Actress Jennifer Garner, 48, posted a hilarious recreation of a steamy swimming pool scene from the television show “Alias.” (Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Jennifer Garner thanked her social media followers for helping her reach the 10 million mark by recreating a sexy bikini scene from her hit television show Alias. The actress, 48, took to Instagram on Friday to post a hilarious mash-up video of herself parodying a moment from the show, which ran from 2001 to 2006, in which she… Source link
Read More »Google’s latest Chrome update delivers ‘largest performance gain in years’
Google is wrapping up 2020 with what it claims are major performance enhancements to the company’s Google Chrome browser. “This month’s update represents the largest gain in Chrome performance in years,” Matt Waddell, Chrome’s director of product, wrote in a blog post. Sounds pretty exciting on the surface, no? Waddell says a slew of under-the-hood changes and optimizations have led to boosts to Chrome on several fronts. The first has to do with tabs. Chrome now will prioritize… Source link
Read More »The Making of An Algorithm Update
Google is revealing new details about the making of its DeepRank algorithm which surfaces more relevant search results by understanding language the way humans do. DeepRank is discussed in length in a brand new video from Google about how search works. Among other aspects of search, Google’s video goes over the development, testing, and approval process that each algorithm update goes through. DeepRank was launched in 2019 as BERT, and is named for the deep learning methods used by BERT and… Source link
Read More »’ Command is Broken [Update: Fixed]
Update: Google has confirmed this issue is fixed. Today we became aware of an issue that impacted some navigational and site: operator searches. We investigated & have since fixed the bug. Contrary to some speculation, this did not target particular sites or political ideologies…. — Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) July 21, 2020 Google’s Danny Sullivan also quells some speculation that this issue specifically targeted particular sites. “Today’s issue affected sites representing… Source link
Read More »U.S. Cases Up 1.4%; Texas Hits 5th Day Over 10,000: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Texas reported its fifth consecutive day of virus cases over 10,000, while Arizona reported record deaths. New cases in Florida dropped for a second day, as did deaths. Overall, new U.S. cases rose 1.4%, below the daily average of 2% over the past week. Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed tougher enforcement against bars and restaurants in part of New York City. Canada denied the Blue Jays permission to play in Toronto, the AP reported. The Trump administration is balking at $25 billion… Source link
Read More »Florida Posts Record Deaths; GOP Convention Curbed; Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Florida posted a record number of 156 virus deaths. The Republican presidential convention in Florida will be scaled back as cases in the state continue to spike. Maryland’s Republican governor criticized the Trump administration’s handling of the virus, saying it “bungled” testing. The U.K. accused Russian state intelligence of trying to steal vaccine research. Hong Kong reported a record number of cases, the third time in about a week that its new outbreak breached… Source link
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