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Stock futures opened higher Tuesday evening after a technology-led rally during the regular trading day, as investors looked through concerns over the Omicron variant and a potential policy pivot by the Federal Reserve.  Contracts on the Nasdaq Composite opened in the green. Earlier, the index closed higher by more than 3%, posting its best day since March. The S&P 500 and Dow also advanced solidly, rising more than 2% and 1.4% during the session, respectively. Treasury yields climbed, and… Source link

U.S. stock futures opened higher Thursday night, with contracts on the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq each moving to the upside. U.S. stocks closed Thursday’s session mixed, with technology and retail shares leading the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Nasdaq (^IXIC) higher while economic data pointed to a recovering labor market.  The Dow (^DJI) slipped 230 points (0.2%), pressured by a drop in shares of Cisco (CSCO). The computer networking company posted quarterly results after the bell Wednesday that fell… Source link

The Clippers reached the Western Conference finals for the first time in franchise history last season. If they want to make it back to that playoff round again, they will have to collectively replace the production of their best player. Kawhi Leonard will be sidelined indefinitely after undergoing surgery in July to repair a partial tear of the ACL in his right knee. Leonard may be able to rejoin the rotation at some point during the 2021-22 season, but Paul George and Co. will be… Source link

Stock futures opened little changed on Monday evening, as investors awaited a slew of new earnings results to determine the impact of ongoing supply chain concerns and rising costs on corporate America.  A number of major companies are set to report earnings results Tuesday morning, including consumer giants Procter & Gamble (PG) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) before market open, and Netflix (NFLX) and United Airlines (UAL) after market close.  The latest quarterly results, guidance and executive… Source link

New leaks from a marketing site appear to confirm that the camera for the Pixel 6 will have a new Magic Eraser feature, and the devices will apparently get five years of Android security updates (h/t 9to5 Google) According to reliable leaker Evan Blass, the Carphone Warehouse website was showing images of Google marketing materials for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro (the images have since been taken down, but you can view the earlier versions of the Carphone Warehouse pages on the Wayback… Source link

As of Wednesday, Google Maps eco-friendly routing is live in the U.S. Photo courtesy Google On Wednesday, Google launched a suite of changes to many of its core products to help consumers make sustainable choices more easily. “Today, climate change is more than a threat,” Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and parent company Alphabet, said in a prerecorded video during a virtual press event Tuesday. “It is a real and present danger. From wildfires to flooding to more frequent and severe storms,… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google’s revealing new Nest, Travel, Maps and more updates in October  CNET Source link

Microsoft might let you install Windows 11 on PCs with older processors, but that doesn’t mean you’ll get the full experience you’d find on newer machines. The company told The Verge that PCs with unsupported CPUs aren’t ‘entitled’ to get Windows 11 updates, and might not even get driver or security upgrades. You may have to get more recent hardware just to keep your system secure, in other words. We’ve asked the company if it can comment further, although it declined to elaborate when The… Source link

David Gray | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is launching a redesigned repository that attempts to explain how its core business functions. On Monday, Google Search liaison Danny Sullivan noted that the company redesigned a website it first created in 2016. It now has more information and easier navigation, including how Google’s ranking systems sort through hundreds of billions of web pages, Sullivan said. With sections such as “How Search works” and “our approach,” the company attempts to… Source link

Today’s smartwatch news has been dominated by Samsung’s new Wear OS 3-powered wearables, but Google wants you to know it hasn’t forgotten about smartwatches running Wear OS 2. Updates to Google Pay, Messages, and other third-party apps will be coming to current devices in addition to Wear OS 3, giving existing owners something to look forward to as they roll out over the coming weeks. For starters, Google Pay’s support for contactless payments from smartwatches is expanding to 16… Source link