Smith said the verification process could take a day or two but saw no reason why the ad would not be up and running soon. By late Friday, Megan Peters, communications director for the Department of Public Safety, said in an email that she had not received word that the situation had been resolved, but added that if Google is willing to air the recruitment video “as is” the department would use their services. Source link

San Francisco (AFP) – Hackers involved in the high-profile hijacking of Twitter accounts earlier this week were young pals with no links to state or organized crime, The New York Times reported Friday. The attack, which Twitter and federal police are investigating, started with a playful message between hackers on the platform Discord, a chat service popular with gamers, according to the Times. The paper said it had interviewed four people who participated in the hacking, who shared logs and… Source link

Oregon introduced a new system Friday for processing jobless claims from self-employed workers, using technology developed by Google. The state says the new system will expedite the processing of jobless benefits for 100,000 people, more than 50,000 of whom are still waiting for their benefits. Like other states, Oregon has been inundated with jobless claims during the pandemic and, as elsewhere, the flood of applications has overwhelmed the state and severely delayed benefits payments. Hiring… Source link

The Alaska Department of Public Safety condemned the actions of Google as “deplorable” after the company canceled a “pay-per-click” recruitment ad for the Alaska State Troopers as it was considered to be political or a potential election advertisement. The advertisement was not completely removed from YouTube, the department said Thursday in a news release, but the department was unable to pay for further distribution of the ad in which Dunleavy expresses support for law… Source link

The age of the NBA super team seems to have faded when Kevin Durant left the dynastic Golden State Warriors last summer, but the NBA’s unique restart has presented an opportunity for a revival for star players looking to join up in the future. In fact, one coach inside the NBA’s Disney campus believes it will happen. “The next super team will come out of this,” he told Yahoo Sports. “I believe it’s inevitable.” The coach doesn’t believe players are coming into the campus with… Source link

Joey Lawrence has filed for divorce from his wife, Chandie. According to documents obtained by TODAY, the “Dancing with the Stars” alum has filed for divorce at a Los Angeles courthouse. The 44-year-old actor and musician is seeking dissolution with minor children. The soon-to-be exes tied the knot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, in 2005, and share two daughters, Charleston, 14, and Liberty, 10. Watch TODAY All Day! Get the best news, information and inspiration from TODAY,… Source link

Many major websites and services were unreachable for a period Friday afternoon due to issues at Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS service. The outage seems to have started at about 2:15 Pacific time and lasted for about 25 minutes before connections began to be restored. Google DNS may also have been affected. Update: Cloudflare at 2:46 says “the issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.” CEO Matthew Prince explains that it all came down to a bad router in Atlanta: We… Source link

PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona prosecutor known for winning a conviction in the Jodi Arias murder case agreed Friday to be disbarred in an ethics case in which he was accused of leaking the identity of an Arias juror and sexually harassing female law clerks in his office. Juan Martinez agreed to give up his license to practice law, ending the ethics case that was scheduled to go to trial in November. Even though he still disputes the allegations, Martinez said in a court filing that “I no… Source link

Houston Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills will not be charged with a felony for protesting Breonna Taylor’s death. Stills, along with everyone else arrested at the protest, had his felony charge dropped by a Jefferson County attorney Friday. Attorney Mike O’Connell released a statement, stating the charges will be dropped “in the interest of justice and the promotion of the free exchange of ideas.” Stills, 28, was among the 87 people arrested for protesting Taylor’s death. The group… Source link

As the NFL and its players continue on a collision course over the nature of the return to play during the COVID-19 pandemic, one notable player provided a compelling example of why players are so anxious and wary about returning. On Friday, Whitworth appeared on a media conference call hosted by multiple NFLPA leaders and explained, in detail, how the coronavirus affected his family. “When we say you’re gonna have to make good decisions and you’re gonna have to be careful outside of the… Source link