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.....»»
Critics fume after Github removes exploit code for Exchange vulnerabilities
Microsoft-owned Github pulls down proof-of-concept code posted by researcher. Enlarge (credit: Github) Github has ignited a firestorm after the Microsoft-owned code-sharing repository removed a proof-of-concept exploit for critical vulnerabili.....»»
How a Malicious Actor Targeted a Go Package On GitHub
ArghBlarg (Slashdot reader #79,067) shares some research from a senior application security engineer at GitLab: Michael Henrikson describes his investigations into Go package manager "supply chain" attacks and found at least one very suspicious pack.....»»
SmartThings Starts Saying Goodbye To Its Hardware
Stacey Higginbotham: If you own a 2013 SmartThings hub (that's the original) or a SmartThings Link for the Nvidia Shield TV, your hardware will stop working on June 30 of this year. The device depreciation is part of the announced exodus from manufac.....»»
Goodbye UTIs: Scientists develop vaccine strategy for urinary tract infections
Researchers describe a new vaccination strategy that they think could re-program the body to fight off the bacteria that cause urinary tract infections......»»
The Demise of the Cookie and the Rise of First-Party Data
We live in a world where our every digital interaction is recorded, sometimes with our consent and at other times, without our knowledge. Continue reading........»»
Firefox 86 brings multiple Picture-in-Picture, “Total Cookie Protection”
Despite a steadily slipping market share, Firefox is snappy and feature-forward. I installed Firefox 86 on my Ubuntu workstation using Snap, to be certain I wouldn't accidentally mess with my w.....»»
Mozilla beefs up anti-cross-site tracking in Firefox, as Chrome still lags on privacy
Mozilla has further beefed up anti-tracking measures in its Firefox browser. In a blog post yesterday it announced that Firefox 86 has an extra layer of anti-cookie tracking built into the enhanced tracking protection (ETP) strict mode — which.....»»
Firefox"s Total Cookie Protection Aims To Stop Tracking Between Multiple Sites
As part of its war on web tracking, Mozilla is adding a new tool to Firefox aimed at stopping cookies from keeping tabs on you across multiple sites. From a report: The "Total Cookie Protection" feature is included in the web browser's latest release.....»»
CX Decoded Podcast: Marketing in a Cookie-Less World
In our latest CX Decoded Podcast, we discuss how marketers can adapt to the inevitable demise of cookies and the move to first-party data strategies. Continue reading........»»
Project management service ZenHub raises $4.7M
ZenHub, the GitHub-centric project management service for development teams, today announced that it has raised a $4.7 million seed funding round from Canada’s BDC Capital and Ripple Ventures. This marks the first fundraise for the Vancouver, C.....»»
Splice gets $55 million for its software bringing beats from bedrooms to bandstands
Splice, the New York-based, AI-infused, beat-making software service for music producers created by the founder of GroupMe, has managed to sample another $55 million in financing from investors for its wildly popular service. The github for music pro.....»»
ZoomOut: Waving goodbye to awkward video call endings
ZoomOut, a device which ends a video call at the pull of a cord has been developed......»»
How to make a banner in Minecraft
Decorate your Minecraft creation with vivid, easily placed banners. Here's how to create and dye them with the exact patterns you want in the crafting table......»»
Google"s FLoC Helps Bring Cookieless Marketing and Privacy Into Focus
Google's Federated Learning of Cohorts is a radically different take on browser identification compared to the evolution of cookie usage. Continue reading........»»
Say goodbye to the dots and dashes to enhance optical storage media
Purdue University innovators have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code with colored "digital characters" to modernize optical storage. They are confident the advancement will help with the explosion of remote data storage during and after.....»»
Google"s "FLoC" API could be a privacy-preserving alternative to cookies
The goal of FLoC, in Google's eyes, is to deliver advertising results "nearly as effective" as cookie-based approaches by grouping large groups of users into clusters called "cohorts." These cohorts will organize people into ad groups based on intere.....»»
Google Says It May Have Found a Privacy-Friendly Substitute To Cookies
Google says its new machine learning algorithms could replace cookie-based ad targeting without invading your privacy. Axios reports: Google has been testing a new API (a software interface) called Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) that acts as an.....»»
GitHub Reverses Takedown of Code for Anime Torrent Site Despite Film Group"s DMCA
Inside.com's developer newsletter spotted this code repository story: GitHub posted a DMCA notice it received from the Motion Picture Association (MPA) last week asking the platform to take down a repository associated with NYAA.si, a popular torrent.....»»
Instacart to eliminate about 2,000 jobs and GitHub head of HR resigns
Hey y’all. You’ve just landed on Human Capital, the weekly newsletter that details the latest in labor, and diversity and inclusion in tech. The week kicked off with GitHub making a public apology to the person the company terminated for caut.....»»
Google says goodbye to giant internet balloons idea
Parent company Alphabet is scrapping Loon, a project set up to beam the internet to rural areas......»»