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Despite shared concerns about Google's power, critics of the company and former executives express little agreement on what, if anything, can really be done to increase competition.
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Microsoft Edge offers a number of options for better data protection, but these settings are difficult to find. We'll show you three easy ways to protect your data.
Further reading: 5 ways Microsoft Edge is better than Chrome
1. Prevent third-party cookies
Cookies are small text files that are copied to your PC from the websites you surf. First-party cookies can only be read by the website that set them. In online shops, for example, they are used to identify the customer's shopping basket. Third-party cookies, on the other hand, are usually placed by advertisers. They're used to recognize the user, which is why they're also called tracking cookies.
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Bluesky has passed the 20 million user mark as the app continues its recent surge in growth. The decentralized service, which reached 15 million users less than a week ago, has just about tripled its user base in the last three months.
Though it's still far smaller than its rivals Threads and X, Bluesky's current momentum is notable. The app has had several days over the last week where it added a million new users in a single 24-hour period. That's similar to the growth rate of Threads, which has been getting a million new sign-ups a day for "going on three months," according to an update last week from Meta's Adam Mosseri. Threads reached 275 million monthly users earlier this month and has added at least 15 million since the start of November.
And while Bluesky remains the underdog, there are other signs it's gaining momentum. Bluesky has been the top app in Apple's App Store for the last six days and has been the top non-gaming app in Google Play for four days, according to data provided by analytics firm App Figures. Meta's Threads is currently in the number two spot on the App Store.
Though Bluesky has experienced other periods of significant growth over the last year, the recent surge is far bigger than what the open-source service has previously seen. The latest growth for Bluesky seems to be at least
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