Month: February 2022

Yahoo Japan is going dark in Europe

Yahoo Japan has announced that most of its online services will cease to be accessible in the European Economic Area and the UK as of April 6th. The company’s email, credit card, and ebook services will continue to be available, but everything else is going dark. The given reason is…

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Wordle Is Moving To The New York Times And Staying Free, For Now

The New York Times purchased Wordle — the viral online wordplay game that has either overtaken your morning or your social media timeline or both — in an undisclosed seven-figure deal, the company announced Monday. “If you’re like me, you probably wake up every morning thinking about Wordle, and savoring…

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Your work Gmail is about to look different

Google has announced that Gmail’s new layout, which changes how Google Chat, Meet, and Spaces are integrated, will be available to try starting in February; become default by April; and become the only option by the end of Q2 2022. The view makes it so Google’s other messaging tools, which…

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Crisis Text Line claims anonymized conversation data helps build AI for ‘a more empathetic world’

Politico recently reported how Crisis Text Line (which is not affiliated with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) is sharing data from conversations with Loris.ai, which builds AI systems designed to increase empathetic conversation by customer service reps. Crisis Text Line is a not-for-profit service that provides a text line for…

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Zuckerberg’s dream of launching a cryptocurrency is officially over

After multiple rebrands, congressional hearings, and several high-profile staff departures, the Meta-backed cryptocurrency known as Diem is calling it quits. The association behind Diem confirmed Monday that it sold its assets for around $200 million to Silvergate, a crypto-focused bank it was working with last year to launch a stablecoin…

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