The American Association of Advertising Agencies and Association of National Advertisers have both urged Google to not stick to a plan that would see Chrome blocking third-party cookies by default.
Google hopes to make third-party cookies obsolete in the near future by introducing new standards like the Privacy Sandbox. As it does so, the company is also planning on removing support for them in its browser within the next two years.
Google is launching a new Profile Cards for YouTube that lets you see more information about a particular user, as well as their history, albeit only for the current channel.
Google is planning to gradually phase out the current implementation of user-agent strings, the metadata provided by the browser whenever you connect to a website. This includes information such as the browser you're using, your operating system, and more.
Security researchers found an online database containing the private information of over 267 million Facebook users exposed on the internet. It contained the Facebook IDs, phone numbers, and real names of the users.
Facebook plans to reduce its reliance on Android for its first-party hardware by creating its own operating system, as well as custom-made chips to run them.
Offline functionality on Google Translate just got better thanks to improved on-device algorithms, support for more languages, as well as offline transliteration.
A targeted attack on the Epilepsy Foundation's Twitter page contained a video with strobing effects that could cause victims to suffer from seizures.
A WhatsApp bug that was fixed in a September build of the app could cause your phone to crash if someone sends you a wonky message on your group chats.
Amazon is launching a free variant of its audio portfolio via Audible in India. The new service, named Suno, is exclusive to the country and features 60 exclusives.
Craiglist this week launched official mobile apps for iOS and Android, though the latter is unfortunately still in beta.
The Chinese government this week passed new legislation mandating users to submit facial scans to the government before activating a new SIM card or phone number.
A report claims Google has, in partnership with the second-largest healthcare provider in the U.S., been collecting healthcare data pertaining to millions of Americans in 21 different states. The data collected accounts for a complete health history of the patients, who were not informed of the program.
An exposed database had left the information of nearly 7.5 million Adobe Creative Cloud customers vulnerable. Passwords and credit card information were not leaked, and the company has now secured the information.
iPhone owners can finally share information about crashes, speed traps, and traffic on Google Maps, while both iOS and Android users will be able to report more types of road incidents.