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Mondelez International Inc. MDLZ 0.93% reported a double-digit boost to its fourth-quarter sales, helped by higher prices for its cookies and candies, as well as added revenue from recent acquisitions. The Chicago-based maker of Oreo cookies and Triscuit crackers said Tuesday that sales climbed 14% in the recent period to $8.7 billion, beating analysts’ expectations of $8.33 billion, according to FactSet. Mondelez, which…

Illustration: Lightspring (Shutterstock)Last week on Zoom, where I spend all the best moments of my life, I spoke with the chief product office of an ad tech company called Full Throttle. Amol Waishampayan said his company has a brand-new patented technique that will let companies collect even more of your data—ten times more data, he claims—and tie that information to your home address.He said Full Throttle won’t collect the information without your consent, but he expects a lot of us will give it up willingly.…

A session is a way to store information (in variables) to be used across multiple pages. When a user visits a website and starts a new session, the server creates a unique session ID and stores it in a cookie on the user’s computer. The server also creates a file on the server to store the session variables for that user.The session ID in the cookie is used to identify the user’s session on the server. When the user navigates to a different page on the website, the session ID is sent back to the server in a cookie, and…

Your computer can get slow because of several reasons including cache, cookies, and more. However, you can clean your browser's cache, cookies, and history easily. Where do you go when you want answers to your questions? You search your browser. There is a lot of information about you stored on the browser you use. From the websites you visit to your passwords and browsing history, everything is stored on the browser and it remains there occupying valuable storage. Piling up of these information may lead to your…

Mehul Reuben DasJan 13, 2023 16:10:20 ISTIt seems that TikTok just can’t catch a break. After getting banned from state-owned computers and mobile devices in over 20 states in the United States of America, where it faces a possible federal-level ban, the social media company was fined $5.4 million by France for inappropriate handling of cookies and online tracking.  The $5.4 million fine and sanction on TikTok by France comes just a day after TikTok’s CEO met EU officials to assure them that all ByteDance ventures take…

Microsoft has teamed up with Oreo once again to create Xbox-themed Oreo cookies. There are six custom Xbox cookie designs in total, with one featuring the Xbox logo and additional cookies for each controller button and a directional arrow.The cookies are based on Oreo’s classic cookie-and-creme combination, but the packs will include special codes to unlock Oreo-themed armor packs or vehicle skins. In Halo Infinite there is Oreo-themed armor, which literally looks like a Spartan that has been dunked in an Oreo-flavored…

Microsoft Corp. was hit with a €60 million ($64 million) fine by France’s privacy watchdog over the way it manages cookies on its bing.com search engine and was ordered to make them more customer friendly. Microsoft Corp. was hit with a €60 million ($64 million) fine by France's privacy watchdog over the way it manages cookies on its bing.com search engine and was ordered to make them more customer friendly. CNIL, France's data protection authority said it carried out several checks on the website in September 2020…

PARIS—France’s privacy watchdog fined Microsoft Corp. MSFT -3.40% for not making it easy enough for users of its Bing search engine to reject cookies used for online ads, as part of a broader increase of enforcing Europe’s privacy laws. France’s data-protection regulator, the CNIL, said Thursday that it fined a Microsoft subsidiary in Ireland 60 million euros, equivalent to almost $64 million. The company hadn’t—until earlier this…

Nobody has had a better year than Steve Lacy. Since we spoke to him on the release of his second album, Gemini Rights, in July, the 24-year-old Californian singer, producer and guitarist has scored his first ever US No 1, with Bad Habit – voted by our critics as the song of the year – and found himself performing to increasingly frenzied crowds. TikTok may have helped Bad Habit sail to the top of the charts, but it was the uniform strength of Gemini Rights that made Lacy the year’s breakout star: its mix of indie…

Mondelez International Inc. MDLZ -0.70% said it has agreed to sell Trident, Dentyne and other gum brands in developed markets for $1.35 billion, part of the food company’s plan to focus on chocolates, cookies and other snacks. The buyer is Perfetti Van Melle Group, a candy maker known for global brands such as Mentos and Chupa Chups lollipops. Mondelez said the sale price represents a multiple of 15 times current year estimates for…