What's the alternative? Glue on pizza? https://dailydot.com/google-se...

https://datatracker.ietf.org/d...

rfc 9309 was formally standardized and published in Sept of 2022.

There was not a SINGLE story I can find that was written about it at that time.

Field vs Google: Yes it was used, but it was a fairly niche ruling. It was not a ruling that every missing robots.txt file grants unlimited permission to scrape. From what (IANAL) i understand, the result rested on unusually very specific facts: Field understood Google’s system, intentionally allowed caching and later tried to sue over the predictable result.

One of the more interesting bits in the standard is that RFC 9309 itself says robots.txt rules “are not a form of access authorization."

And robots.txt was never a standard until late last year. No lawsuit in almost 30 years of internet was able to use robots.txt as evidence. (until last year. The really really interesting thing, is that it was Google engineers that pushe for it hmmm) https://www.searchengineworld....

And when you convert them out of stock ai illustrator files - you always lose info - which later causes incompatibilities. I have worked in it from the beginning. The only way to ensure compatibility is via illustrator .ai files.

as if there are not 50 other major software/services that do the same. Ever try to share an Illustrator file?

Rare is the day Apple trots out the legal team. I wonder if this is all those Google billions coming home to roost? Smells like a proxy war Apple is fighting for Google. Apple hasn't even fielded a competitor and is dead last in the big AI horse race - they couldn't give a *hit about OpenAI playing with hardware. We have to ask how Apple knows so much about what went on in confidential job interviews? How is it Apple knows lines were crossed - did they cross some this selves? Sounds sus that Apple would have so much info without sending in double agents itself? Seems like OpenAI has an opening to respond in kind.

Google users have been complaining for a few years of CFS (Can't Find Sh*t) since the AI take over. Of course "search" is at a an all time high - it now take 3 searches to get what you used to get in 1.

1000 CD's - so that holds like what - 20% of WIn11?

GLP1's are the Wonderdrug of the century:

While clearly awesome for weight loss, much of the "beyond" benefit is still being untangled as either a direct drug effect versus downstream consequence of the weight loss and metabolic improvement itself. Many clinicians describe seeing improvement across cardiovascular and metabolic comorbidities "probably due to both weight loss and direct effect of the medication. Most of the newer findings are associational, not proven cause-and-effect.

• Slowing Biological Aging: A landmark June 2026 study published by the U of Cali found that semaglutide slowed the pace of biological aging by roughly 9%. This is driven by reductions in chronic immune activation and metabolic stress
• Type 2 Diabetes - a 2% A1C reduction and 16.8% weight loss.
• Liver: Semaglutide outperformed placebo in treating advanced fatty liver disease (MASH/MASLD) in a trial
• Cardiovascular Health - cardioprotective effects independent of weight loss,
• Improved cholesterol, blood pressure, and inflammation metrics
• Brain Health - Neuroprotection: Animal studies suggest semaglutide may counteract memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease by reducing brain inflammatio
• Pain & Motivation: A mouse study showed GLP-1s can ease pain and reduce the motivation to exercise (studies underway)
• Addiction: Early studies suggest GLP-1s may help reduce cravings for substances like alcohol and nicotine
• Sleep Apnea: Tirzepatide was approved in 2024 to treat obstructive sleep apnea
• Bone: Evidence is mixed-some studies show neutral effects, while others suggest glp1s may enhance bone formation in certain populations
• again Immune System: They exert broad antiinflammatory effects that reduce the risk of secondary infections and inflammation-driven conditions, such as sepsis and cellulitis.

With estimated 50million US having been on GLp1's in the last 5 years, that more than accounts for the bump in life expectancy.

...this is where everything digital can be stolen by the rich at the expense of the poor. Google loves 'merica baby!

Been using Opera since v2.x (whatever x was)...like 97. I've always loved Jon von Tetzchner. The way he took on Microsoft and won, was epic. I've still been stuck on Opera even after they abandoned the code base for chromium. Love what they have done with Vivaldid.

They keep calling it a "Search box" in the reporting. I think it is now the "Slop Box".

No serious programmer would EVER put proprietary software in the cloud. Open src is one thing - proprietary is another. Don't think so? Ask Google - https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...

Why LinkedIn is even mentioned in this suit? Good on those LinkedIn programmers for using ever tool GOOGLE GAVE THEM.

This is about forcing their competitors (google, tiktok, meta, twitter, etc) to invest in validation of users identity before allowing public posting on those services.

Meanwhile, OpenAI has no public posting capability and is not required to authenticate users age. It also is mostly pay-for-play and one of the top users of AI are kids under 18,.

So, either Google/Meta socials validate users - which wont happen - and users gravitate to AI for 'time spent'. It's a win-win for AI services.