Feed aggregator

Ryanair Tries Forcing App Downloads By Eliminating Paper Boarding Passes

Slashdot.org - Wed, 11/12/2025 - 08:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Ryanair is trying to force users to download its mobile app by eliminating paper boarding passes, starting on November 12. As announced in February and subsequently delayed from earlier start dates, Europe's biggest airline is moving to digital-only boarding passes, meaning customers will no longer be able to print physical ones. In order to access their boarding passes, Ryanair flyers will have to download Ryanair's app. "Almost 100 percent of passengers have smartphones, and we want to move everybody onto that smartphone technology," Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said recently on The Independent's daily travel podcast. Customers are encouraged to check in online via Ryanair's website or app before getting to the airport. People who don't check in online before getting to the airport will have to pay the airport a check-in fee. "There'll be some teething problems," O'Leary said of the move.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

More ways to share your shipping and returns policies with Google

GoogleWebmasterCentral - Wed, 11/12/2025 - 05:00

We're excited to announce that we're now expanding the options for merchants to provide shipping and returns information, even if they don't have a Merchant Center account. Merchants can now tell Google about their shipping and returns policies in two distinct ways: by configuring them directly in Search Console or by using new organization-level structured data.

Categories: Web

Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun Plans To Exit To Launch Startup

Slashdot.org - Wed, 11/12/2025 - 05:00
According to the Financial Times (paywalled), Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, a deep-learning pioneer and Turing Award winner, is reportedly leaving the company to launch his own startup. Reuters reports: The owner of Facebook and Instagram has significantly increased its investments in artificial intelligence, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg reorganizing the company's AI initiatives under Superintelligence Labs. Zuckerberg hired Alexandr Wang, former CEO of data-labeling startup Scale AI to lead the new AI effort. As a result, LeCun, who had reported to chief product officer Chris Cox, is now reporting to Wang, the report said. The company began investing in AI in 2013 by launching Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) unit and recruiting LeCun, who is a known skeptic of the large language model path to superintelligence. LeCun is also a Silver Professor of data science, computer science, neural science and electrical and computer engineering at New York University, according to his LinkedIn page. He is known for his work in deep learning and the invention of the convolutional neural network, which is widely used for image, video and speech recognition.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

A dual strategy: legal action and new legislation to fight scammersA dual strategy: legal action and new legislation to fight scammersGeneral Counsel

GoogleBlog - Wed, 11/12/2025 - 05:00
An overview of how Google is taking legal action, supporting strong bipartisan legislation and releasing new features to fight scammers.An overview of how Google is taking legal action, supporting strong bipartisan legislation and releasing new features to fight scammers.
Categories: Technology

Visit Vilnius on Google Arts & CultureVisit Vilnius on Google Arts & CultureMayor of Vilnius

GoogleBlog - Wed, 11/12/2025 - 04:00
Today, on the occasion of Google’s 10-year office anniversary in the Baltics, the city of Vilnius is proud to unveil Visit Vilnius on Google Arts & Culture.Today, on the occasion of Google’s 10-year office anniversary in the Baltics, the city of Vilnius is proud to unveil Visit Vilnius on Google Arts & Culture.
Categories: Technology

Syndicate content
Comment