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Google will roll out AI overviews in search to all US users, starting this week, and in more countries soon; they will be available to 1B users by end of year (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)
https://searchengineland.com/google-ro

Google rolls out AI Overviews in US with more countries coming soon
AI Overview link cards get a higher click through rate than normal web search results but Google won't break out click data in Search Consoles for content creators.

Google will roll out AI overviews in search to all US users, starting this week, and in more countries soon; they will be available to 1B users by end of year (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)
https://searchengineland.com/google-ro

Google rolls out AI Overviews in US with more countries coming soon
AI Overview link cards get a higher click through rate than normal web search results but Google won't break out click data in Search Consoles for content creators.

Three Castaways Stranded on Island Rescued After Spelling Out ‘HELP’ Using Leaves https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/3-castaways-stranded-on-island-rescued-after-spelling-out-help-using-leaves/

Three Castaways Stranded on Island Rescued After Spelling Out ‘HELP’ Using Leaves
Castaways stranded on an island in Micronesia were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after spelling out ‘HELP’ in palm leaves on the beach.

Seventy, Evicted, and Running Out of Options
https://capitalandmain.com/seventy-evicted-and-running-out-of-options

Seventy, Evicted, and Running Out of Options
Since Joanne Erickson lost her apartment, volunteers, housing groups and government representatives have tried — and failed — to find her a home. Her story shows how seniors are falling through our social safety net.

Yet another reminder that „in the cloud“ is a synonym for „on somebody else‘s computer“. And that this somebody sets the rules.
„Aspiring Author K. Renee was reportedly locked out of her own content on Google Docs after Google flagged it as *inappropriate*.”
https://www.…

"One of the more curious trends to jump out of the data is that many Americans have traded people for pets in our social time. The average time that Americans spend with their pets has roughly doubled in the past 20 years—both because more people have adopted pets and because they spend more time with them." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/america-decline-hanging-out/677451/

Proton releases its mail app for macOS and Windows out of beta, available via its $4/month Mail Plus or $10/month Unlimited tiers, and launches a beta Linux app (Nathan Ingraham/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/protons-windows-a

Proton's Windows and macOS mail app is out of beta and available now
Proton's privacy-focused email and calendar service now has a desktop app for Mac and Windows.

Google will roll out AI overviews in search to all US users, starting this week, and in more countries soon; they will be available to 1B users by end of year (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)
https://searchengineland.com/google-ro

Google rolls out AI Overviews in US with more countries coming soon
AI Overview link cards get a higher click through rate than normal web search results but Google won't break out click data in Search Consoles for content creators.

Sleeping more flushes junk out of the brain | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/sleeping-more-flushes-junk-out-of-the-brain/

Sleeping more flushes junk out of the brain
Rhythmic activity during sleep may get fluids in the brain moving.

EU Parliament adopts 90% phase-out of new diesel trucks by 2040 – Euractiv
https://www.euractiv.com/section/freight/news/eu-parliament-adopts-90-phase-out-of-new-diesel-trucks…

EU Parliament adopts 90% phase-out of new diesel trucks by 2040
Average emissions of new trucks will have to be reduced by 90% by 2040, compared to 2019, the European Parliam