Microsoft is reportedly using pop-up ads within Google Chrome to prompt users to switch their default search engine to Bing. Increasing numbers of Windows users have observed advertisements for Bing AI and Microsoft’s Bing search engine while browsing in Chrome. If users choose to accept these prompts, Microsoft automatically sets Bing as the new default search engine for Chrome instead of Google. Malware concerns. Users expressed concerns that the pop-up ads resembled malware, but… Source link
Read More »After bans by Apple and Google, The OG App ‘will be unable to continue serving users’ • TechCrunch
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Beep boop, here we go again with another exciting week in tech. Next week is Disrupt, so the TechCrunch Slack watercooler is full of sartorial advice, much to our surprise and confusion. Oh, and Haje has written more than 20 Pitch Deck Teardowns over on TC+ — and he’s running low on decks to review. Surely he hasn’t scared everyone away quite yet?
Read More »New Google issue may affect ad serving
It’s just not Google’s week… or month… or year. Today, Google Ads Liason Ginny Marvin just posted to Twitter that they’re currently aware of an internal issue impacting ads serving. Here’s what she said. Google is aware of an internal issue impacting ads serving. Our product and policy teams are actively working on a solution. Currently, the impact of this issue may prevent ads from serving in certain circumstances for your account. We… Source link
Read More »Graduating seniors talk about the benefits of serving with YAHOO
STERLING — YAHOO (Young Adults Helping Out Others) is proud to highlight the graduating high school seniors who have worked so hard to keep YAHOO going through two especially difficult years. We are so grateful to these young adults who gave their time, energy, and creativity to this program and to Sterling’s older citizens who need help with yard work each fall and spring. If you would like to learn more about YAHOO, please visit https://sterlingyahoo.org or send an email to Stuart and… Source link
Read More »California woman sees nearly $350,000 discharged in personal bankruptcy while serving as her own lawyer
A California woman with more than $350,000 in student debt served as her own lawyer in personal bankruptcy and saw 98% of her loans discharged in the latest case in a growing trend. Court filings show that the Education Department (ED) and the Los Angeles-based woman, Mis Loe, agreed on August 30 that Loe would pay $7,200 of her $356,637.82 in outstanding loans (at a fixed monthly rate of $60 for 10 years or until October 1, 2031). Once Loe completes the $7,200 payment by October 2031,… Source link
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