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Google starts testing its replacement for third-party cookies
Chrome is getting more intuitive privacy and security controls
EU says websites can’t hide content behind ‘cookie walls’
Safari now blocks all third-party cookies by default
Apple's latest flurry of software updates included an important step forward for web privacy. The latest version of Safari for iOS, iPadOS and macOS now blocks all third-party cookies by default -- it's the first mainstream browser to do so, the Web...
Engineer Builds Hands-Free Oreo and Milk Dispensers
Are you hungry for some milk and cookies? You could trudge all the way to the kitchen cabinet and grab some Oreos, then open the fridge to grab a bottle of milk, but that would be way too much work. Why can’t we just walk up to the wall and be fed milk and cookies without any effort at all? Well, now we can, thanks to the work of Emiel, aka The Practical Engineer.
In the interest of progress, Emiel built himself a pair of wall-mounted dispensers which can feed him Oreos and milk without the need for hands. He simply walks up to each lever, pushes down with his neck, and out pops a snack from one machine, and a stream of milk from the other. The cookie dispenser is powered by a spring, while the milk dispenser actually has a pump built into it.
He built the dispensers using a combination of off-the-shelf and 3D printed parts, and you can build your own with the instructions and template files he’s selling on his website for just €5.95 (or about $6.50 USD). While I can get behind the Oreo dispenser, I’m afraid that milk dispenser would be pretty impractical to keep clean – and without refrigeration, the milk won’t last long.
[via Hack A Day]
Most websites don’t follow European cookie consent laws, study shows
Websites that operate in Europe are supposed to follow GDPR rules that let consumers to opt out of cookie-type tracking. However, most are making it "substantially more difficult" to reject all tracking than to accept it, according to a new study cal...
NASA x DoubleTree Cookies in Space: Houston, We Have a Snack
NASA, the International Space Station, and DoubleTree by Hilton made a giant leap for snacking in outer space by challenging engineers, astronauts, and bakers to build and test the first zero-gravity kitchen to cook cookies in space. Hilton’s trademark chocolate chip cookies have become the first food baked in space.
Northrop Grumman launched a resupply spacecraft from the ISS with almost over 3,000 kilograms of scientific investigations and cargo, including the unique zero-gravity oven. Manufactured by NanoRacks, the Zero-G is the first microgravity oven to reach 177ºC, significantly higher than existing ISS ovens which can only reach 82ºC – just enough to heat pre-cooked food.
Because hot air doesn’t rise in space, engineers had to figure out how to place electric heating elements around a cylindrical chamber so a pocket of heated air surrounds the food in a special cookie cooking contraption.
DoubleTree by Hilton, which gives out warm chocolate chip cookies to guests at check-in, provided dough packs for five cookies to be baked in space. Two have been used on board for documentation, with three returning to Earth for NASA testing. So that astronauts won’t go hungry, DoubleTree also sent a tin of baked cookies for a taste of home. Limited-edition DoubleTree Cookies in Space gift tins with six chocolate chip goodies are also available right here on Earth.
Firefox update adds detailed tracking reports and password tools
Back in June, Firefox launched Enhanced Tracking Protection, a feature that tries to protect your privacy by blocking more than a thousand third-party trackers by default. With its latest update, which you can download today, Firefox now provides a d...
Opera’s stricter privacy controls could also speed up your web browsing
Opera doesn't want to miss the browser privacy bandwagon, and it's taking an unusual angle to sell it: it's promising a speed boost. The newly released Opera 64 includes a tracker blocker that prevents sites from tracking you across the web (usually...