Month: January 2020

Month: January 2020

Cookie Control: Google to drop support for third party cookies in Chrome
January 15, 2020 Technology Adam E. Williams

In an effort to “re-architect the standard the web”, Google announced that it’d drop support for third-party cookies in Chrome within two years. Third-party cookies are one of the mechanisms used to track users across the web and the company wants to put a full stop to it to make the Chrome browser “privacy-preserving”. “This

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Valve Index sold out everywhere after Half-Life announcement – #valve #index #halflife #VR #virtualreality #alyx #RoadmapforSuccess
January 15, 2020 Technology Adam E. Williams

The announcement of the upcoming VR title Half-Life: Alyx blew most of us away last November, but the results are staggering. Since the announcement, the $900+ Valve Index VR headset has sold out everywhere except Japan. Revealed through an article by RoadToVR, Valve’s stock of virtual reality headsets is running dry. The Full Kit package

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Minecraft mod creates huge in-game Harry Potter RPG – #microsoft #minecraft #harrypotter #rpg #mod #RoadmapforSuccess
January 13, 2020 Technology Adam E. Williams

Despite Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment definitely working on their Harry Potter RPG game, it is taking the publisher a long time to admit it. Thankfully, for those wishing to get their wizarding on, Minecraft modders Floo Network are working to bring you into a more cubic version of Hogwarts. Shown off through an in-depth YouTube

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23andMe sold the rights to a drug it developed from its genetic database – #23andMe #drugs #pharmaceuticals #Almirall #crowdsource #dna #genetics #database #RoadmapforSuccess
January 11, 2020 Technology Adam E. Williams

Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images The genetics testing company 23andMe licensed the rights to a drug it developed in-house to a Spanish pharmaceutical company, Bloomberg reported. This is the first time that the company has directly sold a product it created using the genetic information collected from users. 23andMe has already shared genetic data with

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