Google is all alone with its proposed advertising technology — FLoC– to replace third-party cookies. Every major browser that uses the open source Chromium project has declined to use it, and it’s unclear what that will mean for the future of advertising on the web. Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, and Brave have said they…

Company insists it’s a legit operator that’s here to help Positive Technologies has hit back at the US government’s “groundless accusations” that it helped the Russian state carry out cyber attacks against the West – by highlighting how “government agencies of different countries” use its products.… …read more Source:: Register

News of Underwood possibly starring in his own new Netflix reality show about life as a gay man has starkly divided fans. …read more Source:: CNet

The date was September 26, 1983. A lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defence Forces sat at his command station in Serpukhov-15 as sirens blared, indicating nuclear missiles had been launched from the United States. As you may have surmised by the fact you’re reading this in 2020, no missiles were fired by either side…

The Internet of Secure Things Alliance, an IoT security certification body (a.k.a. ioXt), has launched a new security certification for mobile apps and VPNs. From a report: The new ioXt compliance program includes a ‘mobile application profile’ — a set of security-related criteria against which apps can be certified. The profile or mobile app assessment…

It’s floaty floaty vom time as boffins plan prototype cooler spin on modded 727 Boffins are set to get a ride on the Zero Gravity Corporation’s “weightless research lab” to test a refrigerator designed for jaunts to orbit, the Moon or even Mars.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Ford’s giving buyers $5,000 off their electric SUV to make up for delays that could have cost them money, literally. …read more Source:: CNet

It’ll be the game-inspired show’s final season. …read more Source:: CNet

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys marvel at the hacks that surfaced over the past week. An eye-popping webcam hack comes in the form of an animatronic that gives that camera above your screen an eyeball to look around, an eyelid to blink with, and the skin, eyelashes, and eyebrow to complete the illusion…

It’s time to move on from 2016 From the department of “I’m not dead yet” comes news of a Slackware 15 beta release, nearly five years after the distribution last saw a major update.… …read more Source:: TheRegister