UK’s CMA accepts Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies and replace them with Privacy Sandbox and will closely monitor the development of the product (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge: UK’s CMA accepts Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies and replace them with Privacy Sandbox and will closely monitor the development of the product  —  The UK’s competition regulator will keep a ‘close eye’ on development  —  Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies and replace …

How researchers are using AI to analyze the undeciphered ancient script of the Indus Valley Civilization, and the challenges of deciphering long-lost languages (Alizeh Kohari/Rest of World)

Alizeh Kohari / Rest of World: How researchers are using AI to analyze the undeciphered ancient script of the Indus Valley Civilization, and the challenges of deciphering long-lost languages  —  Scholars have spent a century trying to decipher ancient Indus script.  Machine learning may finally help make sense of it all.

Report: Amazon has received $4.7B in tax breaks globally over the past decade; $4.1B was from the US and weak disclosure laws could put the rest well over $600M (Lauren Kaori Gurley/VICE)

Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: Report: Amazon has received $4.7B in tax breaks globally over the past decade; $4.1B was from the US and weak disclosure laws could put the rest well over $600M  —  The report highlights how little is known about the cost of Amazon’s expansion to taxpayers around the planet.  —  Lauren […]

Curated, Digital Content for Everyone

Curated Information Feeds For a good few years now, I’ve actively modified who I follow, and what updates I receive digitally through social and news media – with Facebook, this generally means choosing who I want to receive updates from, and in what order (or at all), which allows me to maintain ‘friendship’ with individuals […]