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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Lobbying groups representing airlines, hotels and restaurants on Wednesday warned that changes proposed by Alphabet’s Google to comply with EU landmark rules may drive users to large online search services at their expense. The comments from Airlines for Europe group that has Air France KLM and British Airways owner IAG as members, hotel group Hotrec, European Hotel Forum, Eurocommerce, Ecommerce Europe and Independent Retail Europe came after Google rolled… Source link

Google Chrome has reportedly updated the message that users see when they’re in “incognito mode” following the settlement of a $5 billion privacy lawsuit. Google added a disclaimer that the privacy function still collects user data that websites and services can access, according to the Verge, which said MSPowerUser first spotted the change. The new message is only visible on the latest version of Google Chrome, the Verge reported. The previous message is still visible for some Chrome users.

Netflix (NFLX) stock sank 7% in early trading on Thursday after a new report from Digiday said the streaming giant is falling short on viewership guarantees it made to advertisers for its new ad-supported tier. According to Digiday, which cited five agency executives, Netflix is now allowing ad buyers to take their money back after missing viewership targets. The company reportedly only delivered around 80% of the expected audience. Yahoo Finance reached out to Netflix for comment but did not… Source link

Google senior fellow Jeff Dean speaks at a 2017 event in China. Source: Chris Wong | Google Google employees are seeing all the buzz around ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot that was released to the public at the end of November and quickly turned into a Twitter sensation. Some of them are wondering where Google is in the race to create sophisticated chatbots that can answer user queries. After all, Google’s prime business is web search, and the company has long touted itself as a… Source link

Google senior fellow Jeff Dean speaks at a 2017 event in China. Source: Chris Wong | Google Google employees are seeing all the buzz around ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot that was released to the public at the end of November and quickly turned into a Twitter sensation. Some of them are wondering where Google is in the race to create sophisticated chatbots that can answer user queries. After all, Google’s prime business is web search, and the company has long touted itself as a… Source link

As Big Tech companies begin to lay off employees in the global economic downturn, Google executives have reportedly warned workers to either boost performance or prepare to leave as “there will be blood on the streets” if the next quarterly earnings are not good. In a company message viewed by Insider, Google Cloud sales leadership has threatened employees with… Source link

Another strike against use of Google Analytics in Europe: The Italian data protection authority has found a local web publisher’s use of the popular analytics tool to be non-compliant with EU data protection rules owing to user data being transferred to the U.S. — a country that lacks an equivalent legal framework to protect the info from being accessed by US spooks. The Garante found the web publisher’s use of Google Analytics resulted in the collection of many types of user… Source link

It’s hard to find a workplace norm the pandemic hasn’t upended. It’s increasingly rare for white-collar workers to go into the office five days a week. The definition of “workwear” is up for debate. Job-hopping no longer sets off alarm bells. And, as of right now, it’s decidedly a job seeker’s market. But while change is everywhere in the workplace, there’s one holdout that hasn’t been updated during these unprecedented times: the résumé. There’s no shortage of advice and… Source link

Major indexes are poised to end the year boosted by the “Santa Claus Rally” effect, as the market shrugs off concerns associated with surging COVID-19 case numbers across the U.S. and the world. But according to NJ-based financial services firm Hennon & Walsh, the Omicron variant remains among the top uncertainties in the market heading into the new year, regardless of whether investors are currently interpreting it as such.  “The two biggest uncertainties for investors right now clearly… Source link

Market volatility has dipped since September, but the nation’s top bankers are warning that choppiness could be coming back soon — thanks to the Federal Reserve. In earnings calls this week, executives at the largest U.S. banks said price swings could be back as the central bank attempts to slow (and then reverse) its easy money policies launched last year to insulate the economy from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s good to be watchful right now,” Morgan Stanley (MS) CEO… Source link