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Google abandons plans to drop third-party cookies in Chrome – Computerworld

As a major update to Chrome’s new cross-site tracking protection policy, Google announced that it is no longer considering dropping support for third-party cookies. Third-party cookies, which refer to the cookies that are set by a website other than the one a user is currently visiting through embedded content like advertisements, social media widgets, or …

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Google’s plan to drop third-party cookies in Chrome crumbles • The Register

Google no longer intends to drop support for third-party cookies, the online identifiers used by the ad industry to track people and target them with ads based on their online activities. In a Monday post, Anthony Chavez, VP of Google’s Privacy Sandbox, said that the search and ads giant has come to understand that its …

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Google is bringing Ultra HDR capture support to more third-party apps

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google is updating the Jetpack CameraX library to support capturing Ultra HDR images. Ultra HDR is a new image format introduced in Android 14 that enables saving the SDR and HDR version of an image in the same file. Currently only camera apps that use the Android Camera2 API …

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Microsoft’s new Outlook security changes impact third-party apps and Gmail integration

Microsoft is announcing some changes to Outlook for consumers that will further safeguard accounts. The software maker plans to end support for Basic Authentication for Outlook personal accounts starting on September 16th, it’s removing the light version of the Outlook web application on August 19th, and it will no longer support Gmail accounts in Outlook.com …

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Google’s Gmail allows third-party developers to read your emails: Report

Despite assuring users of stringent security measures, Google is still allowing third-party app developers to scan through Gmail accounts, according to a new WSJ report. Google “continues to let hundreds of outside software developers scan the inboxes of millions of Gmail users who signed up for email-based services offering shopping price comparisons, automated travel-itinerary planners …

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