Microsoft takes the gloves off as it battles Sony for its Activision acquisition

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• Rihanna Shares First Look at Her and A$AP Rocky's Son
• Phil Spencer says that Sony want "to grow by making Xbox smaller"
• Betty White's longtime friend gives intimate look at the TV icon in new book
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• Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 finally gets a release date
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Donna Goodison (@dgoodison) is Protocol's senior reporter focusing on enterprise infrastructure technology, from the 'Big 3' cloud computing providers to data centers. She previously covered the public cloud at CRN after 15 years as a business reporter for the Boston Herald. Based in Massachusetts, she also has worked as a Boston Globe freelancer, business reporter at the Boston Business Journal and real estate reporter at Banker & Tradesman after toiling at weekly newspapers. We see the benefits of open finance first hand at Plaid, as we support thousands of companies, from the biggest fintechs, to startups, to large and small banks. All are building products that depend on one thing - consumers' ability to securely share their data to use different services. Open finance technology enables millions of people to use the apps and services that they rely on to manage their financial lives – from overdraft protection, to money management, investing for retirement, or building credit.

If the decision casts further uncertainty around CFPB’s existing regulation, that’s probably bad for business. To that point, the CFPB issued new guidance to credit-reporting agencies Thursday about omitting what it called "junk data" from credit reports. In this decision, the court ruled in favor of a lawsuit from two trade groups seeking to overturn the CFPB’s 2017 payday lending rule. Because the CFPB’s funding is unconstitutional, the decision said, the rule itself is invalid. As set up under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB is funded by the Federal Reserve rather than congressional appropriations. That way, in the Obama administration’s view, the agency could avoid political influence and be funded similarly to other banking regulators.

Rihanna Shares First Look at Her and A$AP Rocky's Son

John Garvin shared his theory on why the post-apocalyptic action-adventure didn't get more praise during its release. The company reportedly has a policy of using only internal game engines to develop its first-party titles. The latest images from a 2K- Branded LEGO Minifigure on a soccer pitch might confirm reports from February of LEGO and 2K reaching a license...

But of course, many of our larger customers want to make longer-term commitments, want to have a deeper relationship with us, want the economics that come with that commitment. We're an $82-billion-a-year company last quarter, growing 27% year over year, so we have, of course, every use case and customers in every situation that you could imagine. What we see a lot of is folks just being really focused on optimizing their resources, making sure that they're shutting down resources which they're not consuming. The motivation's just a little bit higher in the current economic situation.

Phil Spencer says that Sony want "to grow by making Xbox smaller"

It’s one of the shots that you’ll cherish forever and should be an idea that’s top of your shot list when planning your next baby photoshoot. Crafty crates and boxes, vintage suitcases and baskets are some of the most popular. Always be extra careful when you’re working on location, and make sure the parents are OK with the place and activities you propose. You don’t want the baby in danger, and you don’t want to have the parents under stress either. Also, using a tripod could be of help, so make sure it’s on your gear list when packing your bag for your next baby photoshoot. Sometimes using burst mode is the best way to capture the hero shot on a baby photoshoot.

“If you’re somebody that’s been in AI for a long time and has maturity in it and are doing things that are at the cutting edge of AI, then there’s reason for you to have built some of your own solutions to do some of those things,” he said. For companies that have been forced to go DIY, building these platforms themselves does not always require forging parts from raw materials. DBS has incorporated open-source tools for coding and application security purposes such as Nexus, Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Confluence to ensure the smooth integration and delivery of ML models, Gupta said. We provide incredible value for our customers, which is what they care about. There have been analyst reports done showing that…for typical enterprise workloads that move over, customers save an average of 30% running those workloads in AWS compared to running them by themselves. Another huge benefit of the cloud is the flexibility that it provides — the elasticity, the ability to dramatically raise or dramatically shrink the amount of resources that are consumed.

Betty White's longtime friend gives intimate look at the TV icon in new book

As they burst the 'Boy Or Girl' balloon, pink confetti rained down on them. The star also took to Instagram at the time to share heart-warming footage of the moment she and Stuart learned that they were having a daughter. Mollie revealed she was expecting in June and shared last month that their baby was due on November 2.

It’s easier to click away and choose the perfect picture afterwards while culling and processing your photos. Keep your camera ready and snap some candid photos which show the baby’s true personality. Obviously, this won’t work for a newborn baby, but on a baby photoshoot where the child is old enough to support themselves (or be propped up by a cushion, etc.) it can be a cute shot idea. It's time to head out and check if the PS5 is in stock during the Christmas season. One free game will be given away every day starting today until the end of the year. If the UK battles are anything to go by, this acquisition could get messy as Microsoft and Sony battle it out behind the scenes to sway regulators.

In the first six months of the pandemic, Zoom's demand went up about 300%, and they were able to seamlessly and gracefully fulfill that demand because they're using AWS. You can only imagine if a company was in their own data centers, how hard that would have been to grow that quickly. The ability to dramatically grow or dramatically shrink your IT spend essentially is a unique feature of the cloud. It is interesting, and I will say somewhat surprising to me, how much basic capabilities, such as price performance of compute, are still absolutely vital to our customers.

More than 8 in 10 Americans are now using digital finance tools powered by open finance. This is because consumers see something they like or want – a new choice, more options, or lower costs. Of the companies that incorporated using Stripe, 92% are outside of Silicon Valley; 28% of founders identify as a minority; 43% are first-time entrepreneurs. For example, fintech is enabling increased access to capital for business owners from diverse and varying backgrounds by leveraging alternative data to evaluate creditworthiness and risk models.

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With about two weeks to go before Governor Newsom’s bid for reelection, a majority of Californians (54%) and likely voters (52%) approve of the way he is handling his job, while fewer disapprove (33% adults, 45% likely voters). Approval was nearly identical in September (52% adults, 55% likely voters) and has been 50 percent or more since January 2020. Today, about eight in ten Democrats—compared to about half of independents and about one in ten Republicans—approve of Governor Newsom.

ItemFix Tutorial - Short compilation For this tutorial we use two different templates to create a short tutorial using two video clips and some assets. This map highlights the five geographic regions for which we present results; these regions account for approximately 90 percent of the state population. In addition to the lack of satisfaction with the way democracy is working, Californians are divided about whether Americans of different political positions can still come together and work out their differences. Forty-nine percent are optimistic, while 46 percent are pessimistic. Optimism has been similar in more recent years, but has decreased 7 points since we first asked this question in September 2017 (56%). In September 2020, just before the 2020 general election, Californians were also divided (47% optimistic, 49% pessimistic).

A good preset on the Lightroom app will help to brighten up your photo if it comes out too dark. I use the free Lightroom app on my iPhone with some preset filters that I got from Etsy. Out of 100 photos, I normally get 5-10 that I can use/they are smiling/looking at the camera. That’s why I’ve been holding my own DIY Christmas photoshoot for my holiday cards the past few years.

Among partisans, an overwhelming majority of Democrats (78%) and 55 percent of independents say it is very important, compared to 43 percent of Republicans. Majorities across regions and all demographic groups—with the exception of men (49% very important)—say abortion rights are very important when making their choice among candidates for Congress. Democratic incumbent Gavin Newsom is ahead of Republican Brian Dahle (55% to 36%) among likely voters, while few say they would not vote, would vote for neither, or don’t know who they would vote for in the governor’s race.