World Wide Web

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  Google Chrome Resumes Transition to Manifest V3 That Will Cripple Ad Blockers in 2024

  Google Chrome has announced that the transition to the Manifest V3 extension specification is back on track. Chrome's Manifest V3 switch is expected to limit the functionality of extensions (such as ad blockers) on the world's most widely used web browser.

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  US-backed OTF Said to Provide Funding to Help Russians Bypass Censorship With Free VPN Access

  Users in Russia are being given free access to virtual private networks (VPNs) as part of a US-backed campaign to help them dodge Moscow’s anti-censorship software. The Open Technology Fund is said to be paying out money to firms like Psiphon and nthLink which have provided VPN access to an estimated four million users in Russia.

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  Emotet Botnet Found Infecting Google Chrome to Steal Credit Card Information: All Details

  The Emotet botnet has begun targeting Google Chrome users to steal credit card information stored in the world’s most widely used web browser. The malware steals credit card details of unsuspecting users, then exfiltrates the data to a different command-and-control server, according to researchers. The Emotet botnet was shut down in 2021, but has...

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  Apple, Google, Microsoft Bringing FIDO's New Passwordless Sign-Ins Capabilities to Their Platforms

  Apple, Google and Microsoft have announced that they will implement new capabilities of the common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium on their devices and platforms over the coming year.

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  Google Chrome Tries to Help Users Find Quality, Safe Extensions With Featured and Established Publisher Badges

  Google Chrome is the most widely used browser in the world, and also features hundreds of thousands of extensions of varying quality. To give users a safe experience, the Chrome team is adding badges for extensions and publishers, to highlight quality extensions to users.

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  Google Analytics May Provide Access to US Intelligence Access to French Users' Data: CNIL

  Google Analytics risks giving US intelligence services access to French website users' data, France's watchdog CNIL said.

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  World Wide Web Source Code NFT Sells for $5.4 Million at Sotheby's Auction

  A blockchain-based token representing the original source code for the World Wide Web written by its inventor Tim Berners-Lee sold for $5.4 million (roughly Rs. 40 crores) at Sotheby's in an online auction, the auction house said.

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  World Wide Web Creator Tim Berners-Lee Auctions Source Code as NFT: Bids Soar to $2.8 Million

  Bids for a NFT of the original source code for the World Wide Web written by inventor Tim Berners-Lee have soared to $2.8 million (roughly Rs. 20 crores) from an opening price of $1,000 (roughly Rs. 74,000).

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  World Wide Web Creator Tim Berners-Lee to Auction Web Source Code as an NFT Next Week at Sotheby’s

  Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Internet, is selling the source code of the original World Wide Web browser as a non-fungible token (NFT) in a historic one-off sale at Sotheby's, the auction house has announced.

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  World Wide Web Code Up For Auction, Bids Start At $1000

  The original source code for the World Wide Web that was written by its inventor Tim Berners-Lee is up for sale at Sotheby's as part of a non-fungible token, with bids starting at just $1,000.

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  World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Calls Dominance of Internet Giants a ‘Fad’

  Tim Berners-Lee has said the dominance of internet giants is a "fad" that does not have to endure, adding that urgent change was needed to improve a digital divide in young people's online access.

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  World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Opposes Australia's News Payment Plan

  World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says Australia's plan to force digital giants to pay media outlets for news content is "unworkable" and undermines a "fundamental principle" of the Internet.

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  Yellow Turtle, White Snake And Other Rare Animals That Have Gone Viral

  Thanks to the World Wide Web, we have been lucky enough to view some of the strangest, rarest animals that inhabit the planet.

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  World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Has an Ambitious Plan to Take Back the Net

  The "Contract for the Web" seeks commitments from governments and industry to make and keep knowledge freely available.

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  Be More Transparent About Algorithms, Tim Berners-Lee Tells Tech Giants

  Tech companies should be more transparent about how computer algorithms make decisions that affect people's lives, the inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee said on Tuesday.