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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Ancient walls — that served as ‘Google Maps’ for the Mayans — discovered in Mexico  Miami Herald Source link

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced on January 20 that around 12,000 employees would be cut.Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto/Getty Images Former Googler Nicholas Dufau said he felt “acutely expendable” after being laid off via email. He wrote on LinkedIn that he discovered he’d lost his job while feeding his newborn daughter at 2 a.m. Google said on January 20 it was laying off 12,000 workers. A former Google employee said he felt “acutely expendable” upon discovering… Source link

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced on January 20 that around 12,000 employees would be cut.Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto/Getty Images Former Googler Nicholas Dufau said he felt “acutely expendable” after being laid off via email. He wrote on LinkedIn that he discovered he’d lost his job while feeding his newborn daughter at 2 a.m. Google said on January 20 it was laying off 12,000 workers. A former Google employee said he felt “acutely expendable” upon discovering… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Racial slurs discovered in leaked Yandex source code  CyberScoop Source link

Russian tech giant Yandex apologized on Friday for racial slurs uncovered in the company’s source code. The apology came in response to the discovery of multiple references to the N-word in the company’s code base after it leaked online. “We deeply regret that this word ever appeared in our internal codes,” the Yandex press office told CyberScoop in an email Friday. A researcher who goes by the name “Wacky Fruit” on Twitter posted screenshots Thursday showing the use… Source link

Vanessa Bryant’s $16 million verdict in her civil trial against Los Angeles County has been reduced by $1 million after a juror discovered an error. Bryant was initially awarded $16 million in her case after a jury unanimously found Los Angeles County liable for damages following the death of her husband, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, and their daughter, Gianna, along with seven others in a helicopter crash in 2020. Her fellow plaintiff, Chris Chester, was awarded $15 million by the… Source link

The recent announcement by South African scientists of a new COVID-19 variant has sparked fears across the globe, leading to a market sell-off and heightened anxiety about a pandemic entering its second winter. The variant, currently referred to as B.1.1.529, was discovered in Botswana and has already been reported in South Africa, Belgium, Hong Kong, and Israel. There have been numerous variants since the coronavirus first emerged, but the B.1.1.529 has drawn considerable attention because of… Source link

The note left by First Officer Chris Dennis in a Delta plane parked at the Victorville Airport. Delta Air Lines A Delta first officer discovered an early-pandemic letter left by a fellow pilot on a parked aircraft. The note, which was written in March 2020, predicted there would be “light … at the end of the tunnel.” “Amazing how fast it changed,” First Officer Chris D. wrote more than 400 days ago. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. As the world starts to creep back to normality after… Source link