• Google Lifts Some Site Reputation Abuse Policy Penalties

    About a week ago, we reported that Google began enforcing its new site reputation abuse policy by issuing manual actions and ranking penalties for those sites that violated those policies. Google seems to be now lifting some of those manual actions where the sites took the necessary action and no longer are violating the policy.Glenn Gabe has access to some sites's Search Console properties where he had examples of sites hit by the site reputation policy penalty and then saw those penalties...

  • Fed's Barkin: Inflation to hit 2% with 'appropriate' policy

    President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Thomas Barkin expressed his belief that inflation will reach the bank's target of 2% through the implementation of an "appropriate policy and

  • Mayorkas Claims Joe Biden's Border Policy Is 'Working'

    President Joe Biden's border chief — Alejandro Mayorkas — says the White House's border plan "is working."

  • Tehran Will ‘Change’ Their Nuclear Policy if Threatened by Israel

    An advisor to the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader said on Thursday that his country will change its nuclear policy if Israel threatens the ruling regime. "We have no decision to build a nuclear bomb, but should Iran's existence be threatened, there will be no choice but to change our military doctrine," Kamal Kharrazi told a

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    Why Reddit's new content policy is a big win for your privacy

    Reddit has introduced a new public content policy that lays out a framework for how partners and third parties can access user-posted content on its site. This policy will apply alongside the site's existing privacy policy, which covers how Reddit handles private user data, and its current content policy, which covers what sort of content is allowed on the platform.In a win for user privacy, the new policy dramatically limits what outside parties can do with the content users post.  Also: Delete...

  • Banning safe pesticides is bad policy and harmful to farmers

    Less than six months after New York surrendered to activists and banned a class of insecticides with a long track record of safe, effective use, Vermont now faces a similar decision. Gov. Phil Scott has an opportunity to veto the legislation rather than follow New York’s ill-advised example. House Bill H.706, a near carbon-copy of New York’s legislation, sailed through […]

  • UK consults on proposed planning policy for fusion plants

    Fusion plants will not be subject to the same nuclear site licensing process as fission reactors, with the UK government instead proposing developer-led site selection and their designation as nationally significant infrastructure projects.

  • Nintendo to make announcement on Switch successor this fiscal year

    Nintendo said Tuesday it will make an announcement about a highly anticipated new console by the end of March 2025 as sales decline of the hugely popular Switch, which is now in its eighth year. Despite logging a record net profit in the year to March, helped by the weak

  • Editorial: Foster children beneficiaries of axed DCF policy

    Several months ago we urged the state’s Department of Children and Families to correct an oversight that prevented children being cared for by their grandparents or other non-parental family members access to free public higher education.That’s what the DCF provides for children in the state’s foster-care system. That includes tuition and fee waivers covering the […]

  • Peters’ real foreign policy threat is Helen Clark

    Winston Peters’ much anticipated foreign policy speech last night was a work of two halves.Much of it was a standard “boilerplate” Foreign Ministry overview of the state of the world.Th

  • Gov't criticized for inconsistency in cross-border online shopping policies

    The government is facing mounting criticism for its inconsistent approach to regulations on overseas direct purchases of certain goods, following the recent retraction of a policy proposal due to strong consumer backlash.

  • Expedia says two execs dismissed after ‘violation of company policy’

    Expedia says Rathi Murthy and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, respectively its CTO and senior vice president of core services product & engineering, are no longer employed at the travel booking company. In a statement shared with Bloomberg and elsewhere, Expedia said Murthy and Rachamadugu are “no longer employed at Expedia Group” due to an unspecified “violation of […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.