Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Google shared details on a recently introduced Chrome feature that changes how cookies are requested, with early tests showing increased performance across all platforms. In the past, single-process ...

With all the focus on FAST and other advertising-based channels, there’s been a surprising lack of attention on Google's once-imminent, now-delayed Cookie Apocalypse, a nickname for Google's decision ...

Apologies for not putting more of a disclaimer on that headline, and further apologies to anyone who spit their coffee out onto their laptop. But you read it right: Google is seriously considering ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — One of the most popular browsers said it would change how it handles your cookies. But Jamey Tucker found out that’s not happening anymore. If you’ve ever been ...

Google has started testing the phasing out of third-party cookies on Chrome, affecting about 1% of its users or approximately 30 million people. Learn how to check if you are part of the initial test.

Google's cookiepocalypse has begun, but so far only one percent of Chrome users have been raptured away to privacy heaven. Google announced its plan to stop supporting third-party cookies back in 2020 ...

The Chrome Privacy Sandbox's Tracking Protection prompt that notifies the user of third-party cookies being restricted. (Google) It's finally time. Google already ...

Remember Apple’s flock of birds swooping around, spying on users as they browse the web, a thinly disguised attack on Google’s ongoing Chrome tracking nightmare. Well, despite promises to the contrary ...

Google’s announcement on Monday that, on second (or third) thought, it won’t kill third-party cookies in Chrome after all has left the industry grappling with a slate of unanswered questions. Google ...

Google on Monday said the search company is reversing its plan to phase out the use of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser in favor of a new strategy that will allow people to "make an informed ...