This just in: smart appliances are still not a bright idea for those who care about privacy. The latest word on the subject comes from Stephan van Rooij, a software architect with Smartersoft BV in the Netherlands and a Microsoft MVP in security. Van Rooij is the owner of two AEG smart appliances – the AEG Built In Combination Microwave (KMK768080B) and the AEG Oven (BSK798280B). As he noted in a write-up this week, these appliances weren’t purchased for their connectivity – the fact… Source link
Read More »Female cabin-crew applicants had to strip so recruiters could check for scars, birthmarks, or tattoos, report says
Male candidates were told the airline only hired men from Kuwait, El Diario reported.Robert Smith/Getty Images Kuwait Airways applicants said they were ordered to strip to their underwear at a hiring event. Recruiters rejected women with glasses, moles, or visible scars, Spain’s El Diario reported. Spain’s Department of Labor is investigating the hiring agency Meccti following El Diario’s report. Women hoping to become flight attendants with Kuwait Airways said they were ordered to strip down to… Source link
Read More »Is Google Down Right Now? Check The Search Status Dashboard.
There’s now an official page to answer the question: “Is Google down right now?” Google is rolling out a search status dashboard that will inform you, in real-time, whether there’s an issue with crawling, indexing, or serving search results. Previously, Google’s Site Reliability Engineers (SRE) informed searchers about outages via the Google Search Central Twitter account. Now, Google will use the Search Status Dashboard to communicate the status of its search engine. Is Google… Source link
Read More »Regis Prograis set to receive full $1.2 million payment after fight check bounced
WBC super lightweight champion Regis Prograis (left), will eventually get his entire fight check for defeating Jose Zepeda on Saturday in Carson, California. His check was initially denied by the bank. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Regis Prograis, the newly crowned WBC super lightweight world champion, received 50% of his fight purse on Wednesday and will receive the other 50% on Thursday after his initial check bounced at the bank. The money was due from his fight… Source link
Read More »Yahoo.com Voted Best Site to Check If Your Internet Is Working Again
NEW YORK — Venerable internet portal Yahoo.com has won the People’s Choice Webby Award for “Best Site to Check to See If Your Internet Is Working Again,” a spokesperson for the awards organization announced. “It is a great honor to present this award to Yahoo, who has reliably been there for decades to let us know that yes, we can resume surfing the internet after an outage,” stated Phillis Dowell, spokesperson for the Webby Awards. “Yahoo.com narrowly beat out contenders… Source link
Read More »Check your bank statements for bogus Google charges
MARTINSVILLE — Check your bank statements. A scam involving unauthorized Google charges is hitting bank accounts across the country including right here in Indiana. A Martinsville woman contacted WRTV Investigates for help. The charges are totally bogus but appear to be coming from Google and Google Play, and typically there’s more than one on your credit or debit card. Anita Caincross of Martinsville went out to dinner with a friend, and when she went to pay with her debit card, it would… Source link
Read More »Google rejected this man 39 times: Check what happens when you don’t give up
“There’s a fine line between perseverance and insanity. I’m still trying to figure… Source link
Read More »5 Ways To Check If Google Analytics Is Working
Google Analytics is a marketer’s lifeline in understanding performance and making decisions based on website or app usage data. In my decade-plus of working with clients, around half of the new clients I work with don’t have GA (Google Analytics) configured properly. Typical issues stem from duplicate tag implementation, tag manager setup, cross-domain tracking and so much more. Whether you are launching a new site, redesigning an old one, or merging multiple websites, here are five ways… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Mail down: Users fume as many left unable to check their emails
If you’re trying and failing to access Yahoo! Mail this morning you are definitely not alone. The hugely popular messaging service appears to be having some major issues with hundreds of reports that its users can’t read, reply, send or open new emails. However, one of the biggest problems appears to be users seeing their full inbox but then getting an error that reads “We couldn’t load this message,” when they try and check an individual email. The gremlins first appeared at around 9.30am… Source link
Read More »Google and Facebook users should do this quick privacy check now.
So much about you is collected, compiled, and sold to the highest bidder. Shady people finder and data broker sites make it their business to know as much about you as possible. Tap or click here for three sites you should check for your info and steps to remove it. This data collection happens in the background, and there’s a lot you give away freely. For instance, everything you type into Google, YouTube, Gmail, Google Drive and all the rest. Tap or click to see everything Google knows… Source link
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