Yesterday I paid for a year subscription of Kagi (@kagihq). I had been testing it for a few days and it reminds me of the olden days of Google.
Clean UI that gives me results at the top of the page.
Google has gone overboard with the ads and sponsored results cluttering the interface. Not to mention the AI overview at the top of each search.
End of Life: #Gemini will completely replace #GoogleAssistant later this year
End-to-end encrypted #RCS messaging on #iPhone coming in future software update
https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/end-to-end-encrypted-rcs-messaging-on-iphone/
As I predicted, it appears that #Google is about to effectively disable the udm=14 hack used to evade AI results in search.
If #Google hasn't actually become evil, it's certainly trying to APPEAR to be evil.
"Google refuses to deny it received encryption order from UK government"
The UK’s encryption-breaking order for a backdoor into iCloud isn’t a one-off.
The secret hearing happening RIGHT NOW is bigger than just Apple. If the government wins, our right to privacy and security falls.
Other services will be hit.
https://therecord.media/google-refuses-to-deny-it-received-uk-tcn
Sign our petition 
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted
Had enough of big tech browser corpos like Google (Chrome) or Mozilla (Firefox) collecting your data and selling them to Advertisers?
Then it is time to uninstall them and get yourself a Norwegian browser Vivaldi with 0 external investors!
Google's newest AI model can peruse your search history to improve its understanding of you as a person. @arstechnica asks: What could go wrong? #Google #AI #Gemeni #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/afRE32
A UK competition probe of mobile browsers finds that the Apple-Google duopoly is 'anti-innovation'.
A UK competition authority investigation of Apple and Google's mobile browsers has concluded that the mobile duopoly's policies are "holding back innovation” and could also be limiting economic growth.
Adventurers, I need help!
My old mind doesn't want to remember what other DeGoogled ROMs are available for an Android phone.
I remember /e/OS from Murena and then...blank.
Could you help me remember?
If you feel like it, a brief review would be greatly appreciated but isn't mandatory
Thank you!
If the target of a cyberwar is…a society, then the attack surface is… software that allows the attacker contact with the mind of the enemy. For Russia in 2015 and 2016, the American attack surface was the entirety of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Google.
—Timothy Snyder, The Road To Unfreedom (2018)
#russia #cyberwar #facebook #instagram #twitter #google
More on #Google layoffs
To clarify, that figure I noted earlier today for reported Google layoffs, while including new layoffs just now being reported, likely also included some other recent rounds of layoffs and buyouts.
If DOJ succeeds in forcing #Google to sell off Chrome and/or Android it will be a security and privacy DISASTER for billions of users.
Likely discussion at #Google:
"Gemini has ordered us to provide it with more money to burn. We need to cut out customer support teams by 75% immediately."
"Our ... what?"
The way I usually find out that Googlers I know have been fired is when their @google.com addresses suddenly start bouncing. #Google is VERY efficient at shutting those down within milliseconds of flushing loyal employees down the john.
Mia’s Simulacrum 
