Tag Archives: Updates

Huge news from Google HQ: the company is changing the Chrome web browser logo for the first time in eight years. And it’s stunningly—well, not all that different. To be fair, the new logo is clearly different to the previous one, when viewed side-by-side anyways. It’s brighter, cleaner, and Google has taken the design equivalent of a 10,000 LED light to the front of the logo to eradicate any hint of shadow. That may not be the exact logo you end up seeing on your device, however. Google is… Source link

Futures tied to Wall Street’s major indexes rose slightly in extended trading Wednesday after a turbulent earlier session that saw stocks reverse gains into the close after the Federal Reserve signaled interest rate hikes could come as soon as March. The central bank held rates at near zero following a two-day policy meeting that concluded on Wednesday, citing plans to halt pandemic-era policy of asset purchases first. The Federal Open Market Committee, however, reaffirmed it will wrap up… Source link

U.S. stock futures were little changed in post-market trading Monday after equities staged a historic turnaround at the end of a whipsaw session wrought by heightened fears over rate hikes and a lackluster start to earnings season. Geopolitical tensions in the Ukraine also weighed on markets. Contracts on all three major indexes hovered near the flatline heading into overnight trading. Earlier in the afternoon, the Dow recovered losses of more than 1,100 points to end higher, and the S&P 500… Source link

U.S. stock futures traded sideways Wednesday evening after a turbulent day in markets that saw the Nasdaq close in correction territory — or at least 10% down from its peak — as rising bond yields and concerns around tighter monetary policy continued to plague investors. Contracts on all three major indexes hovered near breakeven after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite logged a closing level more than 10% below its November record high in the earlier session The Federal Reserve is in a… Source link

U.S. stock futures fell sharply Tuesday morning as investors geared up for a holiday-shortened week rife with quarterly earnings reports from companies across all three major indexes. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq plunged in early trading, shedding 1.82% to 15,311.75 as Wall Street continued to weigh the likelihood of imminent interest rate hikes. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average also edged lower, down about 0.73%, or 263 points in early trading, while the S&P 500 declined… Source link

Contracts on all three major indexes were flat heading into the overnight session on Wednesday after a choppy day on Wall Street that saw stocks advance modestly to close in positive territory. Investors got a new red-hot print on inflation during earlier trading that showed another decades-high rate of price increases, one day after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated in his renomination testimony that the central bank would intervene as needed to ease rising prices. A fresh read on… Source link

Contracts on Wall Street’s main indexes were subdued Monday evening after a choppy earlier session that saw stocks climb back from record intraday lows. The Nasdaq eked out an afternoon rally to close in the green, while the S&P 500 and Dow extended their losing streak — even after modest comebacks. Worries over sooner-than-expected interest rate hikes have tempered investors’ optimism heading into the new year, placing equity markets in a risk-off mood so far in 2022. Meanwhile,… Source link

Stock futures slipped Wednesday evening heading into overnight trading after equities did an about-face in the earlier session, plummeting from record highs as investors mulled the likelihood of tighter Federal Reserve policy and interest rate hikes as soon as March. Contracts on all three major indexes were down to extend a bearish day, spurred by the release of minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) meeting December 15 that flagged concerns from policymakers about worsening… Source link

Futures ticked down Friday morning ahead of Wall Street’s last trading day of 2021, hinting at a quiet end to a strong year for the markets. Over the past two years, the final day of the year-end bull run known to investors as the Santa Claus Rally has typically been bearish, Probabilities Fund Management chief market strategist Jeffrey A. Hirsch points out in his Stock Trader’s Almanac.  U.S. equity markets will be open regular hours this New Year’s Eve for the first time in a decade,… Source link

The rollout of the first major update for Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro has been slow and plagued by reports of problems. Now the company says it paused releasing the December 2021 update to investigate reports of calls dropping and disconnecting. The news arrived in a post on the Google Support forums (via Droid-Life) that says a new version with all the previously announced features and a fix for the disconnection issue should be ready by late January. If you’re not having any… Source link