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Wes Davis

Wes Davis

Former Weekend Editor

Former Weekend Editor

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    Wes Davis
    Ads may come to Apple Maps.

    Apple told employees in a recent meeting that it’s considering the change, according to Mark Gurman in today’s issue of Power On for Bloomberg. The ads would be similar to those in Google Maps, with businesses paying to show up higher in search results or stand out on the map itself.

    The change wouldn’t necessarily be soon, as Gurman writes that there is “no timeline or active engineering being done.”

    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    A reminder that there is a way out of Google’s AI Search.

    I’m not talking about using something like Kagi, although that’s one way to do it. Last year, I directed Verge readers to a Tedium blog post explaining how to add “udm=14” to your browser’s default search URL to get rid of Google Search AI Overviews.

    If that’s a headache, there’s also Tedium author Ernie Smith’s website that builds the “disenshittification Konami code” into your searches. Alternatively, you could just use cussword-laden searches.

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    Wes Davis
    Now anyone can buy an Alarmo.

    Nintendo’s motion-sensing (and Doom-playing, with some unsanctioned modification) alarm clock is now available for anyone in the US to buy from its online store “while supplies last,” the company announced yesterday.

    Nintendo also plans to sell the adorable clock at select retailers next month.

    Wes Davis
    Wes Davis
    DoNotPay must pay $193,000 for “AI Lawyer” claims.

    The Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order imposing the fine, which DoNotPay agreed to last year. In addition, the company is forbidden from deceptively advertising, without proof, that its “so-called robot lawyer” is as good as a human lawyer.

    The agency approved the order by 5–0 on January 16th, prior to former FTC Chair Lina Khan’s exit and replacement with Andrew Ferguson.