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NurPhoto/Getty Browsers are great. Over the past decade, I’ve seen a whole swathe of applications replaced by services that run in the browser, so much so that nowadays, most of my working day is spent in front of my browser of choice — Google Chrome. Also: How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex Problem is, the browser is a window to, well, the whole of the internet. And I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there are a lot of distractions on the internet. I’ve concluded that… Source link

Getty Images Once Apple exited the talks, things moved very quickly. Less than a week after a report emerged that Apple, the longstanding frontrunner to become the successor to DirecTV for the Sunday Ticket package, had pulled out of the discussions, Google/YouTube has a deal in place with the league. The NFL announced on Thursday morning that, starting in 2023, Sunday Ticket will be available only through YouTube. It will be an add-on… Source link

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia–(Newsfile Corp. – December 22, 2022) – Africa to Silicon Valley (A2SV) has announced that the organization has received funding from Google as part of the tech giant’s initiatives to support diverse African tech talent. A2SV upskills high-potential university students in Africa and connects students with software engineering opportunities at top companies. The program empowers students to work on real-world problems and make meaningful impacts in communities, thus also… Source link

Google is changing the release cycle for its Chrome web browser, the company announced in a blog post, adding a new early preview of updates available via the Stable channel for a small set of users starting in February 2023. This early stable release will be available one week before the scheduled stable release date, allowing Google to address any reported issues before updates are rolled out to the wider public (via Android Police). Chrome’s release cycle currently pushes updates to the… Source link

There are secrets that the most proficient Googlers tap into when they search.  While most others are left in the dust still combing through the myriad of search results, knowing these 10 effective ways to search will make all the difference in getting what you really want. When trying to use Google to find an answer to a specific question, we are overloaded with thousands of results.  It can be overwhelming and lead you astray until you know how to search on Google using any of these… Source link

When Tampa Bay leaders talk about luring tech talent here, the type of person they’re picturing is Kan Kotecha. Kotecha is a former vice president of corporate engineering at Google; before that he was head of investment product technology at Morgan Stanley. This summer, looking for a change at a smaller company, he became chief technology officer at Tampa startup Gale Healthcare, which aims to tackle the health care worker shortage by acting as sort of an Uber for nurses looking to pick up… Source link

Screenshot: DuckDuckGo Have you noticed that websites are offering you a friendly new way to sign-in with Google? Try Investing.com. When you hit the site, Google displays a popup recommending that you sign in the top right. If you’re on a phone, the prompt takes up almost half your screen. And if you’re using Chrome, you can sign in with a single click, the fastest way to make the popup go away. Don’t have an account on Investing.com? Google will automatically make one for you. It’s… Source link

Google’s search-based ad business could come tumbling down Google is the place to go when you have questions about anything. The process is a little involved, but after digging through a few search results and using a search operator or two, you will usually find what you need. A new AI chatbot, ChatGPT, is upending this proposition, though. Instead of having to dig through results yourself, this new technology gives you natural-sounding, easy-to-understand… Source link

What does Warren Buffett like in a stock? You could put a solid business moat high on the list. High returns on invested capital (ROIC) would be up there, too, as would an outstanding management team. And we can’t leave out an attractive valuation. Google parent Alphabet (GOOG 0.69%) (GOOGL 0.63%) checks off all of those boxes and dominates its core search market. It’s a strong challenger in others, as well, notably including cloud hosting. Alphabet’s ROIC consistently trounces the levels… Source link

A 2017 report by the Inspector General for the National Science Foundation also found ethics concerns and recommended that the foundation “take corrective actions to strengthen controls over IPA conflicts of interests, including reassess controls to ensure staff do not have access to awards and proposals for which they are conflicted.” In a statement, FAS said that “we have strict policies in place to ensure the integrity and independence of the process by mandating a firewall between… Source link