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Google makes us all dumber: The neuroscience of search engines
As search engines get better, we become lazier. We're hooked on easy answers and undervalue asking good questions
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Google trial lets you chat with doctors when you search for symptoms
Searching the web for symptoms of illness can be dangerous -- you could identify a real condition, but you also risk scaring yourself for no reason through a misdiagnosis. Google might have a solution that puts your mind at ease, though. The company has confirmed to Engadget that it's testing a Helpouts-style feature which offers video chats with doctors when you search for symptoms.
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Yahoo is Killing Its Web Directory, And With It A Little Bit of the Internet's Soul
I happen to remember the very first thing I did on the World Wide Web. It was the fall of 1994, and I performed a search for websites about one of my favorite comic strips, George Herriman's Krazy Kat. I was amazed by how many there were, and how easy it was to find them. (There might have been as many as fifteen or twenty.)
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Google 'discourages' old browser use
Google has started showing old versions of its search page to people using out-of-date versions of some web browsers. At the weekend, many people reported in a Google forum they were seeing 2013 versions of the Google and image search homepages when using older browsers.
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Google reveals new search upgrade
Google has unveiled an upgrade to the way it interprets users' search requests. The new algorithm, codenamed Hummingbird, is the first major upgrade for three years. It has already been in use for about a month, and affects about 90% of Google searches.
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Now we know how often the U.K. Parliament searches for porn
Ever wondered what goes on behind closed doors in the corridors of power? Now we know. U.K. members of Parliament, lords, and other parliamentary staff tried to access porn sites 300,000 times in a year.
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9 Unusual Facts That Will Make You Love Wikipedia
Wikipedia is incredible. It's free to use. It's the sixth-most-popular site in the world. An energetic army of volunteers keeps it current. And it pays its bills with donations.
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