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Category Archives: Search Engines
The Future of Online Privacy Hinges on Thousands of New Jersey Cops
Wired [unaywalled]: “Removing your phone number and address from the internet can be exceedingly difficult. A multibillion-dollar lawsuit led by an unlikely privacy crusader could soon catalyze change for everyone…In a pile of lawsuits in New Jersey—drummed up by a 41-year-old serial entrepreneur named Matt Adkisson and five law firms, including two of the nation’s… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 23, 2024
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 23, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on… Continue Reading
The Website of Old YouTube Clips That Feels Like a Gut Punch
Wired unpaywalled: “Time capsules turn up in the most unexpected places online. This one surfaced by design. It’s a YouTube video, dated September 25, 2010. In it, dozens of people packed on a dark dance floor hold their hands up in anticipation of a beat drop. When it does, more hands go in the air.… Continue Reading
Brave Search adds AI chat for follow-up questions after your initial query
TechCrunch: “Brave announced on Thursday that it’s introducing an AI chat mode for follow-up questions based on initial queries on Brave Search. Earlier this year, the company launched “Answer with AI” summaries that appear above search results after you submit a query to give you an easy-to-read answer in response to a question. Now the… Continue Reading
Flush Toilet Finder
Flush Toilet Finder is the quickest, simplest way of finding a public bathroom or restroom. Simply open the app and it will display the nearest toilets to you. You can even search for restrooms without an internet connection! Search through over 200,000 public loos all around the world! Find which WC’s have disabled access, a… Continue Reading
Considerations for Effective Search Competition
Follow-up to previous posting – Judicial Remedies To Restore Competition in the Market for General Search – KGI Working Report, November 4, 2024. Considerations for Effective Search Competition. Alissa Cooper, Knight-Georgetown Institute; Jasper van den Boom, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf; Zander Arnao, Knight-Georgetown Institute – “…This report emphasizes several foundational principles for crafting effective remedies in… Continue Reading
This Bluesky Tool Makes It Easy to Find Accounts You’ll Want to Follow
Lifehacker: “Bluesky Network Analyzer looks at the people you’re already following, and then looks at the people they’re following to give you personalized recommendations…As I’ve also previously noted, the value you’ll get out of Bluesky is wholly based on who you follow there, since it isn’t really powered by an algorithm trying desperately to keep… Continue Reading
Is it Over Now (Social Media Version)?
The Scholarly Kitchen: “…For many years now, Twitter has been our leading social media source of referrals of readers. But over the last year, LinkedIn has started to catch up, and over the last 90 days, LinkedIn referrals surpassed those from Twitter, and are now bringing us 1.65 times as many readers. Bluesky remains far… Continue Reading
Judicial Remedies To Restore Competition in the Market for General Search
Yale Tobin Center for Public Policy. Judicial Remedies To Restore Lost Competition in the Market for General Search. September 4, 2024 (Working Draft). by Fiona Scott Morton, David Dinielli, Alissa Cooper, Gene Kimmelman, Margaret O’Grady. “The Trial – Last month, a United States federal judge found Google (today known as “Alphabet”) liable for illegal monopolization… Continue Reading
What Is Browser Fingerprinting? Here’s Everything You Need to Know
John Mateer – Medium: “You’re browsing the internet without a care in the world — why shouldn’t you? You’re internet savvy, after all. You take your privacy seriously. That’s why you pay $20 a month for a rotating VPN. Surfshark, NordVPN, Google One — ever heard of them? You’re ahead of the game. But you didn’t… Continue Reading
Can You Delete an Amazon Order From Your History?
How to Geek: “…The short answer is that you can’t completely delete an order from your history. The only option is to archive, which is Amazon’s way of allowing you to hide an order from your main order history. However, even when archived, the order remains in Amazon’s system (linked to your account), and it… Continue Reading
