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Google claims it’s going to build its proprietary AMP using Web standards
Google has said that it wants to bring the benefits of its AMP specification to sites that stick with Web standards, offering them the same prominent search positioning that it currently only gives to sites using its proprietary tech. The 2015 introduction of Google's AMP, "Accelerated Mobile Pages," has been deeply contentious within the Web community. AMP is based on HTML, JavaScript, and other related technologies, with a bunch of non-standard alterations and restrictions to, Google says, achieve a number of things that are useful, especially for mobile browsers. AMP has three main parts: a restricted subset of HTML with custom AMP-specific tags for things like images, audio, and video; a special, mandatory JavaScript library that handles the custom tags, limited animations, and certain other features; and a caching proxy system, wherein Google validates AMP pages and serves them to clients itself. The purpose of these restrictions is to ensure that AMP pages are small, simple to … [Read more...] about Google claims it’s going to build its proprietary AMP using Web standards
Google looking to turn aspects of AMP caching technology into wider Web standard
By Roger Fingas Friday, March 09, 2018, 08:30 am PT (11:30 am ET) Google is hoping to have technology from its Accelerated Mobile Pages —currently used as a more open, though Google-preferred alternative to Apple News or Facebook Instant Pages —adopted as a broader Web standard. "Based on what we learned from AMP, we now feel ready to take the next step and work to support more instant-loading content not based on AMP technology in areas of Google Search designed for this, like the Top Stories carousel," the company said in a blog post. "This content will need to follow a set of future Web standards and meet a set of objective performance and user experience criteria to be eligible." AMP pages are streamlined and pre-cached, designed to load as quickly as possible on mobile devices. For both Google and publishers, this may increase the likelihood that someone will tap and generate ad revenue. Google prefers AMP pages in search results, though content doesn't have to pass … [Read more...] about Google looking to turn aspects of AMP caching technology into wider Web standard
HDR10+: the new HDR standard that’s taking a leaf out of Dolby’s book
We’re only part of the way into the era of HDR televisions, and we already have way too many standards to be dealing with. First came HDR10, then Dolby Vision, and more recently Hybrid Log Gamma and Advanced HDR.If you thought the situation was confusing before, buckle up, because you’re going to have to get familiar with another standard pretty soon. Its name is HDR10+, and it wants to bring the same advanced functionality of Dolby Vision to an open standard. Essentially what this means is that the players behind HDR10+ want to get the same Dolby Vision goodness without having to pay a licensing fee to Dolby, and what that means is scene-by-scene HDR mastering (enabled by its 'dynamic metadata') to get the best out of an entire film or TV show. It might have 10-bit color rather than Dolby Vision's 12-bit, but this should at least make for a better balance between light and dark scenes.Scared this is going to be another fly-by-night TV technology that can only be … [Read more...] about HDR10+: the new HDR standard that’s taking a leaf out of Dolby’s book
APRA focuses on bank cyber security with proposed standard
A draft standard released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority as part of a public consultation will impose a range of cyber security related obligations on APRA-regulated organisations such as banks. Under the draft standard, CPS 234, an APRA-regulated entity will be obliged to spell out the information security related roles and responsibilities of its board as well as “senior management, governing bodies and individuals”. An organisation will have to “maintain information security capability commensurate with the size and extent of threats to its information assets, and which enables the continued sound operation of the entity” and implement and systematically test appropriate security controls. Financial services organisations will also have to report “material” information security incidents to the regulator. “All APRA-regulated entities ... must operate on the basis that information security attacks are and will continue to … [Read more...] about APRA focuses on bank cyber security with proposed standard