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I've been writing about search engines and online information collections since 1996. My first book, OFFICIAL NETSCAPE GUIDE TO INTERNET RESEARCH, came out that year. I'm still obsessed with them over 25 years later. ResearchBuzz Firehose contains the individual items listed in ResearchBuzz newsletter, only separately tagged and categorized so they're easier to follow via RSS feed or search feed.
NextGov: NIST may not resolve vulnerability database backlog until early 2025, analysis shows. “The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Vulnerability Databa… Read More
Gizmodo: AI Learning From Its Own Nonsense Might Just Self-Destruct, Experts Warn. “AI models can degrade themselves, turning original content into irredeemable gibberish over just a f… Read More
Portland State University: Creating A Statewide Biking And Walking Database For California. “Knowing how many people use walking and bicycling infrastructure is crucial for transportat… Read More
Government Technology: Louisiana to Roll Out AI Reading Tutor in 25 School Districts. “The literacy software company Amira Learning announced a partnership with the Louisiana Departmen… Read More
Kentucky Community & Technical College System: KCTCS launches new net price calculator to increase financial transparency for students. “The Kentucky Community and Technical Colleg… Read More
DHL Group: Google and DHL collaborate on sustainable worldwide shipping. “DHL and Google, one of the largest technology companies in the world, have announced a partnership to utilize… Read More
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum: Lincoln Presidential Library Launches Online ‘Picturing Lincoln’ Project. “A new ‘Picturing Lincoln’ initiative… Read More
Variety: Top Hollywood Law Firm Launches Service to Combat Soaring Celebrity Deepfake Phenomenon. “Venable LLP, whose clients include Swift, Peyton Manning and “La La Land”… Read More
BBC: MrBeast co-host quits after grooming allegations. “MrBeast’s YouTube co-host Ava Kris Tyson has quit the channel after grooming allegations, which she denies. The 28-year-ol… Read More
American Legion: 70 years of Legion Baseball rule books now available on Digital Archive. “Learn about American Legion Baseball with more than 70 years of digitized rule books, startin… Read More
TechCrunch: Google makes its Gemini chatbot faster and more widely available. “Starting Thursday, Gemini 1.5 Flash — a lightweight multimodal model Google announced in May &mdash… Read More
North Carolina State University: How a ‘Digital Twin’ Can Make Wireless Networks Faster, More Reliable. “Computer science researchers have developed a new method for predic… Read More
LiveScience: Sending ‘touch’ over the internet could soon be as easy as sending a video with new haptic file format. “Researchers have developed a ‘Haptic Codecs for… Read More
Japan Times: 25-year-old arrested over fake rescue requests on social media. “Ishikawa prefectural police on Wednesday arrested a 25-year-old corporate employee for allegedly posting f… Read More
The Guardian: OpenAI tests new search engine called SearchGPT amid AI arms race. “OpenAI is testing a new search engine that uses generative artificial intelligence to produce results… Read More
US Department of Education: Unveiling New Tools for Educators, School Counselors and Advisors: Enhance College Decision-Making with Our Latest College Scorecard Toolkits. “Today, the D… Read More
Bloomberg: Meta Removes 63,000 Accounts Linked to Sextortion Scammers. “Meta Platforms Inc. removed 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria linked to scammers who were using its social me… Read More
International Business Times: US Lawmakers Urge Meta To Delay Shutting Down Transparency Tool. “US lawmakers voiced ‘concern’ Wednesday over Meta’s decision to shut d… Read More
The Verge: Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay. “Reddit is ramping up its crackdown on web crawlers. Over the past few weeks, Reddi… Read More
DigitalNC: The Bard Arrives Online with New Shakespeare Festival Records!. “Thanks to our partner at High Point Museum, DigitalNC now includes over thirty new programs, playbills, and… Read More
Smithsonian Magazine: Botanists Vote to Remove Racial Slur From Hundreds of Plant Species Names. “After six days of heated discussions, 556 researchers at the International Botanical C… Read More
American Hotel & Lodging Association: AHLA launches Hospitality Law Database for hoteliers. “The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) today announced the launch of its H… Read More
University of Maryland Baltimore County: New experimental archeology course connects students with premodern craft traditions. “A mix of handiwork and historical research into craft tr… Read More
