65 posts tagged ‘Web’
Slower Chrome Extension Updates
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Ron Amadeo (via Hacker News): Google’s war on ad blockers is just gearing up, with YouTube doing its best to detect and block ad blockers and Chrome aiming to roll out the ad block-limiting Manifest V3 extension platform in June 2024. A new article from Engadget detailing the “arms race” over ad blocking brings up […]
GitHub Code Search Now Requires Logging In
koepnick (via Hacker News): This is revolting and an anathema to the open source movement. A movement, I might add, Microsoft is abusing here.We’re told that this is for security… But what possible point is there when I can simply clone the repository and use more dedicated tools for proper searching and analysis?So what possible […]
Most Compatible With Google Chrome
Catalin Cimpanu (2019, via Hacker News): A former high-ranking Mozilla executive has accused Google of intentionally and systematically sabotaging Firefox over the past decade in order to boost Chrome’s adoption.He is not the first Firefox team member to come forward and make such accusations in the past eight months; however, his allegations span far beyond […]
Google Drive Loses Months of Customer Data
Yeonjoong (via Hacker News): My Google Drive files suddenly disappeared. The Drive literally went back to condition in May 2023. data from May until today disappeared, and the folder structure went back to status in May.Google Drive activity doesn’t show any changes (only show activity that was in May) No files was deleted manually, so […]
YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown
Paresh Dave (Hacker News, Reddit): In early October, the people who make ad blocking tools convened in Amsterdam for their industry’s annual conference. One session was a welcome pitch from Google product leaders about tweaks made to address fears that a security update to the company’s Chrome browser could hamper ad zapping. Google, which draws […]
Time to Back Up Bandcamp
David Rutland (via Hacker News): If you’ve spent your hard earned cash supporting independent artists through Bandcamp, a series of ownership changes and layoffs suggest that now might be the best time for audiophiles to download their audio files to secure offline storage.[…]According to Aftermath, Bandcamp is a mess right now, with most of the […]
Apple Asked Amazon to Block Rival Ads
Eugene Kim (via Hacker News): Apple’s latest products directly sold by Amazon have a much cleaner page layout on Amazon with no ads or recommendations until the very bottom of the page, an Insider review of the e-commerce site shows. Most other brands don’t get this special treatment, according to people familiar with the matter, […]
Google AdSense Changes From CPC to CPM
Dan Taylor (via Hacker News): Today, website owners use a combination of direct sales, ad networks and sell-side platforms to sell their ad space, often using multiple technologies simultaneously. This is why we are making two changes: updating AdSense’s revenue-share structure and moving to paying publishers by impression. These changes will provide a consistent way […]