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knoppix<p>DuckDuckGo just rolled out a refreshed browser design 🦆<br>– Softer interface &amp; custom icons<br>– Cleaner tabs &amp; navigation<br>– Real-time tracking protection info 🔒<br>– Easy access to private, optional AI with Duck.ai 🤖</p><p>Same strong privacy, now with a calmer, more modern look.</p><p><a href="https://spreadprivacy.com/browser-visual-refresh/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spreadprivacy.com/browser-visu</span><span class="invisible">al-refresh/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UXDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UXDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a></p>
TheXanada96_MYCUS 🇮🇹🇯🇵🇦🇷<p>DuckDuckGo ora permette di bloccare immagini AI nei risultati di ricerca! Una nuova opzione per un'esperienza personalizzata e rispettosa della privacy.<br>- MYCUS News 24</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://diggita.com/c/sicurezza" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sicurezza</span></a></span></p>
Markus Feilner<p>Mittlerweile ist die <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>-Seuche so tief in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatGPT</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/perplexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perplexity</span></a> eingedrungen, dass <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a> bessere und korrektere Ergebnisse bei der Suche ausgibt. Ich suchte mein Sendmail-Buch für den Herdtverlag, das ist so alt, dass es nur noch in der deutschen Nationalbibliothek verfügbar ist. Die kennt wohl weder Google noch ChatGPT noch Perplexity.</p>
Enerhpozyks<p>Je découvre que DuckDuckGo a un domaine <a href="https://noai.duckduckgo.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">noai.duckduckgo.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> qui permet de faire des recherches sans les outils IA du site et en plus avec un filtre anti-IA dans la recherche (c'est une curation humaine donc y'a des trous dans la raquette, mais c'est déjà ça) par défaut (tout ceci est configurable sur <a href="https://duckduckgo.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">duckduckgo.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, mais ça ne reste pas en navigation privée, par exemple).</p><p>Dans firefox, vous pouvez aller dans les préférences de recherche (about:preferences#search) et ajouter un "raccourcis de recherche" (tout en bas) comme ça : <br>Nom du moteur de recherche: DuckDuckGo (no AI)<br>URL avec %s à la place de l’expression recherchée: <a href="https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=%s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=%s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/NoAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoAI</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a></p>
Inautilo<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Releases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Releases</span></a><br>DuckDuckGo browser’s new look · Fresh style, seamless protection, and still optional AI <a href="https://ilo.im/165kwx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ilo.im/165kwx</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>_____<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mobile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
WinFuture.de<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> führt Filter gegen KI-generierte Bilder in der Suchmaschine ein. Mit dem neuen Dropdown-Menü "KI-Bilder" können Nutzer selbst entscheiden, ob sie diese Inhalte sehen möchten oder nicht. <a href="https://winfuture.de/news,152414.html?utm_source=Mastodon&amp;utm_medium=ManualStatus&amp;utm_campaign=SocialMedia" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">winfuture.de/news,152414.html?</span><span class="invisible">utm_source=Mastodon&amp;utm_medium=ManualStatus&amp;utm_campaign=SocialMedia</span></a></p>
Carl (He/Him)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@happyborg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>happyborg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://podcastindex.social/@js" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>js</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> is a venture capital startup. By then the original investors will have sold out and walked away with their money.</p>
happyborg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://podcastindex.social/@js" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>js</span></a></span> <br>I've noticed that the 'AI' summaries I see on a search - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> in my case - are often verbatim content from the top link. </p><p>What do they think this will do to decent content, and when it's all gone what will they return?</p>
Linda, hanging on by a thread<p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> will let you filter out <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> from your searches!</p><p><a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/sick-of-seeing-ai-images-everywhere-online-duckduckgo-will-let-you-filter-out-the-slop-from-your-search-results" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techradar.com/computing/artifi</span><span class="invisible">cial-intelligence/sick-of-seeing-ai-images-everywhere-online-duckduckgo-will-let-you-filter-out-the-slop-from-your-search-results</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>**Sick of AI Slop? DuckDuckGo Now Lets You Block AI-Generated Images**</p><p>_DuckDuckGo admits the tool 'isn't perfect,' but claims it will 'greatly reduce the number of AI-generated images you see.'_</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/sick-of-ai-slop-duckduckgo-now-lets-you-block-ai-generated-images" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/news/sick-of-ai-slop</span><span class="invisible">-duckduckgo-now-lets-you-block-ai-generated-images</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AISlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AISlop</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Images</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