Denver Post: A Denver entrepreneur’s new app connects neighbors with extra food to people in need. “The free app follows a basic premise: A user in a small geographic area who wa… Read More
VentureBeat: Stability AI steps into a new gen AI dimension with Stable Video 4D. “While there is a growing set of gen AI tools for video generation, including OpenAI’s Sora, Run… Read More
The Verge: Google has big new ideas about the Play Store. “The company previewed some of the latest updates at a media briefing in New York City on Tuesday. Google Play VP Sam Bright h… Read More
Bleeping Computer: Over 3,000 GitHub accounts used by malware distribution service. “Threat actors known as ‘Stargazer Goblin’ have created a malware Distribution-as-a-Serv… Read More
Northeastern Global News: Google’s brand ads are a “sham” but companies have to buy them anyway, new report finds. “Christo Wilson, professor in Northeastern Universi… Read More
TechCrunch: Apple Maps launches on the web to challenge Google Maps. “Apple announced on Wednesday that Apple Maps is now available on the web via a public beta, which means you can no… Read More
ZDNet: Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source. “Several European countries are betting on open-source software. In the United States, eh, not so much. In th… Read More
CreativeBoom: Cadbury uses AI to let you star in one of its classic ads from the last 200 years. “The tool, built by VCCP’s digital agency Bernadette, allows users to upload self… Read More
Variety: Bob Marley Expert Roger Steffens Sells His Massive Reggae Archives in ‘Multimillion Dollar’ Deal (EXCLUSIVE). “Longtime reggae collector, Bob Marley expert, radio… Read More
ZDNet: Slack now offers four iPhone widgets – here’s how you can use them. “If you have an iPhone and regularly use Slack, you should appreciate Slack’s four new widg… Read More
TechCrunch: Backed by Microsoft, AWS and Meta, the Overture Maps Foundation launches its first open map data sets. “For context, maps are essentially ‘layers’ that can be t… Read More
WUSF: Florida moves forward on a social media law. “The law, which will take effect Jan. 1, seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social media accounts on at least some p… Read More
Washington Post: Virtual reality players are suffering real broken bones, other injuries. “A study published last year found just 125 incidents of VR-related injuries were reported to… Read More
Phys.org: Museum collections indicate Central Europe was a global biodiversity hotspot 15 million years ago. “The collections of natural history museums are unique archives of evolutio… Read More
Scholarly Kitchen: Woefully Insufficient Publisher Policies on Author AI Use Put Research Integrity at Risk. “There is broad consensus in scholarly publishing that AI tools will make t… Read More
Bleeping Computer: Telegram zero-day allowed sending malicious Android APKs as videos. “A Telegram for Android zero-day vulnerability dubbed ‘EvilVideo’ allowed attackers t… Read More
The Verge: Adobe rolls out more generative AI features to Illustrator and Photoshop. “Adobe is introducing some new tools and generative AI features to its Illustrator and Photoshop de… Read More
New York Times: A.I. Can Write Poetry, but It Struggles With Math. “Chatbots like Open AI’s ChatGPT can write poetry, summarize books and answer questions, often with human-level… Read More
Courthouse News Service: Senate to take up legislation hiking online privacy for minors, Schumer says. “The Senate will vote this week on legislation aimed at holding tech companies ac… Read More
Emojipedia: X Redesigns Water Pistol Emoji Back To A Firearm. “The social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) has redesigned its Water Pistol emoji to display as an actual fi… Read More
The Register: CrowdStrike blames a test software bug for that giant global mess it made. “CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in its own test software for the mass-crash-event it caused last… Read More
FCC: FCC unveils new app to test accuracy of a provider’s broadband coverage. This link goes to a .txt file. “The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday revealed the lau… Read More
How-To Geek: How I Made a Minimalist Dumb Phone With Free Software. “I carried around a Light Phone 2 for years, but as an LTE-only phone, it didn’t get strong reception where I… Read More
Bloomberg: Google’s aborted deals show antitrust’s long shadow over tech. “Google has faced a litany of monopoly cases around globe over the last decade, with scrutiny grow… Read More
Wilson Center: Days Later, Global Fallout From CrowdStrike Outage Continues. “The massive IT outage caused by a faulty software update from the cybersecurity firm, CrowdStrike crippled… Read More
Investing.com: Google Search and Cloud strength help Alphabet edge past analyst estimates. “Alphabet Inc. reported second-quarter financial results Tuesday that were mostly above the a… Read More
