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May 26 Update below. This post was originally published on May 25 Many people equate the regular discovery, and patching, of product vulnerabilities with being a sign of bad security; I am not one of them. I have always said that I’d much rather these security flaws are picked up, be that by in-house teams, bug bounty platforms or independent researchers, than go undiscovered. Vendors that patch regularly and transparently are demonstrating a strong security posture, not a weak one. Sure,… Source link

Right now, someone is doing a Google search to find a new product, service, or solution to their problem, something that your business is uniquely qualified to provide. Will they end up on your website where they’ll see how you have exactly what they’re looking for? If your website doesn’t show up on the first page of Google results, the answer is, unfortunately, probably not.  That’s for a few reasons. Firstly, Google dominates the search engine market, with more than 85% of global… Source link

As America becomes more diverse, inclusivity is mission critical. By Jo Hamilton Published: May 25, 2022 (Image credit: #WOCinTech Chat)Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has become a critical topic for brands as consumers demand to see themselves reflected in advertising campaigns and for brands to do good in the world. Especially as America’s population is becoming more diverse — 42% of the population is composed of people from… Source link

Google Docs is getting an absolutely lovely feature that could cut down a lot of busywork when it comes to properly formatting your document: the ability to select multiple sections of text at once. If you’ve got two sentences separated by a heading, or want to apply the same effect to three different words throughout a paragraph, you can now do so by simply selecting the text all at once, and applying your changes. Selecting multiple text sections is extremely simple: select the first… Source link

Google Photos is beginning to introduce new Real Tone filters this week, Google announced. The new filters are rolling out on Android, iOS and the web and can be accessed in the ‘Filters’ tab in Google Photos’ image editor. The company says the new Real Tone filters were designed by “professional image makers” to accurately represent various skin tones in photos. “These filters were designed by professional image makers to work well across skin tones,… Source link

Google is starting to gradually roll out ads in YouTube Shorts around the world, the company announced at its Marketing Live event this week. The official launch comes as the company has been experimenting with ads in YouTube Shorts since last year. Starting this week, video action campaigns and app campaigns will automatically scale to YouTube Shorts. The company says later this year, advertisers will be able to connect their product feed to their campaigns and… Source link

Google is now rolling out its first broad core algorithm update of 2022. It is named the May 2022 core update, Danny Sullivan of Google announced. The most recent core update was the November 2021 core update, over 6 months ago. The announcement. Google said “today, we’re releasing our May 2022 core update. It will take about 1-2 weeks to fully roll out.” “Core updates are changes we make to improve Search overall and keep pace with the changing nature of the web. While nothing in a… Source link

Google has confirmed a large number of serious vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser and Chrome users worldwide need to take action… Google published the news on its official Chrome blog, revealing a head-turning 32 security vulnerabilities have been found which affect Chrome on Windows, macOS and Linux. An upgraded version of the browser is rolling out “over the coming days/weeks.” Google has reported multiple new vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser SOPA… Source link

A group of more than 40 Democratic members of Congress has urged Google to stop collecting and retaining “unnecessary” location data over fears it could be used to identify people seeking abortions. The letter was sent to Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google’s parent company Alphabet, ahead of the anticipated reversal of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 legal case that guaranteed a person’s constitutional right to abortion. If repealed, individual states… Source link

The good news for the estimated 3.2 billion users of Google’s Chrome web browser is that, as far as we know, there are no new zero-day attacks ongoing against them. However, according to the latest confirmation from Google, a total of 32 new security vulnerabilities have been discovered that impact the Chromium-based browser. Of these, one has a critical impact status, eight are rated high and a further nine are medium. This is one big, and very important, security update for all Chrome… Source link