How to Clear Your Browser Cache on MacBooks
Every website you visit installs trackers onto your computer and slows it down subtly. These are called cookies and cached data, which work to track your activity if you regularly…
Is Incognito Mode Actually Private?
The incognito or private mode found in most web browsers is back in the news, with Google updating its disclaimer to give users a better idea of exactly how this…
What Is Private and What Isn’t When You Use Incognito Mode?
The incognito or private mode found in most web browsers is back in the news, with Google updating its disclaimer to give users a better idea of exactly how this…
A ‘Cookie Pledge’ Claims It’ll Free You From All Those Annoying Cookie Popups
Tired of dealing with popups begging you to accept cookies? Blame the EU. In 2018, Europe unleashed a groundbreaking privacy law called the GDPR that, among a billion other things,…
Chrome Users Now Worth 30% Less Money Thanks to Google’s Cookie Killing, Ad Firm Says
One week ago today, Google disabled tracking cookies for 30 million Chrome users, amounting to just 1% of the 3 billion people who use the internet’s most popular browser. By…
Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them.
Today marks the first of many upcoming moments of silence in Google’s years-long plan to kill cookies. As of this morning, the Chrome web browser disabled cookies for 1% of…
Google Will Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People on January 4
Google announced Thursday that it will start its long-anticipated slaughter of the internet’s cookies starting on January 4th, when it will block them for 1% of Chrome users, or about…
3 Billion Chrome Users Are About to See This Privacy Sandbox Pop-Up
Google Chrome users will soon see a pop-up when they update their browser to version 115 , initiating the first phase of Google’s years-long Privacy Sandbox project. The prompt, which…
Sony’s Smartphone Motion Tracking System Will Be Available in the US Next Month for $449
After debuting in Japan, earlier this year, Sony is finally ready to bring Mocopi—the company’s smartphone-based wearable motion-tracking system—to the US, and while it arrives with a slight price bump,…