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Thoughts on why Chrome 69's forced login behavior is so bad: when Google silently changes its biggest user-facing privacy option, it risks burning users' trust — This blog is mainly reserved for cryptography, and I try to avoid filling it with random “someone is wrong on the Internet” posts.
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Starting with Chrome 69 on desktop, users logging in to a Google site or service are automatically logged in to Chrome, which is a new mandatory login behavior — Starting with Chrome 69, logging into a Google Site is tied to logging into Chrome. — This is typically the topic where things …
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Walmart says 17,000+ Oculus Go headsets will be used in its US stores by end of year to train its employees, in an expansion of a pre-existing program — Walmart said it is using the headsets to train within three key areas: new technology, compliance, and soft skills like empathy and customer service.
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| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Former ProPublica reporters are starting The Markup, a news site to investigate big tech, with a $20M gift from Craigslist's Craig Newmark and other funding — The Markup, dedicated to investigating technology and its effect on society, will be led by two former ProPublica journalists.| Kevin Buckland / Bloomberg: |
Source: Toyota has agreed to add Android Auto to its vehicles; Toyota announced compatibility with Apple's CarPlay in January — - Deal ends years of resistance to Google platform over safety — Japanese carmaker already has compatibility with CarPlay
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Sources: Dell to interview banks to explore a backup option of launching a traditional IPO if its effort to become public via DVMT tracking stock falls through — Initial public offering is seen as backup plan if DVMT deal falls through — Dell Technologies Inc. DVMT .25% is exploring … | Will Kubzansky / The Verge: |
Underage teens share their experiences of using electric scooters and flouting both helmet and age regulations, which allow scooter use only from the age of 18 — Angelica watched nervously as the police officer questioned the boy. It was a humid Wednesday in Los Angeles …
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| Michael Sykes / Axios: |
Research by The Harris Poll: 59% of Generation Z students list YouTube, rather than textbooks, as their preferred learning tool — Generation Z students, classified as being between the ages of 14 and 23, believe that YouTube is a bigger contributor to their education than textbooks, according to a study by Pearson Education.| Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz: |
Chartbeat: when Facebook experienced a 45-minute outage on August 3 in many parts of the world, direct traffic to news websites spiked by 11%, search was up 8% — What happens when internet users can't go on Facebook? Some turn to other social media platforms to joke about it.| Deborah Haynes / Sky News: |
Sources: UK government plans a nearly four-fold increase in personnel focusing on offensive cyber operations, hiring 2000 and allocating at least £250M — Britain is significantly increasing its ability to wage war in cyberspace with the creation of a new offensive cyber force of up to 2,000 personnel, Sky News understands.| David Beard / Poynter: |
After BuzzFeed's cuts to its audio team and Panoply's exit from podcast content, creators re-evaluate podcast revenue potential and audience measurement — Moving from one shiny object to another: “Everybody wants a ‘Serial,’ but nobody wants to spend ‘Serial’ money,” says one veteran podcast editor.
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| Douglas Busvine / Reuters: |
Study: spending on digital marketing grew by 44% last year in the US and Britain to $52B, with global spending on “martech” estimated to near $100B — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Spending on digital marketing grew by 44 percent last year in the United States and Britain to $52 billion … Sponsor Posts
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