A group of workers at Google parent Alphabet has asked the company to stop collecting data on users seeking information about abortions, according to a petition sent to Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai this week. The petition, signed by more than 650 workers, also called on the company to remove search results for crisis pregnancy centers, which it said were misleading to those seeking abortions. Crisis pregnancy centers are typically nonprofits that counsel women against having abortions. Source link

The college football season is upon us and so is our annual Top 25. This year Yahoo Sports revealed the teams from No. 11 to 25 at once before we publish each of our top 10 in separate posts in the days leading up to Week 1. That starts with No. 10 Oregon. Previously: 11-25 No. 10 Oregon Following Mario Cristobal’s departure to Miami, Oregon is now on its fourth head coach since 2016. Dan Lanning, the 36-year-old who oversaw Georgia’s historic, national championship-winning defense last… Source link

Is the SEC still Alabama and Georgia and everyone else? The two teams that played for the national title enter the 2022 season as the overwhelming favorites in the SEC and among the top three favorites to win the College Football Playoff. That makes sense. While both teams lost a lot of talent to the NFL, they reloaded for another title run. Figuring out who is going to challenge Alabama and Georgia this season may be the biggest question in the conference. Both Kentucky and Ole Miss won 10… Source link

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Yahoo today announced the appointment of Jen Rubio, Co-Founder and CEO of travel lifestyle brand Away to its Board of Directors. Rubio becomes the seventh independent director to join the Yahoo Board, adding to its expansive and diverse expertise to help guide Yahoo in its growth and transformation. Today, Yahoo reaches nearly 900 million people globally, with products spanning finance, sports, shopping, gaming and news. “We are thrilled to add a… Source link

Google is bringing its Workspace Individual subscription plan to Europe, a little more than a year after first introducing the service to other markets. Workspace is Google’s productivity and collaboration software suite formerly known as G Suite, constituting Gmail, Meet, Drive, Docs, Tasks, Forms, among other key applications. While many of these apps are available for free individually, Google monetizes the products by charging businesses to access additional… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, August 18, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Jared Blikre, a reporter focused on the markets on Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @SPYJared. After a nearly 25% rally off the June lows, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) took a step back Wednesday with its worst day in nearly three weeks. And while it’s too soon to throw in the towel on this… Source link

If you are a Chrome browser user, be that in Windows, Mac, or Linux flavor, Google has some bad news for you. Attackers are already exploiting a high-impact security vulnerability that could lead to them gaining control of a system resource or to arbitrary code execution. This is the fifth zero-day Google has had to deal with in 2022 so far. MORE FROM FORBESNew Smartphone Threat Brings Ransomware To Android & Targets Gmail CookiesBy Davey Winder What is the Google Chrome CVE-2022-2856… Source link

A handful of search engines dominate the market. There is Google Search, which dominates in most regions, Microsoft’s Bing, Baidu and Yandex. Core functionality is shared among the search engines. You may run searches, use some filters, or browse only specific content type results. All these search engines have in common that they generate revenue through advertisement. Privacy-focused search engines started to gain popularity in the wake of 9/11 and the Snowden revelations. Search… Source link

A Google Chrome bug of the worst variety has been discovered: Not only is it dangerous, but it’s actively being exploited by hackers. Google released a fix earlier this week, meaning an update is available, which will bring your Chrome to version 104.0.5112.101 on Mac and Linux and version 104.0.5112.102/101 on Windows. It should be automatically installed on your Chrome, but if it hasn’t, you can (and should) initiate the update now, by going to Chrome’s “About” menu. The company didn’t… Source link

Almost a decade later, Tiger Woods is back on the cover of a video game. Woods announced on Wednesday night that he will grace the cover of two versions of PGA Tour 2k23 this fall. Woods initially signed a deal with 2K in 2021, shortly after it dropped its first golf game with Justin Thomas on the cover. The company did not put out a version last year, but will instead drop 2K23 later this fall. [Set, hut, hike! Create or join a fantasy football league now!] 2K is expected to release more… Source link