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[unable to retrieve full-text content]The new AI Google search still makes up facts after 11 months of testing  The Washington Post Source link

By Alexander Marrow, Darya Korsunskaya and Polina Devitt LONDON (Reuters) – Before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine two years ago, Russia’s Nasdaq-listed search engine giant Yandex was briefly worth $30 billion. This week, a consortium of domestic investors agreed a deal to buy it for $5.2 billion. In normal times, that would represent a disaster for Dutch parent company Yandex NV and its Western shareholders. But in a world where Western firms have left Russia in droves, sometimes for a nominal… Source link

Back in October, the total number of state IDs available in Google Wallet increased to four. “Digital ID will be a cornerstone for [Google] in the next year” and support for more states in the Wallet app on Android is coming. This is according to Dong Min Kim, director of product management for Google Wallet, in an interview with American Banker published last week, who also teased a “pipeline” of upcoming additions. There’s a pipeline of additional… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Russian authorities ordered removal of 4,333 pieces of content from Yandex streaming service in first nine months of 2023  Meduza Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Russian Director of ISIS Brides Play Given 2 Months Pre-Trial …  The Moscow Times Source link

A Yahoo/Maru Public Opinion poll found that 35 per cent of Canadian homeowners say they can handle the Bank of Canada’s current benchmark interest rate of 4.5 per cent for an average of less than 10 months before they would be forced to sell or vacate their homes. (THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward) As Canadian homeowners grapple with the Bank of Canada’s flurry of interest rate hikes, one in three say they won’t be able to handle higher rates for long before they are forced to sell their… Source link

Some Google contractors that rate the quality of search results are getting as much as a 45% pay increase. Getty Images The wage increase is welcome, but workers complain they are still making less than Google’s other contractors. Thousands of Google contractors, who rate the quality of search results, have gotten hourly raises for the first time ever, after months of protesting to the tech giant about receiving “poverty wages” for their work in maintaining the company’s most iconic… Source link

Former President Donald Trump at a rally in Commerce, Ga., in March of last year. (Megan Varner/Getty Images) A Georgia special grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in that state has delivered its report to local judges, paving the way for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to potentially bring criminal charges against the former president and some of his allies in the next few months. The special grand jury completed its work… Source link

Krispy Kreme (DNUT) is aiming to cut time in its doughnut production line through automation. “Probably within the next 18 months, you’ll see some automation starting to go into the frosting, the filling, the sprinkles, and even the packaging,” Krispy Kreme CEO Mike Tattersfield told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). The Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based company announced the investment as part of its Investor Day, along with its long-term outlook of generating $2.15 billion in revenue by… Source link

Jane Fonda shares positive health update, reveals cancer is in remission. (Photo: Reuters) Jane Fonda received the best present ahead of her 85th birthday: Her cancer is in remission. The Grace & Frankie actress announced in September she’d been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and started chemotherapy. In a new blog post, Fonda revealed her oncologist said she can discontinue treatments. “I am feeling so blessed, so fortunate. I thank all of you who prayed and sent good thoughts my way. I… Source link