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Google is warning against using 404 and other 4xx client server status errors, such as 403s, for the purpose of trying to set a crawl rate limit for Googlebot. “Please don’t do that,” Gary Illyes from the Google Search Relations team wrote. Why the notice. There has been a recent increase in the number of sites and CDNs using these techniques to try to limit Googlebot crawling. “Over the last few months we noticed an uptick in website owners and some content delivery networks (CDNs) attempting to use 404 and other …

PTI Berlin, February 2Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, according to a new report.Climate policy, protests, and the Ukraine crisis -- the participating researchers systematically assessed to what extent social changes are already underway, while also analyzing certain physical processes frequently discussed as tipping points.The researchers concluded that social change is essential to meeting…

WASHINGTON—President Biden called on lawmakers of both parties to come together to pass legislation to hold big technology and social-media companies accountable, accusing some in the industry of exploiting users’ personal data and endangering children.In a Wednesday opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Biden said the legislation should protect users’ privacy by putting in place limits on how companies use, collect and share personal data. He recommended limiting targeted advertising and banning it altogether for…

Meta is taking more steps to limit advertisers’ abilities to target their advertising campaigns to teens. In a blog post on Tuesday, the company announced that it was making some changes that will limit advertising to teenagers and give young adults more control over ads on Meta’s platforms. Meta said that it is making these changes based on “research, direct feedback from parents and child developmental experts, UN children’s rights principles, and global regulation.” One of the main changes the company…

The signal-to-noise ratio of low-to-no-snow emergence. a, American Cordillera (black polygons) from 60° N to 60° S. Lines at ±32° latitude and country borders are shown in gray. b, Latitude band averages of annual peak SWE percentiles within the American Cordillera as simulated by the highest-resolution (20 km) HighResMIP simulation (MRI-AGCM3-2-S) over 1950–2100 under the high-emissions shared socio-economic pathway (SSP5-8.5). The top x axis shows the…

High taxation is limiting the expansion of the super luxury car market in India, which otherwise is on a growth path, according to Italian automaker Automobili Lamborghini’s Chairman and CEO Stephan Winkelmann. Lamborghini, which sells a range of super luxury cars with prices starting from Rs 3.16 crore in India, had recorded its best-ever sales in the country in 2021 at 69 units, beating its previous record in 2019 when it sold a total of 52 units. “India is a market for us which is on a growth path like most of the…

YouTube experimented with limiting access to 4K content to its Premium users, but the company confirmed this trial is now over and “turned off”. The platform revealed on Twitter everyone should be able to access 4K quality without any restrictions and no fancy memberships. we've fully turned off this experiment. viewers should now be able to access 4K quality resolutions without Premium membership. we're here if you have other q's— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) October 17, 2022 Reports about users seeing “Premium” next…

Twitter is reportedly developing a feature that would allow users to control public mentions of their accounts on the platform. The social media platform allows users to tag and address public accounts by typing "@" followed by the unique username the user wishes to mention in their tweets, replies, or quote tweets on the platform. Security researcher and reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong (Twitter: @wongmjane), tweeted that the social media company is working on a way to allow users to block these mentions…

Ana Swanson / New York Times: The Biden administration adds 31 Chinese companies and institutions including YMTC to an “unverified list”, limiting their ability to get some regulated US tech — The White House issued sweeping restrictions on selling semiconductors and chip-making equipment to China … Ana Swanson / New York Times: The Biden administration adds 31 Chinese companies and institutions including YMTC to an “unverified list”, limiting their ability to get…

YouTube is reportedly testing a feature that would limit 4K and higher resolution videos to premium subscribers only; restricting free users to a maximum video quality option of 1440p. The move comes after the Google-owned video sharing platform was recently reported to be testing adding five unskippable ads before videos are played for free users. The attempt at adding restrictions and limitations on free users is being reported as an effort by the company to increase revenue generation by nudging more users to subscribe…