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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Monday's Everton News: Alcaraz signed, Diomande, McAtee & Brownhill interest
bdoulaye Doucoure and Carlos Alcaraz of Everton acknowledge the fans during a lap of honour following the team's victory | Photo byToffee Bites Your daily dose of Everton news and rumours Everton confirmed the signing of Carlos Alcaraz over the weekend. [RBM] In the latest instalment of the Everton Notebook, we look at the big summer ahead. [RBM] Advertisement An incredible supercut video here - all 945 goals Everton scored at Goodison Park in the entire Premier League era. Everton are said to be interested in Manchester City youngster Jason McAtee with Pep Guardiola reportedly looking to reduce his squad size. [Daily Mail, via Goodison News] With Abdoulaye Doucoure leaving, Everton are looking for a midfielder that can crash the box, with Rangers' 23-year-old Mohamed Diomande named as a possible replacement. [Daily Express] A handful of Toffees have been called up by their national teams for friendlies that will be played later this week. [EFC] Thanks to a sell-on clause inserted into the sale of Amadou Onana to Aston Villa, Everton could make a tidy sum of 10% on any profit the Villans make on selling the £50m midfielder with Saudi side Al Hilal hovering ahead of the upcoming World Club Cup. [Echo] Advertisement Brighton's wantaway midfielder Matt O'Riley is another name to keep an eye on over the summer. It's raining midfielder rumours now, with Burnley midfielder Josh Brownhill being linked now, with West Ham also interested in the player. He scored an impressive 18 goals in the Championship this last season, but is 29 and a free agent now. [TeamTalk] Everton will apparently focus on filling these four positions this summer — right-back, right-wing, a midfielder and a new striker. Once those are filled, they will move on to four more — back-up goalkeeper, left-back, centre-back and left winger. [Sky Sports] What to Watch Not too much action on today. Advertisement Full schedule of games here. Follow Us Twitter | Threads | Facebook More from
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
RCS ad spam worsens across all platforms and could be here to stay
The Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol offers major upgrades over SMS/MMS, including features like high-res images and typing notifications. The RCS adoption push was fueled partly by the industry's desire for improved automated marketing and streamlined engagement. RCS advertisement, often powered by AI chatbots, will almost certainly become more widespread. Built to replace two aging standards, the Rich Communication Services protocol offers a massive functionality upgrade over old, tired SMS and MMS messages. Google Messages began supporting it at the end of 2019 and spent years feuding with Apple in an apparent attempt to encourage adoption. Since then, a bunch of carriers have tried and failed at their own implementations, the Universal Profile helped ensure interoperability, and Apple eventually caved. That means everybody, Android or iOS, now gets to enjoy cutting-edge messaging technology filling their inbox with automated messages from companies they might not want to hear from (Source: Android Authority). And even as Google delivers various add-on features to reduce spam, there's one thing it's not telling you. The mobile industry explicitly pushes RCS technology as a way to regain control over the business-to-consumer engagement pipeline and greatly streamline automated marketing messaging. It's not even really a secret, so don't expect it to go away anytime soon. And expect AI to be closely intertwined. RCS lets you customize the color of your bubbles, but still won't solve humiliating blue bubble discrimination. RCS has significant advantages over SMS and MMS, including live typing notifications, better integration with other software, high-resolution images, and the potential for end-to-end encryption. It boasts a similar feature set to WhatsApp and Telegram, which most regions outside North America and China have relied on over SMS for years. With US smartphone users strangely resistant to third-party messaging platforms, the region needed an upgrade. RCS can provide it. But enhanced communication between friends and family is just one side of the industry's two-pronged motive for implementing the new standard in the exact way it has. The lesser-known motivation? You guessed it: advertising. We're not saying carriers, smartphone developers, and other industry groups pushed for RCS adoption exclusively to supercharge marketing spam. But the GSMA, the industry working group responsible for spearheading the standard's development, isn't trying to hide anything. This GSMA whitepaper explains how RCS Business Messaging (or RBM) is engineered to simplify reaching consumers with automated materials and streamline brand engagement. RCS spam has plagued users since shortly after the protocol became popular. It got so bad in India three years ago that Google put a blanket moratorium on all forms of RBM just to stop the bleeding. As users from South Asia to the Americas continue to report, unwanted RCS advertisements remain rampant to this day. Now that iOS users have been invited to the spamfest, nobody has to feel left out. RCS as an upgrade to A2P [application-to-person] SMS Messaging and the features that it can provide give operators an opportunity to take more of the revenue share of digital marketing spend. These features mean that RCS can be used to replace app development and email campaigns by brands. — GSMA, the industry group behind RCS development It's a powerful advertisement for companies to dive fully into RCS implementation. No more developing expensive, bespoke apps just to provide customer service or spread the world about the latest sales. No more convincing interested demographics to sign up for a loyalty program using an email account. The RCS protocol's ability to integrate with a phone's software ecosystem lets a marketing department keep everything pretty much in-house. Companies no longer have to struggle with the whims of companies like Meta, Telegram, or X/Twitter to provide customer service and advertisements, because RCS is an open standard. Its live-action, full-featured design intends for consumers to do all the required interacting via their favorite messaging app, which should, logically, reduce friction and increase engagement. Considering how that's a major purpose of RCS adoption, there's no reason automated RBM messaging would ever try to completely squash what many users consider spam. See? AI dialogue is completely indistinguishable from person-to-person conversation. In another sign that RCS spam is here to stay, Google and the three major US carriers have agreed to adopt Clerk Chat, a refined platform for delivering commercial RCS messages. Clerk Chat's promise of "swipe-through carousel displays of upcoming events" essentially translates to a slideshow of visual advertisements, complete with an in-platform option to make purchases. The initiative's stated goal of giving users a "concierge-like experience" sounds fancy, until you remember that a quality concierge requires access to certain sensitive details like a client's identity, itinerary, and payment information. Naturally — because no 2020s tech product is complete otherwise — AI models and LLM chatbots figure to feature heavily within this user-friendly, business-friendlier messaging standard and its increased usage and development. If you've received illicit spam any time recently, some portion is likely sourced from AI. And as corporations continue to take further advantage of the tools the industry has given them, we'll only see increased engagement with Turing test-passing robots. Many US smartphone users simply don't answer the phone anymore, due to the high rate of spam calls. With built-in ad-focused mechanisms, it's frustrating to see RCS potentially heading in that direction from the jump. Nonetheless, there is promise that the advanced messaging protocol can really improve customers' experiences if the spam doesn't get too heavy-handed or AI too out of pocket. Plus, at least the chatbots are convincing.
