With the unanimous approval of the San Jose Planning Commission last month, Google’s Downtown West development took a major step forward. This week, with the signing of Senate Bill 7, helping to speed along projects like this, Gov. Gavin Newsom moved the project’s prospects along — both further and faster. Now, this Tuesday, at the vote by the City Council, we stand at the precipice of possibility and potential. Ahmad Thomas is CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. (Dai… Source link

They sit parked in megalots all across North America — next to a big stone quarry in Troy, Missouri, by an auto assembly plant in Silao, Mexico, and filling the vast parking areas outside the Kentucky Motor Speedway near Owensboro. Tens of thousands of bright, shiny, never-been-driven Ford (F) and GM (GM) trucks and SUVs. They appear to be ride ready, but they aren’t. Buyers are lined up to buy them, but they can’t. The problem, as you might have guessed, is the vehicles have no… Source link

Google is adding more information to your search so you can better understand the sites results are coming from. Bloomberg/Getty Images … Source link

Google Photos now has a way to filter its story-like Memories feature for reliving older events.  Sarah Tew/CNET If… Source link

The Telegraph Exclusive: Charity conducting ‘campaign of harassment’ against sites that raise money for hunts An anti-hunting charity has been accused of bullying in a “campaign of harassment” against auction sites used to raise money for hunts and hounds. The League Against Cruel Sports has been reported to the Charity Commission for “demanding with menaces” that a fundraising platform cut ties with legally registered hunts. The regulator was assessing the complaint, a spokesman… Source link

James Martin/CNET Google had big ambitions with its wearable software, Wear OS. But for the past few years, it’s… Source link

Bloomberg Tencent Joins Alibaba in Spending Spree as Competition Grows (Bloomberg) — Tencent Holdings Ltd. pledged to sharply increase investments this year after posting a 25% gain in quarterly revenue, joining its biggest rivals in a spending binge that will jack up competition in China’s post-pandemic internet arena.China’s largest tech corporations are vying to entice users in the fast-growing arenas of online commerce and video. Tencent plans to plow a larger portion of its… Source link

Google recently released a new algorithm update that aims to promote high-quality product reviews. Dubbed the “product reviews update,” Google announced that the update will promote… Source link

President Biden forcefully articulated a defense of Israel on Friday evening, even as more progressive members of his party have sought to cut military aid to the country amid a renewed cycle of violence. “There is no shift in my commitment to the security of Israel. Period. No shift, not at all,” Biden said during a press conference with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, who was in Washington to discuss the fraught situation on the Korean Peninsula. “We still need a two-state… Source link

The claim: No label for Palestine on Google Maps In 2016, #PalestineIsHere began trending after supporters of the Palestinian cause condemned Google for supposedly removing the word “Palestine” from Google Maps, according to the New York Times. But Google did not do that, because the label was never there. Now, that decision is drawing renewed focus amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Care to point out the location of Palestine? The photo was taken from Google maps which is a Leftist… Source link