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Topline Hundreds of employees were cut from major tech companies this week, including at Amazon, Google and Duolingo, as businesses look to “rightsize” their workforces and cut costs, following up on a parade of layoffs that dominated the news cycle and led to even steeper cuts amid lingering recession fears in 2022 and 2023. across multiple divisions. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts Twitch, a live streaming site owned by Amazon, announced plans to cut 35% of its staff (roughly 500… Source link

Google just announced a change for users in Europe that will let them decide exactly how much data-sharing they’re comfortable with. The new policy, which the company said was in response to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), allows users to opt out of data sharing across all, some, or none of a select number of Google’s services. The services listed include YouTube, Search, ad services, Google Play, Chrome, Google Shopping, and Google Maps. But the policy isn’t watertight… Source link

Jackyenjoyphotography | Moment | Getty Images Tech is not the only sector to make headlines for job cuts. Citigroup is cutting 10% of its workforce amid a corporate overhaul. Recent U.S. Department of Labor data shows layoffs have been hovering near historic lows — and experts say getting laid off no longer has the same stigma it once did. “Being let go from a job is not as taboo as it once was years ago,” said Scott Dobroski, career trends expert at Indeed. “There’s a variety of changes going… Source link

One of the biggest selling points of a Pixel device is the (usual) cadence at which Google releases new software updates and, apparently, Tensor-powered Pixels are about to get a rare software update that updates the kernel used behind the scenes. As highlighted by Mishaal Rahman on Twitter/X, Google appears to be working on updating the Linux kernel on all Tensor-powered Pixels. Specifically, the evidence presented suggests an update to version 6.1, which was… Source link

Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR Google will allow users to unlink the Google services they use to comply with the EU’s Digital Market Act. Users will be able to make that choice when the DMA takes effect on March 6, 2024. Google warns that some features that share data across Google services could become limited or unavailable after unlinking. This year, the rules of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) will start applying to companies that have been deemed gatekeepers — like… Source link

Google Ads customer service has plummeted to an unacceptable all-time low, according to search marketers. From incorrect account suspensions to uncomfortable sales calls “aggressively” pushing automation to confusion over the platform’s own products, advertisers have told Search Engine Land that they are exasperated by the lack of help offered by their reps. And the problem only seems to be getting worse. A ‘brutal’ process Mike Kelley, Chief Marketing Officer at… Source link

Google is starting 2024 by cutting several hundred jobs across the company. The company confirmed the layoffs to USA TODAY Friday and that they will impact employees within Google’s hardware and central engineering teams, as well employees who work on Google Assistant, the company’s voice-activated software product. Other parts of the company were also affected. “As we’ve said, we’re responsibly investing in our company’s biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,” the… Source link

Google Assistant can do an insane amount of stuff, and the list of features grows larger with each passing year — especially thanks to better generative AI support. So, just like me, it sounds like Google Assistant’s New Year’s Resolution is to shed some of the extra weight — and will be losing 17 “underutilized” features in the coming weeks.  According to Google’s announcement, it wants to focus on “experiences you love and investing in the underlying technology to make… Source link

Google’s John Mueller answered a question on Reddit about a commonly used robots meta tag and what would happen if it was missing. Mueller’s answer, while it makes sense and is documented, may still come as a surprise to many publishers and SEOs. Robots Meta Tag The HTML meta element communicates metadata. Metadata is machine readable information that a crawler like Googlebot can read. There are many kinds of meta elements like the meta description element but the Robots Meta Element is… Source link