The Privacy Sandbox has been in development for years, first using a technology called Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC for short), which was panned by privacy groups and other browser vendors. The current version is made of several different technologies, including Shared Storage (a way to store data across sites), Fenced Frames, and the Private Aggregation API for site analytics.

The most important components are the Topics API and Protected Audience API, which tells Chrome to generate a list of topics you are interested in from your browsing history, and then gives that list to the sites you visit for use in targeting ads. Even though that’s technically more privacy-preserving than third-party cookies, because the scope of the data is more limited, it’s still pretty creepy!

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Android permissions used to be a mess, but modern versions of Android have simplified them greatly. Now, you grant apps access to certain features as it needs them. You can also manually revoke permissions from any app.You don’t need to root, install a custom ROM, or switch to an iPhone to do this anymore.

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Formatting your USB flash drive using the FAT32 file system is as easy as selecting a few options or running a command on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC. We’ll show you both ways to accomplish the task, so your drive is formatted in your preferred format.

! Warning: Formatting your drive with any file system erases all the data stored on the drive. Make sure you’ve backed up your important files before proceeding to reformatting your drive.

Should You Format Your USB Flash Drive With FAT32?

There are many reasons to format your drive in FAT32 format. The most common one is that your drive will work with many more devices than if it was formatted in another file format, say NTFS. Nearly all the devices support FAT32. A good example here is that you can add data to your drive from your Mac machine if your drive was formatted in FAT32. You can’t do that with an NTFS-formatted drive.

While there are pros to using the FAT32 format, a few cons exist as well. You can’t store an individual file larger than 4 GB on a FAT32-formatted drive. Also, the built-in graphical formatting options on Windows only let you format your drives in FAT32 if they’re 32 GB or less in storage capacity. (However, there’s a command-line method and a third-party app to format drives larger than 32 GB in FAT32 format.)

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You may want to disable G-SYNC if your VA monitor suffers from flickering with G-SYNC enabled in certain games, you experience issues gaming on a TV with VRR support, or if you don’t want G-SYNC on while playing esports titles.

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It’s worth noting that you can use the old Network Connections method to set an IP address in any version of Windows, so if you prefer that method, keep reading.

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Sometimes, it’s better to assign a PC its own IP address rather than letting your router assign one automatically.

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The error message “NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID” is one of the cryptic privacy errors you’re likely to come across when browsing the web.

What Is the NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID Error?

The NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID is an error code primarily displayed by Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers while showing the “Your connection is not private” warning. It suggests that your web browser has found an issue with the SSL certificate of the website and terminated the connection to safeguard your privacy. One of the primary reasons for this error code is the mismatch between the domain name of a website and the common name (CN) mentioned in its SSL certificate.

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Wi-Fi calling allows your Android phone to use the best connection in your house for phone calls and text messages. You’ll get higher-quality audio, and it’s perfect if you live in a dead zone. Let’s turn on Wi-Fi calling.

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Rundll32.exe is a standard part of Windows used to run Dynamic Link Library (DLLs) files. DLLs contain code for various functions of a program and are commonly used by Windows processes and third-party apps. Rundll32.exe is not normally malware, but it can be used to execute malicious code. You open up Task Manager only to find countless instances of rundll32.exe running all at once. But what is rundll32.exe?

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