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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google search boss warns employees of ‘new operating reality,’ urges them to move faster  CNBC Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Independent ad tech urges regulators not to stop at divestiture to rein in Google  Digiday Source link

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, should be removed from app stores run by Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google because the short video social media app poses a risk to national security, Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat on the intelligence committee, said in a letter dated Thursday. The app, which Congress has already banned from federal government devices, has come under increasing criticism because of concern that China’s government could use… Source link

Google is continuing on with its #GetTheMessage campaign attempting to convince Apple to adopt the RCS messaging protocol, this time taking out a large New Year’s-themed ad at Harmon Corner in Las Vegas. The digital billboard urges Apple not to “drop the ball” on fixing its “pixelated photos and videos.” Hey Apple, it’s Android the ball may have dropped on 2022, but you don’t have to drop the ball on fixing your pixelated photos and videos. Here’s some code to get the ball rolling… After… Source link

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by phone on Friday about a U.S. proposal to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and fellow jailed American Paul Whelan. Blinken said he “pressed the Kremlin to accept” the offer during what he described as a “frank and direct conversation.” “I urged Foreign Minister Lavrov to move forward with that proposal,” Blinken said. “I’m not going to characterize his response and I’m not… Source link

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman reiterated recent calls on Twitter Tuesday morning for the Federal Reserve to intervene aggressively to tame inflation. Ackman’s latest tweet comes a day after a key economic report showed U.S. consumers have the most pessimistic economic outlook in nearly a decade. “Consumer confidence is weak because of inflation, not because of the economy. Jobs are plentiful and the economy is strong,” the Pershing Square founder said in a tweet. “The Source link

The world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin called on regulators to finally tackle a laundry list of risky, immature crypto industry practices, or “parade of horribles”, that are unfairly weighing on the price of its asset. Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor argues the over 19,000 cryptocurrencies and digital tokens in circulation must be viewed as “unregistered securities” that cannot be likened to a hard commodity like Bitcoin—which has no issuer, no management, no employees, no… Source link

China has urged the International Monetary Fund to approve a US$1.4 billion bailout for Zambia but the fund responded by telling Beijing and other official creditors they must first agree a relief package. Lusaka is seeking a bailout from the IMF and is also in the process of restructuring about US$17.3 billion of external debts, including from its largest bilateral lender – China. In November 2020, it became the first African country to default on some of its dollar-denominated bonds during… Source link

The former head of news at Yandex, a Russian search engine giant, urged his former coworkers to quit. Lev Gershenzon wrote on Facebook that Yandex is hiding info about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He urged former coworkers to “stop being accomplices to a terrible crime.” … Source link

By Chad Terhune and Robin Respaut    (Reuters) – More than 100,000 Americans died from diabetes in 2021, marking the second consecutive year for that grim milestone and spurring a call for a federal mobilization similar to the fight against HIV/AIDS.    The new figures come as an expert panel urges Congress to overhaul diabetes care and prevention, including recommendations to move beyond a reliance on medical interventions alone. A report released earlier this month calls for far… Source link