Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs testifying again before Congress next month

The House committee’s Democratic leaders singled out bogus claims of election fraud in their statement announcing next month’s hearing, but also pointed to broader concerns about misinformation. “Whether it be falsehoods about the COVID-19 vaccine or debunked claims of election fraud, these online platforms have allowed misinformation to spread, intensifying national crises with real-life, grim consequences for public health and safety,” Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone… Source link

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What’s wrong with Jim Harbaugh’s QB room at Michigan?

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Mike Evans: Tom Brady went above and beyond with texts to prepare for Super Bowl After the Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV, Leonard Fournette revealed Tom Brady would text teammates “We will win” around 11 p.m. ET every night. But apparently that wasn’t all he was sending. In an appearance on “The Michael Irvin Podcast,” Evans said Brady stepped up everything he usually did during the season to help motivate [more] Source link

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Google Maps adds new feature that allows you to pay for parking and transit in app | WJHL

(NEXSTAR) – Google Maps has released a new feature that enables you to pay for parking and transit from within the app. To access the feature, all you have to do is connect your Google Pay account to Google Maps. Here’s how it works: Once you’re parked in metered parking, simply tap on the “Pay for Parking” button that appears and enter your meter number and the amount of time — without ever touching the meter. You can extend your parking time from within the… Source link

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Walmart just dealt a major blow to retail

Walmart is putting its nearly $18 billion cash hoard to good use this year, and how it’s spending it should absolutely scare the heck out of most other retailers. Somewhat getting lost in the market’s maniacal focus on Walmart’s fourth quarter earnings miss on Thursday are two new aspects to the retailer that could help widen its competitive moat. While investors don’t seem to care much about them today (shares are down 6% post earnings), it could seriously alter Walmart’s future earnings… Source link

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Google has a new responsible AI lead – TechCrunch

Google has appointed Dr. Marian Croak to lead its responsible artificial intelligence division within Google Research, Bloomberg reported earlier today. Croak was previously the vice president of engineering at the company. In her new role, Croak will oversee the teams working on accessibility, AI for social good, algorithmic fairness in health, brain fairness, ethical AI and others. She’ll report to Jeff Dean, SVP of Google AI Research and Health. In a Google blog post and video… Source link

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Google Search Console Changes Core Web Vitals Reporting

Google Search Console is changing how Core Web Vitals are measured and reported on, which is likely to be a positive thing for site owners. Going forward, the metrics defining the boundaries for largest contentful paint (LCP), first input delay (FID), and cumulative layout shift (CLS) are now defined as <= (less than or equal to). Previously the boundaries for each of the Core Web Vitals was defined as < (less than). That meant the Google Search Console report would only show a “good”… Source link

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Why some SPAC investors may get burned

The Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) juggernaut storms into 2021 raising more than $45 billion with no sign of slowing down. “The front end of these SPACs is exploding. January, February will be the biggest months ever for those front end SPACs,” JMP Securities CEO Mark Lehmann told Yahoo Finance Live. “I just caution the overall public, this GameStop fever, unfortunately will probably bleed a little into the SPACS.” Lehmann said investors can find great opportunities in SPACs, as… Source link

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Google to open office in Rochester, Minnesota

It will be the company’s first office in Minnesota. ROCHESTER, Minn. — Google will be opening its first office in Minnesota later this year in Rochester. As part of a partnership with Mayo Clinic, Google will be opening up an office at Collinder Coworking in the Conley-Maass-Downs building in downtown Rochester. “Part of what drew… Source link

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Permanent Facebook ban of Trump ‘would be a shame’

The oversight board at Facebook (FB) will decide in the coming weeks whether former President Donald Trump should regain access to the platform or face a permanent ban. Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates — whom Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg considers a mentor — on Wednesday weighed in on the impending decision, telling Yahoo Finance that a permanent ban of Trump “would be a shame” and would amount to an “extreme measure.” He warned that such a move would cause “polarization” if users… Source link

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Apple TV+ arrives on Google TV devices, starting with Chromecast – TechCrunch

Google announced today the Apple TV+ streaming service has now arrived on the Google TV platform, starting with Chromecast with Google TV. It will also become available on Google TVs from both Sony and TCL, with expansions to other Android TV-powered devices in the months to come, Google says. Google TV was introduced last September as the new way Google will refer to its interface for Chromecast, where it combines streaming services, live TV via YouTube TV and other Google offerings,… Source link

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