Could be good news for privacy.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/now-duckduckgo-is-building-its-own-desktop-browser/
Now DuckDuckGo is building its own desktop browser
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has offered a first look at its forthcoming desktop "browsing app" that promises simple default privacy settings.
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg details its desktop browser in a blogpost recapping its milestones for 2021, including 150 million downloads of its all-in-one privacy apps for iOS and Android and Chromium extensions.
Weinberg attempts to distinguish the DuckDuckGo desktop browser from the likes of Chromium-based Brave and Mozilla Firefox by arguing it is not a "privacy browser". Instead, it's just a browser that offers "robust privacy protection" by default and works across search, browsing, email and more.
Not so good news for privacy?
PUBLIC COMMENTS SURFACE FAULT LINES IN EXPECTATIONS FOR NEW CALIFORNIA PRIVACY LAW
In November 2020, California voters adopted the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) ballot initiative, which was developed to strengthen and expand upon the underlying California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) that the state legislature adopted in 2018. While the CPRA provides for significant new consumer rights and responsible data processing obligations on covered businesses, many questions regarding the scope and practical operation of these requirements remain unresolved. A recently released set of public comments on a CPRA rulemaking process brings some of these contested issues into sharper focus.
Oh joy! Something else to worry about. I doubt the cartels will wait for “fully developed” military weapons. They will adapt civilian drones to serve their purposes.
Autonomous "Slaughterbots" Could Soon Be Used By Drug Cartels, Warns MIT Professor
In a recent interview with The Next Web, MIT Professor and founder of the Future of Life Institute Max Tegmark has made some dire predictions about the future uses of militarized robots, and the ideas paint a grim picture of future warfare. Talking about small, weaponized, autonomous drones and robots, Tegmark suggests that once "slaughterbots" are fully developed by the military, it is only a matter of time before civilians can get their hands on them, as they do with so many other weapons. In the wrong hands – such as drug cartels – these bots will open a gateway of cheap and almost unstoppable targeted assassinations onto whoever they choose, he said, adding that governments need to step in now before that dystopian scenario becomes reality.
Perspective. (I admit to very little tikking and tokking)
https://blog.cloudflare.com/popular-domains-year-in-review-2021/
In 2021, the Internet went for TikTok, space and beyond
… Let’s start with our Top Domains Ranking and 2021 brought us a very interesting duel for the Number 1 spot in our global ranking. Google.com (which includes Maps, Translate, Photos, Flights, Books, and News, among others) ended 2020 as the undefeated leader in our ranking — from September to December of last year it was always on top. Back then TikTok.com was only ranked #7 or #8.
Top 10 — Most popular domains (late) 2021
1 TikTok.com
2 Google.com
3 Facebook.com
4 Microsoft.com
5 Apple.com
6 Amazon.com
7 Netflix.com
8 YouTube.com
9 Twitter.com
10 WhatsApp.com
Simple but frequently useful tools.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/12/best-of-web-2021-webinar-recording-and.html
Best of the Web 2021 - Webinar Recording and Slides
Yesterday afternoon I hosted my annual Best of the Web webinar. As promised, you anyone can now watch the recording right here on my YouTube channel. The slides can be seen here or as embedded below as a Canva presentation.
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