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Ukrainian snipers had a problem: Russian forces in eastern Ukraine were trying to blind them. As the Ukrainians were looking through their scopes in order to find their targets, the Russians had begun pinpointing their location using the glare of the glass, and were shooting high-energy lasers into them, damaging the snipers’ eyesight. The two sides were squaring off in close proximity. In early 2014, Russia had already invaded and annexed Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. Shortly thereafter,… Source link

Google made a handful of announcements related to the Play Store at its Games Developer Summit this morning. Firstly, Google launched a new “Google Play Partner Program for Games” to provide additional tools to some of the largest developers and studios on Google Play. The program targets develops that have “more than $5 million annually in games consumer spend.” The benefits of the program include enhanced business support from Google Play and faster… Source link

Four colleges within the Alamo Colleges District have been selected to become an academic partner in the Grow with Google Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Career Readiness Program.  Among the Alamo Colleges selected were San Antonio College, St. Philip’s College, Northeast Lakeview College and Palo Alto College. The initiative will help Latino students at more than 20 HSIs prepare for the workforce through digital skills training and career workshops.  Through a $2 million investment… Source link

The job programs, Year Up and Merit America, will receive grants to train students in technical skills with content from Google career certificate courses in information technology support, data analytics, project management and user experience design. Both nonprofits already use the Google coursework, which provides general technical training but does not teach students to master Google software tools. But a major part of successful training programs, experts agree, is what they do beyond… Source link

The job programs, Year Up and Merit America, will receive grants to train students in technical skills with content from Google career certificate courses in information technology support, data analytics, project management and user experience design. Both nonprofits already use the Google coursework, which provides general technical training but does not teach students to master Google software tools. But a major part of successful training programs, experts agree, is what they do beyond… Source link

BEIJING — Figure skating prizes the value of keeping up appearances, smiling for the world while everything’s going to hell. But the sport can’t smile its way through this crisis. As Russia’s Kamila Valieva resumed competition at the Olympics on Tuesday despite a positive test for a banned drug, some peers broke a longstanding code of decorum and spoke out. “I think it’s completely unfair to the rest of the competitors,” Chinese American skater Zhu Yi told Yahoo Sports. “It’s the fact that… Source link

Google announced today via its Google for Education blog that it’s starting a repairability program to help schools fix Chromebooks in-house, and turn it into a valuable training opportunity for students looking into the IT field. Google says 50 million students and teachers are using Chromebooks while raising bold claims of the sustainability these laptops bring to the table via efficiency and extra durability. A Google-commissioned study cited on the page says its manufacturer partners… Source link

Alphabet Inc. GOOG 1.98% ’s Google and AARP want to help older people improve their digital skills.  The AARP Foundation said the new program, aided by a $10 million grant from Google’s philanthropic arm, will aim to train 25,000 people ages 50 and older on helping them use digital skills to advance in their careers.  AARP, the Washington-based advocacy group for older adults, said the… Source link

Issa Rae‘s Raedio label has partnered with Google to launch a new emerging artists program, Billboard is exclusively announcing on Thursday (Jan. 13). The Raedio Creator Program Supported by Google is designed to provide underrepresented independent artists with more resources as well as bring more representation of women of color in the music industry, which the actress critiqued in a now-viral Los Angeles Times interview. “It’s probably the worst industry that I have ever come… Source link

Step up your crypto game John and Jane Doe regulator, says one high-ranking executive at cryptocurrency Ripple. “I think the U.S. regulators in particular need to get with the program and come up with more proactive regulation,” said Asheesh Birla, RippleNet general manager, at the Yahoo Finance/Decrypt crypto investing conference on Tuesday. Birla pointed out that much of Ripple’s cross boarder payment volume is concentrated overseas, reflecting a better regulator framework.  “Countries like… Source link