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It’s the end of an era for Yahoo Answers, the Q&A platform that launched 16 years ago and invited a slew of questions that ranged from the mundane (“Can wall tiles be used on floors?”), to the philosophical (“What is the true meaning of life?”). The site will no longer accept new questions beginning on April 20, and the platform will completely cease operations on May 4. While some users appeared earnest, Yahoo Answers became known throughout its run… Source link

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has reached licensing deals with over 600 news outlets around the world and is seeing a “huge increase” in users requesting more content from specific publications as part of a new program, it said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The update comes as big internet service providers including Facebook Inc have been locked in bitter… Source link

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has reached licensing deals with over 600 news outlets around the world and is seeing a “huge increase” in users requesting more content from specific publications as part of a new program, it said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The update comes as big internet service providers including Facebook Inc have been locked in bitter… Source link

BOISE, Idaho & SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Albertsons Companies and Google today announced a multi-year partnership to make shopping easier and more convenient for millions of customers nationwide. The partnership brings together the power of Albertsons Cos.’ broad reach across 2,253 neighborhoods with Google’s capabilities in customer-centric innovation, creating a formidable nexus of retail savvy and trend-setting technology on a massive, omnichannel scale. Google… Source link

A wave of electric vehicle and related companies are flooding the public markets this year (mostly via SPAC deals), hoping to capture a slice of the booming industry as governments push for green initiatives. These follow in the footsteps of a slew of startups which listed last year. Some will face direct competition from EV giant Tesla (TSLA) as well as traditional vehicle companies entering the space. These are some of the newest players on the block, with expertise ranging from commercial… Source link

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) Microsoft (MSFT) wants to get rid of passwords, with one top executive calling them an “inherent risk” to security. As part of its annual Ignite conference, the tech giant announced on Tuesday that it will begin allowing business customers that use its Azure Active Directory, Microsoft’s cloud authentication platform, to ditch passwords for biometrics to secure work accounts. “When there’s passwords there is inherent risk… Source link

Google unveiled new productivity tools. Angela Lang/CNET Google… Source link

MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. Russian IT giant Yandex once again maintaned the leading position in the rating of the most expensive companies in the Russian segment of the Internet, published by Forbes. According to the report, the value of the company reached $22.98 bln. Yandex has been maintaining the title of the most expensive player in the Russian Internet segment for the third year in a row – in 2020 the company was worth $14.6 bln, and in 2021 it has risen in price more than… Source link

Can you imagine life without Google? That is the curious reality Australians have been contemplating since the US technology group threatened to shut its ubiquitous search engine in their country last month over a draft law that would force Big Tech to pay news providers for content. “If the code becomes law, Google would have no real choice but to stop providing search in Australia,” Mel Silva, managing director of Google Australia & New Zealand, told MPs on a… Source link

BOISE, Idaho — A group of conservative Idaho lawmakers is asking managers of the state’s employee retirement system to divest in tech companies they say don’t value free speech.  The 22 Republican lawmakers and Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin in a letter sent Monday say that $650,000 should be removed from Twitter, Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook. Those companies have either banned former… Source link