They renamed it because they think it gives a better explanation.
FLEDGE is a proposal to serve remarketing and custom audience use cases, designed so third parties cannot track user behavior.
https://privacysandbox.com/intl/en_us/news/protected-audience-api-our-new-name-for-fledge
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