November 29, 2023

Search Engine Journal: Google To Curb Microtargeting In Consumer Finance Ads

Search Engine Journal: Google To Curb Microtargeting In Consumer Finance Ads. “Google will update its personalized ads policy in February 2024 to prevent advertisers from targeting audiences for credit and banking ads based on sensitive factors like gender, age, parental status, marital status, or zip code. Google’s current policy prohibiting ‘Credit in personalized ads’ will be renamed ‘Consumer finance in personalized ads’ under the changes.”

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November 29, 2023

Associated Press: Former Google executive ends longshot bid for Dianne Feinstein’s US Senate seat in California

Associated Press: Former Google executive ends longshot bid for Dianne Feinstein’s US Senate seat in California. “A former California tech executive is ending her longshot campaign for the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, she announced Tuesday. Democrat Lexi Reese said in a statement that she has been unable to raise the many millions of dollars needed for a first-time candidate to introduce herself to voters across the nation’s most populous state.”

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November 28, 2023

Engadget: Evernote is reportedly testing a severely restricted plan for free users

Engadget: Evernote is reportedly testing a severely restricted plan for free users. “Evernote is experimenting with severe restrictions to its free plan, which may nudge users to upgrade or quit the app entirely. According to a report from TechCrunch, some Evernote users were greeted with a pop-up message announcing that the free plan would be limited to a single notebook and 50 notes.”

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November 27, 2023

The Verge: Tumblr sheds Post Plus subscriptions as the platform downsizes

The Verge: Tumblr sheds Post Plus subscriptions as the platform downsizes. “Tumblr is doing away with Post Plus, the feature that lets creators charge users a subscription to access their content. Starting on December 1st, creators will no longer be able to enable Post Plus on their blogs. The discontinuation of Post Plus comes just weeks after a leaked memo revealed the platform’s plans to downsize after struggling to meet usage and revenue targets.”

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November 27, 2023

NPR: Google is deleting unused accounts this week. Here’s how to save your old data

NPR: Google is deleting unused accounts this week. Here’s how to save your old data. “Starting Dec. 1, Google will start deleting ‘inactive’ accounts — that is, accounts that haven’t been used in at least two years. Google accounts give access to the company’s other products, including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet, Calendar, Photos and YouTube. That means emails, videos, photos, documents and any other content sitting in an inactive account are at risk.”

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November 25, 2023

ZDNet: What are Google Docs Building Blocks, and how do you use them?

ZDNet: What are Google Docs Building Blocks, and how do you use them?. “Google is always thinking of ways to improve your experience with its cloud-based office suite. And with every new iteration, the tools become more and more useful. A case in point is Building Blocks. This is yet another new feature added to Docs, which gives you an assist on creating things like Meeting Notes, Email Drafts, Product Roadmaps, Review Trackers, Project Assets, and Content Trackers.”

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November 25, 2023

Business Insider: Former Google engineer and Trump pardonee Anthony Levandowski relaunches his AI church

Business Insider: Former Google engineer and Trump pardonee Anthony Levandowski relaunches his AI church. “Anthony Levandowski, a pioneer of self-driving cars and controversial Silicon Valley figure, announced the return of his AI-dedicated church in an episode of Bloomberg’s AI IRL podcast. Levandowski started his ‘Way of the Future’ church in 2015 while he was working as an engineer on Google’s self-driving project Waymo.”

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November 25, 2023

TechCrunch: Elon Musk says X will show headlines on the platform again

TechCrunch: Elon Musk says X will show headlines on the platform again. “Elon Musk said that X, formerly Twitter, will start showing headlines in preview cards with URLs on the platform again after removing titles last month. In a post on X, Musk said in an upcoming update, the company will overlay the title in the upper portion of the image of a URL Card. He didn’t mention any specific timeline for rollout or give an example of what might the card look like.”

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November 24, 2023

TechCrunch: Flipboard stops tweeting, launches new podcast about decentralized social apps

TechCrunch: Flipboard stops tweeting, launches new podcast about decentralized social apps. “Social magazine app Flipboard had already committed to joining the ‘fediverse’ — the decentralized social web, which includes apps like Mastodon. Now, it’s doubling down on those ambitions with an announcement that it will stop tweeting while also launching a new podcast devoted to exploring the topic of decentralized social media.”

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