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The pain in the PC industry is only getting worse, as sales continue to decline after explosive growth during the height of the pandemic. According to research firm Gartner, worldwide PC shipments declined a staggering 28.5% in the fourth quarter of 2022, the largest decline since the company began tracking shipments in the mid-1990s. That drop is especially stunning considering consumers tend to spend more on electronics like laptops and desktops during the holidays. “The anticipation of a… Source link

A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Americans’ confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court has collapsed over the last 20 months — a period that began with former President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans installing a 6-3 conservative majority ahead of the 2020 election and culminated last week with the leak of a draft opinion signaling that five GOP-appointed justices plan to overturn Roe v. Wade. The last time Yahoo News/YouGov asked about confidence in the court was in September 2020,… Source link

Former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Donald Trump has launched a new broadside against Big Tech, with a fresh lawsuit claiming Facebook, Twitter and Google illegally banned him from their platforms. Trumpers might cheer, but the former president already has a losing record in his war against tech, and it’s likely to get worse. During the second half of his presidency, Trump turned verbal assaults… Source link

Engineers noted design flaws and failing waterproofing that would lead to “exponential damage” about 990 days before much of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex collapsed, documents released late Friday night show. The town of Surfside, Florida, released the documents including an “unverified” 40-year inspection report that had been received 16 hours after the building’s catastrophic failure. A letter to the condominium association’s treasurer on Oct. 8, 2018, included pages of… Source link

In a Google Office Hours hangout someone related that their rankings disappeared after advertising on Google Ads. They said that their rankings returned after they stopped the advertising. The person asked what could explain these events? The person asking the question acknowledged that Google Ads is not supposed to affect organic rankings. So the question was really about what could have affected the outcome. Mueller explained the separation between the search and Pay Per Click (PPC) then… Source link

TCS Group announced on Friday that the sale of Tinkoff Bank to the tech giant Yandex has collapsed and the deal is now “terminated.” “Following further discussions, including with Tinkoff’s controlling shareholder, the parties have agreed not to proceed with the potential transaction,” the company said, offering no further explanation. In a separate press release, Yandex confirmed that it is no longer buying Tinkoff Bank, saying that it failed to finalize terms with the bank’s main… Source link