🔍 Search Wars: Google Tactics, Bing's Admission & TikTok Journalism Tips
Today’s pick
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet. Recently, a startling piece of information came to light in the ongoing antitrust case against Google. During one employee's testimony, a key exhibit momentarily flashed on a projector. In the mostly closed trial, spectators like myself have only a… By Megan Gray via WIRED
Why Google Search is crap - it’s deleting your query and replacing it with an ad trigger - Megan Gray (@megangrA)
Satya Nadella tells a court that Bing is worse than Google - and Apple could fix it. Microsoft's Bing search engine is not as good as Google. Believe it or not, it seems nobody — not even Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — disputes that fact. But over hours of contentious testimony from Nadella during the landmark US v. By David Pierce via The Verge
Nadella described a failed Apple deal for Bing as the iOS default a "game changer" that he was willing to lose up to $15 billion a year - Tom Warren (@tomwarren)
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Journalists can be TikTokers too. Three journalists explain how to use the platform for news. — We've reached “peak news explainer” on TikTok, Sophia Smith Galer said last week at the IMEDD International Journalism Forum in Athens, Greece. To break through on the platform, news outlets and journalists can't rely… By Hanaa' Tameez via Nieman Lab
How journalists can use TikTok creatively and effectively - Hanaa’ Tameez (@HanaaTameez)
Science lab automation and robotics startup Automata raises $40M. Automata, a company that combines software and hardware to automate science labs around the globe, has raised $40 million in an equity-based round of funding, as the U.K.-based startup looks to double down on recent growth across Europe and the… By Paul Sawers via TechCrunch
Science lab automation and robotics startup Automata raises $40M - Infosec Alevski (@Alevskey)
Google Intros Chromebook Plus Devices With More Power, Apps and AI for $399. As Google's ChromeOS has evolved, Chromebooks have grown right along with it. They now range from basic models for less than $200 to premium options up to $1,000. It can make shopping for one to fit your needs a headache, especially if you're on a… By Joshua Goldman via CNET
We’re introducing Chromebook Plus! This new category of Chromebooks has 2x the processing power, along with AI-powered tools. - Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai)
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