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Google Comes Back Online After Massive Worldwide Outage After Gmail, YouTube Google Comes Back Online After Massive Worldwide Outage After Gmail, YouTube
Google Comes Back Online After Massive Worldwide Outage After Gmail, YouTube 2020 strikes again. Google temporarily went down for approximately an hour early in the morning on Monday, Dec. 14, impacting its many services, including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Maps, and YouTube. The outages were reported on social media shortly before  7 a.m. on Monday, with most of Google’s services - including Google Classroom, which prevented some students around the world from remote learning temporarily - back shortly after 8 a.m., though it remained down longer for some. The outage impacted both mobile and desktop devices. It was reportedly caused by an authentication sy…

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: NY Launches New Website Showing Nearest Testing Sites COVID-19: NY Launches New Website Showing Nearest Testing Sites
Covid-19: NY Launches New Website Showing Nearest Testing Sites On Day 78 of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, New York State has doubled its capacity to reach 40,000 diagnostic tests per day and has rolled out a new website to show New Yorkers where they can find the nearest testing site. That's twice the national average. During his daily news briefing on Sunday, May 17 in Albany, Gov. Andrew Cuomo not encouraged eligible New Yorkers to visit the new website, coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-testing (first image above),  to find a nearby testing site.  For a list of eligible New Yorkers, see the second ima…

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
Google Maps Warn Of Speed Traps: Right Or Wrong? Google Maps Warn Of Speed Traps: Right Or Wrong?
Google Maps Warn Of Speed Traps: Right Or Wrong? Police nationwide are concerned that a Google Maps feature that shows their real-time locations around the world could end up seriously injuring or killing civilians – or them. Last week, iOS users got the ability to report crashes, traffic slowdowns and speed traps across the country, a crowd-sourcing tool that a much smaller number of Android users have had since last year. Police argue that the global update, which competes with Google-owned Waze, could keep or put more drunk or drugged drivers on the road. “Revealing the location of checkpoints puts those drivers, their passengers, and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Sign Now Warns Truck Drivers Near King Street Overpass, Hit 14 Times This Year Sign Now Warns Truck Drivers Near King Street Overpass, Hit 14 Times This Year
Sign Now Warns Truck Drivers Near King Street Overpass, Hit 14 Times This Year The state Department of Transportation met its promise to County Executive George Latimer this week to install "more dramatic and eye catching signs to warn truck drivers about the low bridges on the Hutchinson River Parkway," Latimer said on Tuesday, July 31. The state DOT installed temporary signs that warn drivers “TRUCKS MUST EXIT NOW” at both approaches to the King Street Avenue Bridge on the Hutchinson River Parkway.  The state also informed Westchester County that permanent highly visible signs are in the works. “I’m pleased by this development, but we still have a lot of …

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by Jon Craig
News
Bee-Line Spring Service Changes Announced Bee-Line Spring Service Changes Announced
Bee-Line Spring Service Changes Announced Westchester County will be adding and adjusting service to meet ridership demand and improve system performance, as part of our ongoing efforts to provide reliable service that meets the needs of our customers.  Beginning Monday, March 5, the following service changes will go into effect on the following Bee-Line bus routes:  Route 4 – To reduce overcrowding and improve on-time performance, a weekday southbound trip from Yonkers will be added at 6:22 a.m. The weekday southbound trips at 6:15 a.m. and 6:28 a.m. will be adjusted to start at 6:13 a.m. and 6:31 a.m. The weekday 5:43 a.m. nort…

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by Jon Craig