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Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line

Ars Technica

Apple has suffered a blow in its efforts to salvage its lucrative search placement deal with Google. Google forks over that cash every year, and it's happy to do so to secure placement as the default search provider in the Safari desktop and mobile browser. Read full article Comments

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Google’s Gemini AI can now see your search history

Ars Technica

You'll be able to use the improved Deep Research to get in-depth information on a topic, and Google's newest reasoning model can peruse your search history to improve its understanding of you as a person. Gemini will even display a banner to remind you it's connected to your search history so you don't forget. What could go wrong?

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5 Ways to Build a Digital Community that will Transform Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It involves responding consistently to all incoming communication, including comments, direct messages, mentions, and shares. Liking and commenting on followers’ posts and stories builds stronger connections and signals that they are valued members of the community. Inbound Engagement is the foundation of authentic relationships.

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Mozilla and Google reportedly renew Firefox search agreement

The Verge

Mozilla and Google have extended their arrangement to keep Google the default search engine within the Firefox browser until at least 2023, ZDNet reported. Mozilla and Google did not immediately respond to requests for comment Saturday. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Mozilla also laid off about 70 people in January.

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Google says Bing users search for Google more than anything else

The Verge

“Google” is the most searched term on Bing “by far,” according to a lawyer working for Google’s parent company, Alphabet. The regulator says that Google will have to stop forcing handset makers to pre-install Chrome and Google search if they want to have Android. That most people would just use its search engine anyway.

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Pinterest Changes User Terms So It Can Train AI on User Data and Photos, Regardless of When They Were Posted

Futurism

Pinterest has promoted tools like a feature that lets users search by body type and its AI-powered ad suite, which according to Pinterest's most recent earnings report has boosted ad spending on the platform. And here I was hoping someday there'd be something done to slow the waves of AI slop on the site," reads one comment.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Brands that blog report 97% more links to their website and 434% more indexed pages in search engines. Second, search engines are consistently searching the web to index fresh content. Nonprofits that regularly post new content with keywords in the title are much more likely to get noticed by search engines, especially Google.

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