This Veterans Day, we want to acknowledge and showcase the contributions made by veterans at Google. These Googlers have created opportunities and pathways for servicemembers to ease their transition into civilian careers. They’ve done this through the Department of Defense’s (DoD) SkillBridge fellowship program for transitioning servicemembers, and other resources like the Google Career Certificates…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) gives a speech to Republican supporters during a rally outside the offices of Mark Alford, Republican Candidate for Missouri’s 4th Congressional District on October 14, 2022 in Raymore, Missouri. Kyle Rivas/Getty Images The man who threw a White Claw at Sen. Ted Cruz said he wanted the politician to chug it….
But is it officially official this time, or will it get axed again in a few hours? Vote now! | Image: Twitter Okay, so Twitter broke its own verification system by making the blue check — previously a signal that the account had provided information about its owner’s identity — available for purchase. Yesterday, which…
Image Credits: TechCrunch We had to talk about the news that rocked the crypto world this week in our Thursday episode: the Binance/FTX deal that never was. To begin, we gave you a rundown of WTF just happened with the beef between two of the largest crypto exchanges in the world and how Sam Bankman-Fried’s storied exchange fell…
Jeff Bezos’ net worth rose $10.5 billion in one day after Amazon shares rallied on Thursday. Dave J Hogan/Dave J. Hogan/Getty Images US tech billionaires made a record $59 billion after Thursday’s market rally, per Bloomberg. Jeff Bezos added $10.5 billion to his fortune after Amazon’s share price closed 12% higher on Thursday. The tech-focused…
A penny for your tweets. | Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Elon Musk seems intent on turning Twitter into a bank, complete with what he describes as a “high-yield money market account,” debit cards, checks, and loans. He described his plans during a last-minute meeting with staff today, and you can read a…
Then-President Donald Trump greets then-Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis during a campaign rally at the Hertz Arena on October 31, 2018 in Estero, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s COVID-19 response had been held up as a model by many on the right. On Thursday, Trump raged against DeSantis and said he…
Elon Musk. Andrew Kelly/Reuters Elon Musk said he’d love to see “ads for gizmos” on Twitter because he’d “buy them all in a click.” In his first meeting with Twitter employees, he addressed the platform’s advertising strategy going forward. “Being asked to sign up for a mortgage when you have no interest in that whatsoever…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft on Thursday fingered Russia’s military intelligence arm as the likely culprit behind ransomware attacks last month that targeted Polish and Ukrainian transportation and logistics organizations. If the assessment by members of the Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) is correct, it could be cause for concern for the US government…