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TechnologyYahoo Life ShoppingGet your (phone's) motor running: Amazon's No. 1 bestselling car charger is nearly half off — get it for just $8
Now your phone can go from zero to 100 percent in minutes instead of hours, thanks to this little dynamo!
BusinessZacksSeagate (STX) Earnings & Revenues Surpass Estimates in Q3
Seagate's (STX) fiscal third quarter performance reflects recovery in enterprise market amid growth in VIA demand. However, bleak guidance for fiscal fourth quarter is a concern.
LifestyleYahoo Canada StyleThis top-rated Fitbit is on sale for under $100 right now — plus more of this week's top deals from Best Buy Canada
As part of this week's top Best Buy Canada deals, you can grab a Fitbit Inspire 2 for less than $100.
TechnologyYahoo Movies UKThis £379 43-inch Samsung TV is a very smart buy, says our tech expert
This affordable expert-approved TV is not one to miss.
BusinessZacksFacebook (FB) to Report Q1 Earnings: What's in the Cards?
Facebook's (FB) Q1 results are likely to reflect continued user growth and an improving ad-spending environment.
BusinessZacksInteractive Brokers, Greenlane, NVIDIA, Adobe and Advanced Micro Devices highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day
Interactive Brokers, Greenlane, NVIDIA, Adobe and Advanced Micro Devices highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day
BusinessZacksApple (AAPL) to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in the Offing?
Apple's (AAPL) second-quarter fiscal 2021 earnings are expected to have benefited from strength in Services and strong sales of the 5G-enabled iPhone 12 Pro.
BusinessZacksSNAP Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates, User Growth Aids Top Line
Snap's (SNAP) Q1 results benefit from growth in DAUs and user engagement levels owing to strong adoption of AR Lenses, Discovery and Show contents.
NewsReutersFacial recognition should be banned, EU privacy watchdog says
Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its "deep and non-democratic intrusion" into people's private lives, EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said on Friday. The comments come two days after the European Commission proposed draft rules that would allow facial recognition to be used to search for missing children or criminals and in cases of terrorist attacks.
BusinessReutersSeeking "driving seat" for EU, Breton to meet chipmaker execs
PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) -European industry chief Thierry Breton will hold discussions with the chief executive of chipmaker Intel and a top executive of Taiwanese competitor TMSC on April 30, as the EU seeks to shield itself from shocks in the global supply chain. Breton will meet Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger in Brussels next Friday and will also hold a video conference with Maria Marced, President of TMSC Europe, on the same day, the European Commissioner said.
BusinessReutersHonda aims for 100% electric vehicles by 2040, says new CEO
TOKYO (Reuters) -Honda Motor Co is aiming to increase its ratio of electric vehicles (EVs) and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to 100% of all sales by 2040, chief executive Toshihiro Mibe said on Friday. Speaking at his first news conference since taking the helm of Japan's second-largest automaker at the beginning of April, Mibe said the company supported the government's green goals. "I believe it is the responsibility of an automaker to achieve our carbon-free goal on a 'tank-to-wheel' basis," Mibe said.
BusinessReutersTurkey detains dozens in cryptocurrency probe, seeks founder's arrest
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey detained dozens of people in an investigation of a cryptocurrency trading platform and sought its founder's arrest in Albania, police said on Friday, after Turks filed criminal complaints saying they had been scammed. Police launched raids at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) across eight provinces on Friday with warrants to arrest 78 suspects, Istanbul police said in a statement. A day earlier they searched the company's Istanbul offices and seized materials.
TechnologyETX Daily UpWhy should you find out all about FLoC? Because it will track you and your data
Cookies are currently used to track users on the web and to target them with advertisements that correspond to their presumed preferences. However, this system has been judged to be too intrusive from a privacy point of view and will soon disappear. Google, which plans on conserving its enormous advertising revenues, is developing an alternative which makes use of the federated learning of cohorts (FLoC) instead of tracking individuals. But it too has also prompted concerns over data privacy.
TechnologyETX Daily UpHTC's VR fitness headset has won a prize before its release, but what's so special about it?
A mysterious virtual reality headset designed by HTC has appeared on the World Design Guide website. And it has already won a best design award in the "products" category. However it has not yet been officially announced, let alone made available.
BusinessReutersBitcoin sinks below $50,000 as cryptos stumble over Biden tax plans
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies suffered hefty losses on Friday on concern that U.S. President Joe Biden's plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb investment in digital assets. The selloff came after reports that the Biden administration is planning a raft of proposed changes to the U.S. tax code, including a plan to nearly double taxes on capital gains to 39.6% for people earning more than $1 million. Bitcoin, the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency, slumped 5% to $48,8867, falling below the $50,000 mark for the first time since early March, while smaller rivals Ether and XRP fell around 7%.
EntertainmentYahoo Gaming SEAVALORANT's upcoming new map is a tropical paradise called Breeze
VALORANT developer Riot Games first teased the new map Breeze which seemed to be a peaceful beachside resort. Special access will be given to competitors in VCT on April 26th
LifestyleYahoo EntertainmentOver 40,000 Amazon shoppers agree — these on-sale wireless headphones are a steal at $23
Not only are these a Yahoo staff favorite, but some reviewers say they rival Bose!
