Google is in an interesting position when it comes to making the internet respect your privacy. It controls the world’s largest advertising platform, the most used search engine, and the most popular web browser. Together, that means Google has more influence over how your data is gathered and tracked online than any other company. It’s significant then, that, over the past few years, Google has joined the effort to eliminate the worst offender when it comes to tracking, third-party… Source link
Read More »Wizards didn’t give John Wall ‘honesty and respect’ with trade
John Wall is returning to D.C. on Monday for the first time since the Washington Wizards traded him to the Houston Rockets on Dec. 2. The trade happened more than two months ago, and Wall still has a lot of feelings about the Wizards deciding to move on and swap him for Russell Westbrook. Wall recently sat down for an extensive interview with The Athletic’s Fred Katz to talk about those feelings, and he revealed how things went down with the trade, how he told his now-former teammate Bradley… Source link
Read More »Philip Rivers receives respect from NFL world
Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers announced his retirement on Wednesday morning, 13 years to the day after he famously played in the AFC championship game on a torn ACL. Known for his toughness, his kindness and his superior trash talk, he made an impact on many people during his 17 years in the NFL. After Rivers announced his retirement, which he did through San Diego Union-Tribune sportswriter Kevin Acee, tributes began pouring in on social media. I’ll… Source link
Read More »Browns look for respect vs. Ravens on Yahoo Sports app
The Cleveland Browns faced the Baltimore Ravens in the season opener. It looked like the same old Browns. It looked like the Ravens were picking up where they left off from 2019, too. The Ravens won 38-6. It was a horrendous debut for new Browns coach Kevin Stefanski. Given how bad Cleveland has been this century, it wasn’t too surprising of a result. If you watched that game, you’d have never predicted that going into the rematch it would be the Browns riding high and looking like a… Source link
Read More »Johnny Manziel says he lost respect of Browns teammates
The Johnny Manziel Era of the Cleveland Browns is years in the rear-view mirror, and the quarterback has begun discussing what went wrong in a career that went from a Heisman Trophy as a freshman to a spectacular flameout in the National Football League, then the Canadian Football League. Manziel appeared on Tuesday’s episode of the YNK Podcast, and addressed a Browns tenure most of fans of the team are still trying to forget. Johnny Manziel: I wasted two years of Joe Thomas’ career At the… Source link
Read More »Chrome bug meant browser didn’t respect user requests to delete Google site data
If you ask Chrome to delete all cookies and site data whenever you quit the browser, it’s reasonable to expect that this policy applies to all websites. Recently, though, a bug in the browser meant data wasn’t being removed for two sites in particular: Google and YouTube. This problem was first documented by iOS developer Jeff Johnson on his blog. Johnson found that in Chrome version 86.0.4240.75, “local storage” data for Google.com and YouTube.com stuck around even after… Source link
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