Google wants to change the way we’re tracked around the web, and given the widespread use of its Chrome browser, the shift could have significant security and privacy implications—but the idea has been less well-received by companies that aren’t Google. The technology in question is FLoC, or Federated Learning of Cohorts, to give it its full and rather confusing name. It aims to give advertisers a way of targeting ads without exposing details on individual users, and it does this by… Source link

The New York Times Inside Democrats’ Scramble to Resist GOP Voting Laws Democrats are struggling to build a surefire legal strategy to block new Republican-backed restrictions on voting rights, relying on broadly worded warnings and urgent pleas that are designed, in part, to build political pressure on the White House, Congress and the Justice Department to act, as well as to engage their supporters to mobilize in advance of the 2022 midterm elections. The approach is aimed at persuading… Source link

Make your Google Home or Google Nest a daily helper. Google “Hey, Google” might be an integral… Source link

“Turn on two-factor authentication” is solid advice, and WIRED has repeated it for years. Doing so ensures that your password isn’t the only line of defense against unauthorized access to your accounts. The only problem? The onus was always on you to figure out how to make it happen. Now, Google is taking its first steps toward enabling two-factor by default for all its users—and where Google goes in web security, the rest of the industry often follows. The company said in a blog post… Source link

Tesla CEO and founder and chief engineer of SpaceX, Elon Musk.Photo: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The value of dogecoin (DOGE) plummeted from record highs after Elon Musk’s Saturday Night Live (SNL) appearance, disappointing investors who tried to push the coin to $1 (£0.72).  Analysts had expected the Tesla (TSLA) CEO or the “Dogefather” to mention the meme-inspired crypto on SNL and send prices spiking, instead his plug saw the coin crash nearly 25% from $0.69 to $0.48 a… Source link

Google is now celebrating the wide availability of Covid-19 in the US by rolling a new singing feature to its voice assistant. The Google Assistant will now sing users a song about the vaccine rollout if users say so. The feature is said to work with Google Assistant on smartphones and Home/Nest speakers as first spotted by Android Police. Users can just say, “Hey Google, sing the vaccine song” to hear the song. Users can also get the Assistant to sing the song in a male… Source link

As Canelo Alvarez was receiving plaudits from the record crowd at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, previously unbeaten WBO super middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders, his vanquished opponent, staggered into the back of an ambulance waiting to take him to a local hospital for an X-ray. “I think I broke his face,” Alvarez said, matter-of-factly. Indeed he did. Alvarez stopped Saunders after eight thudding, crunching, powerful rounds. He landed a counter right uppercut, dropping low and… Source link

Yahoo Sports will keep you updated nightly on the NBA playoff race during the last two weeks of the regular season. Check back daily for the latest movement in the standings, what to watch for and teams securing their 2020-21 playoff berths. Saturday’s standings Eastern Conference 1. Philadelphia 76ers (47-21) 2. Brooklyn Nets (44-24, 3 GB) 3. Milwaukee Bucks (43-24, 3.5 GB) 4. New York Knicks (37-30, 9.5 GB) 5. Atlanta Hawks (37-31, 10 GB) 6. Miami Heat (36-31, 10.5 GB) Play-in tournament 7. Boston… Source link

Google Doodle has done it again! As India celebrates Mother’s Day on Sunday, Google has launched an interactive doodle that has a pop-up card to wish all the mothers. Illustrated by Olivia When, the doodle is a heartfelt dedication to all the mothers out there. Google has a tradition of making iconic doodles to mark significant and historic events. In India, Mother’s Day is observed on the second Sunday of May every year. Different countries celebrate… Source link

When Google renamed itself Alphabet Inc. in 2015, co-founder Larry Page revealed that one of the new name’s meanings was a pun: alpha-bet, as in “a bet on investment returns above a benchmark.” This implied that the so-called “Other Bets” in Google’s financial reports — subsidiaries that work on projects ranging from self-driving cars to cancer cures — aren’t just moonshot bids to make the world better, but potential businesses… Source link