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☆ I was a line cook working up to 80 hours a week. A coding bootcamp and online courses helped me land a 6-figure software engineering job with real work-life balance.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He used the time to complete a General Assembly bootcamp and take online courses from Udemy. After some research, I decided to go all in on a four-month software engineering bootcamp from General Assembly — before I even knew if I'd like software engineering. After I signed up, I had about three weeks before the program started. General Assembly Online Coding Bootcamp - Become a Software Engineer Designed to help you launch your career in software engineering, this immersive bootcamp is available online, in-person in NYC, or in a part-time format. I reached out and he actually remembered me, so I was able to land a three-month unpaid internship to get started in software engineering.

☆ US lawmakers want to probe whether online advertising poses a national security threat
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-10 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Director of National Intelligence has been asked to assess the "foreign weaponization" of adtech data. US lawmakers have asked the Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to investigate whether "foreign weaponization" of widely available adtech data poses a national security risk, a move that has the potential to deal a major blow to the online ad industry. The ODNI and the office of Chairman of the National Intelligence Committee Rep. Adam Schiff, who filed the amendment, didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. US government agencies themselves have used data from advertising auctions to track mobile phones. "Furthermore, brands — especially those with government contracts — may face a moral dilemma in funding an ecosystem that is deemed to be a threat to national security."

Earnings are a bit more subdued this week, but a number of Club stocks are in the news for other reasons. Here's our take on four headlines and whether they impact our investment thesis for each company. Meta Platforms The news: Meta Platforms (META) said Tuesday it successfully raised $10 billion in its first-ever corporate bond deal. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER .

☆ Streaming services are in a land grab for TV ad dollars. Here's a rundown of what HBO Max, Peacock, and others are offering and what they charge.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-13 | by ( Lauren Johnson | Lindsay Rittenhouse | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Competition for streaming TV ad dollars is heating up. The battle for streaming TV dollars is heating up. Amazon wants to make a big push into TV advertising, and recently hosted its first in-person NewFronts event to pitch its streaming TV offerings. Two ad buyers said that Hulu is looking to up its ad prices this year and compete for larger budgets. Ad prices vary significantly based on the amount of data and targeting that advertisers use, according to ad buyers.

☆ Владелец Daily Mail подал в суд на Google
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-23 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Google обвиняют в понижении в ранжировании ссылок на публикации изданий, если они не продают достаточно места для рекламы в Сети. Медиакомпания Associated Newspapers, которая владеет британской газетой Daily Mail и сайтом MailOnline, подала иск против Google с обвинениями в манипулировании результатами поиска. По словам почетного редактора Daily Mail Питера Рая, видимость Daily Mail в поиске упала после использования технологий, которые позволяют перенаправлять рекламный трафик из рекламной сети Google на другие площадки с лучшими ценами. "Использование наших ad tech инструментов не влияет на рейтинг сайта издателя в поиске Google. Daily Mail разрешает десяткам компаний продавать ее рекламное пространство и управлять им, включая Amazon, Verizon и другие.

Persons: Питер Рай, Рай Organizations: Google, Associated Newspapers, Daily Mail, Verizon, Сеть

☆ Gigantul Google, în atenția Comisiei Europene: De ce riscă să fie sancționat
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Gigantul Google, în atenția Comisiei Europene: De ce riscă să fie sancționatRăzboiul pornit de oficialii de la Bruxelles împotriva giganților americani din tehnologie intră într-o nouă etapă. Companiile americane care domină economia din postura de giganți digitali sunt, din nou, în atenția oficialilor de la Bruxelles. Comisia Europeană pornește o investigație împotriva Google, iar primul pas e obținerea de informaţii de la companiile de publicitate. Investigaţia acoperă toate serviciile Google, inclusiv publicitatea digitală şi lanţul ad tech”, a precizat Executivul comunitar. Potrivit Google „ad tech ajută site-urile de Internet şi aplicaţiile să facă bani şi de asemenea ajută partenerii din domeniul publicităţii să ajungă la consumatori şi să îşi crească afacerile”.

Persons: Reuters, Google Organizations: Google, Comisia Europeană, Facebook Locations: Bruxelles, România, SUA

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That means astronauts on the International Space Station get to age just a tiny bit slower than people on Earth. And for astronauts on the International Space Station, that means they get to age just a tiny bit slower than people on Earth. That's why time passes slower for objects closer to the center of the Earth where the gravity is stronger. That means time should also slow down for the astronauts relative to people on the surface. You'd think that might even out, but actually their velocity time dilation has a bigger effect than their gravitational time dilation, so astronauts end up aging slower than people on Earth.

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