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Google tweaks search to punish ‘low-quality’ sites

NEW YORK -- Google says it has tweaked the formulas steering its Internet search engine to take the rubbish out of its results. The overhaul is designed to lower the rankings of what Google deems "low-quality" sites. Sites that produce original content or information that Google considers valuable are supposed to rank higher under the new system.

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Cloudflare outage impacts thousands, disrupts ChatGPT, X and more

A widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has largely resolved an issue that led to outages impacting users of everything from ChatGPT and the online game, “League of Legends,” to the New Jersey Transit system early Tuesday.

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