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Google backs down on plan to eliminate third-party cookies
Index Exchange, a participant within the Google grant program created to test Privacy Sandbox, published its own blog post on July 2 detailing the issues it saw with Google’s innovations.
In 2020, Google planned to make third-party cookies obsolete, essentially making first-party cookies obsolete with what it called Privacy Sandbox. The feature was touted by the tech company as a breakthrough for user privacy while also allowing publishers and ad buyers to goal ads to consumers and perform some measurement tasks within the background. Google has somewhat backed away from these original plans On July 22, the corporate posted a blog post saying it could proceed to support third-party cookies because its solution was not yet ready to be released.
According to a Google blog post: “Early testing by ad tech companies, including Google, has shown that Privacy Sandbox APIs have the potential to achieve these results. We expect the overall performance of using Privacy Sandbox APIs to improve over time as industry adoption increases. At the same time, we recognize that this change requires significant work by many participants and will have an impact on publishers, advertisers, and everyone involved in online advertising.”
The company continued: “Accordingly, we are proposing an updated approach that increases user choice. Instead of phasing out third-party cookies, we would introduce a new experience in Chrome that allows people to make informed choices about how they browse the web, and they can adjust that choice at any time. We are discussing this new path with regulators and will work with the industry as we implement it.”
According to , the partners Google referenced in a blog post by Anthony Chavez, Vice President of Privacy Sandbox, who expressed concerns that Google’s feature wasn’t ready for release yet. Index Exchange, a Google grant program participant created to test Privacy Sandbox, published its own blog post on July 2, detailing the problems it saw with Google’s innovation. “With its current limitations, Privacy Sandbox may not yet be an effective solution for widespread use, or it may be too expensive for technology companies to prepare their implementations for general availability. There are significant risks to publishers and the software ecosystem that we must address to make scaling easier and more efficient.”
They continued by detailing how Google’s requirements lead to latency issues: “This latency is primarily due to the requirement for Google to be the top seller in the PA auctions, which in turn requires all non-Google bids to be processed by Google Ad Manager (GAM) before the auction begins. All auction participants must also wait for Google to finalize the winning bid. Latency can be reduced by allowing other publishers and ad exchanges to compete directly in the client-side auction via Prebid. This would create a more level playing field and significantly speed up online transactions.”
According to , the Google feature was blocked due to a CMA grievance filed by the Open Network Movementad industry group. According to the group’s co-founder, James Rosewell, “We have long advocated for Privacy Sandbox to be allowed to compete on its own merits. If advertisers prefer this approach and consumers value its purported privacy benefits, it will be widely adopted. It was unacceptable for such a solution to be forced upon the market while removing all alternative choices.”
In 2021 criticized Google’s program for instance of “privacy theater.” Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts, or FLoC, is meant to hide users in groups of comparable interests. But Ashkan Soltani, a privacy researcher and former chief technologist on the Federal Trade Commission, said Google’s FLoC project and its proposal don’t solve the issue of surveillance capitalism. Instead, they leave your entire ecosystem and its problems intact. “It doesn’t solve the fundamental problem of surveillance capitalism,” Soltani said. “It still encourages the exchange of personal data. It still encourages the collection of personal data. All of that remains unchanged. The externalities associated with things like clickbait or around things like controversial content to generate more clicks and views, disinformation — all of those questions are still there and untouched.”
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US medical device giant Artivion says hackers stole files during a cybersecurity incident
Artivion, a medical device company that produces implantable tissue for heart and vascular transplants, says its services have been “disrupted” resulting from a cybersecurity incident.
In 8-K filing In an interview with the SEC on Monday, Georgia-based Artivion, formerly CryoLife, said it became aware of a “cybersecurity incident” that involved the “compromise and encryption” of information on November 21. This suggests that the corporate was attacked by ransomware, but Artivion has not yet confirmed the character of the incident and didn’t immediately reply to TechCrunch’s questions. No major ransomware group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Artivion said it took some systems offline in response to the cyberattack, which the corporate said caused “disruptions to certain ordering and shipping processes.”
Artivion, which reported third-quarter revenue of $95.8 million, said it didn’t expect the incident to have a material impact on the corporate’s funds.
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It’s a Raspberry Pi 5 in a keyboard and it’s called Raspberry Pi 500
Manufacturer of single-board computers Raspberry Pi is updating its cute little computer keyboard device with higher specs. Named Raspberry Pi500This successor to the Raspberry Pi 400 is just as powerful as the present Raspberry Pi flagship, the Raspberry Pi 5. It is on the market for purchase now from Raspberry Pi resellers.
The Raspberry Pi 500 is the simplest method to start with the Raspberry Pi because it’s not as intimidating because the Raspberry Pi 5. When you take a look at the Raspberry Pi 500, you do not see any chipsets or PCBs (printed circuit boards). The Raspberry Pi is totally hidden in the familiar housing, the keyboard.
The idea with the Raspberry Pi 500 is you could connect a mouse and a display and you are able to go. If, for instance, you’ve got a relative who uses a very outdated computer with an outdated version of Windows, the Raspberry Pi 500 can easily replace the old PC tower for many computing tasks.
More importantly, this device brings us back to the roots of the Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi computers were originally intended for educational applications. Over time, technology enthusiasts and industrial customers began using single-board computers all over the place. (For example, when you’ve ever been to London Heathrow Airport, all of the departures and arrivals boards are there powered by Raspberry Pi.)
Raspberry Pi 500 draws inspiration from the roots of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a non-profit organization. It’s the right first computer for college. In some ways, it’s a lot better than a Chromebook or iPad because it’s low cost and highly customizable, which inspires creative pondering.
The Raspberry Pi 500 comes with a 32GB SD card that comes pre-installed with Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution. It costs $90, which is a slight ($20) price increase over the Raspberry Pi 400.
Only UK and US keyboard variants will probably be available at launch. But versions with French, German, Italian, Japanese, Nordic and Spanish keyboard layouts will probably be available soon. And when you’re in search of a bundle that features all the things you would like, Raspberry Pi also offers a $120 desktop kit that features the Raspberry Pi 500, a mouse, a 27W USB-C power adapter, and a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.
In other news, Raspberry Pi has announced one other recent thing: the Raspberry Pi monitor. It is a 15.6-inch 1080p monitor that’s priced at $100. Since there are quite a few 1080p portable monitors available on the market, this launch is not as noteworthy because the Pi 500. However, for die-hard Pi fans, there’s now also a Raspberry Pi-branded monitor option available.
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Apple Vision Pro may add support for PlayStation VR controllers
According to Apple, Apple desires to make its Vision Pro mixed reality device more attractive for gamers and game developers latest report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The Vision Pro was presented more as a productivity and media consumption device than a tool geared toward gamers, due partly to its reliance on visual and hand controls moderately than a separate controller.
However, Apple may need gamers if it desires to expand the Vision Pro’s audience, especially since Gurman reports that lower than half one million units have been sold to this point. As such, the corporate has reportedly been in talks with Sony about adding support for PlayStation VR2 handheld controllers, and has also talked to developers about whether they may support the controllers of their games.
Offering more precise control, Apple may also make other forms of software available in Vision Pro, reminiscent of Final Cut Pro or Adobe Photoshop.
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