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Google Confirms Ongoing Issue With Its Search Index [Update: Fixed?]

Google Confirms Ongoing Issue With Its Search Index [Update: Fixed?]

Update 15/07/22 5:50 p.m.  Google says it has identified the issue with indexing and is working on a fix. We’ve identified the issue with indexing and we’re working on a fix. Next update will be within 12 hours. — Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) July 15, 2022 It looks like the fix is now rolling out because new content is getting indexed. Here’s a story we just published within the past hour about a Google Ads bug that the search engine had no problem indexing. Still, no… Source link

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The 30-year fixed rate mortgage decreased to 5.70% this week, down from 5.81%.

The 30-year fixed rate mortgage decreased to 5.70% this week, down from 5.81%.

Mortgage rates pulled back this week, a well-needed pause for price-stricken homebuyers. The rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage retreated to 5.70% this week — down from 5.81% the week prior, according to Freddie Mac. Still, rates recently tracked up a whopping 72 basis points within a three-week period, remaining nearly two-and-a-half percent points higher than at the start of the year. The rapid surge in borrowing costs rattled first-time buyers who are seeing their affordability decline… Source link

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This Is Now The Worst Drawdown on Record for Global Fixed Income

This Is Now The Worst Drawdown on Record for Global Fixed Income

(Bloomberg) — Global bond markets have suffered unprecedented losses since peaking last year, as central banks including the Federal Reserve look to tighten policy to combat surging inflation. Most Read from Bloomberg The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index, a benchmark for government and corporate debt total returns, has fallen 11% from a high in January 2021. That’s the biggest decline from a peak in data stretching back to 1990, surpassing a 10.8% drawdown during the financial crisis in… Source link

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Google’s ‘CEO’ image search gender bias hasn’t really been fixed

Google’s ‘CEO’ image search gender bias hasn’t really been fixed

News releases  |  Research  |  Technology February 16, 2022 Image search results in Google still reflect gender bias. A search for an occupation, such as “CEO,” yielded results with a ratio of cis-male and cis-female presenting people that match the current statistics. But when UW researchers added another search term — for example, “CEO United States” — the image search returned fewer photos of cis-female presenting people.University of… Source link

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Google says Pixel 6 Pro ghostly display flickers will be fixed in December

Google says Pixel 6 Pro ghostly display flickers will be fixed in December

Google says it’ll fix the ghostly screen flickering that some users have reported seeing when pressing the Pixel 6 Pro’s power button while the phone is completely powered down (via Android Central). From most reports, the flickers don’t happen when just the screen is off, like it would be if the phone was sleeping, though at least one person says that it’s happened while the phone was on and in use. Google describes the issue as occurring when the power button is pushed “with… Source link

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Cryptocurrencies are a durable asset class with real upside: BlackRock fixed income CIO

Cryptocurrencies are a durable asset class with real upside: BlackRock fixed income CIO

Count Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of global fixed income, as a believer in cryptocurrencies.  “I think it could have some real upside. My sense is there are more buyers than sellers. It’s an asset class that I think is durable,” Rieder said on Yahoo Finance Live.  Rieder revealed he owns “small pieces” of crypto in several of his bigger portfolios, and compares the positions to owning stakes in venture capital firms.  “Quite frankly, I am glad I do [own crypto]. This… Source link

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