms of this deal. The two companies are also planning a go-to-market effort together,… Source link
Read More »Intel teams with Google Cloud to develop new class of data center chip
A Google Cloud logo outside the Google Cloud computing unit’s headquarters at the Moffett Place office complex in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave/File Photo Oct 27 (Reuters) – Intel Corp (INTC.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud on Wednesday said they have worked together to create a new category of chip that Intel hopes will become a major seller in the booming cloud computing market. The new chip, which is called Mount Evans and will be sold to… Source link
Read More »Robot mail: Russian Post teams up with Yandex to deliver parcels in Moscow
Yandex.Rover, a driverless robot for delivering hot restaurant meals, is seen at a business district in Moscow, Russia December 10, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina MOSCOW, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Self-driving robots have started delivering parcels in certain Moscow neighbourhoods after tech giant Yandex (YNDX.O) teamed up with the state-run Russian Post service, the companies said on Monday. Yandex, which operates a raft of services from online search to ride-hailing, already uses robots for food… Source link
Read More »Ava DuVernay’s Array Teams With Google To Create Feature Film Grant – Deadline
Ava Duvernay’s Array has partnered with Google to create a new $500,000 feature film grant available to up-and-coming creatives from historically underrepresented communities. The endowment, referred to as The Array + Google Feature Film Grant, will prove funds allowing the recipient to produce their first full-length feature. The initiative speaks to ongoing efforts, on the part of Array and Google, to help amplify marginalized voices, thereby building toward a more equitable and… Source link
Read More »Los Angeles teams in trouble & NBA Awards debate with Vincent Goodwill
The Week U.S. warns Americans not to travel to Japan, but Japan says that won’t affect the Summer Olympics The State Department on Monday warned Americas, “Do not travel to Japan due to COVID-19.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautioned that “because of the current situation in Japan, even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and should avoid all travel to Japan.” The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee said it still plans to… Source link
Read More »Starlink teams up with Google for ground infrastructure
TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX will install ground stations within Google’s data centers for its Starlink broadband satellites under a new cloud partnership. The alliance aims to expand the reach of Google Cloud customers to their data, services and applications without the need for nearby cell towers. After connecting to a Starlink constellation that is becoming increasingly available worldwide, they can increase performance by running applications within Google data centers. SpaceX… Source link
Read More »Google Cloud teams up with SpaceX’s Starlink for enterprise connectivity at network’s edge – TechCrunch
SpaceX’s bourgeoning Starlink satellite-based broadband internet service just got a big boost from a significant new partner: Google Cloud. Thanks to a new partnership between the two, SpaceX will now be locating Starlink ground stations right within Google’s existing data centers, providing the Starlink network with direct access to ground-based network infrastructure to help facilitate network connections for customers who are on the edges of the footprint of existing network… Source link
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