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Tech giant Google recently laid off around 12,000 employees, including the company's director of mental health and wellbeing. The Masters of the Universe removing their head of wellbeing is particularly important as their woke Silicon Valley employee base are seeking "psychological safety" after seeing their colleagues shown the door. Business Insider reports that around 12,000 employees, or 6.4 percent of Google's workforce, were recently let go in a move that greatly angered the company's staff. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of the tech giant, explained the layoffs as the result of overhiring, but numerous current and former employees have criticized the business for how it handled the situation. Sabo mocks Google CEO Sundar Pichai (unsavoryagents.com) Breitbart News previously reported that long-term employees felt "100% disposable" after the layoffs: Before being laid off, engineering manager Justin Moore had worked for Google for more than 16 y...

Lisa Loring, who played Wednesday Addams in the 1960s original TV rendition of The Addams Family, has passed away at the age of 64, BBC has reported. According to her daughter Vanessa Foumberg, Lisa passed away from a stroke brought on by excessive blood pressure. She passed away calmly, holding the hands of both of her daughters, according to Foumberg. The actress' friend Laurie Jacobson posted on Facebook that she had been on life support for three days before passing away. "She is embedded in the tapestry that is pop culture and in our hearts always as Wednesday Addams," she said in her post. From 1964 until 1966, ABC broadcasted The Addams Family, the first television version of Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons. Additionally, Ms. Loring starred in the sitcom "The Pruitts of Southampton" and the soap opera "As the World Turns." Born Lisa Ann DeCinces, she began using a stage name at the age of three when she began model...

NANJING , China , Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "Ever-Glory") (NASDAQ: EVK), a retailer of branded fashion apparel and a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider, today announced that after stockholders' approval in the meeting on December 18, 2022 , the Company has applied to voluntarily delist its common stock from the NASDAQ Global Market. December 23, 2022 will be the last trading day of the Company's common stock on Nasdaq Global Market. The primary reason for this delisting is that the COVID-19 has negatively impacted the Company's wholesale and retail sales in the last three years, and that the Company has evaluated discretionary expenses and determined that the costs associated with its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Exchange Act") were no longer justified. In addition, due to the geo-economic impacts expe...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Pixel 3a postmortem: Reassessing the birth of the budget Pixel [Video]    9to5Google

Bashundhara Group's managing director and BFF Women's Wing chairman Mahfuza Akter Kiron sign a deal to support National Women's Football Team on Thursday at Bashundhara R/A in the capital. --- Press release photo Bashundhara Group's concern ABG Limited inked a three-year deal on Thursday with Bangladesh Football Federation at Bashundhara Group's managing director's house at Bashundhara R/A, to provide monetary assistance for women's football league, national and international competitions and other development projects for women's football. Bashundhara Group, ABG Limited managing director and Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Ltd chairman Sayem Sobhan Anvir signed the contract on behalf of the sponsor ABG Limited with FIFA council member, B...

Tangy and fruity or sweet and milky? The combinations are endless! Google's interactive game Doodle today celebrates bubble tea, also known as boba tea and pearl milk tea. Today's interactive Doodle,features Taiwan's indigenous Formosan Mountain Dog as well as a crew of familiar Doodle characters! Satisfy your craving and make a yummy cup of bubble tea, says Doodle. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app . Bubble Tea gained such popularity globally that it was officially announced as a new emoji on this day in 2020. Honeydew, matcha, raspberry, mocha – no matter the flavor, don't forget to mix in some bubbly balls made with fruit jelly or tapioca. The Taiwanese drink started as a local treat and has exploded in popularity over the last few decades. Bubble tea has its roots in traditional Taiwanese tea culture which dates back as early as the 17th century. However, it wasn't until the 1980s that the bubble tea as we know today ...

