Google Chrome delays third-party cookies shutdown until next year, the third time it has been postponed.
Google says UK regulator testing means the advertising tech will last until 2025.
Third-party cookies are small pieces of data that are collected by websites to track user activity. These are particularly lucrative to websites, as this data can be used to target users with personalized ads.
Google keeps promising to phase out third-party cookies on Chrome but not actually doing it. The company vowed to deprecate cookies back in 2020, pushing the date back to 2023 and then 2024. We did get some traction earlier this year, when Google disabled cookies for one percent of Chrome users, but those efforts have stalled. Now, the company says it won’t happen until next year. It’s easy to drag Google for this but it’s not entirely in the company’s hands. The tech giant is working closely...
For now, Google seems to have next year in mind as the latest end date for its plan to eliminate third-party cookies.
For the third time, Google has postponed the anticipated deprecation of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser.
Meta this week announced some big news when it comes to its mixed reality ecosystem. The company confirmed that it is opening up the operating system for Meta Quest devices, known as Horizon OS, to third-party hardware manufacturers. This will allow devices other than those designed by Meta to run the same system, apps, and games. more
Facebook parent company Meta today announced the upcoming expansion of Meta Horizon OS, a virtual and augmented reality operating system that will be available to third-party hardware manufacturers that want to design their own headsets. Right now, Meta sells the Quest line of headsets, but the company wants to provide the software for third-party VR and AR products in the future, much like Microsoft offers Windows for all manner of third-party PCs. Meta Horizon OS is the mixed reality...
Walmart this week announced the expansion of its automotive offerings, allowing shoppers to purchase specialty tires online from third-party Marketplace sellers and have them installed at local Walmart Auto Care Centers.
Altstore PAL is available only to EU residents after a ruling that Apple has to allow third-party app stores.
OTTAWA - More than 1,200 seniors have already visited a dentist and had their claims processed by the federal government's new dental care plan, the Liberals announced Wednesday. The first one million seniors who registered for the program received their benefits card and became eligible to make claims under the program on May 1. Citizens' Services Minister Terry Beech said the first patient was seen at 7:08 a.m. in Newfoundland and Labrador. He announced the opening of a web portal...
Clean energy advocates call decision a setback for residential solar energy.