In an ideal world, learning would be both accessible and affordable. Unfortunately, books can sometimes be prohibitively expensive. But now, new users can get unlimited access to over 900,000 non-fiction and academic books on over 1,000 topics with a one-year subscription to Perlego for only $99. Perlego partners with more than 6,000 publishers, so it can offer a breadth of books that is unparalleled for leisure, professional advancement, and academic study....

The Salesforce Q1 2020 Shopping Index uncovers the true shopping story through analyzing the activity of more than one billion shoppers across more than 34 countries powered by Salesforce Commerce Cloud, with a focus on key 10 markets: US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Japan, Netherlands, Australia/New Zealand, and the Nordics. This battery of benchmarks provides a deep look into the last nine quarters and the current state of digital commerce....

Fast forward to mid-May and users that decided to try to wait Google out are aflutter that their lack of decisiveness has been rewarded, as Google has decided they can keep what they have so long as they are not a business. “For businesses, the G Suite legacy free edition will no longer be available starting June 27, 2022,” Google now says. “If you’re using the G Suite legacy free edition for non-commercial purposes, you can opt out of the transition to Google Workspace … You can continue using your custom domain with Gmail, retain access to no-cost Google services such as Google Drive and Google Meet, and keep your purchases and data....

It’s the first major expansion of Google Fiber since halting the network’s rollout in nine cities in October 2016. The expansion to the five new cities over the next few years is pending city approvals. “These states will be the main focus for our growth for the next several years, along with continued expansion in our current metro areas,” said Dinni Jain, CEO of Google Fiber, in a blogpost. Google Fiber recently announced plans to expand its gigabit fiber service to Mesa, Arizona and Colorado Springs, Colorado....

Moving forward, NFC will now be offered on both the USB-A and USB-C keys, which means that most users will be able to streamline their keys down to a single unit. Must read: Best security keys: Protect your online accounts If you have an older system with USB-A ports, Google recommends that you buy a USB-A + NFC security key, which should work with most smartphones and tablets. This is the key recommended for iPad users who have a Lightning port on the iPad (they will also need an Apple Lightning adapter)....

As the Russian office closes, Google is also moving its Russia-based employees elsewhere, the Wall Street Journal first reported. “The Russian authorities’ seizure of Google Russia’s bank account has made it untenable for our Russia office to function, including employing and paying Russia-based employees, paying suppliers and vendors, and meeting other financial obligations,” a Google spokesperson said in an emailed statement to ZDNet. Google had previously announced that it would pause the vast majority of its commercial operations in Russia, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....

In one instance, however, Google may have inadvertently showcased the technology’s shortcomings. Google on Monday tweeted a GIF demonstrating how one would use its new experimental AI chat service, Bard. In Depth: These experts are racing to protect AI from hackers. Time is running out Built on Google’s own large language models (LLMs), Bard is designed to give users conversational answers to relatively complex questions. To demonstrate this, the GIF shows Bard answering the question, “What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9 year old about?...

When Google announced the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, the company also unveiled that Pixel 7 owners would receive access to its VPN service through Google One for free. The feature wasn’t available at launch, but it’s ready now and arriving in the update. Pixel 7 users can turn on the free VPN service to keep their data protected when connected to Wi-Fi on a plane, in a coffee shop or even at a hotel....

So, will the watch be worth the wait? Is it going to be a genuine challenger to the Apple Watch? Here is everything you need to know. Also: Google will unveil Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch on October 6 Google has already dropped a video revealing the design of the Google Pixel Watch, which includes a sleek, circular, domed face with a simple scrolling crown. The watch will utilize Google’s Wear OS technology, including an integration with Fitbit....

On February 28, TAG member Shane Huntley published a bulletin sharing some of the unit’s latest efforts to tackle the spread of misinformation, including the removal of a coordinated campaign involving these countries – a topical issue considering the current Russia-Ukraine conflict. The influence operation was terminated in January, prior to the start of the conflict, but at a time when tensions between Russia and Ukraine was rising due to the presence of Russian troops at Ukraine’s border....