Carnegie Mellon University: Carnegie Mellon Announces Online Graduate Certificate To Master Generative AI, Large Language Models. “In just a few years, the development and applications… Read More
NOAA Fisheries: New Tool: Fish and Shrimp Data on Demand. “NOAA Fisheries has a new data visualization tool that provides abundance indices for 25 species in the Gulf of Mexico and 18… Read More
ZDNet: This Firefox extension is a must-have tool for YouTube super users. “YouTube fans should take advantage of this extension which makes you wonder why your browser doesn’t i… Read More
University of Alabama at Birmingham: Extended reality improves the mental and physical health of children with disabilities: Here is how. “Children with disabilities are three times m… Read More
Lifehacker: Skip Through the Silent Parts of a Video With This Browser Extension. “Want to quickly power through a lecture or educational video, but don’t want to distort the spe… Read More
XXL: Several NBA Teams Sued for Using Specific Rap Songs in Social Media Posts. “On July 18, Kobalt Music Publishing, Artist Publishing Group and others fired off multiple lawsuits in… Read More
Clemson University News: New visualization techniques could help create 3D models that are easier to use. “Digital 3D models have helped rescuers analyze hazardous environments, scient… Read More
Sky News: Kim Philby: British Library wanted to buy personal archive of notorious KGB double agent. “The British Library wanted to acquire the personal archive of the notorious double… Read More
EU-Startups: EU-Startups launches a dedicated Investor Database – featuring 4,000 European VC firms, accelerators and corporate VCs. “At EU-Startups, we are thrilled to announce… Read More
How-To Geek: How You Can Keep Your Tech Cool During Extreme Hot Weather. “Living in South Asia, where summer temperatures can soar to 113F, keeping my devices safe from heat has always… Read More
PRWeb: California Suicide Prevention Network (CALISPN) Launches New Online Directory for Mental Health and Wellness Professionals and Advocates (PRESS RELEASE). “California Suicide Pre… Read More
Korea Herald: Drunk drivers’ online community stirs controversy. “An online community dealing with information about administrative actions related to drunk driving has sparked d… Read More
Spotted via Calishat Snaps: Query.rs, a search engine for Rust. From the About page: “Query.rs is a static search engine for Rust. Static means all search indexes are built in advance… Read More
TechCrunch: Made by Google 2024: Pixel 9, Gemini, a new foldable and other things to expect from the event. “Google’s next big hardware event is set for August 13 at 10 a.m. PT… Read More
Europol: Fragmented and multiplied cybercriminal landscape, warns new Europol report. “Recent law enforcement operations have prompted ransomware groups to splinter and rebrand under d… Read More
Tom’s Hardware: Custom Linux-powered Smart TV breaks free from ads and tracking, enables ultimate customizability — EarlGreyTV straps a laptop to the back to unlock unlimited con… Read More
ZDNet: Cloudflare reports almost 7% of internet traffic is malicious. “In its latest State of Application Security Report, Cloudflare paints a sobering picture of the internet’s… Read More
SF Gate: In shock move, California Forever pulls measure to build Bay Area city. “A group of tech billionaires and millionaires has pulled its ballot measure that aimed to build a utop… Read More
The Verge: CrowdStrike has a new guidance hub for dealing with the Windows outage. “CrowdStrike has published a new ‘Remediation and Guidance Hub’ that collects details rel… Read More
Brigham Young University: The sail before the trail: BYU Library resource documents Latter-day Saint pioneers at sea. “For nearly three decades, [Professor Fred E.] Woods and a team of… Read More
USGS: Updates to international database provide powerful insights on valuable byproduct minerals. “The geological surveys of the U.S., Australia, and Canada are unveiling major updates… Read More
TechCrunch: Google’s Jigsaw open sources Altitude to help online platforms weed out extremist content. “Google’s incubator subsidiary Jigsaw has open-sourced a counterterro… Read More
US National Science Foundation: Historic records provide new insight. “U.S. National Science Foundation-funded researchers recently released a new study in Ecology and Evolution outlin… Read More
The Guardian: UK watchdog accuses Apple of failing to report sexual images of children. “The UK’s National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) accuses Apple… Read More
Reuters: X Corp hit with lawsuit from PR firm over ‘X’ trademark. “Elon Musk’s X social media platform violates the trademark rights of PR firm Multiply, according to… Read More
Emptywheel: When Techbros’ Circle Jerk Becomes A Circular Firing Squad. “The entire technology environment from social media to apps to network to cloud is ripe for a generationa… Read More
