Hayden Dingman/IDG The deals that made webcams a fantastic stocking stuffer in 2021 have continued into 2022. Over the past few years, webcams were nearly impossible to find, as millions of people gearing up to work or study from home tried to improve upon the 720p models built into most laptops. Now 1080p webcams are …
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Google Chrome is the most popular web browser on the planet. Which means that if you’re using it too, you’re a prime target for identity theft and other nasty detritus of the information age. While Google isn’t known for being the most privacy-forward company out there, its latest addition to Chrome is a definite point …
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It’s about time — “The universe finally found something worse than death. I broke time.” Jennifer Ouellette – Apr 7, 2022 9:06 pm UTC Natasha Lyonne and Charlie Barnett (return for the upcoming second season of the Netflix series, Russian Doll. A mysterious portal through time opens up in the New York City subway in …
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Productivity — The most notable addition is new Shortcuts support in iWork apps on macOS. Samuel Axon – Apr 7, 2022 8:45 pm UTC Enlarge / Pages on macOS. Samuel Axon On Thursday, Apple released its first feature updates for the iWork suite in several months: Pages, Keynote, and Numbers 12.0. There are new versions …
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Apocalypse Then — Life in the Atacama took 2,000 years to return to normal. Kiona N. Smith – Apr 7, 2022 8:29 pm UTC Salazar et al. 2022 A recent study of geological deposits and archaeological remains has identified a massive earthquake and tsunami that wiped out communities along the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert …
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Enlarge / Ukrainian soldiers sit on an armored military vehicle in Sievierodonetsk on April 7, 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Facebook today reported an increase in attacks on accounts run by Ukraine military personnel. In some cases, attackers took over accounts and posted “videos calling on the Army to surrender,” but Facebook said it …
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Viral hobnobing — Several events have been linked to the outbreak as people let their guard down. Beth Mole – Apr 7, 2022 7:20 pm UTC Enlarge / US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. A growing number of high-ranking …
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Nearly four months after Dotdash and Meredith officially merged, the company has been challenged to integrate the two organizations — separated in tone and functionality: one a digitally-native publisher, the other a legacy media organization. Alysia Borsa, chief business officer and president of lifestyle at Dotdash Meredith (and formerly head of digital at Meredith), explained …
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Gaming has arrived as both a pillar of popular culture and source of advertising inventory, but some brands and agencies still struggle to grasp the value of this new medium. Though in-game advertising companies are confident about the strength of their product — and its potential to act as a bridge between advertisers and the metaverse …
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In this week’s Media Briefing, senior media editor Tim Peterson covers one of the biggest talking points during last week’s Digiday Publishing Summit. Data protection The key hits: Publishers are wary of cookie-replacing identifiers replicating the third-party cookie’s ills. Email-based IDs like Prebid’s Unified ID 2.0 do not provide publishers as much control over their …