Russia’s internet major Yandex is maintaining ambitious plans in the e-commerce space for this year and sees its ecosystem as a key competitive advantage, Sova Capital wrote on March 11 after a call with Yandex executives and investors. As reported by bne IntelliNews, in 2021 Yandex for the fifth year in a row topped the list of most valuable tech and internet companies with a valuation of $23bn. Its investment case now rests on… Source link

Russia’s internet major Yandex is maintaining ambitious plans in the e-commerce space for this year and sees its ecosystem as a key competitive advantage, Sova Capital wrote on March 11 after a call with Yandex executives and investors. As reported by bne IntelliNews, in 2021 Yandex for the… Source link

Russia’s internet major Yandex is maintaining ambitious plans in the e-commerce space for this year and sees its ecosystem as a key competitive advantage, Sova Capital wrote on March 11 after a call with Yandex executives and investors. As reported by bne IntelliNews, in 2021 Yandex for the… Source link

Google Chrome’s Incognito Mode is at the forefront of a $5 billion class-action lawsuit which alleges users are being tracked during private browsing sessions. The lawsuit alleges Google is in violation of wiretapping and privacy laws for intercepting, tracking, and collecting communications when Chrome’s Incognito mode is in use. Google has been trying to get the lawsuit dismissed since it was filed last June. A federal judge ruled the lawsuit must go forward. In the judge’s ruling… Source link

AUSTIN, Texas — Google Fiber announced Monday it has opened a new “Fiber Space” on South Lamar Boulevard. The new “Fiber Space” will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The office is located at 701 S. Lamar Blvd. The company has closed its downtown retail space to the public, so this new office space will give Austinites a new option to explore using the service in the… Source link

‘Grow with Google’ Vice President Lisa Gevelber explains Google’s professional certification training program which could lead to opportunities in high-growth fields. Google’s online job training program is hoping to “create real economic opportunity for everyone,” according to Grow with Google Vice President Lisa Gevelber. “Eighty million Americans do not have a college degree and we feel like that is a barrier to getting a good job,” she told FOX Business’ “Cavuto: Coast… Source link

Microsoft, as expected, has synchronized the release schedule of its Edge browser with Chrome’s, which Google had earlier announced would accelerate to an every-four-week cadence. “As contributors to the Chromium project, we look forward to the new 4-week major release cycle cadence that Google announced, to help deliver that innovation to our customers even faster,” the Edge team wrote in an unsigned March 12 post to a company blog. The week prior, Google had… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks closed at a record high for a third consecutive trading session amid growing optimism over the budding economic recovery and progress on vaccines. Long-term Treasury yields edged lower. The benchmark S&P 500 Index gained for a fifth straight trading session, led by the utilities and real estate sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also closed at a record and finished up for a seventh session in a row. Apple Inc., Tesla Inc. and Facebook Inc. led the tech-heavy… Source link

The New England Patriots just experienced their first losing season since 2000, and have no interest in doing that again. Just hours into free agency, the Patriots have spent $194.5 million to get back to their winning ways. The hits kept coming nonstop Monday, as the team quickly reached deals with tight end Jonnu Smith and nose tackle Davon Godchaux a few minutes after free agency opened. Hours later, the team made two more big additions, signing Matthew Judon and Jalen Mills. Patriots board… Source link

Written by Sean Lyngaas Mar 15, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP Google has released an urgent software update for a flaw in the popular Chrome browser amid reports that an exploit for the bug is already available.  The vulnerability is in Blink, the feature that Chrome uses to convert HTML code to web pages, and could allow an attacker to execute code remotely or conduct a denial-of-service attack on a machine,