As public events gradually resume after a long pause, these tips can help you track community events, minimize scheduling conflicts and ensure access to your calendar as you travel. Image: Andy Wolber/TechRepublic As public events resume following the long pause for the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ll once again need to be aware of events outside… Source link
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‘There’s a real issue’ with environmental impact of bitcoin
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has questions about cryptocurrency, including whether it takes advantage of smaller investors. The progressive senator also wonders whether bitcoin is too easy to steal. The former presidential candidate has been pushing for government intervention on both of those fronts and, in a conversation with Yahoo Finance’s editor-in-chief, Andy Serwer, this week, she raised another growing concern: the impact on the planet that has come with the rapid growth of… Source link
Read More »What the FLoC? Everything you need to know about Google’s new ad tech that aims to replace third-party cookies
Will ‘Federated Learning of Cohorts’ preserve user privacy? The jury is still out Over the years, web developers have dreamed up dozens of cute error pages to remind visitors to switch on cookies in their browsers. Most are riffs on the eponymous baked snack (“Will work for cookies”) or Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster. But the Cookie Monster may soon have fewer job opportunities – at least, that’s if Google gets its way. The internet giant… Source link
Read More »Verizon, AOL, Yahoo deal: Executive pay skyrockets as average workers left out (Letters)
Facebook Share Twitter Share In a recent edition of the Republican business section an article appeared concerning the decision by Verizon to divest it’s Yahoo and AOL holdings, “Verizon to see off media brands Yahoo, AOL,” May 4, page A8. The Board of Directors of Verizon approved a $3 million bonus to the current head of Yahoo to assure that he remain in place for six months. Think of the absurdity of that number which works out be about $3 thousand per hour for a 40 hour week during… Source link
Read More »The real-world impact of keyword stuffing in Google My Business
The real-world impact of keyword stuffing in Google My Business Your privacy means the world to us. We share your personal information only when you give us explicit permission to do so, and confirm we have your permission each time. Learn more by viewing our privacy policy.Ok Source link
Read More »Google search rankings algorithm check-in; Friday’s daily brief
Google search rankings algorithm check-in; Friday’s daily brief Your privacy means the world to us. We share your personal information only when you give us explicit permission to do so, and confirm we have your permission each time. Learn more by viewing our privacy policy.Ok Source link
Read More »Google takes selling Pixel phones to a hilarious new level (but the joke’s on Google)
A victory, of sorts. Screenshot by ZDNet It doesn’t seem long ago that I was marveling at Google‘s sense of humor. more Technically Incorrect Somehow, the company had found more and more entertaining ways of encouraging you to switch to its Pixel phones. Here, recently, was a… Source link
Read More »Google Play Store app developers will soon have to share details about type of user data collected
New Delhi: Google has made a ‘pre-announcement’ about an upcoming safety section in Google Play that it claims will help people understand the data an app collects or shares, if that data is secured, and additional details that impact privacy and security. The new feature is aimed at providing more control to the user over their own data. The announcement follows Apple’s iOS 14.5 update which has also introduced a new safety feature where apps will have to request permission for… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Escaped a Slow Death at Verizon for One Final Act
Yahoo and AOL, two seminal but damaged internet brands, are under new, private equity ownership. Yahoo’s decades-long decline is a case study in wasted opportunities, hubris and lack of clarity. The next chapter for Yahoo may not be glamorous but it won’t be fruitless either — at least for its new owner. See more stories on Insider’s business page. … Source link
Read More »Google Photos’ free unlimited storage ends on June 1st
Bloomberg Key Brexit Clash Would Cost Euro Swap Traders $2.4 Million a Day (Bloomberg) — One of the biggest Brexit battlegrounds between the European Union and the U.K. now has a price tag: at least $2.4 million a day.That’s how much any move by the European Union to cut off access to London’s dominant clearinghouses for derivatives could cost traders in euro interest rate swaps, net of buying, according to an estimate from Albert Menkveld, professor of finance at Vrije Universiteit… Source link
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