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…
Google Has Officially Killed Cache Links
25 years ago, the internet was kludged together with duct tape and a dream. Sometimes typing in a URL brought up a website. Sometimes things were just broken. Google, then…
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 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…
Two Weeks After Moderators Blacked Out Reddit, Traffic Is Going Back to Normal
While Reddit’s recent moderator-led protests against the company’s new API pricing have been loud, dramatic, and sympathetic to most, they don’t seem to have affected traffic to the social media…
John Oliver Is the New Face of the Reddit API Protest
Advertisement Advertisement Last week, hundreds of subreddits across the platform announced that they would be going private for at least two days in order to protest Reddit’s decision to charge…
Twitter Runs Ads for Disney, Microsoft, and the NBA Next to Neo-Nazi Propaganda
Advertisement Advertisement Twitter has shifted its definition of restricted hate speech many times; its enforcement of those rules has likewise varied. Musk’s multiple rounds of layoffs gutting Twitter’s trust and…
Most Social Sites Suck at Protecting LGBTQ Users, But Twitter Is the Worst
The report links to a spreadsheet documenting more than two dozen news stories that linked far-right online rhetoric to real-world threats, harassment, and violence in the first few months of…
The Guys Who Ran Piracy Site Megaupload Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison
Ortmann and van Der Kolk still face some multi-million dollar civil lawsuits filed in the U.S. by the Motion Picture Association of America and Recording Industry Association of America. Dotcom…