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The Open Web Index goes public on June 6!
For over two years OpenWebSearch.eu has worked on a federated pan-European Open Web Index to promote independent web search. In June @openwebsearcheu will make almost a petabyte (and growing) of open web data available to anyone who is interested.
Join the kick-off event to learn how to access and use the Open Web index.
https://openwebsearch.eu/june-event-announcement-the-open-web-index-goes-public/

#NGI #Search

June Event Announcement: The Open Web Index goes public! - OpenWebSearch.eu – Promoting Europe‘s Independence in Web Search

After 2,5 years of intensive research and programming efforts, the entire Openwebsearch.eu project team is excited to grant access to its pilot of the first-ever federated pan-European Open Web Index (OWI). From June onward, commercial and scientific development teams of any size as well as interested individuals are welcome to access and make use of […]

OpenWebSearch.eu – Promoting Europe‘s Independence in Web Search

Sam Bryan 2d ago

Meredith Whittaker 3d ago

Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3

Sam Bryan 3d ago

Schneewittchen 3d ago

Time well spent. #grickledoodle #fridaythe13th #horror #icecream #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Sam Bryan 6d ago

Forrest Brazeal 6d ago

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Sam Bryan 6d ago

Cloudflare 6d ago

Multiple Cloudflare services, including Workers KV, Access, WARP and the Cloudflare dashboard, experienced an outage for up to 2 hours and 28 minutes on June 12, 2025. https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-service-outage-june-12-2025/

Cloudflare service outage June 12, 2025

Today, June 12, 2025, Cloudflare suffered a significant service outage that affected a large set of our critical services, including Workers KV, WARP, Access, Gateway, Images, Stream, Workers AI, Turnstile and Challenges, AutoRAG, and parts of the Cloudflare Dashboard.

The Cloudflare Blog

Sam Bryan 6d ago

BBC Research & Development Jun 12

The internet has become one of the most important spaces for social interaction we have ever seen, and the debate about its impact on all aspects of society is urgent and pressing.

Our new report - The Social Internet - highlights an emerging crisis for the giant social platforms - toxic and polarised online environments, but enormous potential to transform our world in positive ways. Read and discuss:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-06-social-media-change-issues-problems-report

#social #socialmedia #technology

Where is the social internet taking us?

Report: An emerging crisis for the giant social platforms - toxic and polarised online environments, but enormous potential to transform our world in positive ways.

Sam Bryan 6d ago

josh

6d ago

holy spaceballs 2 they're actually doing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewKuhclROA0

Spaceballs 2 - Official Announcement Teaser (2027) Mel Brooks

YouTube

Sam Bryan Jun 11

I was wondering when Disney would lawyer up, for such a famously protective brand they've been rather quiet on the whole AI image thing up until now. I guess there's no licensing agreements to be had then.

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/disney-nbcuniversal-studio-lawsuit-ai-midjourney-copyright-infringement-1236428188/

Disney, Universal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement

Disney and NBCU filed suit against Midjourney, a generative AI start-up, alleging copyright infringement.

Variety