Google says it's making progress on plans to revamp Chrome user tracking technology aimed at improving privacy even as it faces challenges from regulators and officials. The company gave an update Monday on its work to remove from its Chrome browser so-called third-party cookies, which are used by a website's advertisers or partners and can be used to track a user's internet browsing habits. Third-party cookies been a longtime source of privacy concerns and Google said a year ago that it would do away with them, in an announcement that shook up the online advertising industry.Click here to know all about Digiplus Conclave 2021 and India Digiplus Awards 2021The changes will affect Chrome, the world's dominant web browser, as well as other browsers based on Google's Chromium technology such as Microsoft's Edge. Rival browsers Safari and Mozilla Firefox have already removed third-party cookies by default but Google is taking a more gradual approach. In a blog post, Google's group product … [Read more...] about Google says Chrome cookie replacement plan making progress
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South Africa plans three renewable energy rounds over coming year
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa plans to launch three procurement rounds for 6,800 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy over the next year, as well as a combined 5,000 MW of new coal, gas and storage, a presentation by the governing African National Congress (ANC) showed.Africa's most industrialised nation is heavily dependent on coal-fired power but plans to move towards a more diversified mix of generation sources.It regularly suffers outages because of faults at ailing state-owned utility Eskom that have deterred investment in the country and hobbled economic growth.President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to fix Eskom and add generation capacity, but progress has been slow.The presentation, made at a three-day meeting of party officials and allies that ended on Sunday and shared with Reuters by two sources, showed the ANC planned to launch the first renewables round in January or February for 2,600 MW of wind and solar, with another 2,600 MW round in August and a third for 1,600 MW in … [Read more...] about South Africa plans three renewable energy rounds over coming year
CPV congress opens to elect new leadership, map out Vietnam’s development plan
Moreover, the congress will define a further vision for Vietnam in the middle of the 21st century. It will set specific goals and tasks to be completed for the country's development phases, including becoming a modern industrialized country with upper-middle income by 2030, and a developed country with high income by 2045. … [Read more...] about CPV congress opens to elect new leadership, map out Vietnam’s development plan
Why I quit BJP and joined tractor protest
At best, the Centre can make a model Act like the ones that were made during (then prime minister Atal Bihari) Vajpayee's time or Dr Manmohan Singh's time too. This is an idea -- the Centre makes a model Act and state governments regulate it. … [Read more...] about Why I quit BJP and joined tractor protest
Rahul slams Modi, says Chinese occupying Indian territory
Addressing meetings in Tirupur and in neighbouring Erode district as part of three-day campaign tour of Tamil Nadu for the assembly elections to be held in the next few months, he also repeated his charge that Modi governed the country for just five or six business people. … [Read more...] about Rahul slams Modi, says Chinese occupying Indian territory