Google Pushes Back Timeline For Deprecation Of Third-party Cookies to 2024

Google is again delaying its plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome. For those keeping track, the company first unveiled its Privacy Sandbox initiative in 2019 and said implementation would begin in 2022. However, following scrutiny from the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the US Department of Justice, Google delayed the phaseout to mid-2023 last year. On Wednesday,…

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YouTube’s Added a New Option to Cut Your Long Form Videos into Shorts

YouTube will enable creators to convert segments of their existing long-form content into minute-long Shorts variations. The new ‘Edit into a Short’ option will enable you to select a section of your regular video uploads to then cut into a bite-sized version. Read More: YouTube’s Added a New Option to Cut Your Long Form Videos…

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Google Cuts Off Reviews for Reproductive Care Clinics

Google has shut down new reviews for Planned Parenthood and other reproductive healthcare businesses. Any business in the pregnancy care category and abortion clinics (including Planned Parenthood) cannot receive new reviews. With this blunt approach, Google appears to be admitting that its post review moderation is not very functional.

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TikTok Begins Pilot Testing HTML5 Mini-games With A Handful Of Partners

TikTok wants to determine its users’ appetite for mobile gaming with the launch of “mini-games” that can be played inside the social video app and discovered through creators’ videos. TechCrunch learned and has now confirmed TikTok’s new gaming pilot quietly launched just weeks ago with a variety of new partners, including game developers Vodoo, Nitro…

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