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Google — along with Starbucks, Spirit Halloween, and seemingly every grocery store in my area — is starting to gear up for fall. It’s bringing seasonal ringtones to the Nest Doorbell (battery) even earlier this year, with the addition of a festive accordion jingle for Oktoberfest that’ll become available in the Google Home App starting September 5th. Like last year, Google will also let you set your doorbell chime to some spooky sounds for Halloween, starting on October 1st…. Source link

In the weeks since passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, one provision has generated more heat in certain corners of the internet than any other: an $80 billion infusion coming to the IRS. The money is set to help the tax-collecting agency chase down cheats and refresh its shockingly outdated technology over the coming decade. But many critics on the right who say the agency is politically motivated contend the money will also make tax collectors a more pernicious presence in Americans’… Source link

There’s a new view growing in popularity among the literati: The search engine Google undermines democracy. “Google Search Is Quietly Damaging Democracy” read a recent headline in Wired, summarizing an article which claimed that Google’s search results “mislead the public on issues of grave importance to sustaining our democracy.” The article, written by a professor who has made similar claims before Senate subcommittees, echoed others along the same lines—as well as calls for action to… Source link

Fisker (FSR) shares are on the move after the company posted an upbeat quarterly financial report. Though the EV automaker hasn’t posted meaningful revenue or earnings yet, its upcoming first model, the Fisker Ocean SUV, crossed 56,000 reservations as of August 1. Of those, 5,000 are for the Fisker Ocean One special edition, which requires a $5,000 down payment. Fisker confirmed it is all set to begin production of the Fisker Ocean on November 17 at contract partner Magna Steyr’s (MGA)… Source link

PENNSYLVANIA (WETM) – The Google Maps Street View feature launched 15 years ago, and since then it has amassed a truly huge amount of data, showcasing high-resolution, ground-level photos of roads all over the world. But how often does Google update the Street View of a given location, and when will it come to Central Pennsylvania? According to Google, it’s expected to visit Central Pennsylvania this year. Google says it will visit the following Pennsylvania counties in… Source link

After hovering near the $5 mark for a while, the average price of gas could fall to $4 per gallon by mid-August, analysts predict. Gas prices have been retreating from their highs last month for a couple of weeks now. AAA reports the average price per gallon currently stands at $4.75 nationwide, a 16-cent drop from a month ago. Wednesday’s drop of 2.8 cents per gallon was the second largest single-day drop in the last decade. The decline comes on the heels of a Twitter feud between Jeff… Source link

It might soon be time to add another accolade to Kanye West’s artistic catalog. The man with 21 Grammy wins and a multi-billion dollar valuation for his Yeezy collaborations, is potentially looking at making a car. DONDA, West’s content company known for collaborating on projects across various fields like film, design, as well as fashion, named noted sneaker designer Steven Smith as the head of “Donda Industrial Design.” Now one of the products highlighted in the release naming Smith… Source link

It seems like “everybody” these days is saying we’re going into recession. So: are they right? I’ve covered the markets and the economy for four decades, and I can’t recall a time when more people — or at least prognosticators, economists, and bankers — were more certain that an economic downturn was imminent. And if so many people believe that a recession is inevitable does that make it, well, inevitable? Or does it mean that a recession won’t occur? Or that any recession will at… Source link

HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson will meet with NFL investigators this week as the league moves closer to concluding its probe into sexual misconduct and assault allegations against the Cleveland Browns quarterback, two sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports. “It is safe to assume that the NFL will be interviewing Deshaun at great length in the near future,” one source said. The NFL has repeatedly declined comment on its Watson investigation. Both sources said the league still hasn’t indicated a… Source link

While Google’s I/O developer conference isn’t exclusively dedicated to the digital workplace, there are enough announcements on workplace technologies to make it worthwhile taking a deeper dive, so that will be the focus of our news wrap up this week.  Google made a number announcements this year which look liked interesting additions to any organization operating in Google environments, particularly for those operating in a hybrid environment. So with no further ado, five… Source link