Read: The Bait-and-Switch Crisis: A Dangerous Disconnect Between Headlines and Content | Joan Westenberg
I’m also looking at you YouTube and those misleading thumbs. Feh!
Read: Chrome Web Store warns end is nigh for uBlock Origin | The Register
Reason: Cos Google doesn’t want you blocking their ads.
Remedy: uBlock Lite (maybe)
Read: 50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution | The Register
My first computer ran CP/M. My first job out of college was selling CP/M computers.
Link: UK’s only free-roaming bison herd thriving in Kent | BBC
#rewilding
Link: Finding the indie web is hard | Delyo’s garden
#indieweb
Link: Rabbit r1 AI assistant has secretly been storing user chats that can’t be deleted | ZDNET
However: a fix is on the way in an update.
To help preserve a safe Internet for content creators, we’ve just launched a brand new “easy button” to block all AI bots. It’s available for all customers, including those on our free tier.
Lots of interesting stuff about AIbots in that post. Also, IMO this kicks off the AI Wars.
Link: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1 Million from GitHub Founder | Lunduke
The “From Scratch” browser is preparing to take on Mozilla & Google