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(CNN) — When it comes to Cinco de Mayo — the annual fiesta that gives Americans an excuse to load up on more tacos and margaritas than they usually do — people ask a lot of questions. A WHOLE LOT of them. And many of these inquiries are, shall we say, rather obvious (or occasionally downright strange). It makes you wonder if some folks got into the tequila a little early. When is Cinco de Mayo? Cinco = 5. de Mayo = of May. So, May 5. When is Cinco de Mayo 2021? May 5, for those who needed… Source link

Has Google or YouTube asked you recently for your birth date? You’re probably not the only one. Google is not necessarily trying to invade your privacy, but more so trying to protect certain age groups. In 2019, Google broke COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, and had to pay a record $170 million in fines. Part of the agreement required Google to verify the age of the users on their site. “If you were to go in and for example lie about your birth… Source link

Yahoo Answers is going to be shut down after more than 15 years of providing the web with hilarious content. The website is first slipping into read-only mode from 20 April, before being shut down entirely on 4 May – redirecting visitors to the Yahoo homepage instead. When the site disappears then all of its many brilliant questions – with their innovative grammatical and spelling errors, and the amazing credulity of the askers – will be… Source link

Two women held as teenage sex slaves for almost four years have spoken of their fear about the release from jail of their rapist tormenter this week. Paedophile Viktor Mokhov, now 70, has tried to track down both his victims from prison, and they say they are scared he will stalk them after 17 years behind bars. Katya (Ekaterina) Martynova was only 14 when he kidnapped her, while he made Lena Simagina pregnant three times during their ordeal, and she twice gave birth. The monster held them in a… Source link

Google has added a layer of scrutiny for research papers on sensitive topics including gender, race, and political ideology. A senior manager also instructed researchers to “strike a positive tone” in a paper this summer. The news was first reported by Reuters. “Advances in technology and the growing complexity of our external environment are increasingly leading to situations where seemingly inoffensive projects raise ethical, reputational, regulatory or legal issues,” the… Source link

The branding community has spoken, and majority rules: Google Suite’s new logos look like they got dressed in the dark.  In early October, Google rebranded G Suite to Google Workspace, because even Google is aware that there’s no line between work and home life right now.  ICYMI, Gmail, Docs, Meet, etc., are now nearly indistinguishable. I gave it over a month, but I’m still confused about why Google, a trillion dollar company as of January, with access to the best branding… Source link

By Sybille de La Hamaide and Thierry Chiarello PARIS/CONFLANS-SAINTE-HONORINE, France (Reuters) – The teenager who beheaded a teacher outside the school in a Paris suburb where he taught had approached pupils in the street and asked them to point out his victim, anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said on Saturday. Police shot dead the 18-year-old attacker, who was born in Russia, minutes after he murdered 47-year-old history teacher Samuel Paty in broad daylight in… Source link