Google will delay by nearly two years the phase out of Chrome web browser technology that tracks users for ad purposes, saying that it needs more time to develop a replacement system. The tech giant on Thursday moved its deadline to remove so-called third-party cookies to late 2023 rather than January 2022 as was initially planned. “We need to move at a responsible pace, allowing sufficient time for public discussion on the right solutions and for publishers and the advertising industry to… Source link
Read More »Google delays Chrome’s cookie-blocking privacy plan by nearly 2 years
Stephen Shankland/CNET Google has delayed a major privacy change to its Chrome browser, pushing… Source link
Read More »Quality stocks haven’t been this cheap in more than 20 years
Quality is on sale in the stock market. Higher quality stocks are trading at their largest valuation discount to the broad market since the dot com bubble of the early 2000s (see chart below), BlackRock CIO of U.S. fundamental equities Tony DeSpirito said in a new research note. DeSpirito defines high quality stocks as those of companies that generate profits and sport pricing power (so obviously, this excludes Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs). The companies manage their… Source link
Read More »Oil Closes Above $70 a Barrel for First Time in Over Two Years
(Bloomberg) — Oil resumed its rally to top $70 a barrel in New York as investors grew more confident that accelerating vaccinations and easing travel restrictions will continue to boost demand. West Texas Intermediate futures surpassed the $70 mark to close at its highest since Oct. 2018 after briefly touching the key psychological level earlier this week. U.S. oil supplies fell 2.11 million barrels last week, the American Petroleum Institute was said to report. That would be the third… Source link
Read More »Rockies 1st-round pick Riley Pint retires at 23 years old
Five years after being selected with the No. 4 pick in the MLB draft, Riley Pint has retired. Colorado Rockies assistant general manager Zach Wilson announced the news on Tuesday. The Rockies drafted Wilson out of high school in 2016, and he played five seasons in the franchise’s minor league system. Big fastball and control issues Pint tantalized scouts in high school with a 102 mph fastball and a plus arsenal of secondary pitches, but never advanced past the Class A level with the Rockies. He… Source link
Read More »Workplace death of North Dakota construction worker in 2012 lacks answers nearly a decade after he went missing, found buried at site years later
Eric Haider was born prematurely, tiny and frail, with a heart murmur. He wasn’t expected to survive. But he did. As a child, Eric, who was deaf in one ear, learned how to sign and went through years of physical therapy for the complications he endured as a preemie. But the tiny baby eventually turned into a strong, six-foot-tall man who, according to his mother, once literally gave the shirt off his back to a stranger who needed it for a job interview. “That’s who he was,” his mother… Source link
Read More »‘Not a chance’ Tesla will dominate car industry in 20 years: Bruce Greenwald
Tesla (TSLA) short sellers are up $4 billion so far this year, driven by the stock’s fall back to earth after a steep rise of more than 695% last year, according to an analysis by S3 partners that CNN reported. Investor Michael Burry, who anticipated the 2008 housing collapse and was made famous by the book and movie “The Big Short,” last week revealed that his firm Scion Asset Management had joined the army of Tesla short sellers to the tune of more than 800,000 shares worth about $534… Source link
Read More »Google I/O 2021: Everything Google is announcing at this year’s virtual keynote right now
At the first-ever virtual Google I/O, Alphabet Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai talked about news on Workspace, quantum computing and privacy needs. Google announced new video collaboration features as part of Smart Canvas, a new set of capabilities that is part of Workspace. Must-read developer content The keynote for Google I/O was live streamed from Google’s… Source link
Read More »Bill, Melinda Gates announce split after nearly 30 years together
Microsoft (MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, will separate after 27 years together, the billionaire announced on Monday, ending a marriage that launched an influential globe-spanning philanthropic and humanitarian empire. Via Twitter, Gates — one of the world’s wealthiest men — said that he and his wife remain committed to their “mission” as philanthropists, but “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.” The philanthropic… Source link
Read More »Google Earth Timelapse shows changes to planet over last 37 years
Google Earth received its first big update since 2017 on Thursday. The highlight is a new time-lapse feature that lets you see how much the planet has changed in the past 37 years, and it’s pretty stunning what you can find. With Google Earth Timelapse you can search anywhere on the system’s extensive worldwide map and, thanks to more than 24 million satellite photos, compare how that place looked in 1984 versus how it looks today. You can also see how the planet changed during any period in… Source link
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