Month: July 2023
Google will switch on its cookie-replacing tools for Chrome developers next week
The first phase of Google’s long-standing plan to kill third-party cookies in Chrome is nearly complete. Following Chrome 115’s public release on July 18th, Google says that it will gradually begin enabling the Privacy Sandbox toolkit for Chrome developers set to replace third-party tracking cookies with privacy-preserving API alternatives. There…
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Watch out – that unexpected Microsoft alert could well be a phishing attack
Microsoft is now the most imitated brand when it comes to phishing attacks, new research has warned The latest findings from Check Point’s Threat Intelligence division found that during the second quarter of 2023, Microsoft climbed to top place, up from third in the previous quarter, accounting for 29% of…
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Remember PalmPilots? IMAX is using the tech to run Oppenheimer in movie theaters
Oppenheimer is set to be IMAX’s newest major blockbuster hit when it premiers on July 21, but it’s running on technology dating from the 1990s: a PalmPilot. Turns out that operators will use the old system to project the movie, and it’s sparked a flood of nostalgia online. The PalmPilot…
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Elon Musk’s Grand xAI Plans
This week, Steven Levy joins us to talk about Musk’s new generative artificial intelligence startup. We also discuss whether that absurd cage match is actually going to happen. Source
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President Joe Biden wanted Gigi Sohn to fix America’s internet — what went wrong?
The Monday before Gigi Sohn withdrew her nomination to the Federal Communications Commission, she sat down in her Washington, DC, home with her wife and teenage daughter to finish drafting the statement announcing the decision. Nearly 500 days had passed since President Joe Biden first picked her to become the…
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HydroJug Pro Review: Bigger Is Better
Struggling to stay hydrated? Try carrying 4 solid pounds of water with you everywhere you go. Source
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