New tool skewers socially engineered attack ads
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Sep 11, 2023
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Computer scientists improve Python sorting function
University of Liverpool computer scientists have solved a long-standing algorithmic puzzle to speed up a core building block of Python, the most popular programming language and the foundation of modern artificial intelligence ...
Dec 12, 2022
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Google delays phase out of tracking tech by nearly 2 years
Google will delay by nearly two years the phase out of Chrome web browser technology that tracks users for ad purposes, saying that it needs more time to develop a replacement system.
Jun 24, 2021
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Google's scrapping third-party cookies, but invasive targeted advertising will live on
Google has announced plans to stop using tracking cookies on its Chrome browser by 2022, replacing them with a group profiling system in a move the company says will plot "a course towards a more privacy-friendly web."
Mar 9, 2021
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The Chrome browser leans in with more personal profiles
Space: It is a final frontier for astronauts and astronomers to search and explore other worlds, but for many of us, it is about personal space—a place where you have the freedom to be yourself, form an identity, and extend ...
Internet
Google ends sale of ads using individual web tracking data
Google says it won't develop new ways to follow individual users across the internet after it phases out existing ad-tracking technology from its Chrome browser, a change that could shake up the online advertising industry.
Mar 3, 2021
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Google says Chrome cookie replacement plan making progress
Google says it's making progress on plans to revamp Chrome user tracking technology aimed at improving privacy even as it faces challenges from regulators and officials.
Jan 25, 2021
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Software
Apple's most downloaded app: Zoom Cloud Meeting ranks No. 1 for iPhone, iPad in 2020
What app did you use more than any other in 2020? I'll give you a hint, it's one that you probably never touched before.
Dec 2, 2020
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Business
How Google evolved from 'cuddly' startup to antitrust target
In Google's infancy, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin reviled Microsoft as a technological bully that ruthlessly abused its dominance of the personal computer software market to choke off competition that could spawn ...
Oct 20, 2020
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Private browsing: What it does – and doesn't do – to shield you from prying eyes on the web
Many people look for more privacy when they browse the web by using their browsers in privacy-protecting modes, called "Private Browsing" in Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Apple Safari; "Incognito" in Google Chrome; and "InPrivate" ...
Jul 30, 2020
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