privacy concerns regarding google
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Unsettling New Warning in Chrome Incognito Mode Reveals Ongoing Tracking
Chrome’s Incognito mode is a bit of a joke that even Google employees weren’t so hyped about it. It’s now going to be less useful for “privacy” reasons, as explained in a new disclaimer change. An updated warning page for Incognito mode went live on Canary, a version of Chrome primarily used by developers, as…
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Google Claims Its AI Can Guess How a Shirt Will Fit on Every Body Type
One of the latest ways Google is trying to integrate generative AI into its existing products is helping users guess how a shirt for sale online might look in their size by replicating it onto dozens of models’ bodies.
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Google’s Quest to Kill the Cookie Is Creating a Privacy Shitshow
For the past few months, millions of Chrome users have been roped into Google’s origin trials for the tech meant to replace the quickly crumbling third-party tracking cookie. Federated Learning of Cohorts — or FLoC, for short — is a new kind of tracking technique that’s meant to be a friendlier, more privacy-protective alternative to…
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Microsoft Wants U.S. to Adopt Internet Rules From Australia That Google Hates
Microsoft would like the U.S. government to adopt media rules that would force big tech companies to share profits with newspapers when they link to news content, according to a new blog post by Microsoft president Brad Smith. And the entire concept is controversial, to say the least.