Let the charm offensive begin as Frontier Airlines (ULCC) looks to seal the deal on its mega-merger with fellow low cost operator Spirit Airlines (SAVE). Part of that charm offensive will include the airlines tempering regulator concerns around potential future pricing for travelers should the businesses be combined. “This merger will create a very large, low cost carrier with true nationwide capabilities and provide more low fares to more people and places. The facts just support that when… Source link
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Google perks like free dinner keeps you at work longer, ex employee says
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Read More »Google Search Console Updates Structured Data Report
Google is updating the structured data report in Search Console to provide more context about errors, helping you fix invalid markup with less guesswork. The update is rolling out to Search Console reports starting today and impacts all rich result status reports, the URL inspection tool, and the rich results test. How Is The Structured Data Report Changing? As an example of what’s changing — let’s say you’re using review snippet markup but you omit the name of the author. That… Source link
Read More »Google to Bring Artificial Intelligence to Health, Maternal Health – HealthCareExecIntelligence
By Kyle Murphy, PhD March 29, 2022 – Google continues its push into healthcare, this time with applications of artificial intelligence to improve cardiovascular and maternal health. Google AI Efforts to Focus on Heart, Maternal Health At a Google Health event called The Check Up, the technology giant shared artificial intelligence-focused research and development updates. Google unveiled new AI efforts, including tools that can help treat cardiovascular conditions and improve maternal… Source link
Read More »US job openings inch lower to reach 11.266 million in February
U.S. job openings edged lower last month to retreat only modestly from a record high, and vacancies still far outpaced new hires as employers struggled to bring back more sidelined workers. Job openings totaled 11.266 million in February, the Labor Department said in its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) on Tuesday. This came after job openings came in at 11.283 million in January, according to the Labor Department’s revised figure. Consensus economists were looking for 11.000… Source link
Read More »Google chief: IT focus on reliable information for Ukraine
The CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google, Sundar Pichai says the IT companies are focused on providing reliable information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press March 29, 2022, 2:27 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article WARSAW, Poland — Information technology companies are focused on providing reliable information and stymying Russian propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine, the CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc. said Tuesday. Sundar… Source link
Read More »Russian Company Yandex Fires US-based Workers as Michigan Suspended Its Vehicle Licenses
Urian B., Tech Times 29 March 2022, 09:03 am A Russian multi-billion dollar company, Yandex, laid off about two dozen US-based workers. The company reportedly had a small autonomous vehicle fleet in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It said that the state suspended their vehicle licenses, but Michigan denied… Source link
Read More »Yandex is sending data from millions of iOS users to Russia
A report today says that ‘Russian Google’ Yandex is sending data harvested from millions of iOS app users to Russia – whether or not you use the company’s apps. Laws there could compel the company to make the data available to the Russian government. Your data can be grabbed from a wide range of third-party apps which use a developer tool created by Yandex. Developers save time and money by using the Yandex API AppMetrica to obtain analytics data for their app, while the… Source link
Read More »Russia’s Yandex lays off two dozen US-based workers from its robot and self-driving teams
Yandex, the multi-billion dollar Russian tech company that’s been operating a small fleet of autonomous vehicles in Ann Arbor, Michigan, laid off over two dozen US-based workers earlier this month, claiming that its vehicle licenses were suspended by Michigan’s state regulators, The Verge has learned. But Michigan says this just isn’t true. In the days following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Yandex paused its AV testing in Ann Arbor, as well as its tests with six-wheeled delivery… Source link
Read More »Starry Debuts on the New York Stock Exchange
BOSTON, March 29, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Starry, Inc. (the “Company” or “Starry”), a next generation licensed fixed wireless technology developer and internet service provider, today became a publicly listed company trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) with its Class A common stock under the new ticker symbol “STRY.” Starry completed the previously announced transaction with FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp. on March 29, 2022. Starry’s executive management team and… Source link
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