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Climbing prices for food, energy and housing squeezed shoppers’ wallets in June, driving consumer inflation to a 9.1% annual rate, the highest in nearly 41 years, the Labor Department said Wednesday. More than half of what the average household spends in each month goes toward these items combined.Below is a breakdown of what drove June’s inflation–and the (relatively few) areas in which price pressures eased, according to the department’s consumer-price index. Food A trip to the supermarket is…

These terms-of-service provisions are cumbersome and intended to create friction.Friction is a technique used to slow down internet users, either to maintain governmental control or reduce customer service loads. Autocratic governments that want to maintain control via state surveillance without jeopardizing their public legitimacy frequently use this technique. Friction involves building frustrating experiences into website and app design so that users who are trying to avoid monitoring or censorship become so…

Do you want to clear your Google Chrome cache and cookies to keep your browsing history secret? or is your browser working slow? Just do this.  Most of us are on Google Chrome browser. It is something that we use most of the time while surfing the Internet. However, continuous browsing leads to data accumulation, and it slows down the gadget as well as browser loading time. The internet browser becomes bloated as some of the data gets stored from the websites…

Website cookies are online surveillance tools, and the commercial and government entities that use them would prefer people not read those notifications too closely. People who do read the notifications carefully will find that they have the option to say no to some or all cookies. The problem is, without careful attention those notifications become an annoyance and a subtle reminder that your online activity can be tracked.As a researcher who studies online surveillance, I've found that failing to read the notifications…

Kellogg Co. K 2.06% ’s plan to spin off its cereal and plant-based foods businesses is renewing focus on corporate breakups in the U.S. food industry. Campbell Soup Co. CPB 0.92% , General Mills Inc. GIS 1.59% and other food makers for years have built out their baskets of brands, acquiring newer, trend-aligned products and pushing into other supermarket segments,…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People don't want science anywhere near their delicious chocolate chip cookies. But they're happy to have science create body wash that fights odor-causing bacteria. …

Google will introduce changes to the way it handles cookies for users living in the European Union (EU) in order to better comply with guidance from regulators, the company said on Thursday. Google will display an updated cookie banner — a requirement for all websites serving users in the EU — informing users how cookies are used, adding a new button to quickly reject all non-essential cookies. The changes will affect all users in the EU accessing the company's search engine and video sharing platform YouTube, according…