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The 2022 US Open men’s singles final is set. It will be a showcase of tennis’ future. The 23-year-old Casper Ruud and 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz Garfia will square off at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday after walking away with big wins in the semifinals. Not only will a first career Grand Slam title be at stake for both players, the winner will also ascend to the No. 1 ranking on the ATP Tour. Here’s how each of them reached that point on Friday, with Ruud dispatching Karen Khachanov of Russia… Source link

The US Open field continues to dwindle. Daniil Medvedev’s shocking loss to Nick Kyrgios proved no one is safe as the round of 16 continues Monday. On the women’s side, No. 1 Iga Swiatek nearly went the way of Medvedev, but rallied to defeat Jule Niemeier. Jessica Pegula came through early against Petra Kvitova, but Danielle Collins has a tough task with No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka in front of her. On the men’s side, American Frances Tiafoe put away Rafael Nadal to reach the quarterfinals. Carlos… Source link

The logo of Thales is seen on a company building in Brest, France, March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) – French defence company Thales (TCFP.PA) said on Thursday it has created a new firm, dubbed S3NS, in partnership with Google to offer state-vetted cloud computing services for the storage of some of the country’s most sensitive data. The new company is the result of an alliance sealed last year… Source link

France’s data protection watchdog, the CNIL, has issued updated guidance on use of Google Analytics following a decision earlier this year that found a local website’s use of the tool to be in breach of European Union law. It has also confirmed that it has since issued formal notices to other organizations to bring their use of Google Analytics into compliance. The legal issue — which does not just affect use of the popular analytics tool in France but across the entire EU —… Source link

A staff member works during preparations for the reopening of a Fnac store in Paris as part of an easing of the country’s lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, May 18, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Feb 23 (Reuters) – French retailer Fnac Darty said on Wednesday it entered into a new partnership with tech giant Google (GOOGL.O), as it seeks to improve its online services. Under… Source link

Facebook parent company Meta’s (FB) Menlo Park, California, headquarters features the world’s largest open floor plan. It’s a massive single room where employees, or Metamates as CEO Mark Zuckerberg now calls them, build the apps that billions of people use. But according to Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, it’s not practical. And that impracticality reflects Meta’s inability to notice its own blindspots, she says — especially when it comes to figuring out how to address… Source link

Whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former product manager who left her position at Meta (FB) last year and leaked thousands of internal company documents, told Yahoo Finance that she supports cryptocurrency for the same reason she disclosed the corporate secrets: Transparency. In a new interview, taped on Feb. 9, Haugen voiced enthusiasm for cryptocurrency and praised decentralized financial networks as a new type of system that emphasizes democratic governance and increased disclosure. “I do… Source link

Use of Google Analytics has now been found to breach European Union privacy laws in France — after a similar decision was reached in Austria last month. The French data protection watchdog, the CNIL, said today that an unnamed local website’s use of Google Analytics is non-compliant with the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — breaching Article 44 which covers personal data transfers outside the bloc to so-called third countries which are not considered to have… Source link

PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Defence company Thales (TCFP.PA) and Google are partnering to offer state-vetted cloud computing services for the storage of some of France’s most sensitive data, the companies said on Wednesday. The alliance between Thales, Europe’s largest defence electronics supplier, and the Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit fulfils a May government plan under which France acknowledged U.S. technological superiority in the field. read more The French government said then that cloud… Source link

FILE PHOTO: Visitors stand at the French web-hosting and server provider OVH Group new headquarters in Paris, France, October 17, 2018. Picture taken October 17, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau PARIS (Reuters) – French technology firm OVH said on Tuesday it is partnering with Google to build up its capacities in cloud computing, leaning on the U.S. giant’s technology to speed up a push towards developing a European contender in the area. Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google dominate the… Source link