Walgreens Exposed COVID Testing Data, Refused to Fix Issue
In a shocking display of negligence and incompetence, Walgreens left COVID testing data exposed and refused to fix the issue when notified.
Google Cloud Retail Search to Address $300 Billion E-Commerce Search Abandonment
Google is trying to help the e-commerce industry address a $300 billion abandonment issue with Google Cloud Retail Search.
No, Windows 11 Won’t Work on M1 Macs
Microsoft has dashed hopes that running Windows 11 on M1 Macs will be officially supported, saying it’s “an unsupported scenario.”
Intuit Acquiring Mailchimp for $12 Billion
Intuit has announced it is acquiring email marketing service Mailchimp for $12 billion.
Yahoo to Be Default Firefox Search Engine on Ubuntu
Rick Spencer of Canonical, which distributes the Ubuntu version of Linux, revealed that Canonical has formed a revenue-sharing deal with Yahoo, which will see Yahoo become the default search engine in the Mozilla Firefox browser in the upcoming 10.04 version (aka "Lucid Lynx") of the operating system.
Yahoo Calls On Grad Students To Improve Internet
Yahoo said today it is holding its second annual Key Scientific Challenges Program, which is open globally to any graduate student enrolled in a PhD program at an accredited institution.
The Key Scientific Challenges Program focuses on a number of issues, from developing algorithms that make information more personally relevant, to finding insights about online advertising and experimenting with new sociological models for how people engage with the web.
China Won’t Stand in the Way of Google’s Android Business
Since the widely publicized turbulence between Google and the Chinese government erupted, there has been a lot of speculation about whether or not Google would continue to do business in China in any capacity whatsoever. The company stopped censoring search results in its Chinese search engine, and threatened to pull out of China before it would again do so. Talks between Google and China are expected in the near future.