Monthly Archives: September 2021

Christopher Reeve honored with Google Doodle on actor’s birthday

Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down in a horse riding accident in 1995 and spent the rest of his life lobbying for disabled rights and advocating for research into spinal cord injuries. “While the world first knew him for his starring role in the 1978 film Superman, it was his courage and humanity following the accident that left him paralyzed that touched so many people around the globe,” Reeve’s family said in a statement on Google. His efforts included advocating for spinal cord… Source link

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Google Issues Warning For 2 Billion Chrome Users

Chrome users beware, just days after I warned attacks on Google’s browser are increasing, another critical hack has been confirmed. A serious new zero-day hack has been found in Google Chrome LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES MORE FROM FORBESGoogle Finds 5 New ‘High’ Security Threats In ChromeBy Gordon Kelly Google published the news in a new blog post, where it revealed Chrome’s 11th ‘zero day’ exploit of the year has been found (CVE-2021-37973) and it… Source link

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Why NY’s eviction ban ‘does absolutely nothing’ for landlords as rental crisis drags on

Nearly a month after the U.S. Supreme Court designed to keep struggling tenants in their homes as COVID-19 surges anew, assistance is slowly going out to millions of people behind on their rent. More than $2.3 billion in federal emergency rental assistance went out in August to some 420,000 households, the most of any month to date since the money was made available, according to the Treasury Department. Despite the uptick in disbursements, however, millions are still living in fear of being… Source link

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Why ‘Ted Lasso’ Emmy boom may not let Apple TV+ catch up with Netflix, Disney

Apple TV+ (AAPL) delivered quite the performance at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards — securing 10 total wins and nearly sweeping the comedy category with its breakout series “Ted Lasso.” Yet it remains to be seen whether that will translate into a new user boom for the fledgling streaming platform. The show has been a particularly bright spot for the tech giant, which has struggled to compete against big players like Disney+ (DIS) and Netflix (NFLX) — in addition to converting free trial… Source link

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China’s crypto ban puts spotlight on central banks putting their own spin on digital coins

Earlier this month, Benoit Coeure, a well-known central bank policymaker, sounded an alarm for central banks to act now on minting their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).  In a speech, the former European Central Bank economist who leads innovation at the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) warned that rapidly mushrooming cryptocurrencies will challenge the business models of international banking — if monetary authorities don’t quickly act. As China moved on Friday to… Source link

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Natural immunity emerges as potential legal challenge to federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates

The argument that natural immunity against COVID-19 is an alternative to vaccination is emerging as a potential legal challenge to federally mandated vaccination policies. Vaccination is already required for certain workers and some college students. The federal government, despite steeper legal hurdles to imposing vaccination, has also invoked the U.S. Department of Labor to mandate inoculation for health care workers and is expected to roll out a larger policy effectively mandating… Source link

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Demystifying crypto currency one month at a time

At first blush, if you look at the news about crypto right now, things don’t look so great. “China Declares Cryptocurrency Transactions Illegal; Bitcoin Price Falls” screams the Wall Street Journal headline from yesterday. Bloomberg, citing that China news and the SEC threatening to sue cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, called September “crypto’s grim month.” Indeed after topping $52,600 earlier this month, bitcoin is down some 20% to close to $43,000. And that’s all true, as far… Source link

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How to Log Into Yahoo Mail or Troubleshoot Your Login

Once you log into Yahoo Mail on your device, the app will remember your username and password and keep you signed in.  If you want to log into multiple Yahoo Mail accounts on your phone, use the Y! icon to open the Manage Accounts option and add a new account.  If you have trouble logging in, try to recover your username and password. You can also try logging in with another browser… Source link

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Google CEO sought to keep Incognito mode issues out of spotlight, lawsuit alleges

Sept 24 (Reuters) – Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai in 2019 was warned that describing the company’s Incognito browsing mode as “private” was problematic, yet it stayed the course because he did not want the feature “under the spotlight,” according to a new court filing. Google spokesman José Castañeda told Reuters that the filing “mischaracterizes emails referencing unrelated second and third-hand accounts.” The Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit’s privacy disclosures have generated… Source link

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In battle of pumpkin spice vs. apple, one fall flavor has the edge

Starbucks’ (SBUX) famous Pumpkin Spice Latte has not only helped boost the coffee chain’s foot traffic, but also social media conversations about the classic fall flavor.  Social media analytics company Sprout Social compiled data on volume, keywords and conversation trends between August 1 and September 21. The firm found that pumpkin is still the most talked about fall flavor — despite the fact that Starbucks recently debuted its new Apple Crisp Macchiato this year.  Online conversations… Source link

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