TechRepublic: “…As much as we may resist the idea of being tracked online, we’re often told it’s necessary to give us personalized results. DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg disagrees: It’s actually a big myth that search engines need to track your personal search history to make money or deliver quality search results. Almost all of the… Continue Reading
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Google is adding an interactive periodic table to search
The Verge: “Google search now has an interactive periodic table you can check out to learn a lot more about the elements. You can find it by searching for “periodic table” and clicking the “explore elements” button on the right side of the page or by navigating to it directly right here. I wasn’t the… Continue Reading
Where extreme weather is getting even worse, in one map
Vox – “A new UN interactive atlas reveals how climate change will shape weather around the world. Humans have warmed the planet by an average of 1.2 degrees Celsius since industrialization began in the 19th century. This small-sounding change has helped fuel severe wildfires, record-breaking heatwaves, floods, and an ever-growing list of other disasters. What’s… Continue Reading
New safety and digital wellbeing options for younger people on YouTube and YouTube Kids
YouTube Official Blog: “Today, we’re announcing additional protections for people under 18 on YouTube and YouTube Kids. Younger people use YouTube every day to discover new interests, learn about the world, and connect with the world through online video. But it’s essential that as they do, they have the options and safeguards to create the… Continue Reading
MIT Technology Search Portal
INSTRUCTIONS before you search – 1. Put in a keyword related to a technology (not specific products) and click on search button on the search page 2. Use back button to perform another search 3. There is no spell-check. Please be careful with spelling 4. Advanced search: Please use “|” or “&” or “~” for… Continue Reading
Google is starting to tell you how it found Search results
Reuters: “Alphabet’s Google will now show its search engine users more information about why it found the results they are shown, the company said on Thursday. It said people googling queries will now be able to click into details such as how their result matched certain search terms, in order to better decide if the… Continue Reading
How to Stay Under Your 15 GB of Free Storage From Google
Wired: If you’re smart about how you use your space in the cloud, you don’t have to pay extra -“Sign up for a Google account and you get 15 GB of cloud storage space for free, split across three main products—Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos. Once you exceed that limit, you need to sign… Continue Reading
DuckDuckGo’s new email privacy service forwards tracker-free messages
Bleeping Computer: “DuckDuckGo is rolling out an email privacy feature that strips incoming messages of trackers that can help profile you for better profiling and ad targeting. Users of the service get a free “@duck.com” email address that cleans messages of trackers and forwards them to your normal inbox. Currently in private beta, DuckDuckGo’s Email… Continue Reading
Google Maps now tells you how packed your train will be
ZDNet: “Google is using artificial intelligence to improve Google Maps’ ability to help commuters understand how busy the public transport on their journey will be. Google is trialling new carriage-level Maps ‘crowdedness prediction’ technology in New York and Sydney, where it will attempt to show the real-time state of each carriage. The feature relies on… Continue Reading
Google’s new ‘quick delete’ erases the last 15 mins of your search histo
ZDNet: “Google is rolling out new privacy-focused features for those who sign into search with a Google Account. Now, in the Google Account Menu, there’s a new “quick delete” option on the Google mobile app that deletes the last 15 minutes of search history with a tap of a button. The option is viewable by… Continue Reading
10 Clever Google Maps Settings Everyone Should Be Using
Lifehacker: “Every time you head out to a new location, there’s a good chance you instinctively pull up Google Maps to help guide you there — there’s no better tool out there for navigation and traffic updates. But even if you use it practically every day, there’s a good chance that you haven’t made the… Continue Reading
Who did that website belong to?
Tools for Reporters: “You may already be familiar with WHOIS, the directory of website registrants. Under ICANN rules, you have to have contact info registered for a domain, and that contact info used to be public. Sadly, that changed in 2018 and much of the information is now redacted. But! A tool called WHOIS History… Continue Reading
