OTR Backup 02/02/2025

• 5 humorously unhealthy cartoons about RFK Jr. | The Week

• Our Favorite Opera Plugins of 2025

  Transform Opera into your favorite browser with these six plugins that allow you to customize Opera and make your experience more productive and fast.

• Somehow, some way, Edge has over 30% market share in the US on Windows—and has taken share for over 3 years | PC Gamer

• Are fake VPNs a thing of the past? Google Play will now verify safe VPN apps | Tom's Guide

• Why Gemini’s ‘Summarize Your Email’ AI Feature Is Risky | HuffPost Life

• Faster, stronger Flash 2.0 now available in the Gemini app for all users | ZDNET

• Here's how Costco wine and beer prices compare to grocery store and LCBO prices in Ontario - Narcity

  Where can you get the cheapest alcohol?

• 18 Differences Between Teaching Kids Now Vs. Then

  "Many students have Fs and read four grades below their grade level. It's a nightmare."

• How to use Microsoft Image Creator to generate and edit stunning AI images for free | ZDNET

• Donald Trump Warns 100% Tariff If BRICS Nation Replaces Dollar With New Currency; Internet Erupts In Memes - Tech

  Pakodanomics needs no additional tariffs fwiw. Rupee is already in the ICU.

• This Chinese Tech Giant Just Launched an AI Chatbot—and It's Better Than DeepSeek

  DeepSeek is catching the headlines, but Alibaba's Qwen is stealing the limelight.

• Microsoft says you can run DeepSeek R1 right on your laptop | Digital Trends

  Microsoft confirmed it will bring the DeepSeek R1 model to Azure cloud and GitHub in a move that it hopes will lessen its reliance on OpenAI's models.

• Something Bad Is Brewing Inside Google

  Despite skyrocketing operating income thanks to investors hyped on AI, Google's employees are growing more precarious by the day.

• Why is DeepSeek such a game-changer? Scientists explain how the AI models work and why they were so cheap to build. | Live Science

• How to clear the cache on your Windows 11 PC (and why it makes such a big difference) | ZDNET

• Hate phone calls? Google now wants to let AI take care of that for you too | Tom's Guide

• Microsoft Paint is getting a Copilot button, too | The Verge

  A new Windows 11 preview build adds a Copilot button to Paint, putting AI image generation tools in one spot.

• Second-grade student’s math question completely baffles her mother and the internet - Scoop Upworthy

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.