Afternoon headlines Wednesday, May 1
Afternoon headlines Wednesday, May 1
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Yahoo NewsBiden and Trump agree to presidential debates in June, September — but with some big changes
Here’s what will be different this time — and why it matters.
- Yahoo Sports
NFL season schedule: How to watch every football game of the 2024-25 season
How you can keep up with every NFL game, from the season opener to the 2025 Super Bowl.
- Yahoo Finance
Used car prices fall again in April, down nearly 17% from pandemic highs
Vehicle prices continued their downward trend in April as costs continue to moderate from pandemic-era highs.
- Yahoo Sports
Former Augusta National Golf Club employee pleads guilty to stealing millions in Masters memorabilia
Richard Globensky will be sentenced in October and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.
- TechCrunch
Android’s new Theft Detection Lock helps deter smartphone snatch and grabs
Google on Wednesday and its Google I/O 2024 developer conference announced an upcoming feature for Android called Theft Detection Lock, designed to protect against this growing threat. When triggered, the AI-powered feature will automatically lock the device down.
- TechCrunch
Google I/O 2024: Here's everything Google just announced
It’s that moment you’ve been waiting for all year: Google I/O keynote day! Google kicked off its developer conference each year with a rapid-fire stream of announcements, including many unveilings of recent things it's been working on. On Wednesday, Google announced it is adding new security and privacy protections to Android, including on-device live threat detection to catch malicious apps, new safeguards for screen sharing, and better security against cell site simulators.
- TechCrunch
Uber has a new way to solve the concert traffic problem
Uber is taking a shuttle product it developed for commuters in India and Egypt and converting it for an American audience. The ride-hail and delivery giant announced Wednesday at its annual Go-Get event in New York City it will launch a shuttle service in certain U.S. cities this summer. Uber Shuttle in the U.S. will repurpose the technology and business model that Uber has built to help commuters in emerging markets where there's a public transportation gap.
- Yahoo Finance
Grocery prices jumped 1.2% last month as food inflation returns to pre-pandemic levels
Food prices were unchanged month over month as shoppers get used to higher bills.
- Yahoo Sports
Netflix will stream NFL Christmas games each of the next 3 seasons
Netflix gets NFL Christmas Day games this season.
- Yahoo Finance
Housing costs still push inflation higher but rise at slowest annual rate in two years
Shelter costs continued to pressure inflation in April, but a moderation continues and economists expect these pressure to ease in the months ahead.
- Yahoo Finance
Wall Street just gave its highest forecast yet for the S&P
BMO Capital Markets chief investment strategist Brian Belski sees the S&P 500 ending 2024 at 5,600 as stock momentum is "likely to persist."
- Yahoo Sports
2024 Preakness Stakes post positions, odds: Race favorite Muth ruled out with fever
Mystik Dan looks to claim the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown.
- Yahoo Finance
GameStop stock tanks 30% as meme rally fades
GameStop stock fell after a two-day meme stock rally.
- Autoblog
25 cars most likely, and 25 least likely, to face future recalls
Automotive data firm iSeeCars looked at past government vehicle recall data and then projected future likely recall expectations, creating a list of cars most and least likely to be recalled.
- Yahoo Sports
Angels manager Ron Washington criticizes Luis Guillorme's failed squeeze bunt: 'He didn’t do the job'
It's been a frustrating start for the Angels, and Washington was in no mood for mistakes.
- TechCrunch
Weka raises $140M as the AI boom bolsters data platforms
In a 2022 survey by Great Expectations, an open source data benchmarking platform, 77% of organizations said they were concerned about their data quality. On Wednesday, Weka, a platform for building data pipelines that handle a range of data sources, types, and sizes, announced that it raised $140 million in a two-part ($100 million and $40 million) Series E round led by Valor Equity Partners, with participation from Nvidia, Norwest Venture Partners, Micron Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Hitachi Ventures and others. The oversubscribed round values Weka at $1.6 billion post-money, double the company's previous valuation.
- Yahoo Finance
Retail sales flat in April, falling short of Wall Street's expectations
April's update on retail sales comes as economists are closely watching for any signs of weakening consumer demand amid sticky inflation and higher interest rates.
- Yahoo Sports
Formula 1: After Lando Norris' Miami win, Max Verstappen is a smaller favorite than usual ahead of Imola
Verstappen has won four of the first six races in 2024.
- TechCrunch
Restaurant365 orders in $175M at $1B+ valuation to supersize its food service software stack
The U.S. restaurant industry is expected to pass $1 trillion in sales for the first time this year, despite wider economic pressures on consumers. Now Restaurant365, a startup building tech to manage those businesses, has raised a hot $175 million to capitalize on that growth. The funding is being led by ICONIQ Growth, with KKR and L Catterton also participating, all existing backers of the company.
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'When I'm hot, they feel cool': These flowy, forgiving pants are on sale for only $22
More than 6,000 Amazon shoppers rave about these high-waisted cuties: 'The material is lovely.'