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Google delays when Chrome will phase out third-party cookies to 2024

Google was originally planning to get rid of third-party cookies in its browser by 2022, but that was later pushed back to 2023. That cookies deadline for Chrome is now being delayed to 2024 The Privacy Sandbox is Google’s initiative to replace third-party cookies — as well as cross-site tracking identifiers, fingerprinting, and other covert techniques — once privacy-conscious alternatives…
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Google explains how ‘Look and Talk’ works on the Nest Hub Max

“Look and Talk” for the Nest Hub Max launched at I/O 2022, and Google has now detailed how exactly the camera-based, “Hey Google” replacement works. Google calls “Look and Talk” — which is very amusingly codenamed “Blue Steel” after Zoolander — the “first multimodal, on-device Assistant feature that simultaneously analyzes audio, video, and text to determine when you are…
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iOS 16 beta 4 and iPadOS 16 beta 4 now available to developers

Three weeks after seeding iOS 16 beta 3, Apple is now releasing its fourth beta. This version launches a couple of weeks after the first public beta and the revised version for developers as well. With this update, we can now see Apple implementing some of the feedback it…
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Twitter for iOS updates Spaces bar with hosts, Topics, and more

In its push to make Twitter Spaces attractive to more users, Twitter is updating the bar where all the chat rooms are displayed on the company’s iOS app. With that, it’s easier to know who’s hosting, what’s being discussed, and more on Spaces. This update started rolling out last month to Android users. Now, Twitter Spaces has announced that it’s also available to iOS users. According to…
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CarPlay wallpaper options expand in iOS 16 beta 4, download images here

CarPlay wallpaper options will expand by three when iOS 16 is released this fall. All three new wallpapers are available in CarPlay, starting with today’s fourth developer beta release. Changes in iOS 16 Apple previewed a massive overhaul with the next generation of CarPlay at its developer conference in June. While the much more expansive version of CarPlay won’t come until 2024 at the…
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