MakeUseOf: “Key Takeaways The invisible web is vast, including the deep & dark web. Specialist search engines like Ahmia and Torch can access it but use Tor to access individual sites from the search results. Sites like Pipl, Directory of Open Access Journals, The Wayback Machine, Veridian, and Project Gutenberg hold valuable content for different… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Search Engines
How to Declutter Your Google Search Results
How To Geek: “We hear it all the time: “Google search is getting worse!” The reasons why are many, but one of them just became fixable: cluttered results pages. Thanks to a new filter option, you can remove the cruft that’s been building up around certain types of searches, and you can even make it… Continue Reading
You Can’t Disable Meta AI, but Here’s How to Mute It Instead
MakeUseOf: “Meta AI is a personal assistant that helps you with information and tasks in Meta apps, such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Unfortunately, you can’t disable it, but you can mute it to turn off its notifications. Here’s how.” Continue Reading
5 Ways to Access Onion Sites Without Tor Browser
MakeUseOf: “Key Takeaways Onion sites are unindexed web addresses on the dark web with “.onion” suffixes. Compared to other methods, using the Tor Browser is the safest way to visit onion sites. Accessing onion sites using everyday browsers poses significant security risks. You can use Tor proxies, browser extensions, or Proton VPN to access onion… Continue Reading
Even if you think AI search could be good, it won’t be good
Pluralistic: “The big news in search this week is that Google is continuing its transition to “AI search” – instead of typing in search terms and getting links to websites, you’ll ask Google a question and an AI will compose an answer based on things it finds on the web: https://blog.google/products/search/generative-ai-google-search-may-2024/ – Google bills this as… Continue Reading
The Secret to Talking to an AI Chatbot
WSJ via MSN: “Want to get the best answers out of an AI? It’s all in how you talk to it. Tell it, for instance, to pretend it is Albert Einstein. Or that somebody’s life depends on the response. Or that it needs to stay focused on its goals. Prodding an artificial-intelligence chatbot is nothing… Continue Reading
7 Steps to Disprove a Conspiracy Theory
The Conversation: “Conspiracy theories are everywhere, and they can involve just about anything. People believe false conspiracy theories for a wide range of reasons – including the fact that there are real conspiracies, like efforts by the Sackler family to profit by concealing the addictiveness of oxycontin at the cost of countless American lives. The… Continue Reading
Google now offers ‘web’ search and an AI opt-out button
The Verge: “This is not a joke: Google will now let you perform a “web” search. It’s rolling out “web” searches now, and in my early tests on desktop, it’s looking like it could be an incredibly popular change to Google’s search engine. The optional setting filters out almost all the other blocks of content… Continue Reading
OpenAI announces new free model GPT-4o and ChatGPT for desktop
VentureBeat: “Today at its Spring Updates event, OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati announced a powerful new multimodal foundation large language model (LLM), GPT-4o (short for GPT-4 Omni), which will be made available to all free ChatGPT users in the coming weeks, and a ChatGPT desktop app for MacOS (later for Windows) that will allow… Continue Reading
Dexa AI-powered podcast search engine
“Dexa’s AI-powered search engine was specifically built with multi-modal expert content in mind. We’re able to index, analyze and transcribe every conversation with such precision that we can tell users exactly who was speaking, what they said and when in the episode they said it. Already, more than 50,000 users are visiting Dexa’s site each… Continue Reading
How to Get the Most Out of EV Features in Google Maps
MakeUseOf: ” Google Maps provides info on the availability & power capacity of charging stations to ease EV trip planning. Choose the right charging station with the correct plug type for your EV to avoid issues. Utilize Google Maps & EV apps to plan road trips, extending battery life & ensuring a smooth journey. With… Continue Reading
Leaving Google for Perplexity – An AI Based Search Engine
How to Geek – This AI search engine is redefining how we search the web: “…Why Do We Use Search Engines? You have a question. The internet has a lot of answers. The search engine is the bridge that connects your question to relevant answers. The keyword here is relevant. A good search engine will… Continue Reading
