This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 Consumers still don’t know what the metaverse is The battle for the future of the metaverse will kick into high gear next year when Apple (AAPL) is expected to drop its first AR/VR headset. The device, which will reportedly be called either the Reality One or Reality Pro… Source link

Live event brings together bug bounty hunters from across the globe A three-day hackathon held by Yahoo last week uncovered hundreds of security bugs in its text search engine tool Vespa. The event, held in Antwerp, Belgium by bug bounty platform Intigriti, saw 40 hackers from across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa hunt for vulnerabilities in the open source tool. There were 218 bug submissions, with payouts totalling $218,121, with the highest… Source link

Google has confirmed multiple new vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser across all platforms, and users worldwide are encouraged to update as soon as possible. Publishing the news on its official Chrome blog, Google revealed that external researchers have discovered 24 vulnerabilities. Eight are categorized as carrying a ‘High’ threat level, while one is deemed ‘Critical’. Here is everything you need to know to stay safe. Multiple new high-level threats have been… Source link

One of Europe’s internet service providers, Yandex, has open sourced DivKit, a framework that enables you to design mobile applications more quickly and update interfaces more quickly. When the server instructs the client to use DivKit as part of the server-driven UI strategy. An application can choose what to show in the user interface and can quickly alter how it looks. The developer uploads a unique description of the UI elements to the server, and the This description is transformed… Source link

Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast Yahoo Sports is proud to release the Season 2 debut episode of “Ekeler’s Edge,” featuring Austin Ekeler, star running back for the Los Angeles Chargers. The award-winning show is going to be bigger and better this football season thanks to the addition of a weekly podcast companion to the series. A new episode will drop every Wednesday during the NFL regular season as part of Yahoo’s acclaimed podcast series, the Yahoo Fantasy Football… Source link

When former NBA star Chauncey Billups was approached about participating in Basketball Without Borders 10 years ago, he had interest but needed to put it off due to timing issues. He knew that when he came back around to the proposition, he wanted it to be in Africa. “I’ve heard so many great things and I’ve never been here before,” Billups said. “I wanted to make sure I got here.” On Sunday, Basketball Without Borders Africa opened its camp in Cairo, Egypt with Billups among the… Source link

The first Sunday of the 2022 NFL regular season begins with a loaded daily fantasy football main slate that has a ton of big games. Our Week 1 Yahoo DFS tournament lineup doesn’t take too many big swings, but mixed in with the high-floor studs are a few value sleeper picks who could go off and provide this lineup with the differentiation we need to take home some cash. Before we discuss our strategy and picks for Week 1, remember that you only have a $200 budget to work with for Yahoo DFS,… Source link

Christian Pulisic struggled out of position in Chelsea’s 2-1 loss to Southampton. (AP Photo/Ian Walton) Christian Pulisic has been fighting at Chelsea Football Club since the day he arrived. He has fought for his place among a bevy of attackers signed to replace him. He has fought against injuries, COVID and depression. He has fought to earn the trust of a manager who inherited him, and then a manager he’d previously escaped, and throughout this summer — with transfer rumors swirling — he… Source link

Comment on this story Comment Google is increasing its investment in basketball, becoming the first women’s-only global partner with FIBA. The internet company entered a multiyear partnership with the WNBA in 2021 and now is working with basketball’s world governing body, which has nine global partners for both men’s and women’s basketball. “It opens up a wide range of opportunities not only for the exposure of women’s basketball, but also it gives a sense of validation for all those… Source link

Smartphone is seen in front of Microsoft logo displayed in this illustration taken, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BRUSSELS, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google criticised Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) cloud computing changes on Tuesday, saying they limit competition and discourage customers from switching to rival cloud service providers. The U.S. software giant on Monday announced amended… Source link