The recent code fragments leak from Russian search engine giant Yandex has sent shockwaves across the SEO community worldwide. As reported around news agencies, almost 50GB worth stolen data from the world’s fourth largest search engine was leaked into the public domain. According to experts, the leak from the company will offer some interesting insights into the functioning of search engines and how the SEO market will be impacted by it. The leak took place sometime on January 25. Several… Source link

The recent code fragments leak from Russian search engine giant Yandex has sent shockwaves across the SEO community worldwide. As reported around news agencies, almost 50GB worth stolen data from the world’s fourth largest search engine was leaked into the public domain. According to experts, the leak from the company will offer some interesting insights into the functioning of search engines and how the SEO market will be impacted by it. The leak took place sometime on January 25. Several… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yandex code leak: Why hack of ‘Russian Google’s’ ranking factors has spooked the SEO industry  The Indian Express Source link

Ah, Google Assistant. Sure seems like our trusty ol’ Android-dwellin’ pal is getting brushed over a lot as of late, doesn’t it? First came the fact that Google made nary a mention of its honey-voiced virtual genie at the big honkin’ Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas last month — and that’s after years of Assistant and its “Hey Google” catchphrase being placarded practically everywhere at that event and being the company’s core focus. But even more broadly is… Source link

Google has notified customers using its Google Fi cell service that their personal data may have been stolen in a recent cyberattack, which is believed to be in connection with a T-Mobile data breach earlier this month. In an email sent to Google Fi customers on Monday, obtained by Android Police, Google said that the cell network’s primary network provider had become aware of suspicious activity in a system containing Google Fi customer data.  Google Fi is an MVNO that uses T-Mobile’s… Source link

In one example circulated internally, a tester asked Apprentice Bard if there will be another round of layoffs at Google. The company laid off 12,000 employees, 6% of its workforce, earlier this month. “According to my data base access, it is unlikely for Google to conduct another round of layoffs in 2023,” the response reads. “Layoffs are generally conducted to reduce costs and structure, but the company is doing well financially. In fact, Google’s revenue increased by 34% in 2021,… Source link

Google’s delayed disposal of third-party cookies – data stored in web browsers for advertising and analytics, among other things – will kick off the third quarter of 2024. The ad biz intends to press ahead with its Topics API for interest-based advertising, despite being told by the Technical Architecture Group (TAG) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that the project “appears to maintain the status quo of inappropriate surveillance on the web.” In documents filed with the UK… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A window into Yandex’s censorship  Meduza Source link

Last week, Russian Internet giant Yandex suffered a major source code leak when an unknown user (likely a former employee) published parts of the company’s internal repository online. The leaked code provides new insight into the inner workings of Russia’s largest search engine, which has faced growing criticism in recent years for cooperating with the Kremlin. Among other things, the breach confirmed that Yandex has censored image and video search results to prevent the Z symbol and… Source link

Google has notified customers of its Fi mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service that hackers were able to access some of their information, according to TechCrunch. The tech giant said the bad actors infiltrated a third-party system used for customer support at Fi’s primary network provider. While Google didn’t name the provider outright, Fi relies on US Cellular and T-Mobile for connectivity. If you’ll recall, the latter admitted in mid-January that hackers had been taking data from… Source link