Published on: 2025-06-06 08:00:42
Meta and search engine company Yandex have been "covertly tracking" Android users in the background of their devices, according to experts. Academics at the Radboud University in the Netherlands and IMDEA Networks said they discovered Meta and Yandex have been tracking Android users' browser activity without their consent and then using the data in their apps. Meta said it was looking into the issue, while Yandex denied collecting any sensitive data. Gunes Acar, assistant professor at Radboud
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A hot potato: For years, the privacy of Android users browsing the web has been quietly compromised by a sophisticated tracking method employed by two of the world's largest tech companies: Meta and Yandex. According to recent research, both companies have exploited legitimate browser-to-app communication protocols to covertly link anonymous web activity with the identities of users logged into native apps like Facebook, Instagram, and various Yandex services on Android devices. The research, e
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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR New research suggests that Meta and Yandex used a loophole in Android to link web browsing data to app identities. The method bypassed incognito mode, cookie clearing, and other privacy protections. Researchers say the only sure fix for now is uninstalling the affected apps. Update: June 03, 2025 (4:30 PM ET): Since the publication of the story below, Yandex has contacted us and clarified its official position in the following statement: Yandex stric
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Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR New research suggests that Meta and Yandex used a loophole in Android to link web browsing data to app identities. The method bypassed incognito mode, cookie clearing, and other privacy protections. Researchers say the only sure fix for now is uninstalling the affected apps. You’ve long been reassured that using incognito mode or clearing cookies on your Android device will help prevent advertisers from tracking your web activity. However, new resear
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Yandex using localhost communications since 2017 Yandex Metrica script initiates HTTP requests with long and opaque parameters to localhost through specific TCP ports: 29009, 29010, 30102, and 30103. Our investigation revealed that Yandex-owned applications—such as Yandex Maps and Yandex Navigator, Yandex Search, and Yandex Browser— actively listen on these ports. Furthermore, our analysis indicates that the domain yandexmetrica[.]com is resolving to the loopback address 127.0.0.1, and that the
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Tracking code that Meta and Russia-based Yandex embed into millions of websites is de-anonymizing visitors by abusing legitimate Internet protocols, causing Chrome and other browsers to surreptitiously send unique identifiers to native apps installed on a device, researchers have discovered. Google says it's investigating the abuse, which allows Meta and Yandex to convert ephemeral web identifiers into persistent mobile app user identities. The covert tracking—implemented in the Meta Pixel and
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Tracking code that Meta and Russia-based Yandex embed into millions of websites is de-anonymizing visitors by abusing legitimate Internet protocols, causing Chrome and other browsers to surreptitiously send unique identifiers to native apps installed on a device, researchers have discovered. Google says it's investigating the abuse, which allows Meta and Yandex to convert ephemeral web identifiers into persistent mobile app user identities. The covert tracking—implemented in the Meta Pixel and
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In this post I will present three equivalent algorithms to compute the edges of a polygonal mesh. The algorithms are subsequent optimization steps to produce the exact same result with progressively increased efficiency. In the first part of this text, I will describe the typical representation of a mesh topology, distinguish between different concepts of edges. To better define the subject, picture the wireframe of a polygonal mesh. Assuming there is no overlapping geometry in the scene, if yo
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Debruijn indexes + levels, and why they're handy Debruijn indexes + levels, and why they're handy 2025-05-26 dark mode? back? De Bruijn and why we use it Assumed knowledge At least a familiarity with the lambda calculus, including how it is evaluated. Some base knowledge of programming languages is also assumed. The problem Let's look at a little imaginary term, in some lambda-calculus-like language. For future note, we call the lambda a "binder", as it binds a variable. There are othe
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Since version beta10 OrioleDB supports building indexes other than B-tree. Bridged indexes are meant to support these indexes on OrioleDB tables. OrioleDB stores its table rows inside a B-tree built on a table primary key and keeps MVCC information in an undo log, so it can’t simply plug PostgreSQL’s existing Index Access Methods (GiST, GIN, SP-GiST, BRIN, …) into that structure. While PostgreSQL's Index Access Methods: reference a 6-byte ctid (block number and offset in the heap) -- not a log
