The new Google Wallet app is available to all customers shortly after people in 39 countries started seeing it available on their phones Monday. Google Wallet’s official rollout is the latest step in the long history of Google’s payment app variations. The company combined Google Wallet and Android Pay in 2018 to create Google Pay, a single app that included tap-to-pay, tickets, and loyalty programs under one umbrella that worked across Android and Google Chrome. In 2020, Google Pay… Source link

An update for the Android Google Photos app (versions 5.97 and later) can help you go directly to a list of screenshots, according to Android Police. With the update, you’ll have faster access to screenshots by using a shortcut, accessible from the Photos icon on your phone’s homepage with a long press or available to split out as a direct shortcut placed on your screen. If you don’t know how to use shortcuts on Android or have forgotten, here are Google’s instructions: Touch and… Source link

If there is any upside for investors from the slowing U.S. economy, it’s that the Federal Reserve may have no other choice but to put the brakes on its aggressive pace of rate hikes later this year. “There are two reasons that they would slow the pace,” Goldman Sachs Chief U.S. Economist David Mericle told Yahoo Finance Live at the firm’s 10,000 Small Businesses Summit (video above). “One reason is I think the economy is going to slow a lot. And you’re going to see that in a much more… Source link

Google has reportedly internally announced a hiring freeze that will remain in place for two weeks. According to a report from The Information, Prabhakar Raghavan, Google’s senior vice president, sent out a company-wide email to inform workers about the decision. This follows Google’s announcement of a hiring slowdown that will last until the end of this year. “We’ll use this time to review our headcount needs and align on a new set of prioritized Staffing Requests for the next… Source link

In this photo illustration Google Calendar logo seen displayed on a tablet. Igor Golovniov | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google introduced a new feature on Wednesday that will help users keep their Google Calendars free from spam. Calendar spam occurs when random invitations and appointments appear on Google Calendar, even if the recipient never opened or accepted them. The issue has prompted complaints from users who have been flooded with spam. The new Google Calendar feature,… Source link

As of Wednesday, there are 50 days remaining until the NFL season kicks off on Sept. 8. We’ve survived over five months without football, and less than two months remain before it’s back in our lives. It’s officially football preparation season. Season win totals have been posted at BetMGM since April, and they’ve received plenty of action over the past three-and-a-half months. Surely, even more action will come in over the next 7 weeks ahead of kickoff. Which teams are getting love in the… Source link

After over a year of negotiations, Congress is finally advancing a bill to provide $52 billion to the semiconductor industry amid a chip shortage threatening U.S. competitiveness and national security. The Senate is eyeing a crucial cloture vote as early as Thursday which, if it gains the required 60 votes, could put the bill on the path to become a law within the coming weeks. “This has been bipartisan work in the Senate at its best,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said… Source link

Google Drive is an incredibly powerful tool for storing and organizing all sorts of data. And best of all, it’s available to anyone with a Google account for free (at least to start). Additionally, because Drive holds all your files in the cloud, it offers some important advantages compared to stashing everything locally on your phone or PC. Drive also works on practically any device with an internet connection, which makes it easy to use at home, at school, in the office and everywhere in… Source link

(Bloomberg) –London data centers used by Google and Oracle Corp. buckled on Tuesday after a record-setting heat wave hit Britain, knocking some websites offline. Both companies cited problems with “cooling systems” for causing the outages. Oracle’s first message appeared on its service page in late morning New York time, noting that “unreasonable temperatures” had affected cloud and networking equipment in its South London… Source link

Henrik Stenson has been stripped of his European Ryder Cup captaincy in advance of an expected move to the breakaway LIV Golf tour. Ryder Cup Europe announced the move, “with immediate effect,” on Wednesday morning. “In light of decisions made by Henrik in relation to his personal circumstances, it has become clear that he will not be able to fulfill certain contractual obligations to Ryder Cup Europe that he had committed to prior to his announcement as captain on Tuesday, March 15, 2022,”… Source link