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Google isn’t trying to kill ad blockers. That’s the message in a pair of Google blog posts published Wednesday in response to criticism of the search giant’s plan to improve extensions in its Chrome web browser. “We are not preventing the development of ad blockers or stopping users from blocking ads,” said Devlin Cronin in …

Facebook is already under fire over privacy issues and said users shouldn’t have an expectation of privacy on social media. A new report says emails found as part of a government investigation might show that the company’s CEO was aware of certain questionable practices. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly did know of the company’s questionable privacy practices according to The Wall …

Mozilla on Tuesday unveiled its new Firefox logo — actually a family of logos — designed to give a unified identity to its broadening suite of products and services. You probably know the Firefox name from Mozilla’s open-source browser. But the new Firefox “master brand” stands for a collection of tools that’ll sport the Firefox name. That includes not just …

“Apple builds things that people want to buy.” Seems like an obvious sentiment, coming from the executive who leads software development at one of the world’s most successful tech companies.  But that comment underscores why Craig Federighi spent so much time highlighting new privacy features in the operating systems that power the iPhone, iPad and Mac at the start of …

Twitter is giving its rules a refresh. The social media platform said Thursday that it’s making its rules easier to understand with simple, clear language. Twitter cut its rules from 2,500 total words to under 600, and it also organized the rules into categories for safety, privacy and authenticity.  “Rules should be easy to understand,” the Twitter Safety account tweeted. “We …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. This time last year, the iPad — and tablets in general — faced an uncertain future after years of declining interest from consumers. But in the past 18 months, Apple refreshed its low-end iPads and redesigned its high-end iPad Pros, prompting consumers to …

Apple’s continued push for privacy control went further than Monday’s WWDC announcement of the new sign-in with Apple offering. In a less publicized update, the tech giant also adjusted its App Store guidelines. Among the new updates, Apple revealed that apps designed for kids or in the “kids” category of the App Store can no longer “include third-party advertising or analytics …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With its Sign In with Apple — an alternative to single sign-on services offered by rivals Facebook and Google, unveiled at the company’s WWDC keynote — Apple says it’s offering a new way to vouch for your identity with your favorite apps or services.   But …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple took a privacy potshot at competitors Facebook and Google on Monday, saying its new Sign In with Apple service eases logins without sharing users’ personal data. At the company’s Platform State of the Union talk at WWDC, an Apple executive showed the …

After more than a year ratcheting up its privacy protections, Firefox now blocks website cookies that can let advertisers and publishers track you across the web. Cookies are small text files that websites can store in your browser — either first-party cookies from the operator of the website or third-party cookies that can come along for the ride from advertising …