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+2 +1ProtonMail rebrands as Proton: VPN, email and cloud storage now available under one bundle
Proton Mail, Proton VPN and Proton Drive now fall under a single $9.99/month subscription
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+10 +1DuckDuckGo caught giving Microsoft permission for trackers despite strong privacy reputation
DuckDuckGo is known for its privacy-first commitment to users on iOS, Android, browsers, and soon with its own Mac app. Now, a report puts in check the company’s privacy focus due to a search agreement with Microsoft that let the Redmond company continue tracking users on the browser.
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+22 +4The Future of Search Is Boutique
The way to improve search is not to mimic Google, but instead to build boutique search engines that index, curate, and organize things in new ways.
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+27 +4The Great Crypto Grift May Be Unwinding
As an inevitable crash occurs, many of the swindles and alleged swindles are coming to light.
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+16 +1'Overnight, everything I loved was gone': the internet shaming of Lindsey Stone
When a friend posted a photograph of charity worker Lindsey Stone on Facebook, she never dreamed she would lose her job and her reputation. Two years on, could she get her life back?
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+24 +3Some top 100,000 websites collect everything you type—before you hit submit
A number of websites include keyloggers that covertly snag your keyboard inputs.
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+29 +4This 'rater' gets paid $10 an hour to teach Google's algorithm — and he's not alone
Google Search may feel like magic, but the engine’s efficacy relies on hourly employees who work for a subcontractor.
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+20 +2Google almost convinced me to spend $400 on useless laser treatments
Online health information is terrible. How can we fix it?
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+20 +1Are Fiction Podcasts Adapted From Books a Thing We Want?
Podcasts have already demonstrated their likability, but what about podcasts adapted from books? This Rioter dives into a few.
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+14 +2Twitch Reportedly Considering Cutting Streamer Pay to Boost Its Own Profits
A new report suggests the site’s top streamers would see their share of subscriptions dip down from 70% to 50%.
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+15 +2It's the Billionaires' Internet, and We're Just Posting On It
You won't find liberation on a platform owned by this or that billionaire.
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+22 +4Twitter should have died long ago — let Elon Musk take it out back and shoot it
Twitter's reality-distortion field is damaging journalism, mental health and truth. Maybe Elon is doing us a favor
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+20 +1Pro-Russia Social Media Accounts Spread Obviously Fake Zelensky Cocaine Video
Shallow fake video continues years-long smear against Ukrainian president
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+17 +3YouTuber Trevor Jacob's pilot's license revoked by FAA after filmed plane crash
Trevor Jacob posted a 12-minute video of a crash to his YouTube channel and it has received more than 1.7 million views. The FAA has revoked his pilot's license.
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+19 +1Stephen King's ‘Scariest Work Yet’ Might Be This Ridiculous Microwave Recipe
The internet is in “misery” after the horror legend shared the recipe on Twitter.
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+29 +4Senators want to mandate anti-piracy technology across the web
Websites could face mandatory anti-piracy technology upgrades every three years.
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+13 +4Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms
The landmark web scraping case was bounced back to the Ninth Circuit by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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+22 +3DuckDuckGo insists it didn’t ‘purge’ piracy sites from search results
DuckDuckGo insists piracy search suppression is in error
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+21 +5DuckDuckGo removes search results for major pirate websites | Engadget
DuckDuckGo has delisted major pirate sites, and also appears to have scrubbed YouTube-DL..
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+25 +4Guy Buys NFT For $2.9 Million, Asks for $48 Million, Is Offered $3600
What is anything truly 'worth'? This dude is finding out
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