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/ DuckAssist summarizes answers from Wikipedia and displays them at the top of DuckDuckGo’s search results. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo has become the latest search engine to incorporate artificial intelligence. The company has announced a new tool, called DuckAssist, that automatically pulls and summarizes information from Wikipedia in response to certain questions. DuckAssist’s beta is live on the search engine right now — but only through DuckDuckGo’s mobile apps and browser extensions. Gabriel Weinberg, the founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo, says t...

/ The FTC wants to know who got access to Twitter’s internal messages and information thanks to Elon Musk, and how it’s working to keep users’ data secure as it sells off old PCs and office equipment. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>An FTC request to Twitter sent on January 23rd, 2023.

/ The livestreaming service says it was already technically banned under other policies, but Twitch is making things explicit after a January incident.

/ The RESTRICT Act would empower the secretary of Commerce to ban apps that pose a risk to US national security.

/ Oil company Occidental has new plans to build a carbon capture hub along the Texas Gulf Coast. It might tackle greenhouse gas emissions — but not the pollution wrecking air quality. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Sharon Steinmann/Bloomberg via Getty Images A controversial tactic for slowing climate change is picking up steam in Texas: capturing carbon dioxide emissions from smokestacks. While that might reduce CO2 emissions heating up the planet, it could pose new problems for communities already saddled with industrial pollution. Oil giant Occidental announced late last...

Gadgets/ Tech / This case is so expensive, but it works so well I can almost forgive the obscene price. As much as I love E Ink, I struggle to get behind using it as part of a 21st-century typewriter. Devices like the Freewrite are very cool in practice but simply too finicky for me to use as anything more than a gimmick. So I am frankly shocked by how much I like Remarkable’s new keyboard case, the $199 Type Folio. As the name implies, this is a keyboard case for the Remarkable 2. If you have a Remarkable 2 and it’s fully updated, you can go buy this case, attach it to your E Ink tablet, fold up the keyboard, and start typing. Things work so well, you’ll likely find yourself charmed by the ease of it all. I certainly was. I plopped in my Remarkable 2 and was instantly able to start typing...

Tech/ Twitter / The publishing company’s me.dm Mastodon server is limited to paying Medium members as a subscription perk. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: The Verge Popular publishing platform Medium is now fully embracing the Twitter alternative Mastodon by opening up its new me.dm instance to paying Medium community members. Joining the Mastodon server requires a subscription to Medium for $5 per month (or $50 per year) which enables perks on the site like ad-free browsing and offline reading. Mastodon instances are generally free to join. Medium is one of the first notab...

/ The director behind investigations into Enron, Stuxnet, Theranos, and more is now looking into one of the biggest personalities in tech.

/ BOE hasn’t had the easiest time making displays for Apple, but it appears to be taking on the next iPhone SE. Meanwhile, Apple is still unwillingly tethered to Samsung for much of its high-end screen supply. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge China-based display maker BOE (Beijing Oriental Electronics) has a complicated relationship with Apple. But despite some missteps, it looks like the two companies will be working together for a while longer, at least: a new report from The Elec (spotted by MacRumors) pegs BOE as the display supplier for the...

/ Elon Musk’s steep layoffs have left Twitter with so few engineers that only one person was on a major project involving the platform’s API.

/ If you were wondering why things look a bit different, this is probably why. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Easily accessible filters are a nice new feature coming with the design update.

/ The reductions come just days after Elon Musk announced plans to increase production. Earlier price cuts caused a surge in demand.