Google’s AI Overviews in Search Appear to Be Deeply Flawed

In its race to keep Google Search relevant against AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s new AI Overviews in search results may have a serious quality control problem.
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IT pros targeted with malicious Google ads for PuTTY, FileZilla

An ongoing malvertising campaign is targeting IT administrators looking to download system utilities such as PuTTY (a free SSH and Telnet client) and FileZilla (a free cross-platform FTP application). “We have reported this campaign to Google but… Continue reading IT pros targeted with malicious Google ads for PuTTY, FileZilla

Digital Markets Act Will Allow EU Users to Unlink Google Services

Google will allow users in Europe to unlink some of its services once the EU’s Digital Markets Act takes effect on March 6, 2024.
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I’ve Been Using DuckDuckGo Search for Two Weeks and the World Didn’t End (Premium)

Two weeks ago, I configured DuckDuckGo as the default search engine in Brave, which promptly synced that setting to all my PCs. This isn’t the first time I’ve experimented with an alternative—meaning, non-Google—Internet search provider, of course…. Continue reading I’ve Been Using DuckDuckGo Search for Two Weeks and the World Didn’t End (Premium)