Apple, Google, and Microsoft will expand passwordless sign-in on all platforms

Apple, Google, and Microsoft announced that they will expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard across all their platforms. The aim is to let users sign in easily and securely without a password across various websites and applications. In short, it means that passwordless sign-in will soon be an option on Windows and macOS desktops, Android and iOS mobile operating systems, as well as major browsers like Chrome, Edge, and Safari.

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Google users in Europe to get a “reject all” cookies button

We’ve all been there. You’re messing around online and come across a link to an interesting piece of content. When you find yourself on the site, you‘re greeted with a box informing you about tracking cookies. You can clearly see an “accept” cookies button, but rejecting cookies is far more complicated, leading you to another confusing menu with myriad options that the average person is too impatient to read through. You’ve probably accepted the cookies out of frustration, even if you didn’t want to. Maybe you clicked off the site altogether without even reading the content.

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