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Migrants seeking asylum in the United States line up for food at a makeshift encampment in Matamoros, Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border, on Dec. 29, 2022. (Reuters/Daniel Becerril) The increasing influx of migrants to the U.S. border with Mexico is causing “enforcement fatigue” in Central and South American transit countries, according to Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol documents obtained by Yahoo News, and almost all will not be able to handle an expected… Source link

Oct 6 (Reuters) – Facial recognition returned to the latest Google Pixel phones on Thursday after a short hiatus due to challenges on cost and performance, according to three former employees at the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit knowledgeable about the efforts. The feature on the new Pixel 7 is not as good Apple Inc’s Face ID unlocking mechanism, as it can struggle in low light and is more vulnerable to being spoofed. In addition, Google has said it is not secure enough to enable signing into… Source link

When Dustin Johnson tapped in a par putt on the 18th at St. Andrews to close out his round at the 2022 Open Championship, it marked a small but significant moment in golf history. Johnson would be the last LIV Golf player to compete in one of golf’s majors under current rules. (Or maybe Johnson wasn’t the very last. More on that later.) LIV Golf, the Saudi Arabia-backed breakaway tour that has lured Johnson, Phil Mickelson and other big-name players, has upended the entire golf world in… Source link

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – You may notice a Route 66 theme if you use Google this weekend. The search engine is celebrating a a significant date in the history of Route 66. On this date 96 years ago, the name “U.S. 66″ was first proposed for the cross-country route. Historians say Springfield, Missouri is recognized as the “Birthplace of Route 66″ based on activities and events that happened that day. Route66News.com cites research from Missouri State University’s Thomas Peters that… Source link

(CNN) — Google knows where to get its kicks… The search engine’s latest Google Doodle celebrates the historic cross-country highway Route 66. The artwork is an animated video composed of over 100 paintings and sketches by Google art director Matthew Cruickshank while on a road trip. Route 66 was built in 1926 and “made cross-country travel affordable for the first time,” says Google in a news release. The highway, which connects Chicago to Santa Monica, California, allowed displaced… Source link

In this May 2000 file photograph, sheep graze at the base of Ben Nevis in Scotland. Photo: Lisa Marie Pane (AP) A few years ago, instead of leading my best friend and I through a lovely and picturesque Spanish mountain trail, Google Maps took us to an isolated field with some cows. While I learned then not trust the internet when it comes to nature, it appears that an increasing number of visitors to the Scottish mountain Ben Nevis continue to do so, which could endanger their lives. In… Source link

SoFi’s (SOFI) long-awaited IPO on Tuesday isn’t the first time CEO Anthony Noto has had a splashy deal day.  Noto is a former tech analyst and investment banker at Goldman Sachs who spent more than 12 years at the firm (1999 to 2008, then a return from 2010 to 2014 after a stint in between as the NFL’s CFO). He played a key role in Twitter’s IPO while at Goldman — he then joined CEO Jack Dorsey at the company as chief operating officer for an almost four-year period. Given that extensive… Source link

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is tweaking its Maps app to highlight environmentally friendlier directions to users’ destinations, the company said. Maps will soon suggest the car route with the lowest carbon footprint, for example, as long as that route takes no longer than other options. The current system defaults to the fastest directions, without regard to carbon emissions. The new model will use information like road type, incline and traffic congestion to… Source link