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Google is introducing a pilot to let “a small number of participating developers” offer a payment system in addition to Google Play’s. Spotify will be the first and will use both Google Play’s billing system and its own. “This pilot will help us to increase our understanding of whether and how user choice billing works for users in different countries and for developers of different sizes and categories,” Google’s Sameer Samat said in a blog post. Google plans to share more… Source link

Kamila Valieva’s defense for testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, which is usually used to treat heart patients, was that it somehow came from medication that her grandfather was taking. That’s what lawyers for the Russian figure skater argued to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Sunday, according to IOC member Denis Oswald. Oswald, speaking after a press conference Tuesday morning, just hours before Valieva was to controversially compete in the women’s individual… Source link

Like many of us, Cathie Wood has had a crazy 2021. Investors in her flagship fund might argue that the year was even crazier. Ark Innovation (ARKK), Wood’s main ETF, is poised to end 2021 down by nearly 25%, even as the S&P 500 is up by about the same amount. But the Ark Invest CEO is staying the course with bold bets on high-flying tech companies and chiding critics who commit to benchmarks “unlikely to generate even average returns during the next 10 years” — even as her own… Source link

A new medical testing startup called Detect began selling at-home molecular COVID-19 tests through its website last week. The company also announced its CEO — Hugo Barra, a former executive at companies like Meta and Google who previously worked on hardware products like smartphones and virtual reality. The timing was sadly serendipitous — the launch coincided with a near-unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases in the United States, driven by the omicron variant. It’s nearly… Source link

After rounds of intense discussion and negotiation between the NFL and the NFL Players Association, an agreement has been reached to revamp parts of the COVID-19 testing thresholds and get players back onto the field more quickly.  Before that measure kicks in, the NFL has entered all franchises into the enhanced COVID protocols through the end of this week’s games in response to a massive spate of positive tests this week. That means through the end of this week’s games, franchises will… Source link

Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk says the real test for newly public electric vehicle startup Rivian (RIVN) will be high volume production and breakeven cashflow.  In a reply to a Twitter follower, Musk wrote: “I hope they’re able to achieve high production and breakeven cash flow.” He went on to say there have been hundreds of automotive startups, but “Tesla is [the] only American carmaker to reach volume production & positive cash flow in past 100 years.” Rivian went public this Wednesday reaching… Source link

Aaron Rodgers made his first public comments Friday after testing positive for COVID-19. The Green Bay Packers quarterback made his usual appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” where he spoke about the “woke mob” and “cancel culture” while explaining why he has not been vaccinated. McAfee gave Rodgers an open floor to start the discussion. Rodgers began by blaming the “woke mob” for coming at him. “I realize I’m in the crosshairs of the woke mob right now,” Rodgers said. “So before my final nail… Source link

For car fans, and lovers of a true analog experience when driving a car, it seems time is running out — the electric revolution is coming soon.  Sure, sales of EVs are around 2.7% of total car sales here in the U.S,, but we all see the writing on the wall, from Detroit to Düsseldorf: the gas-powered car is dying. At the IAA Mobility Conference in Munich this week, automakers debuted a slew of new electrified cars coming out in the not too distant future. Porsche (POAHY) was one of them. The… Source link

Russian tech giant Yandex plans to start testing driverless taxis in Moscow later this year. The ‘robotaxis’ will be operated via the app Yandex.Go. Initially, the service will be limited to Yasenevo, a district in the Russian capital. Over time, there will be more locations and more cars. Russian law does not allow driverless vehicles without an ‘emergency driver’ at the wheel. Exceptions can be made in Special Economic Zones, such as Innopolis, a tech city in… Source link

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Adventurous Muscovites may soon be able to travel around parts of Moscow in driverless taxis as Russian tech giant Yandex plans to start testing the autonomous vehicles in the city this year, the company said on Wednesday. Yandex, which operates a raft of services from online search to food delivery, has been testing self-driving technology for more than three years in Russia, Israel and the United States. Robotaxis will available through the company’s Yandex.Go… Source link