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Russia has rejected Trump's "ultimatum" for Moscow to sign a ceasefire deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days on Tuesday as "unacceptable," calling for continued negotiations and insisting that the invasion ordered by Vladimir Putin would continue until its goals are achieved.

In response to President Trump's threat to impose 100% secondary tariffs on countries that do business with Russia if Putin's government does not agree to a deal to end the war in that timeframe, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Tuesday that "any attempts to make demands, especially ultimatums, are unacceptable to us," according to Russia's state-run TASS news agency.

This story was originally published by The Revelator.

by John R. Platt

Three simple keystrokes will deliver search results that consume less energy and water — and probably contain better information.

A few weeks ago, I wrote an editorial discouraging environmentalists from using generative AI programs like ChatGPT due to their extraordinary energy and water consumption. If you care about the planet, I argued, you shouldn’t use such climate-damaging systems.

Most people responded to the editorial positively, but one follow-up question kept coming up: “How do I get AI completely out of my life?”

That’s a broad question, and it’s a tough one to answer because artificial intelligence has been wrapped into so many aspects of our daily lives, from cell phones, use of Microsoft Word, customer-service inquiries and, of course, search engines.

That last one bothered a lot of you, who complained about Google presenting AI answers to every search, well before any websites that might contain the same (or better) answers.

Now, search results that present AI-generated answers don’t carry quite the same environmental cost as full-fledged generative AI queries — like asking ChatGPT to “write” a full essay — but some research suggests AI search results will use four to five times as much energy as the old non-AI searches we used to enjoy. That’s not nothing, and in the battle against climate change, every watt counts.

Luckily, it turns out there’s an easy way to get AI out of your Google search results. Simply type these three keys after your search term: -AI

(That’s the minus sign immediately followed by the letters AI, with no space between them.)

Here’s an example: I Googled the phrase “why are tigers endangered” and got this result, leading with an AI-generated overview:

I tried it again with “-AI” at the end of the search phrase and got these results, which start with an authoritative source. Google still includes an overview pulled from the pages, but it doesn’t appear to have been generated by AI:

A second example: I searched for information on data centers and noise pollution (another problem of AI) and got this AI-generated search result:

But I added “-AI” to the search and got a reputable source first. Google still included a few lines from that source, but that’s the point: It was sourced in the first place. A lot of AI-generated texts don’t present their sources, so you can’t judge their veracity.

Google is obviously the king of search, but it’s not the only game in town. I tried this on a variety of other search engines and got similar — but imperfect — results.

A normal search on Bing delivered a detailed AI answer from its Copilot AI system.

Using “-AI” on Bing delivered a search result with a space for Copilot, but that space didn’t populate.

A normal search on Yahoo delivered an AI summary.

Using “-AI” on Yahoo still generated an AI answer, although it appeared after an authoritative source. (This earns Yahoo a failing grade, in my book.)

DuckDuckGo presented an AI “assist” on my first search (which, quite interestingly, included a warning about its possible lack of accuracy).

Adding “-AI” to the search on that platform delivered AI-free results. This made DuckDuckGo today’s winner. (It’s worth noting that DuckDuckGo also receives high marks from security specialists because it doesn’t track your search results.)

None of these results are perfect, and these search engines are likely to modify their systems at any time. But as of this writing using “-AI” seems like a simple and efficient way to reduce the carbon footprint of your online searches — which, as a journalist who searches for stuff dozens of times a day, is something I appreciate.

Credit where credit is due: I got this tip about Google from a video posted by ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee. Watch her video below, and her Climate A to Zee series on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQOa26lW-uI9vE04ltQcr8Kz2QRVcYpx5

Dubvee went offline before we could decide and move the community which just has been moved to Dubvee not more than three weeks ago. Therefor we couldn't announce where we move to which I'd like therefore to do with this post.

The new community is: [email protected]

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WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of half of the 4,000 National Guard troops who had been sent to Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel during a spate of protests last month, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

It’s the funniest thing today. None of the 3 buttons do a damn thing. I couldn’t use Teams properly or Excel or teams web because it’s blocked. I’m in support so user’s start to flag it to me as well. Got in touch with my mate in Sec turns out it’s an automated response from defender flagging its own backend as malicious cloud provider or something like that.

The Trump administration has delayed and may cancel roughly $140 million in grants to fund fentanyl overdose response efforts, according to four staff members with close knowledge of the process at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The staffers shared detailed information with NPR about the funding disruption and potential cuts on the condition of anonymity, saying they don't have permission to speak publicly about their concerns and feared retribution from the Trump administration if identified.

Dubvee went offline before we could decide and move the community which just has been moved to Dubvee not more than three weeks ago. Therefor we couldn't announce where we move to which I'd like therefore to do with this post.

The new community is: [email protected]

Background:

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   2.https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/49080279
2. https://piefed.jeena.net/post/205297

Is burning nearly a $1 million of food that you already bought a good example of "government efficiency"?

We're still months away from these budget bills having a chance to become law.

A budget-writing panel in the House of Representatives passed a $24.8 billion NASA budget bill Tuesday, joining a similar subcommittee in the Senate in maintaining the space agency's funding after the White House proposed a nearly 25 percent cut.

The budget bills making their way through the House and Senate don't specify funding levels for individual programs, but the topline numbers—$24.8 billion in the House version and $24.9 billion the Senate bill—represent welcome news for scientists, industry, and space enthusiasts bracing for severe cuts requested by the Trump administration.

The spending plan passed Tuesday by the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies covers NASA and numerous other federal agencies. The $24.8 billion budget the House seeks for NASA is $6 billion more than the Trump administration's budget proposal, and keeps NASA's funding next year the same as this year.

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