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The White House hosted a virtual Purim gathering on Friday afternoon for approximately 30 administration staffers. Along with a message from Rabbi Levi Shemtov, several participants shared their thoughts on the holiday. The event, typically held in-person, did not feature a reading of the Megillah.
New UAE Ambassador to Israel Muhammad Mahmoud Al Khaja arrived in Israel this morning, and will present his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin later today.
Google’s search choice screen had virtually no effect on search market share, perhaps by design
Auction participants say the model favors ad-heavy search engines and redirects their profits to Google.
George Nguyen on February 17, 2021 at 8:00 am
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Google’s search choice screen was introduced nearly a year ago. It was created as a way to appease the European Commission after it fined the company €4.3 billion (roughly $5 billion), the largest antitrust fine the commission has ever imposed.
Looking at a chart of mobile search market share in Europe, you wouldn’t be able to tell that the sector is any more competitive now than it was before Google launched the search choice screen.
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Two crossed lines that form an X . It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg, and Ecosia CEO Christian Kroll Getty Images/DuckDuckGo/Ecosia
Rival search engine operators are eyeing Google s potential exit from Australia.
Google threatened to quit Australia if the firm implements new regulation over payments to news providers.
Ecosia CEO Christian Kroll said of replacing Google in Australia: Our servers could handle it.
Google s rivals say they would be ready to replace the tech giant in Australia if it follows through on threats to shut down its search engine in the country.
Global Privacy Control wants to succeed where Do Not Track failed
A new web standard is playing off of California’s powerful privacy law
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On today’s internet, information is nearly impossible to control. It’s become commonplace for a single website visit to spill over into targeted ads (often for something you’ve already bought) or unexpectedly canny spam emails. It’s assumed that information from your browsing history will be available to target your Instagram ads, and despite nominal commitments to privacy, tech companies have mostly given up trying to stop those data flows.
Privacy groups are hoping that a new standard, called Global Privacy Control, will change that. It’s designed as a global opt out, a general signal that users want as little data collection and sharing as possible. In particular, the GPC standard will let users signal that they don’t want services to share their data with third-party data brokers, something that is outside the
A DuckDuckGo sign off Interstate 95, West Palm Beach, Florida. December 31, 2020. This may be the only billboard sign for an Internet only business I have ever noticed that did not contain the web address.
PALM BEACH, FL – A couple of days ago I looked up and saw a highway sign and thought to myself, ‘great search engine, horrible name.’ That was after seeing a sign off I-95, in West Palm Beach, Florida advertising what is a better search engine then Bing and Yahoo, but still far less use. Also sort of odd, there was no web URL on the sign.
“Duck.com” was seen to have changed hands according to domain registrar details pointed out by domain industry website DotWeekly.com.