A new Google Merchant Center update changes how e-commerce sites must handle out-of-stock products, with direct implications for product approvals and ad performance. What’s happening. Google now requires that out-of-stock products must still display a buy button, but it can no longer be active or hidden. Instead, the button must be visibly disabled and appear grayed out. In other words, users should be able to see the button, but not click it. This marks a clear shift from common practices where retailers either left the “Add to Cart” button clickable or removed it entirely. Both approaches are now non-compliant. How…
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What you need to knowGoogle revealed “Mentions in Messages,” a feature that lets users “@” others in a group chat to alert that specific person to their text.The post states users can mention multiple users in a single text and they can edit the “saved name of the recipient” in case you don’t want others to see their nickname.Previous updates for Messages in March include live-location sharing built-in and a trash folder for accidentally removed chats.March has been busy for Google Messages, as another new feature rolls out for users to aid hectic group chats.This morning (Mar 20), Google revealed…
The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning that Russian intelligence-linked threat actors are actively targeting users of encrypted messaging apps such as Signal and WhatsApp in phishing campaigns that have already compromised thousands of accounts. The FBI’s PSA is the first public attribution linking these campaigns directly to Russian intelligence services, rather than a broader description of just state hackers. According to the FBI, the campaigns are designed to bypass the protections of end-to-end encryption in commercial messaging apps (CMAs), not by breaking encryption, but through account hijacks. The FBI says the techniques used in these attacks can be applied to…
Two years ago, Congress passed the “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America” Act (RISAA) that included nominal reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill unfortunately included some problematic expansions of the law—but it also included a relatively big victory for civil liberties advocates: Section 702 authorities were only extended for two years, allowing Congress to continue the important work of negotiating a warrant requirement for Americans as well as some other critical reforms. However, Congress clearly did not continue this work. In fact, it now appears that Congress is poised to consider another extension of…
A senior vice president of Super Micro Computer Inc. and two others affiliated with the company were charged Thursday with conspiring to smuggle billions of dollars of computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China. The men violated U.S. export controls laws by scheming to divert massive quantities of the high-performance servers assembled in the United States to China between 2024 and 2025, according to the indictment in Manhattan federal court. In a release, FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle Jr. said the defendants used fabricated documents, staged bogus equipment to pass audit inventories and utilized a pass-through…
NotebookLM is pretty powerful on its own, but it’s rarely used in isolation. We all “pair” it with our other tools in one way or another, whether a browser for source retrieval, a notes app for capturing knowledge, or a chatbot for quick understanding. One of the things that makes NotebookLM so compatible with browser-based work specifically is the extensions. I honestly don’t know what I’d do without them because I already live in my browser – it’s where all my NotebookLM sources come from. Every NotebookLM extension promises something similar: closing the gaps between user touchpoints by automating certain…
As AI agents reshape how advertising platforms are used, Google is bringing focus toward the developers behind the systems and create content specifically for them. What’s happening. Google’s Advertising and Measurement Developer Relations team has launched Ads DevCast, a bi-weekly vodcast and podcast hosted by Cory Liseno. The show focuses on technical deep dives across Google Ads, Google Analytics, Display & Video 360 and related tools. Zoom out. This is a companion to Ads Decoded, hosted by Google Ads Liaison Ginny Marvin, which focuses on campaign strategy. Ads DevCast is explicitly built for developers and technical practitioners. Driving the news.…
While the stock head unit experience for newer in-vehicle systems are pretty good, we’ll take Android Auto over that any day. It’s really a game-changer, providing a seamless experience that brings the best of your phone to your in-car screen. And what makes it even better is that Google consistently delivers updates to improve the experience. Now, if you’re someone that’s been in the Android ecosystem for a while, you’ll know that not all updates are equal, with some even breaking features that have been working perfectly fine for years. Well, that seems to be the case for some Pixel…