Google and Mozilla are ready for Chrome and Firefox version 100 to break some websites

Chrome, Firefox, and Edge are about to hit version 100, in a triple release that could break some websites. The move to version 100 in the coming weeks could result in bugs or compatibility issues on some websites not ready to read triple-digit user-agent strings. Google, Mozilla, and Microsoft are busy trying preempt any big issues. Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft have been warning about the upcoming version 100 release for months, which is about to drop in March for both Chrome and Edge,… Source link

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Pro Gamer Fired After Saying Men Under 5 ft 7 in ‘Don’t Have Human Rights’ [Update]

Pictured is Tanukana in an arcade. Tanukana showing off her gaming skills for the press. Professional Tekken player Tanukana has been booted from Osaka-based esports team Cyclops Athlete Gaming for remarks she made about men’s heights during a livestream, following a recent spate of far more incendiary remarks. Cyclops Athlete Gaming competes in first-person shooters like PUBG, Call of Duty, and Rainbow Six Siege as well as fighting games like Tekken. She has been featured in the mainstream… Source link

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Inflation be damned, consumers are shopping their way through it: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, February 17, 2022 Inflation everywhere, but ‘depressed’ public shops through it Power Twitter users might be familiar with the catchphrase “tweeting through it.” Loosely defined, it’s a state of ignoring a crisis (one most likely of your own making) by posting about other things as a means of idle distraction. After January’s… Source link

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Russia fines Google for failing to delete banned content

The facade of a Google office is seen in New York City, New York, U.S., February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Paresh Dave Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) – A Moscow court on Thursday said it had fined Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) 3.5 million roubles ($46,000) for failing to delete content Russia deems illegal, the latest in a string of fines for the U.S. tech giant. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ($1 = 75.7861 roubles)

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Yahoo promotes Paul Sigaloff to VP head of APAC

Yahoo has promoted Paul Sigaloff as VP, head of APAC. Effective immediately, Sigaloff (pictured) will lead sales for the ad technology business across the entire Asia Pacific region. Previously VP of ANZ INSEA, his expanded remit now includes Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Sigaloff has been with the company for eight years and launched Yahoo (formerly Verizon Media) into the Australia and New Zealand market in 2018…. Source link

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Elon Musk said Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger once told an entire table at lunch ‘all the ways Tesla would fail’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk.Chris Saucedo/Getty Images for SXSW Billionaire investor Charlie Munger once told people at a lunch “all the ways Tesla would fail,” Elon Musk recounted. Musk said the Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman’s comment made him “quite sad.” Tesla is currently the world’s most valuable carmaker with a market capitalization of $954.3 billion. Elon Musk said billionaire investor Charlie Munger once told people at a lunch “all the ways Tesla would fail.” The Tesla CEO was responding to a… Source link

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9th Circ. Hears Objections To $117M Yahoo Data Breach Deal

By Lauren Berg (February 16, 2022, 9:24 PM EST) — An objector to Yahoo’s $117 million data breach class action settlement urged the Ninth Circuit during oral arguments Wednesday to revive his request for attorney fees, while another objector argued the company chosen to provide credit monitoring services needs to be reconsidered. An attorney for objector James McCain urged the three-judge panel to reverse a California federal judge’s decision to deny his counsel $260,000 in fees… Source link

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