From TLDR 2024-12-23

GOOGLE PROPOSES MULTIPLE CHANGES TO ITS STRATEGY FOLLOWING ANTITRUST
RULING (3 MINUTE READ) [12]

Google has responded to the Justice Department's suggestions to curb
its monopoly in the search business with a proposal that allows
flexibility in browser deals and preloading search engines while
ensuring compliance measures.

PALANTIR AND ANDURIL REPORTEDLY BUILDING A TECH CONSORTIUM TO BID ON
DEFENSE CONTRACTS (1 MINUTE READ) [14]

Palantir and Anduril are talking to tech companies, including SpaceX,
OpenAI, Saronic, and Scale AI, about forming a consortium to bid on
Pentagon contracts to challenge the dominance of 'prime' defense
contractors like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Boeing.

Links:
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[12] https://www.androidpolice.com/google-solutions-response-doj-proposal-12-24 /?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[14] https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/22/palantir-and-anduril-reportedly-building -a-tech-consortium-to-bid-on-defense-contracts/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

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Google has responded to the Justice Department's suggestions to curb
its monopoly in the search business with a proposal that allows flexibility in browser deals and preloading search engines while
ensuring compliance measures.

This reminds of something: I'm in the process of building my own search engine. I have a long way to go, but it's coming along nicely.

I wanted to set my search engine as the default search engine in Chrome, but I couldn't do it. It won't let me. My choices are Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and that's about it. And there's no "option to add" another one.

I wonder what they mean by "ensuring compliance measures?" Do newcomer search engines need to comply with Google's community standards in order to be used with Chrome? (Sounds like it)

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This reminds of something: I'm in the process of building my own search

ngine

I have a long way to go, but it's coming along nicely.

I wanted to set my search engine as the default search engine in Chrome, but

couldn't do it. It won't let me. My choices are Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and that's about it. And there's no "option to add" another one.

Those are the default choices. I am not sure if it still works or not, but
I was able to go to startpage.com, click on a link, and then have it added
as my default search engine.

I wonder what they mean by "ensuring compliance measures?" Do newcomer search engines need to comply with Google's community standards in order to be used with Chrome? (Sounds like it)

Maybe to be included as a default. Sounds like there is a way to add some
code to your page, like startpage did, to allow it to be added as a default.

Keep us posted on your project.


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Those are the default choices. I am not sure if it still works or not, but I was able to go to startpage.com, click on a link, and then have it added as my default search engine.

Where did you find the link? I looked but didn't see that anywhere.

Maybe to be included as a default. Sounds like there is a way to add
some code to your page, like startpage did, to allow it to be added as a default.

Keep us posted on your project.

It's a multipurpose website. Sort of a Facebook/Google/Zoom hybrid. First I built a social network for managing friendships and sharing status updates. Then I added a video conferencing system where meetings can be either private or publicly accessed.

And now I'm tying in the search engine. I want this to be the primary feature, but it has a long way to go. I don't plan on employing a web crawler, and I just want webmasters to submit their page(s) manually.

I want to fight back against the media for all the harm they've been causing us.

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Those are the default choices. I am not sure if it still works or not, but I was able to go to startpage.com, click on a link, and then have it added as my default search engine.

Where did you find the link? I looked but didn't see that anywhere.

If you go to startpage.com, you will probably have to scroll down a bit to
find it, but it is a button labeled "Set as Homepage."


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Those are the default choices. I am not sure if it still works or but I was able to go to startpage.com, click on a link, and then ha added as my default search engine.

Where did you find the link? I looked but didn't see that anywhere.

If you go to startpage.com, you will probably have to scroll down a bit
to find it, but it is a button labeled "Set as Homepage."

Thanks, I finally found it. Now I'm trying to figure out how they did that.

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Where did you find the link? I looked but didn't see that anywhere.

If you go to startpage.com, you will probably have to scroll down a bit to find it, but it is a button labeled "Set as Homepage."

Thanks, I finally found it. Now I'm trying to figure out how they did that.

You probably already know this, but you can view the page source, which
won't help much if they imbeded something that cannot be seen.


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