Saturday, April 8, 2023

An interview with Victor Wong, Google's senior director of product management for Privacy Sandbox, about replacing third-party cookies, Apple's ATT, and more (Thomas Germain/Gizmodo)

Thomas Germain / Gizmodo:
An interview with Victor Wong, Google's senior director of product management for Privacy Sandbox, about replacing third-party cookies, Apple's ATT, and more  —  To replace the cookie in Chrome and Android, Google has an offering for the world called “Privacy Sandbox.”  Here's an exclusive peek into how it will work.



Twitter replaces the "state-affiliated media" label on NPR's account with a new label describing the nonprofit media company as "government funded" (Aidan McLaughlin/Mediaite)

Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Twitter replaces the “state-affiliated media” label on NPR's account with a new label describing the nonprofit media company as “government funded”  —  Twitter removed the “state-affiliated media” label it had affixed on NPR's account this week, replacing …



Twitter changes the label on NPR's account to "Government Funded" after criticism about adding a "US state-affiliated media" label (Bobby Allyn/@BobbyAllyn)

Bobby Allyn / @BobbyAllyn:
Twitter changes the label on NPR's account to “Government Funded” after criticism about adding a “US state-affiliated media” label  —  The body of the article goes here.



Elon Musk claims Twitter never blocked Substack links and it was "trying to download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap their Twitter clone" (Matt Novak/Forbes)

Matt Novak / Forbes:
Elon Musk claims Twitter never blocked Substack links and it was “trying to download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap their Twitter clone”  —  Elon Musk broke his silence about the Twitter CEO's conflict with the online publishing site Substack and one of its biggest writers Matt Taibbi on Saturday.



Bob Lee's death in San Francisco has stirred outrage among tech leaders and could motivate the tech community to become more involved in city politics (New York Times)

New York Times:
Bob Lee's death in San Francisco has stirred outrage among tech leaders and could motivate the tech community to become more involved in city politics  —  Bob Lee's death has stirred outrage among tech leaders and comes at a precarious time for the industry — and the city it calls home.



AI Forensics: in 16 Italian and Spanish Telegram groups, 24K+ men are sharing nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired : AI Forensics: in 16 Italian and Spanish Telegram groups, 24K+ men are sharing nonconsensual images of women and gi...