Another set of chats I have had recently is the perennial does FB listen to me, and whilst, in the past I would say it probably does I now say no it doesn’t… and here…
I keep hearing from multiple sources that Google will be starting to charge more and cut free services as costs rise and more and more people are moving to alternatives. Now, of course, I have…
The EU has ordered both Apple and Google to cough up some large fines. Apple has to pay back £11 billion in taxes and Google has been fined £2 billion for market dominance abuse. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgwkwxr4eqo…
Google has decided to retire its url or links shortener service. It goes to show as people change their internet habits that both search and links are slowly dying out…. https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available
When lots of large well watched/read commentators start mocking Google you know, well, that they have messed up… Techlinked from the Linus guys is probably the most watched to do it, and other videos on…
Well it had to happen and the following article explains more, but saying to eat a rock a day is farcical! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11gzejgz4o
I am starting to see increased hostility against the AI crusade right now. Many people aren’t bothered but that has shown up as the massive drop in engagement and posts on social media in 2024…
I’m really not sure what this means moving forward, but I guess like a lot of people I’m going to have to say that generally people it is time to move away from googling for…
