USA: Feuer und Dürre immer schlimmer

Dem US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien steht eine Wald- und Buschfeuer-Saison bevor, die erneut neue Rekorde aufstellen könnte

Dem US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien steht eine Wald- und Buschfeuer-Saison bevor, die erneut neue Rekorde aufstellen könnte

Nuro: FedEx will den Lieferwagenfahrer ersetzen

FedEx erprobt, ob sich die Warenzustellung mit autonom fahrenden Robotern erledigen lässt. Kunden müssen das Fahrzeug aber selbst entladen. (Autonomes Fahren)

FedEx erprobt, ob sich die Warenzustellung mit autonom fahrenden Robotern erledigen lässt. Kunden müssen das Fahrzeug aber selbst entladen. (Autonomes Fahren)

Tired of accepting/rejecting cookies? ADPC wants to automate the process

Explicit privacy communication mechanism can simplify UI and limit user fatigue.

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), passed in 2018, requires websites to ask visitors for consent prior to placing cookies. As any Internet user is now aware, this means an extra step required when visiting nearly any website for the first time—or potentially every time, if you choose not to accept cookies. A new proposed HTTP standard from None of Your Business and the Sustainable Computing Lab would allow the user to set their privacy preferences once, inside the browser itself, and have the browser communicate those preferences invisibly with any website the user visits.

Advanced Data Protection Control

The proposed standard enables two methods of automated preference delivery—one which communicates directly with the web server hosting a site being visited, and another which communicates with the website itself.

When ADPC communicates directly with the web server, it does so via HTTP headers—a Link header pointing to a JSON file on the server, and the ADPC header emitted by the user's browser. When communicating with the website itself, the mechanism is via JavaScript— configuration is passed as an object to the DOM interface, e.g., navigator.dataProtectionControl.request(...).

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Apple‘s Tim Cook: Sideloading is “not in the best interests of the user”

The interview also touched on privacy, AR, health, and future products.

Apple CEO Tim Cook being interviewed remotely by Brut.

Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook being interviewed remotely by Brut. (credit: Brut.)

Apple has been under a mountain of scrutiny lately from legislators, developers, judges, and users. Amidst all that, CEO Tim Cook sat with publication Brut. to discuss Apple's strategy and policies. The short but wide-ranging interview offered some insight into where Apple plans to go in the future.

As is so common when Tim Cook speaks publicly, privacy was a major focus. His response to a question about its importance was the same one we've heard from him many times: "we see it as a basic human right, a fundamental human right." Noting Apple has been focused on privacy for a long time.

He explained:

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Deutschland, deine Rohstoffe

Franz Alt malt für uns das Ökoparadies. Doch das kleine Einmaleins der Energie bleibt auf der Strecke. Eine Gegenrede

Franz Alt malt für uns das Ökoparadies. Doch das kleine Einmaleins der Energie bleibt auf der Strecke. Eine Gegenrede