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Google has quietly removed direct URLs from its search results, replacing them with redirect links that route clicks through Google's own infrastructure first. For users and developers who rely on clean, copyable addresses, it's a meaningful shift — and it raises fresh questions about how much friction the company is comfortable inserting between you and the web.
Turning to a story that illustrates just how unpredictable AI tooling can be, an AI hallucination has triggered a malware flag on a browser extension with more than one million active users. The extension itself appears to be clean, but because AI-generated code referenced a non-existent dependency, automated security systems flagged it as a threat — leaving a large user base suddenly blocked and developers scrambling for answers.
And stepping back for a broader view, new data shows the United States accounts for forty-three percent of the world's datacenter power consumption, with China at thirteen percent, Germany at eight, the United Kingdom at three, and Japan at two. That concentration tells a story not just about infrastructure, but about energy policy, geopolitical leverage, and where the real weight of the internet actually sits.
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