Monthly Archives: September 2022

“Google Voice Scam” targeting people selling items online

“Google Voice Scam” targeting people selling items online

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – If you’ve tried to sell something online, you know there are a lot of scammers out there looking to take your money. But one of the biggest scams isn’t after your money — it’s after your identity. It can happen when you post an item for sale on popular sites like Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, or OfferUp. Scammers will pose as a buyer and text you saying they’re interested, but they say they’re concerned that you’re a scammer. A verification code then… Source link

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Spain women’s soccer players resign en masse amid fight with federation, coach

Spain women’s soccer players resign en masse amid fight with federation, coach

Fifteen of Spain’s top women’s soccer players are declining to play for the Spanish national team until working conditions improve, and alleged in Thursday emails that the situation around the team had “significantly” affected their “emotional state” and “health,” Spain’s soccer federation (the RFEF) and the players said in partially conflicting statements Thursday and Friday. The temporary resignations come weeks after a few Spanish stars reportedly urged head coach Jorge Vilda to step down,… Source link

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Costco, FedEx, DocuSign and more

Costco, FedEx, DocuSign and more

FedEx (FDX): The delivery company announced cost-cutting measures and rate hikes after warning in preliminary fiscal first-quarter results of weakening demand. FedEx released its fiscal first-quarter results in an 8-K before the close of trading Thursday, sending shares up 0.8%. The company outlined plans to save up to $2.7 billion in fiscal 2023 and up to $4 billion by fiscal 2025. “We’re moving with speed and agility to navigate a difficult operating environment, pulling cost,… Source link

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Google App Lets You Remove Personal Information From Search

Google App Lets You Remove Personal Information From Search

Google is rolling out an update to its mobile app that allows people to request the removal of personal information from search results. This update is an expansion of an existing tool designed to make the removal request form easier to access. Google first launched the personal information removal tool in 2020, though you’d have to go out of your way to find it as it’s buried at the bottom of a help page. Now, Google is rolling out the ability to access the form in its mobile app. You… Source link

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The market ‘doesn’t fully appreciate how committed we are to growth and margins’

The market ‘doesn’t fully appreciate how committed we are to growth and margins’

Salesforce Chair and Co-CEO Marc Benioff and his team are serious about expanding profit margins after years of making big acquisitions of Mulesoft, Tableau, and Slack. “For us, I think that the market doesn’t fully appreciate how committed we are to growth and margins,” Benioff told Yahoo Finance Live at the software giant’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco before reeling off several recent initiatives by the company. Benioff also didn’t rule out making large deals in the future, Source link

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DocuSign names former Google executive Allan Thygesen as new CEO

DocuSign names former Google executive Allan Thygesen as new CEO

Allan Thygesen, attends the YouTube Brandcast 2022 at Imperial Theatre on May 17, 2022 in New York City. Roy Rochlin | Getty Images DocuSign shares rose more than 3% in extended trading after the electronic signature software maker announced it has hired an Alphabet executive, Allan Thygesen, to be its next CEO. The announcement comes three month after DocuSign said its CEO for the past five years, Dan Springer, was stepping down. Like other cloud software companies, DocuSign enjoyed a wave of… Source link

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Stocks fall for third day as investors mull rate hike, Powell remarks

Stocks fall for third day as investors mull rate hike, Powell remarks

U.S. stocks closed lower Thursday to cap a turbulent session after the Federal Reserve’s latest policy announcement and subsequent remarks from Chair Jerome Powell sent markets into disarray. The benchmark S&P 500 slid 0.9%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 100 points, or 0.4%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite tumbled 1.4%. The moves extend a Fed-induced sell-off Wednesday that saw the S&P 500 and Dow each erase around 1.7% and the Nasdaq plummet 1.8%, and mark a third… Source link

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New Google issue may affect ad serving

New Google issue may affect ad serving

It’s just not Google’s week… or month… or year. Today, Google Ads Liason Ginny Marvin just posted to Twitter that they’re currently aware of an internal issue impacting ads serving. Here’s what she said. Google is aware of an internal issue impacting ads serving. Our product and policy teams are actively working on a solution. Currently, the impact of this issue may prevent ads from serving in certain circumstances for your account. We… Source link

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Microsoft hints at different approach to combat fake news

Microsoft hints at different approach to combat fake news

A ‘key trend’ in latest Arab Youth Survey is ‘decline in news consumption’ DUBAI: Dubai-based PR agency ASDA’A BCW has published the results of its 14th annual Arab Youth Survey, described as the largest independent survey of its kind. This year’s findings are grouped under six themes: identity, livelihood, politics, global citizenship, lifestyle and aspirations. Having grown up in the internet age, it is perhaps no surprise that Arab youths are avid users of social media… Source link

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