TorrentFreak: Link-Busters Sent a Billion DMCA Takedown Requests to Google Search. “Link-Busters has become the first anti-piracy company to report more than a billion ‘copyright… Read More
University of California Riverside: Digital games on vaping devices could lure more youth to nicotine addiction. “In an ‘Industry Watch’ research paper in the journal Tobac… Read More
MIT Technology Review: Google’s New Weather Prediction System Combines AI With Traditional Physics
MIT Technology Review: Google’s new weather prediction system combines AI with traditional physics. “Researchers from Google have built a new weather prediction model that combin… Read More
Calishat: Upgrading WikiCat Main Characters. “The new WMC lets you limit your results to living persons only (it does this by looking for a Wikidata property for death date, so nonlivi… Read More
The Famuan: FAMU’s Meek-Eaton Black Archives tours cyberspace. “On July 1, Florida A&M University (FAMU) announced that the distinguished Meek-Eaton Southeastern Regional Bla… Read More
Heise Online: Anonymous against pedos: Hackers hijack pedophiles’ darknet image service. “Activists from the hacker collective Anonymous claim to have succeeded in taking over th… Read More
Phys.org: A new approach to regulating speech on social media: Treating users as workers. “Arguments for and against regulating speech on social media tend to view platforms as offerin… Read More
Internet Archive Blog: Seeking Authors & Books to Feature in Our Book Talk Series with Authors Alliance . “AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS: We are looking for books (both new & classi… Read More
Mumbrella: Google agrees to renew news media deals… for now. “According to the AFR, Google has re-committed to funding agreements with News Corp following a three-year deal, as… Read More
TechRadar: Google may be planning a Gemini-powered rival to the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. Hopefully not Glassholes 2.0. “In our Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses review, we described the ga… Read More
USA Today: SEC sues ex-chief of corporation that helped former Trump’s social media company go public. “The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday sued Patrick Orla… Read More
New York Times: The Data That Powers A.I. Is Disappearing Fast. This link goes to a gift article. “For years, the people building powerful artificial intelligence systems have used eno… Read More
Hackaday: Free And Open E-Reader From The Ground Up. “While there are a few off-brand e-readers that allow users to take a bit of control back and manually manage their files and libra… Read More
US Department of Justice: FOIA.gov Search Tool Adds Law Enforcement User Journey. “FOIA.gov, the government’s central resource for information about the Freedom of Information Ac… Read More
NHK World Japan: Damages trial begins in Tokyo over Google Maps reviews. “A Tokyo court has begun hearing a damages case brought by plaintiffs who claim US tech giant Google failed to… Read More
France Minister of Culture: Living Horse Museum of Chantilly Castle: unique collections online. “The Living Museum of the Horse, located in the Great Stables of the Château de Ch… Read More
Search Engine Journal: Google Confirms Ranking Boost For Country Code Domains. “Google’s Gary Illyes answered a question about a ranking preference given to sites that use countr… Read More
ZDNet: OpenAI offers GPT-4o mini to slash the cost of applications. “OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a stripped-down version of its GPT-4o large language model, GPT-4o mini, which the star… Read More
University of California Davis: E-Sales of a Wild Bat Sold as Décor Threaten Species. “A fiery orange bat, its wings folded and tiny teeth forever bared on its fuzzy face, is mo… Read More
University of Washington: Even on Instagram, teens mostly feel bored. “New research from the University of Washington finds, though, that while some teens do experience negative feelin… Read More
Berkeley, Haas School of Business: Strangers Trust Others More When They Put Down Their Phones. “In a novel laboratory experiment, [Sandy] Campbell and Uri Gneezy of UC San Diego&rsquo… Read More
The Verge: Microsoft Releases Recovery Tool To Help Repair Windows Machines Hit By CrowdStrike Issue
The Verge: Microsoft releases recovery tool to help repair Windows machines hit by CrowdStrike issue. “Microsoft has released a recovery tool that’s designed to help IT admins re… Read More
Ars Technica: Dirty diaper resold on Amazon ruined a family business, report says. “Paul and Rachelle Baron, owners of Beau & Belle Littles, told Bloomberg that Amazon is supposed… Read More
The Map Room: Google Maps Navigation Updates. “Google Maps is introducing a speedometer and speed limits to iOS and Carplay; the feature has been on Android since 2019. Meanwhile, Goog… Read More