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It’s not just the headcount at Google that’s getting smaller. Like other Silicon Valley giants retrenching amid financial uncertainty, Google has cut thousands of jobs since January 2023. But the company is also accelerating changes within its lavish corporate cafeterias — a longtime lure for tech employees — that will both reduce costs and cut the company’s food waste. Source link

NurPhoto/Getty Browsers are great. Over the past decade, I’ve seen a whole swathe of applications replaced by services that run in the browser, so much so that nowadays, most of my working day is spent in front of my browser of choice – Google Chrome. Problem is, the browser is a window to, well, the whole of the internet. And I don’t know if you’ve noticed, there are a lot of distractions on the internet. I’ve concluded that I waste too much time on the internet. And I’ve decided that 2023… Source link

Google’s John Mueller answered a question about using the link disavow tool and offered a tip about the best way to use it, specifically mentioning links flagged by tools. Although this tool was introduced ten years ago there is still much confusion as to the proper use of it. Link Disavow Tool The link disavow tool was introduced by Google in October 2012. The disavow tool followed in the wake of the Penguin Algorithm from May 2012, which ushered in a period of unprecedented chaos in the… Source link

Google is hoping to make its performance reviews less of a burden to employees by making it so they only happen once a year instead of twice a year, requiring less paperwork, and changing the way employees are rated. According to a report from The Information, 47 percent of Google employees didn’t think that their time was well spent with the previous performance review system. It’s often hard to point to how internal changes can affect end users, but Google, as a company, has a… Source link

Before the pandemic forced its employees to work from home, Google tested a simple intervention to reduce food waste in one of its cafes: The company started setting out bowls that were an inch less deep. “That unconsciously led to people taking a little less food—30 to 50% less—and that actually downstream led to 30-70% less waste,” says Emily Ma, head of Google’s “Food for Good” program. It’s a small example of multiple strategies that the tech giant is using to aim for a… Source link

Each year, 8 million tons of plastic — the equivalent of a garbage truck load every minute — is dumped into the ocean, according to the World Economic Forum.  The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit engineering environmental organization based in the Netherlands, is attempting to remove as much of that plastic as is feasible. “Our strategy is really twofold,” The Ocean Cleanup CEO and Founder Boyan Slat said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “On one hand, stop the source, preventing more… Source link

Billionaire Microsoft (MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates, announced on Monday that they would end their 27-year marriage, likely fueling speculation about how the high-profile divorce will play out. Family lawyer Randy Kessler, who has handled divorce cases involving professional athletes and entertainers, accurately predicted what court documents show — that the Gates worked out in advance how to separate their estimated $130 billion in net worth. A petition for… Source link

The PGA TOUR heads to TPC Scottsdale this week for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. For DFS purposes we should know it’s a slim field (132 golfers) so the chances of getting all six golfers through the cutline is a bit higher than the last few weeks which have been full-field events. Should we make drastic changes because of the field size? No. It does allow us to take on an extra risk or two, knowing the overall expected cut-made ratio is just a fraction higher for everyone in the… Source link

PGA DFS Picks for Yahoo Cup Waste Management Phoenix Open Looking for a way to learn PGA DFS without jumping in with both feet? Then I have a perfect solution for you. This year Yahoo and Yahoo Fantasy is offering a $10,000 Freeroll called the “Yahoo Cup.” This contest awards a winner for weekly events and one winner at the end of the season who has the most cumulative points. That winner will receive $1,000. While we may have missed four weeks of competition, not to worry; as part of the… Source link

Waste Management Phoenix Open Scottsdale, ArizonaTPC Scottsdale – Par 71 – 7,261 yardsField – 132 entrantsPurse – $7.3M The Preview The buzz surrounding this year’s Waste Management Phoenix Open won’t focus on the hundreds of thousands of patrons who usually roam the fiesta-filled grounds of TPC Scottsdale, but limited crowds have clearly piqued the interest of the game’s best as the event sees one of its strongest fields in decades with players seeking those man-in-the-arena vibes. Even the… Source link