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Language models like GPT-3 could herald a new type of search engine(technologyreview.com)
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Why can't Google get a grip on rip-off ads?(bbc.com)
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The strange link between the human mind and quantum physics(bbc.com)
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The Slander Industry(nytimes.com)
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Michael Arrington Twitter thread on Miami startups boom(twitter.com)
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by jedwhite 6y ago
Yes, the product details are included.
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by jedwhite 6y ago
It's credit card purchasing data, which is sold and cross linked to your identity for advertising re-targeting. It is deeply invasive and should be blocked. It works like this. You go to a store and buy, say, a sexual wellness product.
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Creating Einstein's Voice(aflorithmic.ai)
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by jedwhite 6y ago
No, I linked to the source and quoted the relevant point. I believe all three sentences in the paragraph are cumulative but independent points that explicitly do not preclude each other. Any item of itself is sufficient to preclude the call
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by jedwhite 6y ago
If you run any websites, you should do this because, although YOU might not use Chrome yourself, your website visitors often do. When websites block FLoC, the activity of their users on those websites are not available to Google's Coho
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by jedwhite 6y ago
According to the W3C Federated Learning of Cohorts Draft Community Group Report, 13 April 2021, Paragraphs 3 & 7.1.1: "The interest cohort API lives under the Document interface since the access permission is tied to the document s
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by jedwhite 6y ago
As noted by Consumer Reports: "When third-party cookies are replaced by FLoC, Google will have a way to track consumers that isn’t available to other companies, which could give Google a steep advantage in the advertising business.&quo
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by jedwhite 6y ago
I'd recommend blocking FLoC on any websites you run. It is simple to do. Add this header to block FLoC: `permissions-policy: interest-cohort=()` See also this post on StackOverflow for information on how it adds a warning message in Ch
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by jedwhite 6y ago
The current state with third-party cookie tracking is terrible. This is terrible in a different way. It gives Google even more control over the ad-tech industry. Rather than a diversity of ad-tech kings using third-party cookies to track pe
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by jedwhite 6y ago
That's correct. I posted that answer on StackOverflow, and as far as I can tell from testing so far, it is just a warning in the DevTools console as noted on the StackOverflow answer, and there shouldn't be any other negative impa
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by jedwhite 6y ago
Add a simple header to block FLoC on your website (fortunately): `permissions-policy: interest-cohort=()` It's only deployed on a test set of Chrome browsers so far, and it does create a warning message on browsers that don't supp
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Computer science students create search technology for young learners(hub.jhu.edu)
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Some people can end up living at airports for months or years at a time(theconversation.com)
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by jedwhite 6y ago
I'm working on a search-related project. There is a paradox here. Many content producers hate Google taking their content without giving them a fair share of the revenue that search generates. But they block any competitors to Google f
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Google Says Microsoft’s Stance on News Is Effort to Distract from Hack(wsj.com)
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The Jeff Bezos Test for Great Writing(grrg.me)
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Tech competition – The rules of the tech game are changing – Leaders(economist.com)
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Miami mayor sees Bitcoin move as way to attract tech(reuters.com)
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Building a search engine to rival Google could cost billions(abc.net.au)
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From zumping to toxic productivity: workplace slang for the pandemic(economist.com)
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Tech Workers Take to the Mountains, Bringing Silicon Valley with Them(wsj.com)
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The grim truth behind the Pied Piper(bbc.com)
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Bill Gates was like Michael Jordan while running Microsoft(cnbc.com)
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The Most Common Pain Relief Drug in the World Induces Risky Behaviour, Study(sciencealert.com)
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Online Privacy Should Be Modeled on Real-World Privacy(daringfireball.net)
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