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Bloomberg ByteDance Founder Steps Down as CEO Ahead of Mega IPO (Bloomberg) — ByteDance Ltd. founder Zhang Yiming will cede the reins of TikTok’s owner to an old college roommate and lieutenant, stepping back from running the world’s most valuable startup ahead of its highly anticipated market debut.Zhang will hand off the chief executive officer role at TikTok’s owner to human resources chief Rubo Liang, he announced in an internal memo posted online Thursday. The billionaire… Source link

Yandex has partnered with Amer’s Deli to deliver food with the Rovers, six-wheeled delivery bots that weigh about 150 pounds and are large enough to carry the equivalent of five large pizzas. By fall, the company anticipates adding more restaurants to its delivery offerings here. Ramping up those operations this spring is not as arduous as starting from scratch, Vorobev says, in part because Yandex already has self-driving test vehicles on Ann Arbor roads. The company deployed seven of its… Source link

Yandex has partnered with Amer’s Deli to deliver food with the Rovers, six-wheeled delivery bots that weigh about 150 pounds and are large enough to carry the equivalent of five large pizzas. By fall, the company anticipates adding more restaurants to its delivery offerings here. Ramping up those operations this spring is not as arduous as starting from scratch, Vorobev says, in part because Yandex already has self-driving test vehicles on Ann Arbor roads. The company deployed seven of its… Source link

Google will not make FLoC-based cohorts available for testing in countries where GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive are in effect. In other words, no FLoCs in Europe. At least for now. During a meeting of the Improving Web Advertising Business Group (IWABG) at the World Wide Web Consortium on Tuesday, Michael Kleber, a Google engineer, acknowledged that FLoCs might not be compatible with European privacy law. “For countries in Europe, we will not be turning on origin trials [of FLoC]… Source link

The New York Times 11 Years On, the Affordable Care Act Defies Opponents and Keeps Expanding WASHINGTON — More than 200,000 Americans flocked to the Affordable Care Act’s online marketplace to sign up for health insurance during the first two weeks of an open enrollment period created by President Joe Biden — a sign that those who lost insurance during the pandemic remain in desperate need of coverage. At the same time, a provision in the president’s $1.9 trillion stimulus law to make… Source link

Bloomberg Nothing the Stock Market Does Ever Scares Its Retail Daredevils (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. has slumped 15% since late January. Tesla Inc. has lost more than a quarter-trillion dollars in market value in three weeks. And more than $1.5 trillion has been wiped off the Nasdaq 100 in less than a month.And yet, none of it has been enough to rattle the retail investor.Instead, to borrow a Reddit phrase describing bullish gumption, they’ve had diamond hands. Since the market peaked a few… Source link

(Image: PCMag) Google is working on a new, app-like interface for Chromecast. According to 9to5Google, several users are seeing the new interface when casting video from their phones. Typically, doing so loads information like a YouTube channel name, date, time, and other rudimentary details. The video plays, and when it’s complete, it’s back to a basic how-to screen to cast again. The new interface, which is similar to what Android TV already uses, includes several changes, like closed… Source link

Benzinga What Keystone Pipeline Cancellation Means For Crude-by-rail President Joe Biden’s revocation of the March 2019 permit enabling the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline will likely result in more crude-by-rail volumes, according to industry observers. But how much volumes will increase could largely depend on the price that heavy crude oil can fetch in the global market. “The cancellation of the Keystone pipeline project was inevitable once the government changed. Despite its… Source link

Greg Norman spent at least a portion of Christmas day in the hospital due to COVID-19. Norman revealed he tested positive for the virus, posting multiple pictures of himself in a hospital. Norman, 65, posted three pictures from his hospital bed. A part of Norman’s caption read, “On behalf of millions, f—- COVID.” Norman posted a video on Instagram a few days before Christmas saying he was experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. At that time, Norman had not tested positive for the virus. Norman,… Source link

90,000 Google employees have just received access to free weekly COVID tests. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news that every US Google employee (and its subsidiaries, including YouTube) will be eligible to sign up for a free at-home test. This differs from other companies, like Amazon, which are only offering tests to employees who still have to work in a physical location, like a retail location or warehouse. This is apparently something Google employees are interested in, as… Source link