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Nine members of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and one family member have tested positive for the coronavirus, county health officials said. The announcement comes barely more than a week after the team won the World Series. The number of Dodgers organization cases was initially five, according to a Los Angeles County Department of Public Health post on Thursday that was updated Friday. But a health department spokesperson said Saturday that there were four additional positive tests. The… Source link

Yahoo Mail has been around people for as long as the memory serves, far back to the time when emailing became a trend in 1997 amongst users from all over the world. Today, Yahoo Mail offers four different email plans for its users. Three of these plans include the Basic, Plus, and Ad-free plans, and they are meant for personal use. The last plan is for business accounts. Because of its different plans and easy-to-use approach, Yahoo Mail is considered amongst one of the oldest and one of the… Source link

(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The Justice Department filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly over search. The suit is the most aggressive move against a tech giant in a generation. Google, owned by Alphabet, said the lawsuit was “deeply flawed,” and told its employees to stay focused and quiet. The government, joined by 11 states, is accusing… Source link

The man who sealed the World Series for the Houston Astros in 2017 just stopped them from making it back, halting a historic ALCS comeback and sending baseball’s villains home with a bit of poetic justice. And now it’s the Rays headed to their first World Series since 2008, winning Game 7 of the ALCS by the score of 4-2. Charlie Morton, part of that 2017 Astros team that cheated and won the World Series, was outstanding on the mound for the Rays, dominating his former team in what was his… Source link

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will force U.S. tech giants Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google to pay Australian media outlets for news content in a landmark move to protect independent journalism that will be watched around the world. Australia will become the first country to require Facebook and Google to pay for news content provided by media companies under a royalty-style system that will become law this year, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. “It’s about a… Source link

Yandex’s self-driving car unit has accelerated through the coronavirus pandemic, becoming one of the world’s top 3 companies for the number of miles driven by automated vehicles. In a conference call with investors Tuesday, the Russian technology giant dubbed ‘Russia’s Google’ said its fleet of 130 vehicles had passed four million miles in autonomous driving.  The milestone is the latest in Yandex’s heavy investment into driverless technology. The mile count has… Source link