For the Buffalo Bills, the misery and anguish of 13 seconds on Sunday night could last a lifetime. Bills head coach Sean McDermott had his season-ending media conference Tuesday after Buffalo’s heartbreaking loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s AFC divisional-round matchup, and he didn’t mince words on how much the result still stung. Namely what unfolded in the final 13 seconds of regulation. A touchback on the kickoff. A 19-yard catch by Tyreek Hill. A 25-yard grab by Travis Kelce. A… Source link
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BreakingT drops Chiefs/Bengals tees ahead of NFC championship game
Yahoo Sports is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability is subject to change. Photo: BreakingT Sunday’s NFC championship game marks the third meeting between NFC South divisional rivals the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams this season. Taking place at SoFi Stadium (aka home of Super Bowl LVI), the Rams could make history by playing in both the NFC championship game and… Source link
Read More »Google Will Introduce a New System For Tracking Chrome Browser Users
When Google announced a plan to block digital tracking cookies from its Chrome web browser two years ago, the advertising industry and regulators worried that the proposal would further entrench the search giant’s dominance over online ads. The outcry eventually forced Google to delay its rollout by nearly two years to late 2023. On Tuesday, Google said it was scrapping its old plan and offered a new way to block third-party trackers in Chrome with an online advertising system called Topics…. Source link
Read More »American Madison Keys shocks No. 4 Barbora Krejcikova
When an upset happens this late in a tournament, you know it’s a shocker. We saw one major upset on Tuesday at the Australian Open, and one almost-upset that would have been even more shocking. Here’s what you need to know about Day 9 of the Australian Open. Unseeded Madison Keys shocks No. 4 Barbora Krejcikova Three American women made it to the Aussie Open quarterfinals, and at least one has made it through to the semifinals. Madison Keys, unseeded at the Australian Open and ranked No. 51… Source link
Read More »Google sued in US over 'deceptive' location tracking – BBC News
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Read More »Breezy Johnson, top U.S. skier, withdraws with injury
Breezy Johnson was an Olympic medal favorite in the women’s downhill. (Photo by JURE MAKOVEC/AFP via Getty Images) Breezy Johnson’s journey to the 2022 Olympics began with a ruptured ACL, continued with more torn ligaments and a pandemic, and brought the bubbly American skiing star “some of the lowest points of my career and life.” But, she said, “also some of the biggest highs.” As the Games neared, Johnson began accelerating down European mountains, faster than she ever had before. She… Source link
Read More »Google offers new replacement for advertising cookies after ‘FLoC’ falls short
The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Jan 25 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday announced its second try at enabling advertisers to buy ads based on users’ browsing interests without having to rely on what it has described as privacy-invasive tracking cookies. Google wants to block tracking cookies in its Chrome web… Source link
Read More »Google kills off FLoC, replaces it with Topics – TechCrunch
FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts), Google’s controversial project for replacing cookies for interest-based advertising by instead grouping users into groups of users with comparable interests, is dead. In its place, Google today announced a new proposal: Topics. The idea here is that your browser will learn about your interests as you move around the web. It’ll keep data for the last three weeks of your browsing history and as of now, Google is restricting the number of topics to… Source link
Read More »Google adopts a new cookie replacement following privacy concerns
Google Tuesday said it’s changing its plan for replacing the cookies that help advertisers target users to a new system called Topics, in which advertisers will place ads via a limited number of topics determined by users’ browser activity. Why it matters: The new Topics proposal replaces Google’s previously-announced plan called FLoC (“Federated Learning of Cohorts”), which was criticized by privacy advocates who worried the new ad-targeting solution would inadvertently make it easier for… Source link
Read More »Tunisian enterprise AI startup InstaDeep raises $100M from Alpha, BioNTech, Google – TechCrunch
A recent survey carried out by CNBC reported that 81% of executives worldwide say AI will play a prominent and critical role in how their businesses operate this year. Companies are phasing from the first generation of AI, which deals with pattern, text and image recognition, to decision-making AI, which helps them make timely decisions in complex spaces. InstaDeep, a Tunis and London-based enterprise AI startup that creates decision-making systems for solving real-world problems, has… Source link
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