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TL;DR Samsung’s upcoming Antioxidant Index feature will let you track your body’s beta carotene levels via your Galaxy Watch’s sensors. The watch must be removed and pressed against the thumb to perform the measurement, which then syncs with the Samsung Health app on the connected phone. Full compatibility details remain unclear, but you’d likely need One UI 8 Watch and a compatible Galaxy Watch, possibly the upcoming Galaxy Watch 8 series. At the Galaxy S25 series launch, Samsung briefly men
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Tables and data grids in the web are everywhere – luckily, most are for data viewing, but sometimes, you'll end up needing edit functionality in a grid layout, like an Excel spreadsheet. Unfortunately, things immediately become a little trickier once a grid is made up of interactive elements like inputs. The tricky thing I want to talk about today in these interfaces is focus management. To illustrate, let's draw up the simplest of spreadsheets. We'll grab some inputs and arrange them in a grid
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is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Google is working with Samsung to bring a desktop mode to Android. During Google I/O’s developer keynote, engineering manager Florina Muntenescu said the company is “building on the foundation” of Samsung’s DeX platform “to bring enhanced windowing capabilities in Android 16,” as spotted earlier by 9to5Google. Samsung first launched DeX in 2017, a
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Detecting and reporting unhandled exceptions with SetUnhandledExceptionFilter seemed logical, and, in fact, it worked... for a while. Eventually, we started to notice failures that should have been reported as a last-chance exception but weren't. After much investigation, we discovered that both Direct3D and Flash were installing their own unhandled exception filters! Worse, they were fighting over it, installing their handlers several times per second! In practice, this meant our last-chance cr
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The interface I want and the performance I'll have to wait for... Table of contents Codex: How it works Codex is currently a chat-first experience. You gain access by being invited or by paying for the Pro ($200/per month) subscription. Once you've got access, you start by enabling multi-factor authentication, which is required to use Codex. Next, you authorize the Codex GitHub app for each organization you want it to work with. Codex then clones your repositories into its own sandboxes so
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The interface I want and the performance I'll have to wait for... Table of contents Codex: How it works Codex is currently a chat-first experience. You gain access by being invited or by paying for the Pro ($200/per month) subscription. Once you've got access, you start by enabling multi-factor authentication, which is required to use Codex. Next, you authorize the Codex GitHub app for each organization you want it to work with. Codex then clones your repositories into its own sandboxes so
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OpenAI / ZDNET OpenAI's new Codex agent is essentially a vibe-coding environment based on a ChatGPT-like comment interface. As much as the vibe-coding idea seems like a meme for wannabe cool-kid coders, the new Codex agent is impressive as heck. Also: What is AI vibe coding? It's all the rage but it's not for everyone – here's why OpenAI described Codex as a research preview still under active development. Right now, it's available to Pro, Enterprise, and Team-tier ChatGPT users, but it's exp
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Bottom line: Codex aims to streamline routine programming work and set a new standard for AI-driven software engineering. As the technology matures, OpenAI envisions Codex and similar agents playing an increasingly central role in the future of software development. OpenAI has introduced Codex, a new AI-powered coding agent now available as a research preview to select ChatGPT subscribers. This launch marks a significant milestone for the company, signaling its ambition to redefine how software
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust In context: As Google users complain about the worsening quality of search results and GenAI integration, European organizations are working to plant the seeds of alternative solutions. One such initiative aims to build a public index to support new search engines and reduce Europe's reliance on Google and Bing. Early trials of the Open Web Index are set to begin next month. This emerging project c
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OpenAI has launched a new agentic coding tool with the potential to make even the most fresh-faced code monkey a software superstar. Codex, which the company announced on Thursday, represents a new sidebar feature inside OpenAI’s flagship product, ChatGPT. While obviously an exciting event in the world of software development, the tool also seems like it has the potential to replace skilled coders altogether. The company says Codex can accomplish coding tasks, and that, much like the rest of Ch
