The commercial spyware industry has increasingly come under fire for selling powerful surveillance tools to anyone who can pay, from governments to criminals around the world. Across the European Union, details of how spyware has been used to target activists, opposition leaders, lawyers, and journalists in multiple countries have recently touched off scandals and calls for reform. Today, Google’s Threat Analysis Group announced action to block one such hacking tool that targeted desktop… Source link

Google’s Search Relations team confirms that noindexed pages don’t adversely impact a website’s crawl budget, no matter how many a site has. This topic is addressed not once but thrice during the November 2022 edition of Google’s SEO office-hours Q&A session. Google Search Advocates John Mueller and Gary Illyes take turns answering three similar questions from people concerned they have too many noindexed pages on their sites. From Mueller’s and Illyes’ responses, we learn… Source link

Tesla (TSLA) CEO and new Twitter owner Elon Musk has an ally in his fight with Apple (AAPL): Meta Platforms (META) chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Speaking Wednesday at the New York Times Dealbook Summit, Zuckerberg criticized the iPhone-maker over App Store policies that for years have negatively impacted his own business. “I do think Apple has singled themselves out as the only company trying to control unilaterally what apps get on the device,” Zuckerberg said. “I don’t think… Source link

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, Nov. 30, 2022 Musk is taking on Apple. It might not end well. Elon Musk has a new nemesis, and it might be one that’s too big even for him. On Monday the Tesla (TSLA) CEO and Twitter owner fired off a series of tweets criticizing Apple (AAPL) for pulling advertisements from the social… Source link

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, Nov. 30, 2022 Musk is taking on Apple. It might not end well. Elon Musk has a new nemesis, and it might be one that’s too big even for him. On Monday the Tesla (TSLA) CEO and Twitter owner fired off a series of tweets criticizing Apple (AAPL) for pulling advertisements from the social… Source link

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell set the table for a 50-basis point rate hike at the Fed’s December policy meeting, saying in a speech on Wednesday it makes sense to “moderate” rate hikes as the Fed approaches its estimated peak in benchmark interest rates. “It makes sense to moderate the pace of our rate increases as we approach the level of restraint that will be sufficient to bring inflation down,” Powell said in a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington. “The time for… Source link

Just a couple of days after Apple announced the best apps of 2022 in its annual App Store Awards, Google Play has now shared its own “best of” list. The company published a list of winners across categories, including those selected by its own editorial team and by Android owners through the User’s Choice awards. Google this year anointed the viral AI-generated art app, Dream by WOMBO, as this year’s Best App in the U.S., while users picked BeReal as their favorite. BeReal also… Source link

Keldon Johnson is a forward to watch on Wednesday night, averaging 20.4 points and 3.1 triples per game. Wednesday brings a loaded schedule in the NBA. There will be 26 teams in action, leaving us with some exciting matchups. In the Eastern Conference, the red-hot Celtics will host the Heat, who have been battling injuries for much of the season. The Cavaliers will take on the 76ers, with both teams expected to be without key players. In the Western Conference, the Grizzlies will travel to… Source link

This Thursday’s single-game Yahoo slate features a must-win matchup for Belgium and Croatia, particularly considering neither team controls its own Round of 16 destiny with a defeat. Morocco will be playing an eliminated Canada team on the other side of the morning schedule and can clinch a spot in the knockout round with a win. Turning to the books, oddsmakers see the match as almost a dead heat with Belgium ever-so-slightly favored at 35.6-percent to win. The implied goal total is just… Source link

The USMNT had a big day on Tuesday, beating Iran 1-0 to advance to the Round of 16 at the World Cup in Qatar. It was also a big day for the USWNT. Their World Cup may not kick off until 2023, but they’re finally being paid like the world-class athletes they are. Making it to the knockout round of the World Cup guarantees the USMNT a prize of at least $13 million. And since World Cup payouts are being split down the middle between the USMNT and USWNT due to the landmark equal pay agreement… Source link