Thursday's wave of Russian air strikes damaged energy infrastructure in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, causing "major troubles with the power supply," regional governor Maksym Marchenko said on Telegram.  "There are hits and damage to several energy infrastructure facilities in the Odesa region and other regions of the country," Marchenko wrote. The strikes came less than 24 hours after the historic center of the regional capital, the port city of Odesa, was added to the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay had said then he hoped the move would help protect the city from the war. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday that the attack was in response to the listing. "Among [the] targets of today's mass missile strike, Russia struck Odesa causing massive power outages," Kuleba wrote on Twitter. "T...

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India will spend nearly $320 million to promote cards on RuPay and for low-value UPI transactions, the latest in a series of moves by New Delhi to fuel the growth of its homegrown payments network. New Delhi approved a plan Wednesday to spend $318.4 million for the promotion of RuPay debit cards and low-value person-to-merchant transactions on UPI during the period of current financial year ending in March 2023. "Under the said scheme, acquiring banks will be provided financial incentive, for promoting Point-of-Sale (PoS) and e-commerce transactions using RuPay Debit Cards and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions (P2M) for the current financial year FY 2022-23," it said in a statement. The Narendra Modi-led government's move is an attempt to assuage the concerns of banks that have questioned the financial viability of the UPI network. UPI, a six-year-old payments network built by a coalition of banks, has become the most popular way Indians transact online today. The pay...

Issued on: 20/01/2023 - 04:11 Jacinda Ardern's shock resignation sparked a push on Friday for New Zealand to choose its first Maori prime minister, as a small pack of candidates emerged for the top job. Ardern, a global figurehead for progressive politics, stunned New Zealand on Thursday by announcing her abrupt exit from office, less than three years after securing a second term in a landslide election win. The 42-year-old -- who steered the country through natural disasters, the Covid pandemic, and its worst-ever terror attack -- said she no longer had "enough in the tank". Ardern resigned with no clear successor, and her ruling Labour Party is now scrambling to settle on a replacement. Labour members of parliament will try to elect the next prime minister on Sunday -- with the winning candidate needing two-thirds of the vote. If that does not...

It's been said that former President Donald Trump corrupts all who enter his orbit — that it's impossible to deal directly with him without taking on his amorality and crassness. "The Lincoln Project," a new documentary series on Showtime, depicts that process among his political opposition. Here, people devoted to ousting Trump mirror his rhetorical style and his self-regard. And it's in subtly making this case that the documentary succeeds, even as it grows punishing to watch. The Lincoln Project, a circle of former high-level Republican strategists who made viral anti-Trump ads, seemed throughout the 2020 presidential election to be, Trumpishly, more focused on brand promotion than political work. "No one's ever fucked with a candidate like we've fucked with a candidate," Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson says early in the doc; those schemes include a Times Square billboard, attention-getting for attention's s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans opposing Rep. Kevin McCarthy's bid to become the next House speaker generally have made their mark as part of the GOP's ultra-conservative wing, eager to pick a fight with leaders from both parties and rarely finding major bipartisan bills to be a good thing. Most are members of the House Freedom Caucus, a hard-right group that also had strained relationships with former House speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan. "They can't tell you what they're for. They can tell you everything they're against. They're anarchists. They want total chaos. Tear it all down and start over. That's where their mindset is," Boehner once told Vanity Fair. READ MORE: The GOP drama behind the House speaker vote Still, most members of the Freedom Caucus do support McCarthy's bid. Those who do not say they are fighting for their constituents and aiming to change a legislative process that ...

Raja Sekhar Vundru Shashi Tharoor's journey as a writer interestingly makes a sojourn this year to write on Dr BR Ambedkar. Tharoor started his fictional journey with the modern version of Mahabharata, 'The Great Indian Novel', followed by non-fictional discourses to assess India as a nation. He attracted attention with his anti-colonial tirade, 'Inglorious Empire: What British Did to India', and wrote recently on nationalism and democracy. The Congress leader wrote a brief biography of Nehru in 2003, and now his biography on Ambedkar comes with 'three caveats' for the reader. First, that the book is on Ambedkar's ideas and 'not of a man of physical adventure'. The second is on the interchangeability of words such as untouchable, Dalit, etc. Third, importantly, is that he should not be accused of being a non-Dalit in his analysis of Ambedkar. Two-thirds of the book is dedicated to Ambedkar's life, as fast-paced reading in five parts. Th...

