Crowdstrike Gift Card, Google’s Cookies Reversal, Llama 3.1 + more!
Jul 25, 2024
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Crowdstrike offers $10 gift cards, Google scraps 3rd-party cookies plan, Meta releases Llama 3.1, FTC probes 'surveillance pricing', Igor's Lab GPU thermal paste report, Reddit blocks non-Google search engines, Marc Andreessen wants AI comedy
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CrowdStrike offers $10 gift cards as a gesture of goodwill after a faulty update incident.
Google reverses plans to eliminate third-party cookies, introducing Privacy Sandbox as an alternative for user privacy concerns.
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Cybersecurity Firm's Response to Faulty Update
CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, responded to a faulty update incident by offering affected clients a $10 Uber Eats voucher. The offer aimed to provide some respite to clients dealing with computer issues caused by the faulty update. Despite the gesture, there were reports of errors when redeeming the vouchers, possibly due to reusability concerns.
Google's Reversal on Third-Party Cookies
Google decided to backtrack on eliminating third-party cookies in Chrome and introduced the Privacy Sandbox alternative, aiming to enhance user privacy. However, concerns arose regarding Google's extensive control over user data and the potential for re-identification through the sandbox. The shift in strategy is speculated to offer users a choice between cookies and the sandbox, amplifying debates on data privacy and dominance in the tech sector.