Compressing tool output before sending: How Headroom reduces 55,957 tokens to 24,340, and its limitations

IntroductionWhen you leave troubleshooting to a coding agent, the log retrieval tool returns 55,957 tokens of text. Of that, ...
cloud

ShinyHunters Renewed Mass Exploitation Campaign Targeting Oracle PeopleSoft

This follow-up report details how UNC6240 (ShinyHunters) is mass-exploiting Oracle PeopleSoft (CVE-2026-35273) by bypassing WAF rules via a single URL-encoded character, providing full analysis of the ...
Wired

This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops

WIRED rebuilt Flock’s latest search tool from code the company sends to a police officer’s browser. Its AI can keep watch across multiple cameras for anyone fitting a written description. Among the ...
Search Engine Watch

Google search operators I still use after 20 years as a publisher

I have spent more than 20 years building and running publishing websites that live or die by search. For much of that time, Google itself was one of my SEO tools. I still use Google search operators ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Confirmed: Google Search Rolling Out google.com/goto Tracking Parameters

Here is a screenshot of what I mean - as you can see, when you mouse over a URL in the Google Search results, you can see Google is using a goto URL parameter to take you to the site, as opposed to ...
The Ringer

The End of Google Search—and the Internet—as We Know It

For years now, Google has been tweaking its search formula to prop up AI and bury actual links. Now it’s rounding into its final form—and changing the internet forever. Getty Images/Ringer ...
XDA Developers

I stopped using Windows 11's built-in search and switched to something faster

Hamlin has been in the tech field for over nine years. Since 2017, his work has appeared on MakeUseOf, Android Police, OSXDaily, Beebom, and more. He served as the Senior Editor at Valnet's MakeUseOf ...
Wall Street Journal

Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off.

One of the richest sources of online information is re-evaluating its relationship with Google. Reddit, the online message board that powers a swath of Google search results, has discussed shutting ...
Fox News

Google may use your photos and voice to train AI

There are few emails that make your stomach drop faster than one about "new privacy settings." That usually means a company has moved another data switch, renamed a control or tucked a new choice ...
The Verge

Google Search lets creators know more about their reach

A new feature will let creators and publishers see what search terms take people to their social platforms. A new feature will let creators and publishers see what search terms take people to their ...
SCOTUSblog

Court rules that law enforcement’s use of “geofence warrant” was a “search”

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Updated on June 29 at 3:50 p.m. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that when law enforcement officials used a “geofence warrant ...
Florida Today

Tired of Google AI? Green search engines to try instead, how they work

The increasing use of artificial intelligence is driving up energy consumption for tech companies like Google. Green search engines have emerged to offset the environmental impact of online searches.