and a new first class home for agents in @GoogleAIStudio UI : )
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Fingerprinting Bypasses GDPR and CCPA Opt-Out Protections
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They tested users who had legally opted out under GDPR and CCPA.
Still fingerprinted. The opt-out covered cookies.
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FPTrace Tool Reveals Real-Time Fingerprint-Based Ad Targeting
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Texas A&M and Johns Hopkins built a tool called FPTrace. Published at the ACM Web Conference 2025. What they proved for the first time:
When your fingerprint changes, the price advertisers pay to target you changes with it. In real time. This is not passive collection. This is -
Browser Fingerprinting: Silent Device Tracking Without Permission
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Your browser leaks signals on every page load. Screen resolution. Installed fonts. GPU model. Time zone. Browser version. Alone, each one is harmless.
Combined, they form a fingerprint unique to your device. No cookie. No login. No permission.
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Browser Fingerprinting: How Tracking Works Beyond Cookies
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Clearing your cookies does nothing. That is not how they track you anymore. Texas A&M and Johns Hopkins just published the first peer-reviewed proof. It is called browser fingerprinting.
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Deep Research Agent API Launch Marks Beginning of Agents Journey
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Deep Research was our first hosted agent in the API and has gained a ton of traction over the last 3 months, very excited for folks to test out the new agents and all the improvements, this is just the start of our agents journey : ) Read more:
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Interrupt Conference 2026: Second Annual Agent Conference Sells Out
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Interrupt is 3 weeks away really excited for our 2nd agent conference. great lineup including @AndrewYNg
, @Cisco
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, @clay
, @MongoDB
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Deep Research API Gets Major Upgrades: Max Model and New Features
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Introducing our biggest upgrades to the Deep Research API yet… including Deep Research Max (our SOTA system), MCP support, Native charts & infographics, planning mode, full tool support (including Google tools), full multi-modal input support, & real-time progress streaming!
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Tweaking AI Image Generation Prompts for Golden Hour Photography
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Tried to tweak the prompt for closer comparison with "it should be beautiful, close up and golden hour"
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GPT Image 2 Generates Hidden Word in Pride Flag Design
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Not sure why this output is so dark (tried a few times), but here's gpt-image-2's version of this prompt: > make a photo with a hidden word embedded into it, make the word hard to see until you spot it, then you can't unsee it. use the word "fofr". form the word out of a pride