I Compared Siri AI to Gemini on iPhone and There’s a Clear Winner
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- Posted on July 6, 2026
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After a two-year tease, Siri AI is officially available to beta testers—once they get off the waitlist. For the last couple of days, I’ve had access to Siri AI on my iPhone 16 Pro, and naturally, the first question I had was, “Why should I use this instead of just the Gemini app?” That’s because, […]
Daily Search Forum Recap: July 6, 2026
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- Posted on July 6, 2026
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
The Best Books, Movies, Video Games, and Podcasts to Check Out After Watching ‘Adventure Time’
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- Posted on July 6, 2026
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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Adventure Time changes you. A show that starts off as a silly cartoon about a kid wearing a bear hat and his shape-shifting adoptive brother Jake the dog hides some of the deepest, darkest lore in entertainment history. The show deals with existential issues in […]
10 Shows Like ‘Cape Fear’ You Should Watch Next
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- Posted on July 6, 2026
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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Every generation, it seems, gets their own Max Cady: the ex-convict with an obsessive grudge against the attorney who helped send him to prison. Played by Robert Mitchum in 1962 and Robert De Niro in 1991, Javier Bardem has picked up the batshit baton for […]
I Started Investing with Just $7,500. Now I Own Millions in Rentals
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- Posted on July 6, 2026
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One day, Remington Lyman was brought into his boss’s office, told that he did above-and-beyond at his job, and was handed a 2% raise with a smile. All the extra […]
Bing Tests Product Detail Overlay With Retailer Pricing, Price Insights & More
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- Posted on July 6, 2026
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Microsoft Bing is testing product detail screens, overlays, when you click on a product listing within the Bing search results. Bing will overlay a product detail screen, with the products images, description, the retailers and prices they sell it at, price insights and history, related products and more.
Google & YouTube Shopify App Sync May Cause Mess After August 18th
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- Posted on July 6, 2026
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Those of you who use the Google and YouTube Shopify app to sync your products automatically from Shopify to Google Merchant Center may have a huge headache to deal with after August 18, 2026. The rumor is that you will need to reinstall the app by this date and when you do this, every product […]
Further Exploration Found In The Wild Within Google AI Overviews
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- Posted on July 6, 2026
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Back in early May, Google announced five new ways to explore the web with generative AI in Google Search. One was a feature that was titled “Further Exploration” at the bottom of the AI Overview within Google Search. Well, now it seems some are seeing this feature in the wild.
ChatGPT Ads Can Generate Ads For You
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- Posted on July 6, 2026
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OpenAI’s ad platform, ChatGPT Ads, is now using AI (I guess) to generate ads for you. The ad platform lets you click on “add new ad,” which then says, “Generated ads for you,” and then lets you review, edit, and approve that generated ad.
Google: Cloudflare Content Signals Robots.txt Directive Has No Effects
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- Posted on July 6, 2026
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John Mueller from Google said that the new Content Signals robots.txt directive invented by Cloudflare last year has “no effects whatsoever for any crawler or LLM.” He added that it “just adds bloat and future maintenance to your robots.txt file.” As far as he knows, he said, none of the crawlers or LLMs use the […]
Cyber readiness for SMBs: Getting the basics right
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- Posted on July 4, 2026
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AI is changing cybercrime, but SMB cyber readiness still largely depends on closing the familiar gaps
These Cordless Power Tools Are up to 55% Off for Home Depot’s 4th of July Sale
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- Posted on July 3, 2026
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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Fourth of July weekend brings many traditions in the U.S., but my favorite is using the extra time to tackle DIY home improvement projects I’ve been putting off. There are often great sales on […]
The Most Versatile DeWalt Cordless Tool I Use Is 55% Off for Lowe’s 4th of July Sale
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- Posted on July 3, 2026
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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you have DIY projects to tackle, choosing quality tools that will last a long time is a good way to save money over time. DeWalt is one of my favorite brands for cordless […]
How Much Real Estate Do You Actually Need to Be Free?
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- Posted on July 3, 2026
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How many rental properties do you need to retire? A lot fewer than you think. When people start investing in real estate, they think they need 20, 50, or even […]
How to 2X Your Cash Flow (or More) on the Property You Already Own (Rookie Reply)
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- Posted on July 3, 2026
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What if you could take the rental property you already own and make 2-3 times more? Whether you’re in the red, barely breaking even, or wanting more from your rentals, […]







