📰 Google News Tab Concerns, Bluesky Opens Federation, Windows Launches AI Eraser
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Google tests removing the News tab from search results. News publishers are worried — with good reason — about changes coming to Google Search. AI-generated content replacing links on some of the most valuable space on the internet, in particular, has left media types with a lot of questions, starting with “is this going to be a traffic-destroying nightmare?”
The News filter disappearing from Google search results for some users this week won’t help publishers sleep any easier. By Sarah Stonbely via Nieman Lab
𝕏: Amid mass media layoffs, Google tests removing the News tab from search results - philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_)
Bluesky opens up federation, letting anyone run their own server. Social network Bluesky, a competitor to X, Threads, Mastodon and others, is opening up its doors with today’s news that the network is now opening up federation, following its public launch earlier this month. The move will allow anyone to run their own server that connects to Bluesky’s network, so they can host their own data, their own account and make their own rules. By Sarah Perez via TechCrunch
𝕏: Bluesky is federating the right way. Mastodon is basically little social sites reading each others rss feed, while Bluesky is lead by a badass former zcash engineer. If you care about decentralized social, you should be integrating with At Protocol - Alex Van de Sande (avsa.eth) (@avsa)
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Windows is getting its own Magic Eraser to AI-modify your photos. Google and Samsung aren't the only ones baking magical AI selective photo erasers into their devices — they're about to become table stakes for Windows PCs too. Microsoft has just announced Generative erase, a feature that lets you do similar things in the Photos app that comes bundled with Windows. By Sean Hollister via The Verge
𝕏: What is even a photo anymore? - Aditya Kuber (@adityakuber)
Elon Musk claims he's creating a Gmail rival dubbed 'XMail. The tech entrepreneur has revealed a product called 'XMail' is 'coming' READ MORE: Elon Musk launches his answer to ChatGPT called 'Grok' Elon Musk has already released his own version of ChatGPT. Now it seems the tech entrepreneur is about to take on Google's Gmail by creating an email service of his own. By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline via Mail Online
Cyberattack downs pharmacies across America. IT provider Change Healthcare has confirmed it shut down some of its systems following a cyberattack, disrupting prescription orders and other services at pharmacies across the US. The technology outfit is one of the largest in the country of its of its kind, and is used by pharmacists to check patients' eligibility for treatments and process orders for medication given their insurance situation, among many other things. By Jessica Lyons via The Register
𝕏: Apparently one of the key switches for pharmacies - Change Healthcare - is down right now, which means about a third to a half of all pharmacies can't transmit claims to PBMs. UnitedHealth Group bought Change two years ago. - Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller)
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