Amazon’s diversity and inclusion leader, Elizabeth Nieto, leaving for job at Spotify in New York

Amazon’s diversity and inclusion leader, Elizabeth Nieto, leaving for job at Spotify in New York

Elizabeth Nieto at Amazon’s Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion Summit in January 2020 (Amazon Photo) Elizabeth Nieto, head of Amazon’s global diversity, justice and inclusion team, is leaving the Seattle tech giant after less than two years to get a new job at Spotify, and points out a desire to be closer to her family … Read more

Despite Brexit and COVID-19, Irish investors remain bullish – TechCrunch

Despite Brexit and COVID-19, Irish investors remain bullish – TechCrunch

Ireland’s technology scene has come in leaps and bounds in the last decade, with a growing VC scene, plenty of startups and tech giants attracted by the nation’s favorable tax incentives and talent pool. Google, Facebook, Slack, Microsoft and Dropbox each have a European headquarters sited in Dublin. As the EU’s only remaining English-language speaking … Read more

George Floyd billboards depict ‘image that made the world rise up’

The George Floyd Justice Billboard Committee has placed billboards featuring an artist rendering of George Floyd's death and a quote from Dr.  Martin Luther King Jr. was included in major cities across the United States, including this one in Atlanta.

When the video of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck stopped circulating on social media, Corinne Basabe decided to remind people of the “image that made the world rise.” brought “. So she founded the George Floyd Justice Billboard Committee. Now Floyd’s death is pictured across highways in Atlanta, Los … Read more

GeForce Now game streaming starts to roll out Chrome support

GeForce Now game streaming starts to roll out Chrome support

If you’d like to try NVIDIA’s cloud gaming service without installing the app, you may now be able to access it through your computer’s browser. XDA advises that the version notes for version 2.0.27 of GeForce Now reveal beta support for the Chrome browser on Windows and macOS. However, some users report that they are … Read more

Economics News: Stock Market Live Updates

Economics News: Stock Market Live Updates

Here’s what you need to know: For weeks, as the stock market regularly climbed to records, investors wondered what it would take to snap Wall Street out of its blissful state. The resurgent pandemic certainly wasn’t doing it. Even an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol wasn’t alarming enough to end the rally. GameStop, though? On … Read more

Report on game console energy consumption dings Microsoft for failure to tweak power-saving settings

Report on game console energy consumption dings Microsoft for failure to tweak power-saving settings

(Xbox photo) The energy consumption of the new Xbox game console could cost new owners of the Microsoft device more than $ 500 million in electricity bills over the next five years, according to a new report from the National Resources Defense Council. The NRDC advises that the Xbox Series X / S can use … Read more

Biden’s executive orders: View the list

Biden's executive orders: View the list

January 28 health care Executive Order no Reopens enrollment on HealthCare.gov from Feb. 15 through May 15, and directs federal agencies to reexamine policies that may reduce or undermine access to the Affordable Care Act January 28 health care Memo yes Rescinds the “Mexico City Policy,” a ban on US government funding for foreign nonprofits … Read more

Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine is 85% effective against severe cases, and 66% effective overall per trial data – TechCrunch

Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine is 85% effective against severe cases, and 66% effective overall per trial data – TechCrunch

Another COVID-19 vaccine is about to go on sale – a single vaccine from Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical subsidiary Janssen. The company just released an efficacy report based on data from its Phase 3 study that found the new vaccine to be 66% overall effective at preventing moderate to severe incarnations of COVID-19 in those … Read more

Tylenol, Advil ‘perfectly fine’ – after getting vaccine

Tylenol, Advil 'perfectly fine' – after getting vaccine

Avoid pain medication before getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but they are “perfectly fine” according to experts Headache, fever, body aches and chills. While these are perfectly normal side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine – and a good sign that your immune system is working – they can be uncomfortable. To minimize the discomfort, some Americans … Read more

Robinhood raises $1 billion, will reopen GameStop stock purchases on Friday

Robinhood raises $1 billion, will reopen GameStop stock purchases on Friday

Despite the rejection of any arrangement with funders on Wall Street, the belief is widespread that the inability to buy these specific businesses was coordinated to disadvantage retailers. Meanwhile, some explanations have been given about the events involving the Substredit Wallstreetbets and the business model of a company like Robinhood, indicating that their moves resulted … Read more