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Politico.eu: “Donald Trump’s return to the White House is forcing Europe to reckon with a major digital vulnerability: The U.S. holds a kill switch over its internet. As the U.S. administration raises the stakes in a geopolitical poker game that began when Trump started his trade war, Europeans are waking up to the fact that …
Using AI Right Now: A Quick Guide – “Which AIs to use, and how to use them. Every few months I put together a guide on which AI system to use. Since I last wrote my guide, however, there has been a subtle but important shift in how the major AI products work. Increasingly, it …
The Pentagon Pizza Orders Conspiracy Theory Explainer. The bigger the crisis and the more time government staffers are stuck in their offices, the more pizza they eat. At least that’s what the internet thinks according to the “Pizza Meter” theory, which some believe could even predict the beginning of a possible World War III. The …
404 Media: “This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn’t sure what the process is for solving the problem.” “Popular Information AI bots that scrape the internet for training data are hammering the servers of libraries, archives, museums, and galleries, and are in some cases knocking their collections offline, according …
The world’s best AI fact-checking tool is now available to all as a completely free GPT. “People rightly asked me for an introduction for people who have never used SIFT Toolbox. Here it is — I just released a non-hallucinating rigorous AI-based fact-checker that anyone can use for free. And I don’t say that lightly: …
Via LLRX– Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 21, 2025. 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 the increasingly …
This Gizmodo article over promises and has other issues, but it is worth the read. The referenced actions also work with ProtonVPN. I do not have YouTubePrime but am otherwise unable to access any videos while using an AdBlocker, with no subscription access. “Without YouTube Premium, you’re doomed to watch ads every few minutes, sometimes …
The DuckDuckGo browser’s built-in Scam Blocker guards against phishing sites, malware, and other common online scams. It’s on by default, so you’re protected as soon as you open the browser. NEW: Scam Blocker now also covers sham e-commerce sites, fake cryptocurrency exchanges, “scareware” that falsely claims your device has a virus, and other sites known …
Cyber Detective – PageCached is a simple and free online service for finding old versions of web pages in search engine caches and web archives. See also Quick Cache and Archive search
TIME: Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston area—into three groups, and asked them to write several SAT essays using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s search engine, and nothing at all, respectively. Researchers …
The Atlantic no paywall: “The AI takeover is changing everything about the web—and not necessarily for the better…Even without actively seeking out a chatbot, billions of people are now pushed to interact with AI when searching the web, checking their email, using social media, and online shopping. Ninety-two percent of Fortune 500 companies use OpenAI …
Inside Higher Education: “Within days of taking office, the Trump administration began purging federal demographic data—on a wide range of topics, including public health, education and climate—from government websites to comply with the president’s bans on “gender ideology” and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Over the past five months, more than 3,000 taxpayer-funded data sets—many …
