NBC generated a total of 1.3 million viewers for its NHL restart doubleheader. The network also generated an average 1.4 million viewers for its Sunday round robin game between the
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Turner Sports' NBA return doubleheader games drew an average of 2.9 million viewers
The National Basketball Association kicked off its resumption on Thursday night, averaging 2.9 viewers on for its doubleheader on Turner Sports' TNT network. The top game for TNT was the
Continue reading »Goldman Sachs joins NBA stars Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade to create Social Change Fund
NBA stars say the new fund aims to address public safety, criminal justice reform, and social inequalities in the Black Community. In addition to Anthony and Paul's contributions, seed contributors
Continue reading »Germany's coronavirus response is a master class in science communication
Germany showed how scientific communication can be vital in fighting pandemics. Its health minister's status rose; its chancellor, Angela Merkel, (herself a scientist) broke down complex scientific topics to the
Continue reading »Going livestream: How in-person summits have become virtual events
Large-format events have been re-imagined online during the coronavirus pandemic by companies such as Adobe, SAP and LinkedIn. While networking opportunities are naturally reduced, these virtual gatherings are attracting a
Continue reading »Amazon is rolling out grocery carts that let shoppers skip checkout lines, bag their groceries and walk out
Amazon is launching smart shopping carts at its Woodland Hills, California, grocery store in 2020. Dash Carts are embedded with cameras, sensors and a smart display that automatically track a
Continue reading »Huawei sees sharp growth slowdown as UK weighs ban on the Chinese giant from its 5G networks
The Chinese technology giant reported revenue of 454 billion yuan or $64.23 billion, according to the exchange rate on the company's earnings release. That represents 13.1% year-on-year rise and the
Continue reading »Grocers urgently need to fix broken online business model, as pandemic shifts more to web, report says
Online grocery shopping has gained new attention and customers during the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. online grocery shopping rose from 5.1% of sales at the end of 2019 to 6.6% as of
Continue reading »International probe launched into facial recognition firm that scrapes images from the internet
The U.K. and Australia have launched a joint probe into U.S. facial recognition firm Clearview AI, which scrapes social media sites like Facebook and Twitter for images of people's faces.
Continue reading »Top Alibaba exec fired for helping girlfriend secure a job and accepting gifts, internal memo says
Alibaba has fired the head of its fast-growing livestreaming business, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC. Zhao Yang, led Alibaba-owned e-commerce site Taobao's live streaming product known as
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