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Should You Worry about the Death of Third-Party Cookies?
Both Safari and Firefox have phased out third-party cookies from their browsers, but neither caused as much concern as Google announcing its plan to do the same by 2023. There is no doubt that a paradigm shift is taking place for advertisers and publishers, and the effects it will... Read more
COVID vaccines during pregnancy? What to know about fertility, boosters and more
Pierre Ogeron/Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. A large study in Scotland found that unvaccinated pregnant women were more likely to be sick with COVID-19 and more likely to be hospitalized and their babies and fetuses... Read more
The World Was Cooler in 2021 Than 2020. That’s Not Good News
Today NASA and NOAA dropped their annual analysis of global temperatures: Last year was tied with 2018 as the sixth-hottest ever, but cooler than 2020. A good sign, right? Yeah, no. Not in the least. “It’s easy to want to focus on that year-to-year variability,” says Bridget Seegers, an... Read more
Report: Majority of malware downloads in 2021 were traced to cloud apps
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. According to a new report by Netskope, more than two-thirds of malware downloads came from cloud apps in 2021. Examining changes in the malware landscape in 2021, the... Read more
DoorDash, Gopuff, Jokr: Instant delivery and the promise of customer convenience
As a resident of New York City, I face long lines with a sigh of hardened resignation. I don’t question the absurdity of the experience. Instead, I foolishly consider it a mark of stamina, even if getting a Covid-19 test, as of late, means standing outdoors in 27-degree weather... Read more
New Chrome security measure aims to curtail an entire class of Web attack
For more than a decade, the Internet has remained vulnerable to a class of attacks that uses browsers as a beachhead for accessing routers and other sensitive devices on a targeted network. Now, Google is finally doing something about it. Starting in Chrome version 98, the browser will begin... Read more
B2B Sales Trends that Will Redefine Customer and Employee Experience in 2022
As we have begun chipping away this year, 2022, it’s clear that the pandemic has permanently changed the way customers prefer to buy. Organizations that adapt to meet their clients’ expectations will be more competitive next year — and the companies that do the best job of leveraging technology... Read more
David Bowie’s producer shows off 360 Reality Audio mixes at New York pop-up
Tony Visconti produced 11 David Bowie studio albums. Ty Pendlebury/CNET Five of David Bowie‘s later albums will be released on select music streaming services on Jan. 21, remixed in Sony’s 360 Reality Audio format.  The records — Heathen, Reality, A Reality Tour (Live), The Next Day and Blackstar — have all... Read more
Astrophysicists Release the Biggest Map of the Universe Yet
After just seven months, a huge team of scientists who work with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument have already mapped a larger swath of the cosmos than all other 3D surveys combined. And since they’re only 10 percent of the way through their five-year mission, there’s much more to... Read more
Hitman Trilogy is heading to Game Pass on January 20
Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.  IO Interactive revealed the Hitman Trilogy collection today, which combines Hitman (2016), Hitman 2, and Hitman... Read more