Well, shucks. Just as I was about to put my brain on auto-pilot for the remainder of the year, Google went and made a major purchase — one that may seem ho-hum on the surface but that could end up being one of the most significant expansions to Google’s ambitions in ages. Google, if you haven’t heard, is buying a company called Neverware. Never who? Never mind — it isn’t exactly a household name, I realize. But for anyone who pays close attention to Chrome… Source link
Read More »Google hires Fiona Cicconi as personnel chief amid growing worker tensions
Google has hired a top executive from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to oversee its personnel policies amid ongoing tensions with many employees who are upset with the company’s policies. The hiring of Fiona Cicconi also comes while Alphabet’s GOOGL, +0.50% GOOG, +0.44% Google sets up plans to allow people to continue to work from home for at least eight more months. The Mountain View, California, internet… Source link
Read More »Google’s Gmail Faces Service Disruptions Again
Google said a ‘significant subset of users’ of its email service were inconvenienced Tuesday. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/Zuma Press … Source link
Read More »Gmail suffers another outage – CNN
Some Gmail users reported emails bouncing back and other error messages. Google (GOOGL) initially said on its status page that it was aware of the outage around 4.30 p.m. ET. “The affected users are able to access Gmail, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior,” it added. The issues were finally resolved shortly before 7 p.m. ET, the company said. At their peak, they affected nearly 18,000 users, according to monitoring site Downdetector. “Please rest… Source link
Read More »Honda recalling 1.79 million vehicles worldwide for safety issues
TipRanks Shift Into Hydrogen Could Lift These 3 Stocks Higher In a report on the alternative fuel market, analyst Rupert Merer, of National Bank of Canada, looks at the possibilities and potentialities of the hydrogen as both an energy resource and a commodity. At the heart of the matter, he writes, “Stakeholders across energy markets have reached the consensus that climate change is a problem and decarbonization of our energy supply mix will require a multifaceted approach which includes… Source link
Read More »Market Coverage: Wednesday December 16th Yahoo Finance – Yahoo Finance
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Read More »Google says ‘significant’ number of Gmail users are seeing errors right now
Google says that a “significant subset” of Gmail users are running into errors with the service right now. While users can access their inboxes, they may encounter “error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior,” the company wrote in a message on its service status page. The errors come just a day after many Google properties, including Gmail, YouTube, and Google Docs, were hit with a widespread outage. Downdetector, which monitors reports of website issues,… Source link
Read More »The Power Of Trust: Why Microsoft Advertising Is Ready For Life After Cookies
Microsoft has developed a far-reaching ecosystem throughout the years, currently boasting assets such as Microsoft Bing, MSN, Windows, Microsoft 365, LinkedIn, and Xbox. In April 2019, the company added a new name to the mix – Microsoft Advertising, which came as a rebrand of Bing Ads. Speaking to B&T, Microsoft Advertising Vice President APAC… Source link
Read More »Google’s Blob Opera uses machine learning to emulate classical Christmas carols
Hark! The blobs sing! Or at least, they do in Google’s latest machine learning experiment, the awe-inspiring Blob Opera, which will see a chorus of four adorable, colorful blobs serenade you with spine-tingling operatic music. Drag a blob up or down, and you’ll change what pitch they sing in; drag them from side to side, and you’ll change the vowel sound. Each blob will also harmonize with the others, in what can only be described as magical. The Blob Opera just sounds beautiful,… Source link
Read More »Canelo Alvarez now free to face the best
It’s always a difficult choice for a boxer to go to court to resolve a contract dispute because careers are so short, time is of the essence and court cases tend to drag out indefinitely. At the height of his earning power, though, Canelo Alvarez willingly went to court because of what he saw as obstacles in his path to get back into the ring. And on Saturday in San Antonio in a fight that will be streamed on DAZN and traditional pay-per-view, Alvarez will not only make his first appearance… Source link
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