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Google dominates the browser market with Chrome—most of you will be users. But Chrome is now crossing into new, uncharted territory, with new tracking technology that has been described as “creepy” and a “significant risk” to users. And so, if you are one of those 2.65 billion users, it looks like now is the time to quit. Chrome has been under fire for its new tracking technology for some time, but now we have a more detailed technical analysis of the very serious risks to… Source link

Google Chrome is by far the world’s most popular browser with well over two billion users, but all those users need to be high alert because Google has just issued an urgent upgrade warning.  Google Chrome users are being urged to upgrade after a serious vulnerability was found in the … [+] browser LightRocket via Getty Images ADVERTISEMENT MORE FROM FORBESGoogle’s New Tab Groups Reinvigorate Chrome BrowserBy Gordon Kelly Picked up by BleepingComputer, a new ‘zero… Source link

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has announced it will take an active role in developing Google’s plans to prevent websites tracking Chrome users. Under the proposals, the CMA would accept legally binding commitments from Google not to use its proposed replacements for tracking cookies, a set of technologies the search engine calls its Privacy Sandbox, in a way that would harm competition. It is thought to be the first time a competition regulator has been involved at such an early… Source link

The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is expanding its complaint against Google to include three additional former employees of the company, according to Recode. When the agency first accused the search giant of illegally firing some of its workers for organizing, it took up the cases of two individuals. Recode reports the NLRB added Paul Duke, Rebecca Rivers and Sophie Waldman to the complaint. Those former employees allege Google fired them for protesting work it was doing with US… Source link

The bipartisan legislation marks Congress’s most significant push to date to rein in Silicon Valley, in some cases taking direct aim at tech giants’ underlying business models. If successful, the legislation could force Google (GOOG) to stop promoting YouTube in its search results, or prohibit Amazon (AMZN) from selling products on its marketplace that compete directly with third-party seller listings. Apple (AAPL) could be required to relax its restrictions on iOS app developers, and… Source link

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google could be forced to overhaul their business practices under a new expansive set of antitrust reforms introduced by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Friday. The package of five bills, earlier reported by CNBC and other outlets, would make it harder for dominant platforms to complete mergers and prohibit them from owning businesses that present clear conflicts of interest. The legislation represents the most comprehensive effort to reform century-old… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google buys photographer’s shot of seagull eating a chip  BBC News Source link

Well this is big. The UK’s competition regulator looks set to get an emergency brake that will allow it to stop Google ending support for third party cookies, a technology that’s currently used for targeting online ads, if it believes competition would be harmed by the depreciation going ahead. The development follows an investigation opened by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into Google’s self-styled ‘Privacy Sandbox’ earlier this year. The regulator will have the… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Google pledges to resolve ad privacy probe with UK watchdog  Associated Press UK competition regulator gets a say in Google’s plan to remove browser cookies  CNBC Google pledges to work with UK regulator in plan to remove browser cookies  Reuters UK CMA to have key oversight role over Google’s planned removal of third-party cookies  GOV.UK View Full Coverage on Google News Source link

The logo of Google Chrome shown on a smartphone. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek via Getty Images LONDON — Britain’s competition regulator will have a say in Google’s plan to remove third-party browser cookies that track people online. The Competition and Markets Authority said Friday that it had secured commitments from Google to address concerns about the proposal. The CMA is worried that the plans will harm newspapers and other businesses that rely on personalized ads. Web cookies are small… Source link