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In a first, the Japan Fair Trade Commission has issued a cease-and-desist order against Google, accusing it of violating the country's anti-monopoly law by forcing manufacturers to preinstall its apps in smartphones. japantimes.co.jp/business/2025 #business #companies #google #phones #bigtech #search #ftc #tech #apps

The Japan Times · In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against GoogleBy Yukana Inoue

‘She deserves justice’: Tanya Nepinak’s aunt pushes for expanded search of Brady Landfill
Nepinak is believed to have been murdered in 2012 and her remains taken to Brady Road landfill. Her aunt wants a promised search for Ashlee Shingoose to be expanded.
#justice #murder #search #BradyLandfill #BradyRoadlandfill #Canada
globalnews.ca/news/11131312/ta

Weiß eins hier, wie die Adelheid-Steinmann-Straße in der Heidelberger Südstadt früher hieß, als hier noch das NATO-Hauptquartier war?

Does anyone here know the former name of the street "Adelheid-Steinmann-Str." in Heidelberg Suedstadt district? Before 2015 it was the home of the NATO headquarter.

rhein-neckar-wiki.de/Adelheid-

openstreetmap.org/?mlat=49.385

rhein-neckar-wiki.deAdelheid-Steinmann-Straße (Heidelberg) – Rhein-Neckar-Wiki
#hilfe#plboost#boost

Community search effort continues for missing Inuvik man with help of private investigators
Searchers in Inuvik went out on trails by snowmobile, while others went door-to-door, Tuesday morning to search for signs of Lance Briere. Two private investigators have also joined the efforts.
#search #missing #person #Inuvik #News #Canada
cbc.ca/news/canada/north/commu

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This post is over a year old, but for the record;

@gavinellis
> Where could the country turn if it did not have google as its primary search engine

* Mojeek

* Brave

* Bing, and its many front-ends (eg DuckDuckGo)

There used to be many more alternatives. But Goggle has done a better job making its search the default in a wide range of OS and browsers, and building a surveillance ad business to subsidise it. Solve those problems and new search options will emerge.