If you’re among the billions of people using Chrome, then you need to stop—especially if you use Google’s browser on an Apple device. Stark new data disclosures and Chrome’s “creepy” new tracking technology should serve as a serious warning that it’s time to switch. Here’s what you need to know. Why it’s time to ditch Chrome Getty Images While Facebook has taken the heat on data security and privacy in recent weeks, battling Apple for the right to harvest data… Source link

Yahoo Answers, the pioneering online question-and-answer platform, will shut down permanently this May, forever erasing from the internet one of the original places for people to solicit unverified information from strangers. What was once an actually useful and occasionally thoughtful place for users to ask questions ultimately became yet another internet punchline, with greatest hits including “How is babby formed? How girl get pregant?” I took a spin through some of Yahoo Answers’… Source link

When it’s Google Maps vs Waze, it’s not easy deciding which app you should use to help you get around. Both services are incredibly similar, even down to their parent company: Google. So how the heck do you decide which to use? Despite their growing similarity, Waze and Google Maps do offer different things. Google Maps may have the name recognition and reach, but Waze has a loyal following of drivers who swear by its method of quickly getting you from A to B. Saying which service is best… Source link

(Bloomberg) — The pandemic is on the wrong trajectory after six straight weeks of increased cases, according to a World Health Organization officer, who said “vaccines will not end the pandemic.” India is facing an escalating health crisis, with its second wave of infections hitting record highs. The U.K. urged mourners not to gather following the death of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, a sign of how longstanding traditions will have to be put aside due to the… Source link

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court issued a decision in the long-standing copyright battle between technology titans, Google LLC and Oracle America, Inc.1, Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc. , ruling 6-2 in favor of Google.2 Oracle alleged that Google copied and used a limited portion of the code from the Java SE platform. The Court’s opinion, penned by Justice Breyer, said that when Google originally acquired Android, it had envisioned building the Android platform as a free and open… Source link

Bloomberg WHO Sees Pandemic on Wrong Path; Korean Wave: Virus Update (Bloomberg) — The pandemic is on the wrong trajectory after six straight weeks of increased cases, according to a World Health Organization officer, who said “vaccines will not end the pandemic.”South Korea’s president will hold an urgent meeting on Monday with the country’s top health officials, Yonhap News reported, after authorities warned the country is in the early stage of another wave of infections. Pfizer… Source link

In middle school, Alex Fong would spend 15 hours a week on Yahoo Answers, helping strangers sort through their aquarium conundrums. He answered questions like: “Why are my fish sick?” “What can I do with this 10-gallon tank?” “What fish can live together?” To address the tougher questions, he poured over aquarium books. He tried to make his answers detailed and long. After a month of posting, he earned the “top contributor” designation—with 477 points and a 79… Source link

An open letter addressed to Google (GOOG) and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, published online on Friday, made two demands: the company stop those who are found to have harassed other employees from managing anyone and the company move anyone who has been found to have harassed others to another team. As of Friday afternoon, it appeared to have been signed by more than 1,000 company employees. “Alphabet workers deserve the right to work in an environment free from their abusers,” the letter said…. Source link

“We’re deeply aware of the importance of this issue. We work to support and protect people who report concerns, thoroughly investigate all claims and take firm actions against substantiated allegations,” a spokesperson for Google said. Story continues below advertisement The petition comes after Emi Nietfeld, a former Google engineer, alleged Thursday in the New York Times that the company let her harasser continue sitting next to her even after verifying her complaint and punishing him…. Source link

Bloomberg Credit Suisse’s New Chairman to Decide If a Deal Is the Answer (Bloomberg) — The damage control work at Credit Suisse Group AG from a pair of disasters that stunned the banking world will soon give way to the question of how the 165-year-old institution will rehabilitate its business and reputation.A new chairman, Lloyds Banking Group Plc chief Antonio Horta-Osorio, arrives in three weeks, to begin the search for answers after the fiascoes involving Archegos Capital Management, a… Source link