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The Year Ahead in Encryption
Concern about the powers of quantum computers (which haven’t actually been invented yet) has spurred one of the biggest cryptographic breakthroughs of the era: post-quantum encryption algorithms. Last year the National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded a nearly decade-long competition to develop new algorithms to protect from quantum attacks. The algorithms are expected to…
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Duopoly Done: Google and Meta Now Take in Less Than Half the Internet’s Ad Dollars
There are a lot of reasons the duopoly is in decline, but my two favourites start with the letter ‘A’. Perhaps you’ve heard of them: Amazon and Apple.
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Epic Forced to Pay Record-Breaking $AU776 Million Fine for Violating Children’s Privacy and Engaging in Dark Pattern Deception
The complaints allege Epic collected voice and text data from Fortnite players under the age of 13 without their parent’s consent.
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The 10 Worst New Places You’re Going to See Ads in 2023
Last week, I tried to count all the ads I saw in a single day. I didn’t make it all the way through 24 hours of my little experiment, but as I was reading the morning news, listening to the radio during breakfast, scrolling on social media, and passing billboards on the way to a…