Using a surprisingly cumbersome set of tools and onboard sensors, it turns out. In an age when you can sail across an ocean or climb a remote peak and instantly determine your precise location on a small device equipped with a GPS receiver, it’s easy to think humans have navigation nailed. But that network only works on our little planet. As space travel becomes a reality for a growing subset of people and commercial enterprises, navigation remains a big hurdle....

The robot, by Rugged Robotics, can autonomously mark fully coordinated designs directly on concrete floors. The process, called field layout, is ordinarily done by people in much the same way it has been for the last hundred years, using tape measures, chalk lines, and surveying equipment to manually mark the location of walls and mechanical systems. In an industry marked by project overruns and blown budgets, this critical step is often a source of future downstream errors that cost time and money....

H2O.ai, the AI Cloud company which raised $100 million in a Series E round at the end of 2021, and which is now valued at $1.6 billion, employs 10% of the world’s AI grandmasters. The company just announced H2O Hydrogen Torch, a product aiming to bring AI grand mastery for image, video, and natural language processing (NLP) to the enterprise. We connected with H2O CEO and Founder Sri Ambati, and we discussed everything from H2O’s origins and overall offering to Hydrogen Torch and where it fits into the AI landscape....

HBO Max deals are incredibly rare – so rare that in the entire time I’ve been watching for deals, this is the first time I’ve seen a deal for HBO Max. Sure, previously you could get an annual subscription and save $30 off the monthly fee. That’s not a deal since that’s the normal price of an annual subscription to the streaming service. What you get with the annual subscription is a library of great content....

But what if your internet connection sucks? Well, if you’re living where there’s 5G coverage, this might be the solution that you need. Today sees Netgear unveil an industry-first – a 5G tri-band Wi-Fi 6 mesh system. The Netgear Orbi NBK752 mesh system combines 5G and mesh Wi-Fi into a single product that can blankets an entire home (up to 5,000 sq. ft.) in WiFi, no matter whether you live in a brick townhouse or a sprawling rural ranch....

The COVID-19 pandemic is a circuit breaker shining a harsh light on the challenges facing higher education. It raises questions about the importance of access, cost, and digital infrastructure relative to the role of massive campuses, facilities, dorms, and thousands of support staff built up over the last 50 years. We believe the challenges come from location-centric thinking that is pervasive in higher education: Universities expect students to come to campus rather than go to where they need the education....

Women’s Equality Day recognizes the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That milestone occurred on Aug. 18, 1920. However, finalizing women’s right to vote required a man, U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, to certify the change by signing one last document. He carried out this duty in his home without fanfare on August 26, 1920. More than 50 years later, then-U.S. Rep. Bella Abzug of New York led the initiative to formally recognize this historic moment by designating August 26 as Women’s Equality Day....

Might it make them worse? Meta has energized the quest for a digitally augmented world, and it has far greater resources and patience than Magic Leap had. Meta commands app-driven mega-networks like Instagram and WhatsApp, already possessing a formidable user base for whatever it creates. Despite its Wizards Unite game failing to survive the pandemic lockdowns, however, Niantic is the one making more progress in mass-market, real-world quests. The AR game pioneer just announced its Lightship Augmented Reality Development Kit, which enables independent developers to create experiences in the vein of Pokemon Go....

Speaking to ZDNet, Premier League chief legal counsel Kevin Plumb said that while anti-piracy work has been on the company’s agenda for a long time, making it a priority started with former executive chairman Richard Scudamore, “who really prioritised it alongside broadcast sales because he saw it as two sides of the same coin”. “We know it’s a problem in every territory – not just for sports or the Premier League, it’s for movies, it’s TV shows … and that’s one of the reasons why we opened an office in [Singapore three years ago]....

My daughter, for example, needs a computer for school work. My two sons are gamers who also aspire to stream on Twitch for a living. Two completely different use cases with two completely different needs. Also: How to build a gaming PC for $550 Below I’ve rounded up a few of the more common requests from kids and why they’d need a computer, such as for gaming, school work or, even, becoming the next big YouTuber....