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Chrome may be the world’s most popular web browser, but Google has announced it will end Chrome support for millions of Windows users early next year. Google Chome support is ending for Windows 7 and 8/8.1 in February 2023 SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In a new blog post, Google confirmed, “We’re ending support for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1. Chrome 110 (tentatively scheduled for release on February 7th, 2023) is the last version of Chrome that will work on these versions of… Source link

Kyiv prepared on Saturday for its first wartime visit from two top U.S. officials, as Ukraine accused Russia of killing six people in a strike on Odessa that all but buried hopes of a truce for Orthodox Easter.  The Sunday visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will come at a symbolic moment — on the day the war enters its third month — and with fierce battles continuing in the country’s east. It… Source link

FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts), Google’s controversial project for replacing cookies for interest-based advertising by instead grouping users into groups of users with comparable interests, is dead. In its place, Google today announced a new proposal: Topics. The idea here is that your browser will learn about your interests as you move around the web. It’ll keep data for the last three weeks of your browsing history and as of now, Google is restricting the number of topics to… Source link

Ally Financial (ALLY), having tested a banking model without overdraft fees, is making it permanent. The move applies to all types of accounts — including checking and savings — and there are no requirements or restrictions. In April 2020, Ally began to waive overdraft fees, citing coronavirus pandemic hardships many customers faced. On June 2 Ally said it’s eliminating those fees for good. “Overdraft fees are a pain point for many consumers but are particularly onerous for some. It is… Source link

A mass shooting at a party has left two people dead and more than 12 injured. Police were called to a party in Fairfield, in the US state of New Jersey, on Saturday about 11.50pm (local time). “When troopers arrived, they discovered that a 30-year-old man and 25-year-old woman sustained fatal gunshot wounds, and 12 other adult victims were also shot and were already transported to area hospitals with various injuries,” police said. Two people were fatally shot during a house party in New… Source link

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s Alphabet Inc., on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 28, 2020. U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation/Handout via REUTERS Google CEO Sundar Pichai will join other Big Tech chiefs on Thursday at a Congressional hearing on social media’s role in promoting extremism and misinformation. And in ahead of the hearing, Pichai, whose company also owns YouTube, lays out exactly what Google (GOOG, GOOGL) has done to stanch the flow of such… Source link

Former U.S Olympics women’s gymnastics head coach John Geddert died by suicide Thursday. Geddert, 63, died hours after he was charged with 24 crimes, including sexual assault, racketeering and human trafficking. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel confirmed Geddert’s death and said, “This is a tragic end to a tragic story for everyone involved.” Geddert was expected to turn himself in at the Eaton County Sheriff’s Department at 2:15 p.m. Eastern, but did not show up, according to the Detroit… Source link

A woman has died after she was hit by a speeding Lamborghini driven by a teenager. Monique Munoz, 32, from California, was killed on Wednesday after the car she was driving was hit by the Lamborghini SUV. According to a GoFundMe page, written by friends of the Munoz family, Ms Munoz “was the heart and happiness of her family”. Monique Munoz, 32, died in a car crash. Source: Facebook/ Caroline Cardona “Her family and friends were her life, she never missed a family gathering or a chance to… Source link

This is how Google’s foray into gaming ends — not with a bang, but with a whimper. Google Stadia — a horrible name, admittedly — was supposed to revolutionize gaming and carve out an entirely new ecosystem within the video game industry. Less focused on expensive hardware under the television and more on fast Internet connections, Stadia was destined to… Source link

A heartbroken Queensland couple is urging drivers to be safe on the roads as they mourn their eighth Christmas without their eldest child. In December 2012, Jordan McGuinness was four-and-a-half months into his carpentry apprenticeship in Brisbane and “flourishing”, his parents, Melissa and Peter, told Yahoo News Australia. After gathering with his work colleagues for a Christmas party on a Friday night, the 18-year-old, who had alcohol and marijuana in his system, decided to drive home to… Source link