Yearly Archives: 2021

Google, YouTube won’t allow ads or monetization of content denying climate change

The UN has said the climate change crisis is a “code red” for humanity. October 8, 2021, 5:02 PM • 6 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Google is cracking down on ads that deny climate change science after advertisers and digital creators complained about them running alongside their own content. The company also said it’s no longer going to allow content with false claims about climate change to be monetized, and that the new policy also applies to YouTube, likely… Source link

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Google Bans Ads That Spread Climate Misinformation

Profiting from climate change denial just got a little bit more difficult. The Google ads team announced yesterday it will “prohibit ads for, and monetization of, content that contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change.” The policy changes apply to Google advertisers, publishers that run Google ads and YouTube creators. Google LLC plans to implement the new rules next month, when world leaders are planning to attend a United Nations… Source link

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Education Department launches office of enforcement to ‘vigorously’ increase oversight

The Education Department’s (ED) office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), which oversees the government’s massive student loan portfolio, is launching an Office of Enforcement to “vigorously” increase oversight of postsecondary schools that participate in federal student loan programs. “Vigorously ensuring that schools are adhering to the federal student aid program rules and delivering quality education to students is critical in America’s ability to build back better,” Under Secretary… Source link

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Yahoo! Sports Fall Football – ABC 36 News

The NFL season is not going as predicted, per usual, and one team is already standing out as defying expectations. The unpredictability is fun for fans, but not so much for fantasy football participants, so a fantasy league expert is coming to the rescue with players she suggests adding to your lineup. Source link

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Google to give security keys to ‘high risk’ users targeted by government hackers – TechCrunch

Google has said it will provide 10,000 “high-risk” users with free hardware security keys, days after the company warned thousands of Gmail users that they were targeted by state-sponsored hackers. The warning, sent by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), alerted more than 14,000 Gmail users that they had been targeted in a state-sponsored phishing campaign from APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, said to be made up of operatives of Russia’s GRU intelligence… Source link

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Yandex Releases New Station Mini Smart Speaker

on October 8, 2021 at 8:00 am Russian tech search engine giant Yandex has debuted a new smart speaker called the Station Mini powered by the Alice voice assistant. The Station Mini is an upgrade from the existing version of the smart speaker and the company ois selling a version with an LED display and a version without it. Station Mini With More The new Station Mini looks much like its predecessor but includes several hardware upgrades, including better… Source link

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Jamie Dimon may have a point on the debt ceiling: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, October 8, 2021 Keep it or scrap it, Washington should stop playing chicken with the markets “…Goodness knows what the end will be; Oh, I don’t know where I’m at; It looks as if we two will never be one; Something must be done… Let’s call the whole thing off!” That old classic song, sung alternately by Fred Astaire, Billie Holiday, Ella… Source link

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Google Search adds guitar tuner to its smorgasbord of built-in features

Google Search now has a handy built-in tuner, letting you use the microphone on your phone or computer to tune a guitar, Android Police reports. To access the feature, which was added this week, just search for “Google tuner.” The interface is similar to the dozens of guitar tuning apps that are already available. You play a string on the guitar, and Google will detect the note you’re aiming for, and tell you to “tune up” or “tune down” as required. Like other guitar tuning… Source link

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