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Google tweaks image search for racially diverse results

For years, Google has sought to avoid algorithmic racial biases, which have proved embarrassing to the company and offensive to users. In 2015, the tech giant apologized after its photo app misidentified Black people as gorillas. Now Google is looking to address subtler signs of bias, including image results that have reinforced European standards of beauty and suggested that Black hair is unprofessional.  Google announced a raft of changes to its search engine in September, at an event… Source link

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Google modernizes US mobile search results with continuous scrolling – TechCrunch

Google announced today it’s changing the way search works on mobile devices, initially in the U.S. Now, when you reach the bottom of a set of search results on your phone, you won’t have to tap to go to the next page. Instead, the next set of results will automatically load so you can continuously scroll down to see more information. The change will roll out on the mobile web and will be supported on the Google mobile app for both iOS and Android in the U.S. for most… Source link

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Yandex to Announce Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results on October 27th

MOSCOW, RUSSIA and AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS / ACCESSWIRE / October 13, 2021 / Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX)(MOEX:YNDX) today announced it will report its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. On that day, management will hold a conference call and webcast at 8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Moscow time, 1:00 p.m. London time) to review and discuss the Company’s results for the third quarter. Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results Conference… Source link

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Google wants search results to be ‘endless stream of visual ideas’

Google VP of Merchant Shopping Matt Madrigal announced the company will add tools that lets users do more end-to-end shopping Google. Google is redesigning its dominant search engine, and users may find that future results keep them on Google’s own properties for even longer. At its second annual search event, called Search On, Google showed off its latest batch of advancements to search results. The company touted its artificial intelligence and the ability to answer more specific and… Source link

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Putin Turns Up Heat On Russia’s Top Search Engine After Ban On Political ‘Smart Voting’ Search Results

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) and Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh TASS via Getty Images Billionaire Arkady Volozh, founder and CEO of Russian search engine Yandex, plans to challenge a ruling last week from an arbitration court in Moscow, which bans Yandex from showing results for the term “Smart Voting,” following a complaint from the Russian Federation. The term in question–Smart Voting–is part of an effort by the Russian opposition that has formed around the… Source link

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Robinhood rallies ahead of quarterly results

Robinhood (HOOD) shares were up more than 7% by mid-session ahead of the trading platform’s first earnings report since becoming a public company. The results are highly anticipated given its retail user base and the stock’s wild ride following its IPO. This is what the Street is expecting, based on estimates compiled by Bloomberg.  Adjusted earnings (loss) per share: -.26 cents Revenue: $559.5 million In line with the company’s “democratize finance for all” theme, the trading platform has… Source link

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Baidu Announces Second Quarter 2021 Results

BEIJING, Aug. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU and HKEX: 9888) (“Baidu” or the “Company”), a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021. “Baidu Core delivered another strong quarter, powered by the fast growth of our new AI business. AI enables businesses and local governments to do more and serve more people,” said Robin Li, co-founder and CEO of Baidu. “We are excited about… Source link

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Elizabeth Holmes fails to keep customer complaints, test results out of criminal fraud trial

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MAY 4: Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes leaves the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building with her defense team in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (Photo by Nhat V. Meyer/MediaNews Group/Mercury News via Getty Images) A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request from former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to keep customer complaints, test results, and a regulatory report out of her upcoming criminal fraud trial connected to her failed blood-testing… Source link

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Yandex Announces Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

MOSCOW, RUSSIA and AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS / ACCESSWIRE / July 28, 2021 / Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX)(MOEX:YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021. Q2 2021 Financial and Operational Highlights 1,2 In RUB millions Three months ended June 30, 2020 2021 Change Total Revenues 47,915 81,402 70% Total Group on a Online Ad Revenues 26,906 39,586 47%

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EU gives Google 2 months to improve hotel, flight search results

Google app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic//File Photo BRUSSELS, July 26 (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google (GOOGL.O) has two months to improve the way it presents internet search results for flights and hotels and explain how it ranks these or face possible sanctions, the European Commission and EU consumer authorities said on Monday. The world’s most popular internet search engine has long faced scrutiny from antitrust enforcers and… Source link

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