Shares of cybersecurity firm Mandiant closed up 16% Monday after The Information reported Google is interested in acquiring the company. Mandiant, which has a market cap around $5.25 billion, was previously under the FireEye umbrella before that brand was sold. FireEye was credited with helping Microsoft discover the SolarWinds hack that attacked government systems last year. The Information said Google is interested in acquiring Mandiant to boost its cloud security in an effort to better… Source link

February’s job market numbers easily exceeded economists’ expectations, providing a ray of sunlight in an otherwise dark news cycle weighed down by the worsening strife in Ukraine. Workers are wielding more power in a labor market characterized by shortages across industries. Employers added 678,000 jobs in February, far more than consensus estimates, signaling a tightening labor market. “It’s certainly a job seekers market at the moment,” CEO of Randstad Sourceright Mike Smith told… Source link

Tech entrepreneur Oleksandr Kosovan takes shelter inside his car parked underground. He’s helping combat the Russian invasion — using the skills he knows best. “I’m not a military man, I don’t know how to shoot, but still I can use my brain and technology in order to stop the war in any possible,” Kosovan told Yahoo Finance Live. The CEO of MacPaw, a software company based in Ukraine, says he stayed behind to defend his country. “Part of our team are already outside of Ukraine. I’m here… Source link

On this date in 2018, for the first time, Google confirmed a type of update that eventually came to be known as a broad core algorithm update. Google told us that for any sites impacted by these updates that there was nothing specific to “fix”. Since 2018, Google has rolled out three of these updates every year.  So what exactly are Google core updates? How do they work? When did Google roll them out? Here’s everything you need to know about Google’s broad core… Source link

Google’s tenth Pixel feature drop is launching today with several new updates, including a feature that lets you type to talk during phone calls. The updates are rolling out to Pixel 3a through Pixel 5a 5G devices today, while Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices will begin receiving the updates later this month. The most notable new feature is aimed toward people who can’t or prefer not to speak on calls, Google says. Now, when you’re on a call, you can see… Source link

Google in October announced a preview of Android 12L, a version of the Android operating system designed specifically for large-screened devices. Today, Android 12L is officially becoming available, offering features that will make it easier to use Android on tablet devices. The software will begin to roll out to supported devices from Samsung, Lenovo and Microsoft starting later this year, Google said. The idea with Android 12L was to tailor Android for users on tablets and foldable… Source link

Dirk Nowitzki’s journey from unique foreigner to ostracized loser to conquering hero reached a crescendo in the hours leading to Game 5 of the 2011 NBA Finals. Miami Heat stars Dwyane Wade and LeBron James walked through the hallways of Dallas’ American Airlines Center with mock coughs following the morning’s shootaround, making light of Nowitzki battling illness in Game 4. Nowitzki found it “disrespectful,” he said in an interview with Yahoo Sports recently, while discussing the… Source link

Google has said that the latest Chrome update, version M99, is setting records on Apple’s own Speedometer web benchmark and is even faster and more responsive on Macs than Safari. A post on the Chromium Blog breaks down the improvements made to Chrome’s speed over the past year or so when compiling JavaScript and rendering graphics. According to Google, this all adds up to its browser being the fastest on M1 Macs, benchmarking around 7 percent faster than Safari. Chrome M99 also… Source link

Google hears the complaints about recipe pages getting too long, and suggests more concise pages might be better for users. This is stated by Google’s Search Advocate John Mueller during the Google Search Central SEO office-hours hangout recorded on March 4. During the show Mueller gets a question from a food blogger asking about the SEO implications of writing multiple pieces of content about the same recipe. Their idea is to have a page with just the recipe, and have supporting… Source link

There is more meat to the plans to revive Burger King in America than simply reclaiming the flame of the iconic Whopper sandwich. At least that’s the read for the restaurant analyst team at Evercore ISI, which just spent a half day with the management team at Burger King parent company Restaurant Brands. “Aspects of the Burger King U.S. turnaround plan includes menu simplification to improve order accuracy and speed of service, a more balanced value offering (e.g., new $5 meal launched in… Source link