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A tense all-hands meeting at Google leaves employees worried about layoffs

A tense all-hands meeting at Google leaves employees worried about layoffs

It’s Monday, and you know what that means? After today, there are only two more Mondays left in 2022. This is Matt Weinberger, Insider’s deputy editor of tech analysis, filling in once again for Jordan Parker Erb. She’ll be back in time to write tomorrow’s edition, so never fear. Last week was a big week for news, in a year that’s been full of big weeks for news — the FTC is suing to block Microsoft’s acquisition of video-game giant Activision Blizzard, Meta employees were reportedly Source link

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Google refused Hong Kong request over protest anthem – HK official

Google refused Hong Kong request over protest anthem – HK official

HONG KONG, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Google has refused to change its search results to display China’s national anthem, rather than a protest song, when users search for Hong Kong’s national anthem, the city’s security chief said on Monday, expressing “great regret” at the decision. Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The row comes after Hong Kong police said they would investigate the playing of “Glory to Hong Kong” – the unofficial… Source link

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Google Employees Worried About Layoffs After Tense All-Hands

Google Employees Worried About Layoffs After Tense All-Hands

It’s Monday, and you know what that means? After today, there are only two more Mondays left in 2022. This is Matt Weinberger, Insider’s deputy editor of tech analysis, filling in once again for Jordan Parker Erb. She’ll be back in time to write tomorrow’s edition, so never fear.  Last week was a big week for news, in a year that’s been full of big weeks for news — the FTC is suing to block Microsoft’s… Source link

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Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google will fuel the next rally

Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google will fuel the next rally

To build a fire — but not destroy the market by doing so. That’s the goal right now. It’s not as easy as in the famous Jack London short story (“Too Build a Fire”) where in the end the survivors profit rather than freeze to death in their sleep. In the early part of this decade, we saw the rise of Robinhood (HOOD) and the distribution of investments from the serious to the ephemeral. These days, Robinhood has the appearance of one gigantic bonfire of young peoples’ money. The gamification… Source link

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Google Improves Privacy Of Google Photos But Makes Key Feature Worse

Google Improves Privacy Of Google Photos But Makes Key Feature Worse

Google has made an important change that will affect the accuracy of location information stored with some photos, potentially causing them to lose their precise location on a map or impacting your ability to search for them based on where they were taken. If your Google Photos account contains photos that were taken without attached location data, Google will attempt to estimate the location for you. However, one of the most accurate ways to do this, Google’s Location History feature, is… Source link

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Instant Collaboration: How to Share Google Drive Files

Instant Collaboration: How to Share Google Drive Files

You’ve created a file in Google Drive that you want to share with other people. No problem. One of the software’s strong points is its ability to play nice with others. Google Drive consists of several programs, including Docs for word processing, Sheets for spreadsheets, and Slides for presentations. There are enough ways to share all three, though, that the process can be confusing. Do you want other people to be able to edit your file or just view it? Do you need to give them access to… Source link

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Google joins Apple in rolling out passkeys for Chrome on Mac

Google joins Apple in rolling out passkeys for Chrome on Mac

2023 may be the year the password finally dies. Following Apple’s announcement that Safari in macOS 13 and iOS 16 will support the standard, Google has announced that passkeys are now supported in Chrome Stable M108. Passkeys are a simpler and more secure login standard for websites that lets you use an encrypted key rather than a password to authenticate apps and websites. The process is similar to Apple’s two-factor authentication in that you’ll use a portable device to… Source link

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