Photo illustration: Jack Forbes; photos: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (2) WASHINGTON — On the eve of his one-year anniversary in the Oval Office, President Biden held his first press conference. It was mid-January, and the mood in Washington was dour. A new variant of the coronavirus called Omicron was sweeping across the country, closing schools and disrupting plans. Russia was moving troops toward its border with Ukraine. “I know there’s a lot of… Source link
Read More »Biden mocks Trump’s ‘major announcement’ on NFT ‘trading cards’ by touting his administration’s recent wins
President Joe Biden, left, and former President Donald Trump, right, in a composite image.Getty Images Former president Donald Trump used Truth Social to tease what he called a “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT.” It turns out he’s selling NFT “trading cards” featuring himself for $99 each. President Joe Biden mocked Trump by tweeting he has had some “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS,” too. President Joe Biden mocked what his predecessor billed as a “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!” on Thursday with one of his own, releasing a… Source link
Read More »Tinuiti Wins Google Premier Partner of the Year Award in International Growth
Tinuiti, a Premier Google Partner, takes home top industry award for leading brands into new global markets and driving successful international expansion NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Tinuiti, the largest independent performance marketing firm across Streaming TV and the Triopoly of Google, Meta, Amazon, today announced it has won the Google Premier Partner of the Year Award in International Growth. Tinuiti Wins Google Premier Partner of the Year Award in International… Source link
Read More »Impressive Customer Wins Indicate Momentum For Google Cloud
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian delivers the keynote at Google Cloud Next 2022 in New York City at … [+] the Pier 57 Google Office. Daniel Newman – Futurum Research The cloud market is increasingly competitive, and while AWS and Microsoft have been the leaders by market share, we have seen in recent times names like Oracle, IBM, and Google, all ambitiously working to compete in the cloud marketplace with each finding footing as cloud adoption continues to proliferate. This week at… Source link
Read More »Sergio Perez wins Singapore Grand Prix as Max Verstappen’s title chase goes on
Max Verstappen’s title coronation will have to wait at least one more race. Verstappen finished seventh Sunday in a weird Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix as his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez won the race. Perez and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc were far and away the fastest on the track while Verstappen, who started eighth, got only as high as fifth before his chances of a podium disappeared when he overdrove a corner trying to pass Lando Norris and had to pit for new tires. The race started… Source link
Read More »Google loses challenge against EU antitrust decision, wins 5% fine cut
European Commission Vice President Margrethe?Vestager speaks during an interview with Reuters in Brussels, Belgium, March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna?Geron/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LUXEMBOURG, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google on Wednesday suffered its second setback in less than a year as Europe’s top court agreed with EU antitrust regulators that it had abused its dominance but trimmed the fine by 5% because of a disagreement on… Source link
Read More »Vanessa Bryant wins $16 million from L.A. County in lawsuit over Kobe crash site photos
A federal jury awarded $16 million to Vanessa Bryant, widow of Kobe Bryant, in a lawsuit against Los Angeles County over the alleged distribution of photos from the Los Angeles Lakers legend’s crash site, according to Alene Tchekmedyian of the Los Angeles Times. Another plaintiff, Chris Chester, was awarded $15 million in the same lawsuit. The payouts reportedly have the L.A. Sheriff’s Department paying Bryant $2.5 million for emotional distress and $7.5 million for future suffering, while the… Source link
Read More »Google wins defamation battle as Australia’s high court finds tech giant not a publisher | Google
Australia’s highest court has ruled Google is not a publisher of the websites it links to in search results, finding search engine hyperlinks do not amount to publication. A majority of high court justices on Wednesday found Google was not the publisher of a defamatory article by the Age about a Victorian lawyer, as it was a search engine that only provided hyperlinks to such content. “In reality, a hyperlink is merely a tool which enables a person to navigate to another webpage,” a… Source link
Read More »2 world records fall, U.S. wins 3 more golds on final night
Nearly a year ago to the day at the Tokyo Olympics, Tobi Amusan finished the women’s 100 meter hurdles medal race in arguably the worst place you can finish at a major track and field event: fourth. On Sunday during the last session of the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Amusan, a Nigerian who was an NCAA champion at Texas-El Paso, had the evening of her life. Running in the first of three semifinal heats, Amusan stunned the crowd and track fans by posting 12.12 seconds, breaking the world… Source link
Read More »Allie Quigley sets 3-Point Contest record; Sabrina Ionescu wins Skills Challenge
The 2022 WNBA All-Star Game is this weekend at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, home of the 2021 champion Chicago Sky. The All-Star weekend started with the New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu winning the Skills Challenge and Chicago Sky star Allie Quigley winning a record fourth 3-Point Contest on Saturday. No NBA or WNBA player had ever won a 3-Point Contest more than three times. The All-Star Game is at 1 p.m. ET Sunday (ABC). The two teams are captained by Seattle Storm forward Breanna… Source link
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