Full fat article version

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5369404/google-doj-opening-statements-remedies-trial

This is literally just Ana De Armas cartoonified

Apple seeks search partner, must have $20 billion

If this penalty sticks, Apple could be looking for a new suitor. Something has to be the default search provider in Safari and other Apple products.

Does something really have to replace it? Why not a menu of options? Make the user choose something. If they choose Google, great! If they choose DDG, fantastic! Whatever it is, make it a choice.

Honestly I find it quite useful, and I’m glad they found a way to do it with increased privacy. I will only use duck.ai if I want to use an AI tool.

But I can understand some people wanting it off entirely so hats off to DDG for keeping that as a core feature.

Is it really though? To the common person, it is most important thinking about the intent rather than what the word literally means. Like what people think of as AI may really just be a LLM, or VR may really be AR, or the like.

Gird your ad blocker for MSN, but here it is without a paywall:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/trump-to-launch-gold-card-visa-program-for-wealthy-investors/ar-AA1zMAgp

The problem is any oil and gas extraction. They all produce water that needs disposal, so anywhere you’re pulling oil out of the ground this is gonna be a problem (unless you’re in the middle of the ocean I guess).

Technically it’s from water disposal, not fracking. Still oilfield, but it’s not the fracking that causes it.

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/do-all-wastewater-disposal-wells-induce-earthquakes

No, it’s from disposal of the water that’s produced alongside the oil. When you inject water into deep formations, it causes earthquakes.

Direct from the Cloudflare blog

Yeah it could be argued that Fastmail is less private than alternatives, but they make a damn good service. Plus email shouldn’t be used for secure communication anyways.