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Old 01-04-2026, 11:16 PM   #3496
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Anyone know of a Search engine that has settings to ignore 'popular culture', 'sport' and 'celebrities' - I've tried all the usual suspects.
I applaud your pursuit.

Windows 11 (if you do something wrong) puts "news items" on your start menu.
"Glance" for Android puts "news items" on your lock screen.
Motorola's own version of this is on steroids and reinstalls itself after you disable it unless you use ADB.

These items open my eyes to a new and unfamiliar world for me.
I usually can't even identify the context of what they're talking about.
"Oh, A and B have escalated their feud? Who are they? Why should anyone care?"
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Old 01-05-2026, 10:34 AM   #3497
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Like most people in this thread, I am deeply skeptical of AI.

However, since I've started getting "AI summaries" in my news feed, I have noticed one positive thing they do: ignore the stupid clickbait article titles and tell me the actual thing.

It's hard to know whom to root for in this scenario. Because on the one, fuck AI. But on the other hand, fuck clickbait. I worry that AI will be the death knell of traditional media, but if the only media left already is clickbait articles, then I'm okay with it burning to the ground.
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Old 01-05-2026, 10:55 AM   #3498
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However, since I've started getting "AI summaries" in my news feed, I have noticed one positive thing they do: ignore the stupid clickbait article titles and tell me the actual thing.
Which is great until they tell you outright lies. Over the weekend, ChatGPT's summaries insisted that the US invasion of Venezuela didn't happen. You can't trust the clickbait titles because they're designed to trick you, and you can't trust the thing that's supposed to cut through the clickbait titles because they're designed to show you what the operators want you to see rather than the truth. Which is to say, they're also designed to trick you.
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Old 01-05-2026, 11:09 AM   #3499
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Which is great until they tell you outright lies. Over the weekend, ChatGPT's summaries insisted that the US invasion of Venezuela didn't happen. You can't trust the clickbait titles because they're designed to trick you, and you can't trust the thing that's supposed to cut through the clickbait titles because they're designed to show you what the operators want you to see rather than the truth. Which is to say, they're also designed to trick you.
Possibly. But at least from what I've seen, it did a decent enough job to let me deduce what the article was about, and make a decision about whether to read it.

For example, here's a clickbait article that showed up in my news feed:
The Surprising Reason This Obscure Star Wars Game’s Price Has Quadrupled

Meanwhile, the Google News AI summarized it as (paraphrasing):
"Star Wars: Racer Revenge’s has skyrocketed in value because it contains a potential exploit for hacking the PS5."

That's not a classical newspaper headline, but it more closely follows the spirit of old headlines, which is to convey information, and let me decide whether I want to read more about it (I would), rather than the clickbait method of "Titillate the reader and withhold all useful information until they open the article."
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Old 01-05-2026, 11:11 AM   #3500
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Like most people in this thread, I am deeply skeptical of AI.
I agree. It's certainly to the point that you can never believe a photo of anything.

I do notice that in my internet searches I tend to format my queries more often as a question now.
I do not mind AI if my question is "How do I get rid of <annoying feature> in <application>?"
It doesn't really matter if it gives me wrong or outdated info half the time.
If in five seconds it gives me something that might be worthwhile that's ok.

Thing thing is to keep up our distrust and skepticism as AI gets better.
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Old 01-05-2026, 04:56 PM   #3501
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Old 01-17-2026, 05:48 PM   #3502
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Apropos of nothing - the ietf just had it's 40th birthday

The ietf curates the Requests for Comments (RFC) that 'standardise' the internet architecture - sadly not the content.
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Old 01-27-2026, 01:55 AM   #3503
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Something that I find very irritating is when I was shopping for music on Amazon. I found a song I was interested in and tried to purchase it. However, when I clicked on the button to purchase it indicated that it was not available for purchase. This isn't the first time. The frustration is that it was in the Amazon's Download Store yet I couldn't purchase the song. I understand that there may be rights issues that prevent songs from being sold, but if it is in the Download Store it should be available for sale. If it not available for sale why would it be in that area of the store?
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Old 02-03-2026, 11:11 PM   #3504
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Anyone here have experience of attaching an Apple Magic keyboard to an iPhone via Bluetooth?
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Old 02-13-2026, 06:02 PM   #3505
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Although this isn't specifically technology, this seems to be the most appropriate place to post it.

Why are shows edited so badly that parts great parts are left out. An example of this is the "Argument Sketch" from Monty Python's Flying Circus. For years every time the sketch as been aired it cuts off at the end of the "Getting Hit On The Head" part. However, the full sketch continues on with the appearance of Police Officers who stop the sketch because it has violated standards. I finally saw the missing piece when I was viewing a reaction video for the sketch.

This is why I'd rather watch shows/cartoons on home video: So I can see the complete show/cartoon. If Wile E. Coyote falls off of a cliff, I want to see him hit the ground!
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Western Digital Has No More HDD Capacity Left, as CEO Reveals Massive AI Deals; Brace Yourself For Price Surges Ahead!

Goddamn it.
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Holy smokes. Look at the stocks for some of these companies (AI, storage, memory, ...).
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Not again. Computers are going to be priced out out of the range of the ordinary person.
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HP already going to renting computers:
https://wccftech.com/hp-response-to-...-rent-laptops/

Someone should rent one and overclock the hell out of it and then play some Denuvo-infected games
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