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The rise and fall of robots.txt
As unscrupulous AI companies crawl for more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.
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How Google RUINED the Internet
You may have noticed that Google isn't what it used to be. Search results are buried under ads and sponsored links, and when you do find a result, it's overflowing with SEO garbage. You aren't imagining things: the internet is getting quantifiably worse. In this video, Adam explains how the same Google that once helped make the internet more accessible to countless people has doomed the internet itself for the foreseeable future.
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Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good
The power of URL parameters lets you unofficially turn off Google's AI Overview.
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Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results
Google Search now has an option to search the "web," which is not the default anymore.
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Update your Chrome browser ASAP. Google has confirmed a zero-day exploited in the wild
A new Chrome JavaScript security hole is nasty, so don't waste any time patching your systems.
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Google Continues Mixing Generative AI into Cybersecurity
The new Google Threat Intelligence cloud service draws from Mandiant, VirusTotal, and its own insights and combines them with generative AI.
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Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry
Exclusive: Google has negotiated deepening the relationship during the war in Gaza.
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10 Reasons You Should Switch From Chrome to Firefox
Firefox provides many advantages over Chrome, including being more efficient, so your laptop battery lasts longer. Firefox doesn't track your internet activity for advertising purposes. Firefox has better privacy controls, including container functionality and VPN, enhancing your privacy and security online.
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How Google is killing independent sites like ours
And why you shouldn’t trust product reviews from big media publishers ranking at the top of Google.
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Google DeepMind’s new AI system can solve complex geometry problems
Its performance matches the smartest high school mathematicians and is much stronger than the previous state-of-the-art system.
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YouTube is loading slower for users with ad blockers yet again
Reports of buggy previews and inaccessible features for YouTube users with ad blockers enabled
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The Secret Life of the 500+ Cables That Run the Internet
Laced across the cold depths of the world's oceans is a network of multimillion-dollar cables, which have become the vital connections of our online lives.
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The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be
With Google dropping support for the oldest of social networks, Usenet is now left without another major entry gate.
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Today is the last day to save your unused Gmail account!
Google is set to delete inactive accounts starting December 1, 2023, to enhance security. The purge will only affect personal accounts.
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Google Messages prepares a feature that will do your ears a favor
Google Messages is will soon add a new Noise Cancelation feature to make voice messages sound clearer by reducing ambient noise.
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Amazon Building its Own Linux-Based OS to Replace Android
Amazon is reportedly working on its own Linux-based OS to replace Android on its Fire TVs, smart displays, and other non-tablet devices. —What's that?
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Is the Web-DRM Proposal Over?
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YouTube Has Around 1.5 Million ‘NFL Sunday Ticket’ Subscribers, Will Lose Over $1.2 Billion This Season: Morgan Stanley
Bank’s equity research unit forecasts heavy losses on the out-of-market games package through 2029
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Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection
Irish eyes may not be smiling
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Google Fiber is getting outrageously fast 20Gbps service
For now this is early access, but "most" customers will get upgraded eventually.
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