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alternative_right shares a report from Axios: Google has basically stopped sending people to websites (including our site) for answers and information. Instead, it’s using AI to answer them on its platform, in its words. Chartbeat data shared with Axio… Continue reading Publishers Are Losing Google Traffic As AI Answers Replace Links
With iOS 18.2, Apple will allow you to share the location of a lost AirTag with other people and with more than 15 different airlines. The Verge reports: When using the feature, you can generate a Share Item Location link within the Find My app on an i… Continue reading Apple Will Let You Share AirTag Locations With a Link
In 2018, Google replaced its URL shortener service, goo.gl, with Firebase Dynamic Links, citing “the changes we’ve seen in how people find content on the internet, and the number of new popular URL shortening services that emerged in that time.” Althou… Continue reading Google URL Shortener Links Will Return a 404 Response
Hackers targeting individuals in the cryptocurrency sector are using a sophisticated phishing scheme that begins with a malicious link on Calendly. “The attackers impersonate established cryptocurrency investors and ask to schedule a video conference c… Continue reading Calendar Meeting Links Used To Spread Mac Malware
Modern video games are almost always written on the backs of a game engine platform, and the two most popular are definitely Unreal Engine and Unity. Some bean counter at …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 24, 2023
In a period of less than nine months, Google received requests to remove over a billion links to pirate sites from its search engine. This is a significant increase compared to recent years, but not necessarily a new trend. More than a quarter of all r… Continue reading Google Search Asked To Remove One Billion ‘Pirate’ Links In 9 Months
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A Montreal man spent years trying to hold Google accountable for search results linking to a defamatory post falsely accusing him of pedophilia that he said ruined his career. Now Google must pay $… Continue reading Man Battling Google Wins $500K For Search Result Links Calling Him a Pedophile
Scammers are using invoices sent through PayPal.com to trick recipients into calling a number to dispute a pending charge. Krebs on Security reports: The missives — which come from Paypal.com and include a link at Paypal.com that displays an invoice f… Continue reading PayPal Phishing Scam Uses Invoices Sent Via PayPal
You’ve no doubt noticed by now that while some links are gold and/or bold, most links out there are blue, especially on web pages of yore. But why? the TL;DR …read more Continue reading So, Why Are Hyperlinks Blue, Anyway?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A security update will be applied to Drive,” Google’s weird new email reads. If you visit drive.google.com, you’ll also see a message saying, “On September 13, 2021, a security update will be appli… Continue reading What That Google Drive ‘Security Update’ Message Means