Marcus Adams<p>Headline: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> now lets you hide <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> generated images in search results</p><p>Source: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/duckduckgo-now-lets-you-hide-ai-generated-images-in-search-results/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/duck</span><span class="invisible">duckgo-now-lets-you-hide-ai-generated-images-in-search-results/</span></a></p>
My name is Gordo (not really)<p>Has anyone else on a mission to find a daily driver search engine that isn't Google or Bing given Mojeek a look? It's been around since 2004, with its own crawler and index of somewhere in the realm of 6-7 billion pages, all run from a data center in the UK run by Custodian Data Centres, who claim its one of the greenest in the country (can't vouch for the veracity of that claim; it's all news to me).</p><p>They've also been lamenting the state of search on the web for years, and discussing the need for more independent search indexes, so they seem to be on the right side of the fight. Obviously, corporations are not your friends, so yeah, that could change at any moment, but while I like SearXNG (when my preferred instance is fully operational; it was barely usable for the last day or two), and Startpage when it's not telling me I'm blocked for acting like a bot or using a VPN I'm definitely not using???, they're both still meta engines aggregating results from the usual suspects (in the case of SearXNG, a very flexible one that lets the end user choose which sources they want/don't want results from, but still), so I think there's value in having at least one other actual independent crawler with its own index, and much like web browsers, it's an increasingly difficult thing to do from scratch without VC money (Cliqz tried, but couldn't survive the pandemic).</p><p>Anyway, I set it as my default engine in LibreFox yesterday, and am going to trial it for at least a few days to see how it goes. Will report my findings.</p><p>And here's some hashtag spam (please do share your info/experiences, if so inclined): <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/searchengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>searchengines</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/googlesearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>googlesearch</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mojeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mojeek</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TryMojeekSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TryMojeekSearch</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/searxng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>searxng</span></a></p>
Ollie 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦<p>If using Google Search is <em>googling</em>, is using DuckDuckGo to search <em>ducking</em>?</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/WebSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebSearch</span></a></p>
United Kingdom News Beep<p>DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results</p><p>Privacy-focused browser DuckDuckGo is rolling out a new setting that lets users filter out AI images in search…<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/aislop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aislop</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/7554/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/uk/7554/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>So much love (and a few other sentiments) come Google’s way all the time, so why not give a little press to the oft-overlooked Duck Duck Go? After listening to audience feedback, the privacy-focused browser is rolling out a new setting that allows users to filter out AI images. Read more from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Techcrunch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Techcrunch</span></a></span>:</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/p3CaQ0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/p3CaQ0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/272840/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/272840/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕<p>»DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results:<br>Privacy-focused browser DuckDuckGo is rolling out a new setting that lets users filter out AI images in search results. The company says it’s launching the feature in response to feedback from users who said AI images can get in the way of finding what they’re looking for.«</p><p>I don't prefer this as my main search engine but if this could not trigger ain anti-AI hype?</p><p>🔎 <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/duckduckgo-now-lets-you-hide-ai-generated-images-in-search-results/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/duck</span><span class="invisible">duckgo-now-lets-you-hide-ai-generated-images-in-search-results/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/searchengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>searchengine</span></a></p>
David - Forking Mad<p>Apparently <a href="https://gofer.social/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> is having a lie-down for many. Get your <a href="https://gofer.social/tags/kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kagi</span></a> on. Far superior. Fact</p><p><a href="https://kagi.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://kagi.com</a></p>
Trending<p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> is now trending across Mastodon</p>
Tanquist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> <br>I guess that explains why <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> has been down so much lately and their "No AI" page really isn't "no AI". I guess I'll try kagi again.</p>