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Jury selection begins today in the criminal case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who’s accused of defrauding investors and patients through her once-hyped blood-testing startup. Prosecutors and lawyers for Holmes will have to narrow a pool of nearly 200 prospective jurors to 12 who will decide her fate in a case that could potentially land her in federal prison for years. The dozen jurors and five alternates will sit for a closely watched trial expected to last as long as four… Source link

Support.com (SPRT) has become the new “meme stock” retail traders are pushing to the moon. Shares of the LA based software company closed 33% higher, at $26.33 on Friday. The stock skyrocketed more than 190% earlier in the session and was the No. 1 trending ticker on Yahoo Finance.  ‘The squeeze will continue and accelerate’ The stock caught the attention of retail traders last month based on its high short interest, which currently accounts for about 60% of the float. “Shares shorted were… Source link

Google’s Pixel phones have a lot going for them. Juan Garzon/CNET Are you looking for a smartphone… Source link

Netflix (NFLX) is set to announce its Q2 2021 earnings after the closing bell on Tuesday, with investors looking to see if the streaming giant can recover after missing analysts’ expectations by nearly 2 million subscribers in Q1. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting from the company as compiled by Bloomberg versus how it performed in the same quarter last year. Revenue: $7.32 billion expected versus $6.14 billion in Q2 2020 Earnings per share: $3.14 expected versus $1.59 in Q2… Source link

9to5Google Where many other companies were focused on releasing Android phones with the biggest and most… Source link

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Welcome back to the Daily Crunch for Thursday, June 17. Thank you to Walter Thompson and the Extra Crunch staff for taking the reins I took from Alex. I was released from jury duty, so I’ll be seeing you through the remainder of the week, and we’ll be back to regularly scheduled Alex in no time. But before we get on with the show, I want to let you… Source link

Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – Israeli ad-tech company Tremor has filed for an IPO on Nasdaq, after its share price has risen by almost 500% on the London Stock Exchange over the past year to a market cap of about £1.1 billion. – Planet, a Galway-based fintech company, has secured investment from Advent International, a private equity firm. Existing shareholder Eurazeo has sold a portion of its stake to Advent. The deal, according to Eurazeo,

This year’s I/O event from Google was heavy on the “we’re building something cool” and light on the “here’s something you can use or buy tomorrow.” But there were also some interesting surprises from the semi-live event held in and around the company’s Mountain View campus. Read on for all the interesting bits. Android 12 gets a fresh new look and some quality of life features We’ve known Android 12 was on its way for months, but today was our first real look at the… Source link

Can you see the hidden characters? Russell Holly/CNET Like many folks eager to see what Google is going to announce… Source link

James Martin/CNET Google I/O kicks off in just a few hours, and even though it’s a developers… Source link