Google has added a bunch of popular Japanese characters to its AR feature in mobile search, which has previously featured animals, historical artifacts, and dinosaurs. The list of characters is taken from Japanese pop culture including anime, TV, and video games, with names like Pac-Man, Hello Kitty, mechs from Evangelion and Gundam, and more. The feature works on Google search on Android and the iOS Google app. When you enter the characters’ names, you’ll see an option to “see in… Source link

The Washington Football Team drafted running back Bryce Love in 2019, spending a fourth-round pick on the Stanford running back who suffered a torn ACL in his final college game. On Monday Washington waived Love after he failed to log an NFL carry in two seasons. The hope in Washington was that Love could spend a year recovering from the devastating injury and contribute by his second season. But he didn’t play a single snap in 2020, and a Ron Rivera regime that didn’t draft Love cut ties with… Source link

Nike’s longstanding partnership with Kobe Bryant, it seems, has ended. The deal between the company and Bryant’s estate expired this month, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, meaning his estate can now pursue new deals with other brands. “Kobe Bryant was an important part of Nike’s deep connection to consumers,” Nike said in a statement, via Charania. “He pushed us and made everyone around him better. Though our contractual relationship has ended, he remains a deeply loved… Source link

David Beckham on Monday became the latest prominent soccer figure to oppose a controversial plan announced by 12 elite European clubs to create a breakaway “Super League.” [Related: The European Super League, explained] The plan, which would shake up the sport as we know it, has been widely criticized by almost everybody not in on it, including players, coaches, executives, politicians and fans. Beckham, who played for Manchester United, Real Madrid and AC Milan – three of the 12 Super League… Source link

As Google prepares to roll out its new ‘Page Experience’ search algorithm update, which will incorporate its three Core Web Vitals considerations, it’s shared some new details on the timeline for the roll-out, and a new tool to help website owners prepare for any potential impacts to their rankings. As explained by Google: “We’ll begin using page experience as part of our ranking systems beginning in mid-June 2021. However, page experience won’t play its full role as part of those systems… Source link

TipRanks Raymond James: 2 Chip Giants to Buy Now (And 1 to Avoid) Semiconductors are one of the modern world’s essential industries, making possible so much of what we rely on or take for granted: internet access, high-speed computers with high-speed memory, even the thermostats that control our air conditioning – there isn’t much, tech-wise, that doesn’t use semiconductor chips. The global semiconductor chip market was valued at over $513 billion in 2019, and despite the worst the… Source link

A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ Senior executives with Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Apple (AAPL.O) will testify on Wednesday about antitrust concerns related to their app stores along with executives of three companies which rely on those online stores, the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel said on Monday. The hearing will include Google Government Affairs Senior… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. will let the social-media app Parler back on the App Store after an almost four-month absence, the iPhone maker told U.S. lawmakers ahead of a congressional antitrust hearing later this week. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant made the disclosure in a letter to Senator Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, and Representative Ken Buck, a Republican from Colorado. The social media app, a favorite of conservatives who have left Twitter Inc., was removed from… Source link

HOUSTON — In what amounts to the most substantial legal response to date from Deshaun Watson regarding 22 civil lawsuits filed against him, the NFL quarterback’s attorney said Monday that all 22 women accusing Watson of sexual misconduct are lying. “Today we answered the lawsuits filed against our client Deshaun Watson,” Houston attorney Rusty Hardin said in a statement about the new legal filing. “Mr. Watson has been adamant that he did not engage in any improper conduct and we… Source link

Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, explains the two reasons why content gets removed from search results. Google aims to provide open access to information, Sullivan says, but there are times content must be removed either to protect users or comply with the law. Removing content from search results is not an action Google takes lightly. Even sites that violate Google’s rules with black hat SEO do not get permanently de-indexed. Advertisement Continue Reading Below What would cause… Source link