Tag Archives: Big

Google’s annual software-focused event is fast approaching, with Google IO 2021 kicking off on May 18. The event this year is online-only, for obvious reasons, but that doesn’t mean it will be short of big announcements. Not much has been confirmed so far, but through a combination of leaks, rumors, the event schedule and past form, we have a good idea of what to expect. Below, then, you’ll find an overview of the biggest things we’re likely to see at Google IO 2021, then further down… Source link

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are said to be selling the rights to its song catalog, which include hits like “Californiacation” and “Scar Tissue,” for $140 million — in a deal that may have implications for the music industry. London-based music investment company Hipgnosis will acquire the catalog, Billboard reported this week. The agreement would add to the firm’s already impressive roster of A-list publishing deals, from Neil Young and Shakira to former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey… Source link

Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Across many years of covering our increasingly fractured media landscape, there’s really just one thing that’s given us some true hope for the triumph of the human spirit over the rampant rise of cold corporate logic: The continued existence of the petty-ass “Just LOOK what your father is making me do!” energy that pervades any big conflict between content studios and the service providers who carry their work to the masses. Once upon a time, you… Source link

Stocks were mixed Tuesday morning, with investors awaiting more corporate earnings results from major companies and a Federal Reserve monetary policy decision on Wednesday.  The S&P 500 ticked up, extending gains after the blue-chip index rose to an all-time high during Monday’s regular trading day. The Dow slipped, while the Nasdaq gained. Shares of Tesla (TSLA) fell after the company’s first-quarter sales results missed estimates, though earnings and automobile gross margins exceeded… Source link

Next week, your iPhone will get a massive update. Called iOS 14.5, it brings improvements for Apple’s (AAPL) smartphone including its controversial App Tracking Transparency, which will let you choose whether apps track your activity across the web. It will also feature support for Apple’s AirTags, new tracking devices that keep you from losing your stuff. The update even includes crowd-sourced traffic warnings for Apple Maps, making it even more of a Google (GOOG, GOOGL) Maps competitor,… Source link

The New York Times An Early Promise Broken: Inside Biden’s Reversal on Refugees WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in the Oval Office, pleading with President Joe Biden. In the meeting, on March 3, Blinken implored the president to end Trump-era restrictions on immigration and to allow tens of thousands of desperate refugees fleeing war, poverty and natural disasters into the United States, according to several people familiar with the exchange. But Biden, already under… Source link

Google’s plan to replace third-party cookies is–on one level–really quite brilliant. Google’s entire business depends heavily on the ability to track users in order to identify their interests, and then show them “personalized ads” based on their web activity. The third-party cookie is a huge part of that business, which means it makes sense Google would want to be leading the way on whatever replaces it. Cookies, if you remember, are little snippets of code that websites use to identify… Source link

A new proposal by Republican lawmakers to overhaul a critical law that protects online platforms already looks dead in the water, according to one legal expert, though another prominent legal scholar believes it could fuel bipartisan reform for tech regulation. The proposal, laid out by Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday, is meant to serve as a foundation to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that provides liability protection… Source link

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it’s become a teensy bit trendy to trash Google and its position on privacy these days. This wiggly ol’ web of ours has always spent a fair amount of energy focusing on how Google uses personal data, of course — and that’s a good thing. We absolutely should be aware of how companies do and don’t tap into our information. Lately, though, the conversation has turned especially heated, with a growing chorus of virtual voices… Source link

Aside from the tasty chocolate candy many of us enjoy eating in the springtime, ‘Easter eggs’ have an entirely different meaning when they come from Google. An Easter Egg is an unexpected feature in games, movies — and in this case, Google Search or another of its products. These secret goodies are usually discovered through word of mouth or entirely by accident. In this column, you’ll learn how to activate a ton of different Google Easter Eggs. See how many you already knew, and have… Source link