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Following regulatory fines this year, Google has announced new consent choice banners for cookies in Europe that most notably feature a “Reject all” button. Google was criticized for just having “Accept all” previously, and now gives users the opposite ability, alongside “More options.” Based on these conversations and specific direction from France’s Commission Nationale de…

The lovely kids’ iOS app Pok Pok Playroom has received another neat update, this time for Earth Day. The new content is great for open-ended play that helps kids learn about taking care of our planet, cause and effect, problem-solving, creative thinking, fine motor skills, and much more. In less than a year since it launched, Pok Pok Playroom – for kids 2-6 years old – has won an Apple…

Since App Tracking Transparency was introduced last year with iOS 14.5, every iPhone and iPad app now has to ask users whether they want to be tracked or not. However, some developers have figured out new ways to keep tracking iOS users even when they opt out of being tracked by third-party apps. A new independent research (via Ars Technica) has revealed how these developers have been bypassing…

Last year, Google started prominently showing air quality (AQI) data to Nest Hub and other Smart Display users. You can now also search for air quality on Google to get detailed information. Searching “air quality” in the United States shows an identically named card. You can specify a city in the query to find data for a location other than your current one. Update: Besides the US and…