GitHub says goodbye to cookie banners
Microsoft -owned GitHub today announced that it is doing away with all non-essential cookies on its platform. Thanks to this, starting today, GitHub .com and its subdomains will not feature a cookie banner anymore, either. That’s one less cooki.....»»
Environmentalism is replacing formalism in architecture says Joseph Grima
Young architects are rejecting "cookie-cutter modernism" in favour of approaches that prioritise conserving the earth's resources according to Joseph Grima, who has written a manifesto calling for a new type of non-extractive architecture. Read more.....»»
Ajit Pai joins American Enterprise Institute and a firm that invests in ISPs
Post-FCC Pai will apparently keep pushing deregulation of broadband industry. Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says goodbye to members of a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee afters testifying during a hearing on June 16, 2020, in Washington, DC......»»
GitHub Joins Movement Against Google"s FLOC
An anonymous reader quotes Inside.com's developer newsletter: GitHub is blocking Google's new third-party cookie tracking alternative, Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC), across all of GitHub Pages. Those GitHub Pages served from the github.io doma.....»»
Office default Calibri will join Clippy, Internet Explorer in Windows retirement
"Calibri in Office" could almost drive (15 years old), but a new sans serif will soon emerge. Rumor has it Calibri is already working on its goodbye note. [credit:.....»»
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t: Navigating the Cookie-less World
The demise of third-party cookies is neither sudden nor of recent origin. Marketers need to act now to forge a new path. Continue reading........»»
As Google FLoC Trial Rolls Out, What"s a Marketer"s Next Move?
Google has begun to roll out FLoC trials as a cookie alternative. How should marketers be preparing for what comes next? Continue reading........»»
Soviet cosmonaut made pioneering spaceflight 60 years ago
Crushed into the pilot's seat by heavy G-forces, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin saw flames outside his spacecraft and prepared to die. His voice broke the tense silence at ground control: "I'm burning. Goodbye, comrades.".....»»
Forget the Cookie and Get Out of Walled Gardens: Focus on Marketing Fundamentals
Google’s announcement that it will stop supporting any kind of third-party ID will hopefully serve as a wake-up call for brands. Continue reading........»»
Google Open-Sources Lyra In Beta To Reduce Voice Call Bandwidth Usage
Google today open-sourced Lyra in beta, an audio codec that uses machine learning to produce high-quality voice calls. VentureBeat reports: The code and demo, which are available on GitHub, compress raw audio down to 3 kilobits per second for "qualit.....»»
Goodbye, LG Mobile. We’re going to miss you
LG has announced it will close its mobile division, marking the end of a wildly creative -- and often crazy -- era of smartphone design......»»
GitHub is Investigating Crypto-mining Campaign Abusing Its Server Infrastructure
An anonymous Slashdot reader shared this report from The Record: Code-hosting service GitHub is actively investigating a series of attacks against its cloud infrastructure that allowed cybercriminals to implant and abuse the company's servers for ill.....»»
Did Patient Health Information Leak Into GitHub"s Arctic Code Vault?
HealthITSecurity writes: The patient data from multiple providers appears to have been captured and subsequently leaked on the data repository GitHub Arctic Code Vault by third-party vendor MedData, according to a new collaborative report from securi.....»»
Chocolate"s secret ingredient is the fermenting microbes that make it taste so good
Whether baked as chips into a cookie, melted into a sweet warm drink or molded into the shape of a smiling bunny, chocolate is one of the world's most universally consumed foods......»»
Daily Crunch: Google starts testing its cookie alternative
Google tries out new ad targeting technology, PayPal adds cryptocurrency support and Substack raises additional funding. This is your Daily Crunch for March 30, 2021. The big story: Google starts testing its cookie alternative Google announced today.....»»
Google starts trialing its FLoC cookie alternative in Chrome
Google today announced that it is rolling out Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC), a crucial part of its Privacy Sandbox project for Chrome, as a developer origin trial. FLoC is meant to be an alternative to the kind of cookies that advertising tech.....»»
Stanford Scientists Reverse Engineer Moderna Vaccine, Post Code On Github
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Stanford scientists saved drops of the COVID-19 vaccine destined for the garbage can, reverse engineered them, and have posted the mRNA sequence that powers the vaccine on GitHub for all to see. T.....»»
cURL"s 20th Anniversary Celebrated With 3D-Printed "GitHub Steel" Contribution Graph
This week Swedish developer Daniel Stenberg posted a remarkable reflection on the 20th anniversary of his command-line data tool, cURL: curl was adopted in Red Hat Linux in late 1998, became a Debian package in May 1999, shipped in Mac OS X 10.1 in.....»»
Fired GitHub employee reaches ‘amicable resolution’ with company
Fired GitHub employee reaches ‘amicable resolution’ with company.....»»
FLoC is coming — Here’s what we know so far
Google has positioned its third-party cookie replacement squarely between advertisers and users, and both sides are worried. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article......»»
Microsoft Criticized For Removing Exchange Exploit From GitHub
"Microsoft-owned GitHub has removed a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for critical ProxyLogon bugs in Microsoft Exchange, causing a backlash from security researchers," reports Inside.com's Developer newsletter: The exploit has recently led to infect.....»»