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Searches for “Taylor Swift” on Saturday are drawing a blank space on Twitter/X, as the social network is no longer on showing any search results for the singer after a proliferation of pornographic AI nudes flooded the service earlier this week. The service also shows no results for “Taylor Swift nude” or “Taylor Swift AI” — the search terms widely used to circulate the illicit images. But benign-sounding searches, such as “Taylor Swift singer,” still pull up results. The move follows the White…

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.We all know to be careful about the details we share online, but the information we seek can also be revealing. Search for driving directions, and our location becomes far easier to guess. Check for a password in a trove of compromised data, and we risk leaking it ourselves.These situations fuel a key question in cryptography: How can you pull information from a public database without revealing anything about what you’ve accessed? It’s the equivalent of…

September marked a quarter of a century since Google’s inception.It wasn’t long before it became the most-used internet search engine, with its popularity so widespread the word ‘google’ earned a spot in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006.This year was one of contentious debates and discussions, and many of these topics were reflected in Google’s top searches for 2023.Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >>The top trending search in Australia was the Optus outage, when 10 million customers woke up,…

The news we followed, the people who fascinated us, the culture and trends that grabbed our attention — Google's "Year in Search" data for 2023 sheds light on the top trending topics Americans wanted to know about this year.From celebrities and athletes to TV shows and box-office hits, people across the country turned to the search engine for answers to pressing questions like "How often do you think about the Roman Empire?" and recipes for McDonald's hit beverage of the year, the Grimace Shake.While we may not have…

A new study shows that searching online to evaluate news actually increases belief in misinformation, particularly when search engines return low-quality information. This highlights the need for better media literacy programs and improved search engine responses. Credit: SciTechDaily.comSurprising study results show limits of using recommended steps to debunk false content.Conventional wisdom suggests that searching online to evaluate the veracity of misinformation would reduce belief in it. But a new study by a team of…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Conventional wisdom suggests that searching online to evaluate the veracity of misinformation would reduce belief in it. But a new study by a team of researchers shows the opposite occurs: Searching to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles actually increases the probability of believing misinformation. The…

Pornhub has revealed its annual Year In Review for 2023, with both Super Mario and The Legend Of Zelda seeing a substantial boost in interest. For the third year in a row, Fortnite and Overwatch were the two most popular gaming titles on the adult video site. Rounding out the top five were Pokemon, Minecraft and Atomic Heart. Super Mario was the 20th most searched for game, up 19 places compared to 2022, while The Legend Of Zelda rose 26 places to take the 29th spot. According to Pornhub, searches for ‘Zelda’ increased…

Samsung’s upcoming flagship lineup, the Galaxy S24 series, will have AI built into the system. Leaks have already revealed some of the AI features the company has readied for the phones. It believes the unprecedented on-device AI capabilities of the new flagships will redefine smartphones and warrant a fitting title. As such, the firm’s mobile chief TM Roh has asked employees to come up with a fancy new term for its first “AI Phone.” Samsung is looking for a fancy new term for its “AI Phone” According to the Korean…

2023 marked a landmark year for India with the nation taking the global centerstage on multiple fronts, Chandrayaan-3 mission and G20 captured netizens' attention and reflected in the list of top trending searches in India, according to Google. This year, people also connected over memes, embraced self-care and technology, relished culinary delights, and grappled with local and global developments, according to `Year in Search 2023' blog released by Google on Monday. "The historic success of Chandrayaan-3 headlined news…

Google searches of 2023: Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world's. On Monday, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023's top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, Barbenheimer ), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions.The ongoing Israel-Hamas war topped news trends in 2023, per Google's global data, followed by queries related to the Titanic-bound submersible that imploded…