The Sun
18-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Melaka unemployment rate down to 1.8% in Q4 2024
MELAKA: The unemployment rate in Melaka for the fourth quarter (Q4) of last year dropped to 1.8 per cent, down from 2.6 per cent in 2023, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh said. He said the achievement demonstrates the effectiveness of the state government's policies in creating job opportunities, especially for the youth in Melaka. 'Today, Melaka is home to more than 200,000 youths. They are not just a number, they represent the future energy of the state and the country, and are among the most valuable assets that will shape Melaka's future,' he said. 'Therefore, various initiatives have been and continue to be implemented, focusing on job marketability, entrepreneurship, education, personal development, as well as social and religious values. He said this after officiating the state-level Youth Day 2025 celebration last night, which was also attended by Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Adam Adli Abdul Halim and the state Youth, Sports and Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Committee chairman Datuk V.P. Shanmugam. Ab Rauf said the state government is focused on empowering skilled youths by strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to meet industry needs and position Melaka as the national TVET centre, ensuring its youth remain competitive and preferred by employers. He said his administration is committed to involving youth not just in programmes but from planning to policy implementation. Confident in the strong government-youth relationship, he believes it will nurture visionary and competitive young leaders, and the state government will continue providing infrastructure, opportunities, and guidance to ensure sustainable youth development. He said the state government established a Youth State Assembly with 33 representatives from each state constituency to provide leadership training and involve youth in grassroots policy-making. Additionally, the state government introduced the Rumah Belia Melaka (RBM) scheme, Malaysia's first youth housing programme, offering 1,754 units to help young people own their first home.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Yahoo
Alpharetta dealership employee says she was kidnapped after customer had his car serviced
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways A north Fulton County man is behind bars after police say he kidnapped an employee at a car dealership. Deputies say Barinuaadum Bariyiga, 39, brought his car to the RBM of Alpharetta for a routine service appointment. But when he got back, they say he asked the service advisor to show him the features on his loaner. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] But deputies told Channel 2's Michael Seiden that when she got in the car, Bariyiga took off. Investigators say he drove her around for 40 minutes despite her begging him to take her back to the dealership. 'He persistently asked her personal and inappropriate questions about her love life, relationship status and appearance,' the responding deputy wrote in his report that Seiden obtained. They say he also asked her on a date and called himself from her phone so he could save her phone number. Eventually, he drove her back to the dealership, where he stayed until deputies arrived. They say after they found him in the service area, he attempted to leave with his child who stayed back during the chaos. TRENDING STORIES: Bariyiga is charged with several crimes, including kidnapping, false imprisonment and obstruction. Seiden reached out to RBM of Alpharetta to see if they plan to make any changes to ensure their employees' safety, but the dealership declined to comment. He also exchanged text messages with Bariyiga's wife who said she would call him about the allegations after she got off work, but he has not yet heard back. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
The Star
29-04-2025
- Business
- The Star
Affordable homes should not be just 'pigeonholes', says Anwar
KUALA LUMPUR: Affordable homes should not simply be 'pigeonholes ' (sarang burung) that are not equipped with the necessary amenities such as playgrounds, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim adding that such homes must also be comfortable to live in. 'We have to make changes,' the Prime Minister said at the ground-breaking ceremony for Rumah Belia Madani and Rumah Mampu Milik developed by BMG Global here on Tuesday (April 29). He said upcoming developments of affordable homes would have the necessary amenities including swimming pools. 'We have thought about all this (aspects) to the best of our ability,' he said. He said the government would be able to realise this as there is no money wasted on corruption. 'There is money to be returned to the people,' he added. He noted that there are affordable housing complexes that have not been upgraded since the 1960s and some that have remained the same since his first stint in government more than two decades ago. Anwar reiterated that the focus of his tenure would not be on building skyscrapers but instead the aim was to develop meaningful projects for the people, especially homes. 'Development is not about skyscrapers or mega projects but it must be meaningful to the people,' he said. He said over 80% of Kuala Lumpur residents buy meals from small restaurants or stalls, while only a small amount could afford to feast at luxury hotels. 'If that is the case, why, when it comes to development, do we give less attention to projects that would benefit the masses?' he asked. Therefore, he said the government's focus should be on developing projects that would cater to the needs of the people and protecting the interest of the people. BMG Global would be developing 1,996 units of affordable housing and 1,048 units of Rumah Belia Madani (RBM) in Kuala Lumpur. Earlier reports on the project had stated that the RBM units would be built on a cross-subsidy basis by the Housing and Local Government Ministry and BMG Global. The sales profits being used to build RBM units are a return in kind to the government. Anwar said he wants the project to be implemented as soon as possible, adding that there should be no delays to it. He added that he would also monitor the progress of projects launched.
