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Amir Efrati @ The Information · 07/22/2024 17:31 EDT

Google Reverses Decision to End Ad Trackers in Chrome

In an unexpected reversal, Google on Monday said in a blog post that it would no longer phase out cookies, trackers that websites use to follow people as they browse the internet so they can target them with ads and other services, on its ubiquitous Chrome browser. The change is a win for a ...

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