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The NFL announced Thursday night that it has canceled the remainder of the Monday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals and will designate the game as a “no contest,” leaving the two franchises with only 16 games in the 2022 schedule. That decision — which comes on the heels of a postponement following the cardiac arrest and subsequent hospitalization of Bills safety Damar Hamlin during Monday’s game — will be followed by a special league meeting on… Source link

Online Travel This Week Airbnb thinks it’s unfair that the European Commission is proposing increased data-sharing requirements on short-term rental providers across the zone, but Google seemingly is escaping the clampdown. In a reply to the European Commission proposal on data collection and sharing made earlier in 2022, Airbnb issued a statement late last month noting that small players would have compliance requirements far less onerous than major short-term rental platforms, “or even… Source link

Photo Illustration: Chukrut Budrul/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google must delete search results about people in Europe if they can prove that the information is clearly incorrect, the EU’s highest court said on Thursday. Driving the news: The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that search engines must “dereference information found in the referenced content where the person requesting dereferencing proves that such information is manifestly inaccurate.” Context: A… Source link

OAKLAND, Calif., Nov 18 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google this week introduced rules for inviting guest speakers to its offices, days after it canceled a talk by an Indian historian who has disparaged marginalized groups and their concerns, according to company emails seen by Reuters. The policy released Thursday is Google’s latest effort to preserve an open culture while addressing divisions that have emerged as its workforce has grown. Workers at Google and other big tech companies… Source link

As the multi-year discussion over “green” hydrogen rules continues in Brussels, the US tech giant Google, leading an alliance of several major companies, has called for more restrictions on what can constitute green hydrogen, countering those who seek looser rules.  Hydrogen, an important vector of energy, can be produced using coal, gas, or electricity. The climate-neutral and desirable kind is produced using renewable electricity, creating “green” hydrogen. The… Source link

A woman passes the logo from the web search engine provider Google during the digital society festival ‘re:publica’, at the Arena Berlin in Berlin, Germany June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register OAKLAND, Calif., Sept 13 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google must face all but one antitrust allegation about its online advertising business brought in a lawsuit by attorneys general for Texas and 16 other states or territories, a… Source link

The updates should also be welcome for users: On the whole, website ads are more annoying to US internet users than ads on social media or TV/streaming. The problem is more pronounced on mobile: 42% of worldwide mobile users say there’s too much advertising and it can be obtrusive, including 36% of US users. The big takeaway: Just as a grocery wouldn’t reward a supplier who keeps supplying expired products, so too Google is taking steps to disincentivize website owners that supply the… Source link

Over the last few decades, Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) have become something of a staple for startups. OKRs are the goal-setting framework that has propelled companies like Intel, Uber, Amazon, LinkedIn, and many more to success. Think of a tech startup, and chances are they use OKRs. And in the world of OKRs, there’s one name that reigns supreme: John Doerr. The author of Measure What Matters, Doerr was taught this framework by its original creator and CEO of Intel, Andy Grove. He’s… Source link

An Australian court ruled that Google is a search engine and not a publisher of a defamatory article, siding with the tech giant in a lawsuit on Wednesday morning local time. The big picture: It’s a win for Google in a years-long defamation suit in which the company argued that article hyperlinks “only communicates that something exists…and it is the operator of the webpage who communicates the content to the user.” Driving the news: George Defteros, a lawyer, previously sued Google, arguing… Source link

The battle between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour has reached the first of what will surely be many courtrooms. U.S. District Court Judge Beth Labson Freeman heard arguments from attorneys representing both the PGA Tour and a consortium of eleven LIV-affiliated players on Tuesday afternoon. Three LIV players — Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones — were seeking a temporary restraining order that would permit them to compete in this week’s tournament, the first event of the FedEx Cup… Source link