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We've been expecting it for a while, and now it's here: OpenAI has introduced an agentic coding tool called Codex in research preview. The tool is meant to allow experienced developers to delegate rote and relatively simple programming tasks to an AI agent that will generate production-ready code and show its work along the way. Codex is a unique interface (not to be confused with the Codex CLI tool introduced by OpenAI last month) that can be reached from the side bar in the ChatGPT web app. U
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is a deputy editor and author of thenewsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a decade. OpenAI’s next “low-key research preview” has arrived. This time, it’s not ChatGPT, but a coding agent dubbed Codex that is being made available to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team subscribers starting Friday. By drumming up comparisons to how ChatGPT was first described, CEO Sam Altman and other company leaders are positioning Codex as the company’s next major product. It doesn’t
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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Surprise! Just days after reports emerged suggesting OpenAI was buying white-hot coding startup Windsurf, the former company appears to be launching its own competitor service as a research preview under its brand name Codex, going head-to-head against Windsurf, Cursor, and the growing list of AI coding tools offered by startups and large tech companies including Micros
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OpenAI is rolling out 'Codex' for ChatGPT, which is an AI agent that automates and delegates programming tasks for software engineers. OpenAI isn't explicitly claiming that Codex will eventually replace junior software engineers. Instead, the company states Codex could help developers achieve more by delegating their tasks to different agents. The idea is to move faster with development and become more productive with AI, but how does Codex work? Codex in ChatGPT According to OpenAI, Codex
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OpenAI is launching a cloud-based software engineering agent called Codex as the hype surrounding building software using AI continues gathering pace. This tool, aimed more at professional coders rather than amateur vibe coders, will let developers automate more of their work in a way that should be both safer and less opaque than existing tools. OpenAI’s Codex is available through the web for ChatGPT Pro users from today. It can generate lines of code but also move through directories and run
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OpenAI announced on Friday it’s launching a research preview of Codex, the company’s most capable AI coding agent yet. Codex is powered by codex-1, a version of the company’s o3 AI reasoning model optimized for software engineering tasks. OpenAI says codex-1 produces “cleaner” code than o3, adheres more precisely to instructions, and will iteratively run tests on its code until passing results are achieved. The Codex agent runs in a sandboxed, virtual computer in the cloud. By connecting with
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Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority It feels like it was only yesterday that the original Galaxy Z Fold launched and promised us an exciting look at the future. That was six years ago, though, and the Galaxy Z Fold 6 now feels like any other phone. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 will likely be more of the same, and it makes me wonder what Samsung could do on the software side to make its next foldable more exciting. Then it hit me — Samsung should give the Galaxy Z Fold 7 a standalone, improved version of De
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Several years back I found an interesting question on Reddit. Essentially the author asks why there is no way to expand a pack into a sequence of case labels followed by a statement. It was illustrated with the following imaginary syntax: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 template < class Visitor , class Variant , std :: size_t ... Is > auto visit_impl ( Visitor visitor , Variant && variant , std :: index_sequence < Is ... > ) { auto i = variant . index (); switch ( i ) { ( case Is : return visitor ( get
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CocoIndex makes it easy to build and maintain knowledge graphs with continuous source updates. In this blog, we will process a list of documents (using CocoIndex documentation as an example). We will use LLM to extract relationships between the concepts in each document. We will generate two kinds of relationships: Relationships between subjects and objects. E.g., "CocoIndex supports Incremental Processing" Mentions of entities in a document. E.g., "core/basics.mdx" mentions CocoIndex and Incre
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CocoIndex makes it easy to build and maintain knowledge graphs with continuous source updates. In this blog, we will process a list of documents (using CocoIndex documentation as an example). We will use LLM to extract relationships between the concepts in each document. We will generate two kinds of relationships: Relationships between subjects and objects. E.g., "CocoIndex supports Incremental Processing" Mentions of entities in a document. E.g., "core/basics.mdx" mentions CocoIndex and Incre
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