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Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said he wants to make the company 20% more productive, the latest sign that the technology giant is planning changes to deal with macroeconomic uncertainty. Mr. Pichai, speaking at the Code Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Tuesday night, cited past decisions to merge overlapping product areas as an example of changes that could happen at Google, a unit of Alphabet Source link

Google has introduced a new vulnerability rewards program to pay researchers who find security flaws in its open-source software or in the building blocks that its software is built on. It’ll pay anywhere from $101 to $31,337 for information about bugs in projects like Angular, GoLang, and Fuchsia or for vulnerabilities in the third-party dependencies that are included in those projects’ codebases. While it’s important for Google to fix bugs in its own projects (and in the software… Source link

Google is teaming up with researchers to investigate how the mobile devices glued to our hands may be affecting our minds. Conducted with researchers from the University of Oregon, the effort will be the second study to launch through the Google Health Studies app, the company’s nascent platform for conducting health research on its Android operating system. Like a similar program run by its competitor Apple, Google Health Studies aims to beef up the company’s health bona fides among… Source link

MIAMI — The Boston Celtics do not anticipate Al Horford being cleared from health and safety protocols prior to Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday, league sources told Yahoo Sports. There is a minuscule path in which the veteran big man could fulfill the necessary steps for clearance, but sources maintain it’s highly unlikely. In Horford’s absence and with Marcus Smart sidelined with a right foot sprain, the Miami Heat took a 118-107 Game 1 win Tuesday night. Smart is… Source link

Pernod Ricard (RI.PA) is officially in the metaverse with Absolut’s Coachella activation, allowing “real life to meet virtual life.” For the first time ever, the second largest spirits & wine maker Pernod Ricard, unveiled an experience in the metaverse dubbed Absolut.Land with its brand Absolut Vodka. North America CEO Ann Mukherjee told Yahoo Finance the global company partnered with Decentraland over other potential partners in the space, including Meta’s Horizon Worlds (FB) and Roblox ( Source link

In a bid to help enterprises optimize customer service, Google Cloud is extending its Contact Center AI (CCAI) service with the ability to integrate with CRM (customer relationship management) applications in order to provide real-time insights and data analytics.  The extended service will be called the Contact Center AI (CCAI) Platform and is scheduled for general availability in August.  The CCAI Platform will include capabilities offered by the current service, such as DialogFlow… Source link

Russian internet major Yandex is increasingly looking to boost the monetisation of its technologies, on the one hand, and leverage these technologies to support its international expansion, on the other, VTB Capital commented following the publication of 4Q21/2021 results and management update of the company. … Source link

A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave//File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Jan 19 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google said this week it would immediately improve enforcement of an age-sensitive ad policy after Reuters found ads for sex toys, liquor and high-risk investments in its search engine that should have been blocked under its efforts to… Source link

Amazon (AMZN) aims to hire 150,000 seasonal employees ahead of the busiest time of year for retailers. The e-commerce giant is offering lucrative incentives to lure talent amid a supply chain crunch and tight labor market. The average salary for seasonal jobs start at $18 per hour along with sign-on bonuses up to $3,000. Despite lucrative incentives, the question is whether Amazon and other giant retailers can convince enough people to work for them amid a red hot labor market.  Competition… Source link

The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo SYDNEY, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Australia’s antitrust regulator said on Tuesday it needed more powers to combat significant competition concerns in advertising technology, a market dominated by Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit Google. read more The stance could set up another clash between policymakers and the U.S. search engine leader after the same… Source link