YouTube works well with default settings, but I tighten some privacy controls and enable a few features to make it even better. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. YouTube is great. It’s one of the best places to learn a new skill, figure out how to fix something around the house, follow the news, find a new recipe, or watch a favorite celebrity eat incredibly spicy wings or play with puppies while promoting a new movie. Still, the default experience can be a lot. It can feel noisy, disruptive, and, dare I say, intrusive. Also: I tried DuckDuckGo’s new video player, and it blocks YouTube ads for free But I’ve found that spending just a couple of minutes toggling a few settings on or off makes YouTube far better to use. Here are the viewing, privacy, security, and feature controls I change, and why. For whatever reason, YouTube won’t let me disable Shorts entirely. I hate that because it’s a never-ending feed of AI slop and absolute trash. (Sorry, not sorry.) The mobile app does, however, include a daily limit, including for zero minutes. Also: Y
Jul 14, 2026 → Jul 30, 2026
Shared Claude chats were made readily available for anyone who knew where to look. Over the weekend, private Claude AI chats were made publicly accessible by search engines like Google and Bing, making for a privacy nightmare for the…
Read original at CNET →4 updates from 4 sources over 2 weeks.
Shared Claude chats were made readily available for anyone who knew where to look. Over the weekend, private Claude AI chats were made publicly accessible by search engines like Google and Bing, making for a privacy…
Read original at CNET →Some ‘private’ chats and docs are showing up on search engines. Here’s how to protect yours Users of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot were surprised over the weekend to learn that some of their conversations may be…
Read original at The Guardian →AI really, really, really wants to write your emails for you, and with Google's AI Gemini now in your inbox, your Gmail can feel a little out of your hands. If you're worried about privacy, feel like your writing skills…
Read original at Mashable →YouTube works well with default settings, but I tighten some privacy controls and enable a few features to make it even better. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. YouTube is great. It’s one of the…
Read original at ZDNet →What this story stands on. Tier 0 is a primary record or the subject's own words; higher tiers must be attributed, never stated as bare fact.
Shared Claude chats were made readily available for anyone who knew where to look. Over the weekend, private Claude AI chats were made publicly accessible by search engines like Google and Bing, making for a pr
View source →Some ‘private’ chats and docs are showing up on search engines. Here’s how to protect yours Users of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot were surprised over the weekend to learn that some of their conversations may be discoverable on search engines…
View source →AI really, really, really wants to write your emails for you, and with Google's AI Gemini now in your inbox, your Gmail can feel a little out of your hands. If you're worried about privacy, feel like your writing skills are becoming too…
View source →YouTube works well with default settings, but I tighten some privacy controls and enable a few features to make it even better. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. YouTube is great. It’s one of the best places to learn a…
View source →Tier key: T0 = Primary source · T1 = Wire · T2 = Outlet report · T3 = Commentary
China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.
Microsoft has confirmed a bug in Windows 11 26H2, 25H2, and 24H2 that can cause some games and applications to crash. That’s right—even the recent major fall update 26H2 contains…
The inaugural VivaTech x Bloomberg Awards ceremony, hosted by Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua and Tom Mackenzie, was held on June 18, 2026, at the VivaTech conference in…
Norbert Wiener, godfather of cybernetics, once said, "The thought of every age is reflected in its technique. " For the past century, our thought has been reflected in our…
Google Acknowledges Day 1 Android App Performance Issues on New Laptops
Free Gemini users are losing access to Google's Flash and Pro AI models.
