kisspr

The uBlackList browser extension lets you clean up search results by removing specific sites when searching on Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, and other search engines. While the browser extension is not new, being developed since early 2021, it was recently posted to Y Combinator’s Hacker News, so we thought we would take a look at it. uBlackList is a browser extension for both Chromium and Firefo...

Thanks to a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), thousands of court records dating back to the beginning of Illinois’ statehood will soon be digitized and easily searched by researchers, students and the public. The Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission received the $135,000 grant to support the digitization of nearly 3,700 case fil...

Remember the recent controversy surrounding the DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser? It turns out that the app not only allows cookies from Microsoft’s trackers, but also allows users to be tracked via URLs. When questioned about the original issue, DuckDuckGo’s founder, Gabriel Weinberg, clarified that his company has a partnership with the Microsoft, which prevents them from blocking the ads. He pla...

Global “Search Engine Market” Research Report 2022 is a historical overview and in-depth study of the current & future market of the Search Engine industry. The report represents a basic overview of the Search Engine market share, and competitor segment with a basic introduction of key players, top regions with major country’s data, product types, and end industries. This report provides ...

The more than 100,000 devotees to a little-known token called Hex swapping jokes and encouraging each other to stay bullish over the Telegram messaging app shows the desire to get rich quick remains as strong as ever in the midst of the latest crypto winter. Even though the coin is among the thousands that trade at just a few cents, it has developed an outsized profile. Hex’s creator, who goe...

Several factors are contributing to a swell of delays and cancellations for the airline industry. ATLANTA — Weather issues this week in Atlanta and staffing shortages have contributed to a difficult situation for airlines, and delays and cancellations are piling up. 11Alive’s Dawn White spoke on Friday with several Delta passengers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport who said ...

The disappearance of the L’Oiseau Blanc — the White Bird — in 1927 has left historians and aviation enthusiasts stumped. One man in Oxford, Penn., has spent the last 40 years trying to uncover the mystery. The large French biplane, along with its pilots Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli, disappeared during an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York...

The Command of Ukraine Army’s Medical Forces has called on the media not to publish detailed information about hospitals. “During wartime, it is not necessary to name a medical institution and a settlement where it is located in video reports and articles. Why? Because the enemy is interested in destroying medical facilities in which servicemen are being treated to go rejoin the army ranks,” ...

It has been confirmed the biggest rail strike in moden history is set to take place next week. Last-ditch talks with the Rail, Transport and Maritime Union (RMT) failed to resolve a bitter row over pay, jobs and conditions. As a result, more than 40,000 staff at Network Rail and 13 train operators are expected to walk out. Industrial action is set to take place on June 21, June 23 and June 25...

CAIRO: A “disappointing” fortnight of UN talks in Bonn has left much work to be done just five months before a crucial climate summit, diplomats and analysts said, after negotiations failed to make concrete advances on efforts to tackle global warming. At the closing session on Thursday, developing nations expressed disappointment over scant progress at the mid-year session on key issues, esp...