HealthReutersUK vaccination studies find significant drop in COVID-19 infections
COVID-19 infections in adults of all ages fell by 65% after a first dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine in UK research, which scientists said showed the real-world impact of the nation's immunisation campaign against the pandemic. Crucially, the research was conducted at a time when a new and more infectious variant of the coronavirus, called B1.1.7, was dominant in Britain, but still found vaccination was just as effective in elderly people and those with underlying health conditions as it was in the young and healthy. "These real-world findings are extremely promising," health minister James Bethell said in a statement as the data were published.
BusinessZacksAdobe Systems (ADBE) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know
In the latest trading session, Adobe Systems (ADBE) closed at $507.29, marking a -0.99% move from the previous day.
BusinessReutersSnap adds more users than Wall Street expected as improved app takes hold
(Reuters) -Snap Inc on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for user growth and revenue as the improved Android version of its popular messaging app Snapchat attracted more users, but growth slowed within North America. Shares of Snap rose 3.5% in trading after the bell. Most of the user growth continued to come from outside North America, rising 57% from the prior-year quarter.
BusinessThe WrapSnapchat Gains 15 Million Users, Tops Q1 Revenue Estimates
Popular app reports its second-best quarter for user growth since going public Snap Inc.’s concerns it would get off to a slow start in 2021 look to be misguided, with the Snapchat parent company reporting it added 15 million new users in Q1 and topped Wall Street’s sales estimates in the process. Snapchat’s user gains pushed the app to 280 million daily active users overall, up 22% from the same time last year. The 15 million new users marked the second-best quarter for Snap in terms of total users added since going public in early 2017. (The company added 16 million users between October and December last year, which was a company record as a public company. The company’s best quarter ever was 21 million users added during Q2 2016.) Snap also posted revenue of $769.6 million — up 66% year-over-year — which easily topped analyst estimates of about $741 million. The company said it broke even, while analysts heading into Thursday afternoon expected Snap would lose 5 cents per share. And perhaps just as noteworthy on the financial side, Snap’s free cash flow reached $126 million in Q1 — making it the first quarter of positive free cash flow for Snap since it went public. “We began 2021 by achieving our highest year-over-year revenue and daily active user growth rates in over three years during the quarter, and delivering positive Free Cash Flow for the first time in Snap’s history as a public company,” CEO Evan Spiegel said in a statement. “The strength of our business underscores our relentless focus on product innovation and is a testament to our team’s ability to execute well together over the long term.” Longtime Snap followers may have noticed another interesting note in the company’s letter to shareholders: For the first time ever, the majority of Snap’s daily users came from Android, rather than iPhone. Only a few years back, users complained Snap’s Android app was clunky and second-rate compared to its iPhone counterpart; the bad reviews ultimately forced Snap to revamp its Android app in 2018. Snapchat’s new Spotlight tab, which highlights user-generated snaps, looks to be gaining traction, too, with the company saying 125 million people used Spotlight in March. Spotlight launched in late 2020, with Snap paying out $1 million per day to the users who have their pictures and videos added to the tab. Snap’s Q1 performance stands out after the company’s top brass warned investors in February it may get off to rough start in 2021. CFO Derek Andersen said in February “we started the quarter slower than we would have otherwise expected,” with some advertisers pausing their campaigns for two weeks following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. On top of that, Andersen said it was “not clear” how changes to the iPhone’s operating system would hurt its ad business. Snap’s share price jumped 4.6% in after-hours trading on Thursday to $59.65 per share. (Snap opened the year at about $50 per share and ran to a record closing high of $70.45 per share in late February.) Read original story Snapchat Gains 15 Million Users, Tops Q1 Revenue Estimates At TheWrap
HealthReuters'Unnecessary sadness': Inside Ontario's strained intensive care units
Over the course of a single shift last week, critical care physician Laveena Munshi saw her intensive care unit (ICU) at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital fill with pregnant and post-partum COVID-19 patients. During that week, the ICU doubled the total number of pregnant COVID-19 patients it had previously seen throughout the entire pandemic. Swamped with patients with complex medical needs, one day Munshi ended up pulling a 36-hour shift.
NewsReutersClimate change summit glitch cuts off Macron, puzzles Putin
A technical glitch at a U.S. climate summit cut off French President Emmanuel Macron mid-speech and left Russian President Vladimir Putin puzzled, demonstrating that virtual meetings can be as awkward for world leaders as they are for the rest of us. Macron was just minutes into a speech about the urgency of climate action when U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken cut in, saying, "Thank you very much Mr president, I now turn the floor to the president of the Russian Federation, his Excellency Vladimir Putin". Macron's voice continued, however, while the camera switched to the Washington meeting room where U.S. President Joe Biden, climate envoy John Kerry and Blinken were looking at Putin on a big screen.
BusinessZacksTyler Technologies (TYL) Completes $2.3B Takeover of NIC
Tyler Technologies' (TYL) acquisition of NIC Inc. reflects its strategy to bank on the pandemic-induced shift to online services and electronic payments by governments.
TechnologyYahoo Life ShoppingWhy is your computer slow on Windows 10? These 4 reasons may be to blame
Yep, you can have a slow computer—even on Windows 10. Here are 4 reasons why that's happening.
