Monthly Archives: January 2024

Google Chrome’s New AI Features Can Help Organize Your Browser Tabs

Google Chrome’s New AI Features Can Help Organize Your Browser Tabs

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Google is launching an AI-powered tab organizer on its Chrome browser starting this week. Google Google is rolling out an AI feature that can organize tabs on its web browser Chrome.  “Sometimes people feel overwhelmed manually” managing tabs, a Chrome product manager said. The tab organizer is one of three new AI features that Google is bringing to its web browser.  Finding that article you looked at weeks ago… Source link

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(MSFT) Microsoft’s Bing, Edge to Avoid EU’s Digital Dominance Crackdown

(MSFT) Microsoft’s Bing, Edge to Avoid EU’s Digital Dominance Crackdown

Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, Edge web browser and Advertising services are set to be exempt from strict new European Union antitrust rules reining in Big Tech platforms because watchdogs tentatively concluded they’re not dominant enough to be hit by the regulation. European Commission officials are leaning toward the reprieve for the US software giant as part of a five-month market investigation ending in February, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on… Source link

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Tech Giant Yandex Gets New Russian Owner Ahead of Restructuring

Tech Giant Yandex Gets New Russian Owner Ahead of Restructuring

A Russia-based company has become the legal owner of tech giant Yandex as it prepares to separate from its Dutch parent company, the state-run Interfax news agency reported Tuesday. MKAO Yandex was registered last month in the Kaliningrad region’s Oktyabrsky Island, an offshore zone known as a “special administrative region.” In addition to offering low taxes, the offshore zone allows major Russian companies to repatriate their businesses while avoiding Western sanctions as… Source link

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The long pause between record highs is bullish

The long pause between record highs is bullish

This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Monday, its second straight record close after Friday saw the index break a two-year streak without a record high. And stock market history suggests this break between records portends a better-than-average year ahead for the S&P 500. In a note to clients on Monday, Keith Lerner, co-chief investment officer at Truist, noted that in 13… Source link

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21 Israeli troops are killed in the deadliest attack on the military since the Gaza offensive began

21 Israeli troops are killed in the deadliest attack on the military since the Gaza offensive began

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants carried out the deadliest single attack on Israel’s forces since the Hamas raid that triggered the war, killing 21 soldiers, the military said Tuesday, a significant setback that could add to mounting calls for a cease-fire. Hours later, the military announced that ground forces had encircled the southern city of Khan Younis, Gaza’s second largest. That marked a major advance, but it was unclear how much closer it would bring Israel to defeating… Source link

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Google Messages ‘Reply’ option missing from notifications

Google Messages ‘Reply’ option missing from notifications

Some Google Messages users are seeing an odd bug where notifications are missing the inline “Reply” action on Android. Those impacted with this issue only have the ability to “Mark as read.” “Reply” and “Remind 1 hr” are missing. As such, they have to tap the notification (and open Messages) to send replies. This can be quite inconvenient in circumstances where you don’t want to exit what you’re doing, like when watching fullscreen video. This… Source link

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Aussie swimmers ignore extremely rare marine creature ‘struggling’ nearby

Aussie swimmers ignore extremely rare marine creature ‘struggling’ nearby

Day-trippers flocked to a popular Aussie beach as the mercury soared to 30 degrees earlier this month. As they splashed in waters that felt like a warm tropical bath, an extremely rare Antarctic seal joined them. But all was not well. Acclimatised to an icy wilderness rather than stifling Port Phillip Bay, the crabeater seal kept its eyes closed and barely moved. “Some people were really curious, but most were ignoring it and just trying to keep cool. They probably didn’t realise how rare… Source link

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Residents at busy Aussie beach fume over council’s ‘idiotic’ move: ‘Wake up’

Residents at busy Aussie beach fume over council’s ‘idiotic’ move: ‘Wake up’

Frustrated residents have urged the local council to “pull their finger out” and do something about a well-known problem that’s “destroying” cars and causing chaos at a busy intersection. Locals in Coogee in Sydney’s east say two “ridiculous” concrete blocks in the middle of the road are to blame for countless damaged cars and “hours” long congestion at the corner of Arden Street and Coogee Bay Road — but the council has confirmed they won’t be removed and explained why. Raising the issue… Source link

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