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Alphabet sent a tremor through the worlds of digital advertising and ecommerce as it reported an unexpectedly severe slowdown in its core search ads business, prompting a sell-off in tech stocks and fanning fears of an economic slowdown in the US. Third-quarter revenues at the largest seller of digital advertising in the US grew by 6 per cent to $69.1bn. It was the slowest rate of growth in more than two years and fell short of analyst expectations for an increase of 9 per cent, according to Refinitiv. “It’s a bad omen for digital advertising at large,” said Evelyn Mitchell, analyst…

Pep Guardiola has revealed Erling Haaland had “a bit of a fever” ahead of Manchester City’s Champions League game against Borussia Dortmund.Haaland and Joao Cancelo, who was also fatigued according to Guardiola, were taken off at half-time in City’s goalless draw with Dortmund on Tuesday night.The result meant the Premier League Champions have qualified for the last 16 as group winners. Champions League’The whole package’ – Pep praises Bellingham ahead of Dortmund clashYESTERDAY AT 17:56“We suffered with the fact our game on Saturday was so demanding physically and the trip and everything,” Guardiola told BT Sport. “We were a little…

Almost all the 15 Black officers at the police department in Knoxville, Tennessee, have felt discriminated against, according to an external review of the department. And none of them thinks the promotional process is fair, either. The recently released review was conducted by 21CP Solutions, a consulting firm that specializes in improving policing. It was commissioned by Knoxville Police Department’s new chief, Paul Noel, who took over the role in June. The findings come on the heels of years of allegations, scrupulously covered by the Knoxville News Sentinel, of racist behavior in the department, which serves a town of more than 180,000 people…

Microsoft posted a double-digit profit decline in the three-month period ending in September as the company confronted a slowdown in the personal computing industry and a broader economic downturn. The tech giant on Tuesday reported net income of $17.6 billion for the quarter, a decrease of 14% from the year prior. Microsoft (MSFT)’s revenue, meanwhile, grew a modest 11% to $50.1 billion. Both results were better than analysts had expected. Microsoft’s Azure cloud services unit saw revenue increase by 35% from the prior year, but the growth was slower than some analysts had hoped for a division that has been…

European trade unions have accused tech-giant Uber of unfairly influencing an EU directive aimed at strengthening the rights of platform workers.Last December, the European Commission proposed a set of measures to improve the working conditions of people that work for platforms like Uber or Deliveroo. Now, trade unions are arguing that these proposals are being unfairly influenced.On Tuesday, a demonstration was held outside the European Parliament aimed at protesting the strong lobbying activity made by some tech companies.Ludovic Voet, Confederal Secretary at the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), told Euronews his organisation is worried about the sway the company has on…

Bitcoin pumped to an intraday high of over $20,400 Tuesday, closing a four hour candle above $20k and two above the October monthly open ($19,411).Bitcoin is now up 3-4% this month, although most of that move took place in the last 24 hours – the Bitcoin price has largely been trading sideways for over 100 days since the yearly lows in mid June. Will Bitcoin recover higher, or is this move a fakeout / bull trap?Bitcoin Price PredictionsWith Bitcoin’s pump today many analysts have speculated on a short term Bitcoin price forecast:Jacob BuryOur resident CryptoNews analyst Jacob Bury sees the…

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Authorities in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, have launched an investigation into the death of an Amazon delivery driver after he was found dead with possible dog bite injuries. Officers were called to the scene at around 7 p.m. Monday after they were told an Amazon delivery truck had been parked in front of a residential house for several hours. Authorities discovered the driver’s remains, a German shepherd and a mastiff behind the gate of a fence located near the delivery truck. The owners of the home were not present at the time, according to Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers. The county…

While skin, bone, and other tissues in the human body can repair themselves after injury, the heart lacks this ability.Using a mouse model, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre investigated how heart cells communicate, involving cellular signals.They found that the number of communication pathways decreases as heart cells mature in mice. This process may have evolved to protect the heart from stresses, but at the same time may also prevent the heart from having the ability to regenerate.Heart cells rapidly divide during embryonic and fetal development to form cardiac tissue and the myocardium. But when heart cells mature…