Google’s John Mueller answers a question about using robots.txt to block special files, including .css and .htacess. This topic was discussed in some detail in the latest edition of the Ask Google Webmasters video series on YouTube. Here is the question that was submitted: “Regarding robots.txt, should I ‘disallow: /*.css$’, ‘disallow: /php.ini’, or even ‘disallow: /.htaccess’?” In response, Mueller says Google can’t stop site owners from disallowing those files. Although… Source link

Dozens of women wearing yellow linked arms to form a protective “wall of moms” around Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday as the protesters clashed with federal law enforcement. Video from the scene showed crowds chanting “Feds stay clear, moms are here!” and “Feds go home!” before protesters toppled a fence erected around the federal courthouse. Federal agents fired back with what appeared to be tear gas and flash bangs, the video showed. Hundreds of people had… Source link

[This is an excerpt from Yahoo Sports’ free morning newsletter. Tap here to get the best sports news in your inbox every morning.] Good morning, friends! Guess what: another sport, another possibility for labor strife. Sorry. Remember back in March and April, when we all said the NFL was the beneficiary of the calendar in the coronavirus pandemic? While basketball and hockey saw their seasons smashed like a pumpkin hit by a locomotive, and while baseball couldn’t even find the runway, much… Source link

CLOSE Yahoo and Walmart want you to shop from your email inbox. (Photo: Verizon Media) On Monday, Verizon Media added a feature to Yahoo Mail that lets you shop from a not-so-sexy place: Your inbox.  Through a partnership with Walmart, Yahoo email users can now browse, add to cart and buy groceries from the supermarket giant without leaving their inbox. The move comes during the pandemic as more people order online and retailers find more abstract ways to sell merchandise.  “Because of… Source link

Google was hit with a class action lawsuit claiming privacy violations via Android apps. The plaintiffs allege that Google misleads users with false impressions of control over their data. The lawsuit alleges that Google’s privacy controls are fake and that Google is illegally intercepting and selling private information. The plaintiffs also claim that Google’s privacy controls do not stop Google from harvesting and selling sensitive online activity information. The lawsuit presents what it… Source link

Drivers for Uber Technologies’ (NYSE:UBER) ridesharing service and food delivery business will continue relying upon Google Maps to get people and orders to their destination after the master agreement between Uber and Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) was updated and extended. How drivers find… Source link

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(Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) Google is testing its earthquake and tsunami warning system with existing network of undersea fiber optic cables to detect disturbances on the seafloor. These cables are used to carry data, and internet, across continents. During transmission, light’s state of polarization (SOP) changes when it encounters mechanical disturbance along the cable. Seismic activity can be… Source link

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Reliance Industries is pictured in a stall at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show at Gandhinagar, India, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the… Source link

Monday, July 20, 2020 7:09 a.m. EDT by Thomson Reuters By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say. Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the partnership at his company’s annual meeting last week, said… Source link