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AI Agent, AI Spy

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‘Signal’ President and VP warn agentic AI is insecure, unreliable, and a surveillance nightmare

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Details disclosure element can now auto-expand using the browser’s find on page feature

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Homebrew gets GUI with Taphouse

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Image optimization

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Best alternative to Gmail and iCloud is Fastmail

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Put the link in the post, not the comments

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A free app to visualize your subscription costs

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Firefox is adding an AI kill switch

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Google Search expands Preferred Sources for Top Stories globally

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Did you know that Google has a free tool for analyzing competitors’ sites?

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WordPress adds notes to posts, continuing an industry trend towards more collaboration

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Episode 15: Interview with Mastodon creator Eugen Rochko

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Mastodon creator shares what went wrong with Threads and ponders the future of the fediverse

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You can now block specific spam referrers in Fathom Analytics

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Minimalist notes app ‘Recollect’ adds real-time collaboration

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Google adds custom annotations to Search Console

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Google finally found a way to convince businesses to replace Windows with ChromeOS

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Mastodon’s social posts are now optimized for Google Search

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Mastodon adds quote posts that prioritize user safety and privacy

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