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Google Chrome To Continue To Use Third-Party Cookies in Major Reversal

3 weeks 4 days ago
An anonymous reader shares a report: In a shocking development, Google won't roll out a new standalone prompt for third-party cookies in Chrome. It's a move that amounts to a U-turn on the Chrome team's earlier updated approach to deprecating third-party cookies, announced in July last year, with the latest development bound to cause ructions across the ad tech ecosystem. "We've made the decision to maintain our current approach to offering users third-party cookie choice in Chrome, and will not be rolling out a new standalone prompt for third-party cookies," wrote Anthony Chavez, vp Privacy Sandbox at Google, in a blog post published earlier today (April 22). "Users can continue to choose the best option for themselves in Chrome's Privacy and Security Settings." However, it's not the end of Privacy Sandbox, according to Google, as certain initiatives incubated within the project are set to continue, such as its IP Protection for Chrome Incognito users, which will be rolled out in Q3.

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SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule docks to the International Space Station

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Plenty of tortillas onboard but not quite so much science this time

SpaceX's latest cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) – CRS-32 – just docked to the orbiting outpost, bringing extra crew supplies, which resulted in the deferral of several science payloads.…

Richard Speed

How to stay on Windows 10 instead of installing Linux

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Can't run Windows 11? Don't want to? There are surprisingly legal options

You will have to reinstall everything, but there is another way to escape the end of Windows 10 support in October – and it's cheaper than a new PC.…

Liam Proven

Google, AWS say it's too hard for customers to use Linux to swerve Azure

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Re-writing applications takes years, is expensive, in-house expertise needed

When moving to the cloud, companies with significant investments in Microsoft infrastructure wares simply can't afford to rewrite everything for Linux, so they end up migrating to Azure to dodge the markups Redmond charges for running its server software in competitors' clouds.…

Paul Kunert