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Frustrated residents have urged the local council to “pull their finger out” and do something about a well-known problem that’s “destroying” cars and causing chaos at a busy intersection. Locals in Coogee in Sydney’s east say two “ridiculous” concrete blocks in the middle of the road are to blame for countless damaged cars and “hours” long congestion at the corner of Arden Street and Coogee Bay Road — but the council has confirmed they won’t be removed and explained why. Raising the issue… Source link

Weeks after agreeing to settle a lawsuit that accused Google of illegally tracking browsing activity even after users activated Chrome’s incognito mode, the company has quietly updated how the browser describes its private browsing feature. The updated text, spotted by MSPowerUser, can be found in the latest Canary build of Google Chrome, version 122.0.6251.0.  Here’s the updated text (emphasis added):  “Others who use this device won’t see your activity, so you can browse more… Source link

Did you know that you can set YouTube Music songs as your wake-up alarm in the morning via the Google Clock app? The feature has been around for a while now, and I have yet to try it out mostly because I fall asleep to music, so I don’t believe it would be effective. Google’s latest feature update for the app may make it easier for me to rise in the A.M. to custom sounds though. Discovered by Mishaal Rahman on Twitter, you can now record your very own noises using your phone’s… Source link

Genesis Trading, one of the largest crypto lending institutions, said it’s temporarily suspending redemptions and new loan originations in its lending business. The development is one more blow to crypto credit markets and sent bitcoin’s value down. The company said on a Wednesday call with clients that it’s working to find a solution for its lending business and is pushing to present proposals next week. The announcement comes as yet another ripple effect from the bankruptcy of major crypto… Source link

Just about everyone in college football spent their Fourth of July weekend talking, texting and sitting through meetings about what will happen next in conference realignment and what, if anything, each school and league can do to either protect or maximize itself going forward. The move revealed Thursday that USC and UCLA will join the Big Ten and thus decimate the Pac-12 has led to panic and confusion. What six months ago was a Power Five with a lucrative, fair playoff plan on the table is… Source link

South Korean app developers and content providers are upping their paid subscription and service fees on Google’s Play marketplace due to the heavy 15-30% commissions now required following Google’s policy changes that force apps to use its own first-party billings and payments system. While South Korean law permits app developers to use a third-party payment option, this only reduces Google’s commission by 4% — and that’s not enough, developers… Source link

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida will leave the central bank two weeks earlier than planned, following increased scrutiny into financial transactions he made in 2020 — while the Fed was taking action to save the U.S. economy. Clarida, who served as the central bank’s No. 2 official on monetary policy efforts through the pandemic, said he will step down from the Fed effective Jan. 14. He was appointed by the Trump administration in September to serve for a term that expired… Source link

(Bloomberg) — China has unveiled sweeping regulations governing overseas share sales by the country’s firms, taking one of its biggest steps to tighten scrutiny on international debuts in the wake of Didi Global Inc.’s controversial listing. Most Read from Bloomberg The regulations, issued by the country’s securities watchdog, commerce ministry and top economic planning agency over the past week, cast more uncertainty over the prospects for overseas initial public offerings that had… Source link

(Bloomberg) — China has unveiled sweeping regulations governing overseas share sales by the country’s firms, taking one of its biggest steps to tighten scrutiny on international debuts in the wake of Didi Global Inc.’s controversial listing. Most Read from Bloomberg The regulations, issued by the country’s securities watchdog, commerce ministry and top economic planning agency over the past week, cast more uncertainty over the prospects for overseas initial public offerings that had… Source link

Despite a seemingly lackluster slate of games, college football met its craziness quota with upsets and near-upsets involving many of the teams in the middle of the race for the national championship. One is previously unbeaten Michigan State, which suffered a second defensive meltdown in as many weeks and lost to Purdue. Also in the Big Ten, Ohio State was pushed to the limit by Nebraska, which slowed the nation’s most productive offense but was undone once again by failures on special teams… Source link