A former top FBI official in New York has been arrested over his ties to a Russian oligarch, law enforcement sources told ABC News Monday. Charles McGonigal, who was the special agent in charge of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York Field Office, is under arrest over his ties to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire who has been sanctioned by the United States and criminally charged last year with violating those sanctions. McGonigal retired from the FBI in 2018. He was arrested Saturday afternoon after he arrived at JFK Airport following travel in Sri Lanka, the sources said. McGonigal pleaded not guilty to the four-count indictment unsealed Monday in Manhattan. The judge ordered him released on a $500,000 personal recognizance bond plus restrictions on his travel and prohibitions on contacting anyone associated with the case. He was charged along with a court interpreter, Sergey Shestakov, who also worked with Deripaska. McGonigal, 54, is charged with violating U.S. sanctio...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates American actor, singer, dancer, and diplomat Shirley Temple. Google's decision to celebrate Temple on June 9 with a Google Doodle—a special temporary alteration to its homepage logo that commemorates holidays, events, achievements and historical figures—isn't casual. It was on this date in 2015 that Temple's hometown of Santa Monica, California, opened "Love, Shirley Temple," a special exhibit held at the Santa Monica History Museum featuring a collection of her rare memorabilia. Born in 1928, Temple was barely six-year-old when she captured the imagination of a nation as she secured a role in the toe-tapping musical Stand Up and Cheer in 1934, a year in which she starred in a dozen movies including Bright Eyes , where she performed On the Good Ship Lollipop , which became to be known as one of her most famous routines. A year later, Temple received a special Juvenile Academy Award for her outstanding contribution as juvenil...

Crypto lender Nexo Capital has agreed to pay $45mn to settle charges by US states and the Securities and Exchange Commission over failing to properly register a crypto asset lending product as a securities offering. The SEC on Thursday said that the charges were linked to Nexo's Earn Interest Product, which allowed US investors to lend cryptocurrency to the company in exchange for promised interest payments. Nexo agreed to pay two tranches of $22.5mn to settle similar charges brought by the SEC as well as US state regulatory authorities, the agency said. The company also agreed to discontinue the sale of its product to US investors. "Compliance with our time-tested public policies isn't a choice," Gary Gensler, SEC chair, said in a statement. "Where crypto companies do not comply, we will continue to follow the facts and the law to hold them accountable." The company is the latest crypto lender targeted by state and federal authorities, who have moved to sta...

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Google has revealed that the theme of the 2023 Doodle for Google contest will be "I am grateful for …" The annual contest challenges schoolkids from kindergarten through the 12th grade to design their own variation of the company's famous logo in a way that reflects what they're grateful for in their personal lives. They're also asked to write a brief description about how they created the Doodle and share what they appreciate most. Google "Taking a step back to think about what we're grateful for can be a great way to take care of our mental health and refocus on what's most important," Google said in its description of this year's contest theme. "What moments, people, places and things are special to you? What or whom can you not imagine living without? What are the things that get you through the day?" Mental health experts say ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — The Moon Event Venue on Lafayette Street has hosted many events over the years. On Sunday, it will be the site of a vice presidential visit. Curtis Taylor is the President and CEO of the Tallahassee Urban League and said Vice President Kamala Harris' visit to Tallahassee will be inspiring for young girls. "As a female you have the opportunity to rise to the same level and so you just need the opportunity, education, faith, hard work, you can do it," said Taylor. For NAACP Tallahassee Branch President Mutaqee Akbar, he's hoping to be among the crowd to hear from the Vice President in person. "I'm sure there's going to be a lot of excitement," Akbar said. "I'm sure there's going to be a lot of people there trying to put their eyes on the vice president." Akbar said Vice President Harris could have picked anywhere to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Roe versus Wade but believes her visit to...

Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated here the anti-drug campaign jointly organised by Malayala Manorama 'Nalla Paadam' and Muthoot Finance. The drive is named 'Laharikethire lakshadeepam,' i.e., Light a million lamps against drugs'. "It is such crusades against social evils that have always led to the progress of the land. The student community should act as flag-bearers in the all-out effort to create a physically and mentally healthy generation," the chief minister exhorted. ...

Google Doodle celebrates New Year's Eve, a time to reflect on 2022 and anticipate a new beginning in 2023. As with every other doodle in the lead-up to December 31, 2022, if you click on today's Google Doodle, it will open a new page. However, it comes with a surprise. Also read: Google Doodle today: Google celebrates last day of 2022 with New Year's eve Doodle A new page will load as soon as you click on today's New Year's Eve 2022 Google Doodle, and your screen will be covered in confetti across your screen. If the celebratory paper shower is not enough for you, you can click on a confetti cone on the left side of the page and revel in another blast of confetti. It has also come up with many new and interesting features such as greetings, games for children and party kits to create your own song tool. Click on google, it will redirect you to the google doodles You can click on the cone to experience an amazing sound for new year's ...

DUBLIN--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The "Armored Vehicles Market Size, Market Share, Application Analysis, Regional Outlook, Growth Trends, Key Players, Competitive Strategies and Forecasts, 2022 to 2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Industry Outlook Armored vehicles can be defined as the combat or non-combat vehicles which are fitted with additional armor plating in order to provide protection from projectiles, bullets, grenades, shell fragments and mines among others. These vehicles are capable of facing live combat situations with little or no threat to the occupants of the vehicles. Such vehicles are either equipped with guns with heavy caliber or are used for transportation of military personnel. Consequently, armored vehicles hold equal importance in combat as well as transportation applications and hence, the demand for such vehicles is experiencing a consistent surge. Wheeled Armored Vehicles are Rolling Away with Major Shar...

A very minor update labeled as Beta 2.1 for Android 13 QPR2 testers is now available for Pixel devices. If you didn't see it, Beta 2 was announced only a few days ago. As for what's new, this appears to be a very small bug fixer, but important enough for Google to be sending this update out. Inside, Google lists a cellular connectivity issue fix, as well as a Bluetooth issue fix. Details are below. If you own a Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G, Pixel 5, Pixel 5a, Pixel 6 or 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, or Pixel 7 or 7 Pro, you can grab the latest beta. The build arrives as T2B2.221216.008  and brings a few notable things. Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 Release date: January 20, 2023 Build: T2B2.221216.008 Security patch level:  January 2023 Google Play services: 22.41.13 Below you can see exactly what Google has cooked up inside of this latest release. What's Inside Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented devices from automatically connecting to a 5G network even when ...

Google reviews are important to unholding a reputation for your brand online, it's 2023, and running a business is difficult. It means that you have to not only think about multiple marketing strategies to attract clients, but you've also got to think about social media and the world of the Internet. Especially since COVID, there are more people now online than previously. Therefore, to build up a brand on your website, you could spend hours every day trying to drive traffic to your website and trying to convince clients to leave you good Google reviews.  However, unless you are somebody who has already made it in the business world, you probably don't have the time to do this, and you're probably wondering where you're going to get your Google reviews from or not. The good news is that there is the option to buy Google reviews.  Buying Google reviews is an easy way to get the visibility that your brand needs. When you have a lot of pos...

COLUMBUS, Ga. — The Columbus Police Department's Financial Crimes Unit is looking for help from the public to identify a man suspected of stealing mail. According to police, on Oct. 18, 2022, workers at Whitewater Realty in Columbus reported the company's mail was stolen out of a public mailbox. A check for $37,000 was one of the items stolen. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The investigation led to locating the check, which had been "washed" and altered, then deposited at a Bank of America ATM in Stonecrest, Georgia on Sept. 21, 2022. If you recognize the suspect, you are urged to contact Detective S. Miller at 706-225-4314 or email smiller@columbusga.org. TRENDING STORIES: Officers with the Columbus Police Department remind you that the safest way to mail a check or other mail that contains private, sensitive financial information is to take it directly into the post office and hand deliver it to postal workers, rather than utilize public...