The House GOP’s first policy bill out of the gate didn’t address inflation or gas prices or immigration, but instead went after the Internal Revenue Service. The bill was passed Monday evening on a straight party line vote of 221 to 210 to reverse much of the $80 billion in extra funding set aside for the agency by 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act. While it has little chance of it being enacted anytime soon with Democrats in control of the Senate and President Biden promising a veto, the… Source link
Read More »Google’s Extension SDK aims to bring latest features to older Android versions • TechCrunch
Fragmentation has been a longstanding complaint about the Android ecosystem. Often users miss out on features of the latest Android version because they are using older devices that are no longer updated. To reduce the gap, Google has released the first public version of the Extension SDK, which aims to bring features of the latest Android version to older iterations. As a part of this announcement, Google is opening up Photo Picker API support to Android 11 and… Source link
Read More »GM, Ford, Google partner to promote ‘virtual’ power plants
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Companies including GM, Ford, Google and solar energy producers said on Tuesday they would work together to establish standards for scaling up the use of virtual power plants (VPPs), systems for easing loads on electricity grids when supply is short. Energy transition nonprofit RMI will host the initiative, the Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3), which will also aim to shape policy for promoting the use of the systems, the companies said. Virtual power plants… Source link
Read More »GM, Ford, Google partner to promote ‘virtual’ power plants
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Companies including GM, Ford, Google and solar energy producers said on Tuesday they would work together to establish standards for scaling up the use of virtual power plants (VPPs), systems for easing loads on electricity grids when supply is short. Energy transition nonprofit RMI will host the initiative, the Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3), which will also aim to shape policy for promoting the use of the systems, the companies said. Virtual… Source link
Read More »Tesla stock ‘is now officially oversold,’ Fundstrat market technician says
Tesla’s beat-up stock (TSLA) price may have one more move left in it to the downside before buyers could finally emerge with a little gusto. At least that’s the message from Tesla’s stock chart. “Tesla is now officially oversold,” said market technician and Fundstrat Managing Director Mark Newton on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “I’m looking right down under $100 right before Tesla’s earnings happen right towards the end of the month, and that’s when a lot of my own cycles start to show… Source link
Read More »Microsoft’s Investment in OpenAI Poses Challenge for Google, Analysts Say
Google has been the unassailable leader among search engines for around 20 years. However, Microsoft ‘s reported plans to integrate artificial-intelligence technology from OpenAI into its search tools are raising questions about whether it could threaten Google’s dominance. Source link
Read More »BigCommerce launches Microsoft Ads and Listings
US-based ecommerce software company BigCommerce has partnered Microsoft Advertising to launch Microsoft Ads and Listings for merchants on the BigCommerce Marketplace. Following this announcement, Big Commerce merchants of all sizes are enabled to integrate their stores directly and reach millions of potential new customers across the Microsoft Advertising Network, who are thought to have increased purchasing power, engage more with ads, and have a higher probability of purchasing… Source link
Read More »Xiaomi 13 Lite appears on Google Play Console
The rumored Xiaomi 13 Lite made a stop on the Google Play Console database which revealed its design and some key specs. The device is codenamed Ziyi which matches the Xiaomi Civi 2 while the linked image looks identical to the Xiaomi Civi 1S. Xiaomi 13 Lite listing on Google Play Console The rest of the specs on the GPC listing confirm a 1080 x 2400px screen resolution, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chip chipset alongside 8 GB RAM. The software side is covered by Android 12. Previous… Source link
Read More »BigCommerce and Microsoft join forces to enhance advert performance
BigCommerce BigCommerce merchants will be able to reach Microsoft Advertising’s audience of over one billion users BigCommerce has partnered with Microsoft Advertising to release Microsoft Ads and Listings in the BigCommerce Marketplace. This will extend audience reach for BigCommerce merchants, drive more traffic via the Microsoft Advertising Network and optimise… Source link
Read More »How To Own Your Career, According To A Top Google Exec
Jenny Wood Tim Gillies Have you ever been told “you’re too much?” Perhaps someone accused you of being too sensitive, too loud, or said you ask too many questions. Jenny Wood, the founder of Google’s Own Your Career program, says there’s no such thing as being “too much.” In fact, she says, being “a bit much leads to much more” in your career. She would know. Jenny is not only an executive running a large operations team at Google that helps drive tens of billions of… Source link
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