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More than three years after it began rolling out AI Overviews and a year after the debut of AI Mode, Google is giving webmasters the option to exclude their domains from its AI-generated search results.

https://www.engadget.com/2186257/google-will-allow-websites-to-exclude-themselves-from-ai-search-results/

Google will allow websites to exclude themselves from AI search results - Engadget

The company says opting out won't impact placement in regular searches.

Engadget

Gamers seem to have a newfound appreciation for Linux since the revamped SteamOS came onto the scene. Linux has become so good β€” and Windows 11 so frustrating β€” that even the most basic Windows users will probably be fine on Linux.

https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-becoming-better-choice-windows-users-who-just-use-web-browser/

Linux is quietly becoming the better choice for Windows users who just browse the web

Sometimes it just needs to work

XDA

These hidden Google Chrome features can organize tabs, reduce distractions, improve accessibility, save memory, and make browsing faster.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-hidden-google-chrome-features-save-time/

8 Hidden Google Chrome Features That Make Browsing Easier

These hidden Google Chrome features can organize tabs, reduce distractions, improve accessibility, save memory, and make browsing faster.

TechRepublic

Across the frontier labs, the highest prompt injection figures published this spring are Anthropic’s. Point a red-teamer at its newest model in a browser, and the attacker hijacked it 31.5% of the time before safeguards engaged.

https://venturebeat.com/security/anthropic-browser-agent-hijacked-31-percent-before-safeguards-engaged

Now available for all Windows users, Chrome's new security feature will thwart attackers who try to impersonate you by using your stolen browser cookies on their own devices.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/chrome-protects-hackers-steal-browser-cookies/

Chrome stops hackers from stealing your browser cookies now - how its new security feature works

Now available for all Windows users, Chrome's security feature will thwart attackers who try to impersonate you by using your stolen browser cookies on their own devices.

ZDNET

As its traffic continues to climb, alternative search engine DuckDuckGo is leaning into anti-AI sentiment with the launch of new browser extensions that allow users to set its no-AI search experience as their default search engine.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/duckduckgo-makes-its-no-ai-search-engine-easier-to-access-as-its-traffic-booms/

DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms | TechCrunch

Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo launches 'no AI' web extensions for Chrome and Firefox users.

TechCrunch

Do you really need a third-party cleanup app for your PC? Storage Sense on Windows 11 is already enabled and doing the exact kind of cleanup you may have been relying on a third-party app to perform. Here's what it does.

https://www.xda-developers.com/i-stopped-using-cleanup-apps-after-discovering-built-in-windows-11-tool/

I stopped using cleanup apps after discovering this built-in Windows 11 tool

I don't see myself using CCleaner or BleachBit again.

XDA

Researchers in Germany have found that the types of Wi-Fi routers we all have in our homes come with a major privacy vulnerability that can be used to identify any human body that comes within their range with 99.5% accuracy.

https://futurism.com/future-society/wifi-routers-scan-body-identify-research

Random Standard Wi-Fi Routers Can Scan Your Body to Identify Exactly Who You Are, Alarming New Research Finds

New research out of the Karlsruher Institut fΓΌr Technologie found an alarming vulnerability impacting millions of Wi-Fi routers.

Futurism

Windows 11 includes many different ways to take screenshots. Here are seven ways to take a screenshot; at least one should fit your needs.

https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/7-screenshot-features-windows-11

Google's upcoming Android 17 has a far more beneficial feature to humanity than AI. Called Pause Point, this digital well-being tool ignores the AI hype cycle to focus on human psychology, introducing deliberate friction where your bad phone habits live.

https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/my-favorite-android-17-feature-isnt-ai-its-anti-doomscrolling-google-io