Is Virtual Reality Really Dead?
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Things don’t look great for virtual reality. Once seen as the future of online interaction, the present has caught up to VR, and it’s brutal: Meta is by far the biggest dog in the virtual reality kennel, and its virtual reality division, Reality Labs, lost […]
That Political ‘Call to Action’ Might Actually Be a Scam
I’m just a humble immigrant, but as a mere (legal!) guest in the U.S., I can’t help but notice that the country is rather, shall we say, politically divided these days (sorry if pointing that out seems rude). It seems international scammers have also noticed—and are taking advantage in subtle ways. Recently, investor Fred Benenson […]
This Substack Data Breach May Have Compromised Nearly 700,000 User Records
When you sign up for a subscription on Substack, you’re thinking you’ll receive newsletters and posts from online creators, not lose the data you share with the platform. But like any digital service, the data you provide when signing up is at the mercy of Substack, or anyone who happens to gain access to that […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom Calls For the State to Implement Its Own Institutional Investor Ban
California Governor Gavin Newsom has rarely been in lockstep with the federal government recently, but they agree on one issue: stopping corporate investors from buying single-family homes. Investors in California […]
A Fast-Growing Renter Demographic is Creating Better Cash Flow Opportunities For Investors
Solo living is no longer a state enforced on a spouse when their other half passes away, but increasingly a lifestyle choice many Americans prefer or have found themselves in […]
The 7 Places Self-Managing Landlords Lose Money Without Realizing It
This article is presented by RentRedi. When I bought my first rental, I was determined to self-manage. Not because I loved property management, but because I wanted to learn. I wanted […]
AirDrop Is Coming to Even More Android Phones This Year
Last November, Google announced that it had managed to make Apple’s AirDrop compatible with Quick Share on its Pixel 10 phones, allowing them to easily share photos and files with iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The feature was intuitive, and to quote my colleague Jake Peterson, it’s worked so seamlessly that it was almost like Quick […]
Spotify Will Now Use AI to Tell You the Meaning Behind Your Favorite Songs
Streaming services make it easy to listen to a lot of music, but they don’t necessarily tell you much about the songs themselves. You can see how long each track is, who performed it, and maybe even the song writing credits, but you don’t know why the artist wrote the song, or what each song […]
Blink’s Highly Rated Wired Floodlight Camera Is Just $45 Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Adding more visibility to a driveway or backyard is cheaper than you might think. The Blink Wired Floodlight Camera is currently selling for just $44.99 on Amazon, down from its usual $99.99, and price-tracking […]
The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Is $200 Off Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The 44mm Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 (LTE) is down to $229.99 at Woot, which is a steep drop from its $429.99 launch price. That also undercuts its current $339.99 price on Amazon, and price […]
I Tried Malwarebytes’ ChatGPT App, and It’s Actually Good at Detecting Scams
A few months ago, ChatGPT got an app store of its own, which means you can access tools like Photoshop and Apple Music right inside the ChatGPT prompt box. Now Malwarebytes has joined the ChatGPT app store, which means you can get some expert help when investigating web links, emails, text messages, domains, and phone […]
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 6, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google unleashed its first core update of 2026…
Report: ChatGPT & Perplexity Treat Structured Data As Text On A Page
To fuel the debate in the SEO world of the topic of structured data and LLMs and AI engines, we are hearing that once again, AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity are not using structured data in any special way.
Google Partner Portal Gets A Redesign
Last week, Google updated the design for the Google Partner Portal for advertisers. Google said the new look makes it “simpler to understand your goals and to track all your points activity.”
Bing Unshipping Frankenstein Recipes In Search
We covered how horrific the AI-based Frankenstein recipes can be in Google Search, where it mashes up recipe steps from various publishers and acts like it is a real recipe from a source. Well, Bing had something similar but Jordi Ribas from Microsoft said they are “unshipping” the feature after the feedback was received.
