Google Falls Back To Featured Snippets When AI Overviews Don’t Generate
Google will sometimes fall back to showing featured snippets when it is unable to generate AI Overviews for a query. And when that happens, it sometimes looks like an AI Overview, but it is not an AI Overview, it is a featured snippet.
Common Apple Pay scams, and how to stay safe
Here’s how the most common scams targeting Apple Pay users work and what you can do to stay one step ahead
A Study Found Diet Coke Is Better for You Than Water (Sort Of)
I’m sure you’ve seen the studies that come out from time to time showing that diet sodas are arguably kinda-sorta bad for you. (Their evidence is never very strong.) But did you see the new study that found diet soda was better than water for people with type 2 diabetes? Not only is it a […]
The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Is on Sale for $390 Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Samsung announced the Galaxy Watch Ultra in the summer of 2024, and then refreshed it last August with double the storage and new color options. As we all know, older versions get big discounts, […]
How to Stop This New Pixel Bug From Leaking Your Audio to Incoming Callers
If you’re a Pixel owner, you may want to update your settings for Phone by Google. 9to5Google reports that a handful of users have experienced a bug with the Take a Message feature that records and sends audio to callers as they are leaving a voicemail. Take a Message is a recently introduced feature for […]
10 Google Search Hacks Everyone Should Know
It’s not just you. Google Search has become significantly worse in recent years. In the past, you only had to watch out for low-quality content filled with SEO-bait keywords. Today, you have to be wary of AI-generated garbage, misinformation, and a generally worse UI. Still, it’s not impossible to find good search results on Google. […]
This Script Removes the AI Features From Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
Tech companies are getting increasingly pushy with their large language models—prominent buttons for these AI features coat every surface designers can think of, including in three of the most prominent browsers: Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. If you want these AI features to go away, and stay away, there’s a script for that. JustTheBrowser is a […]
Now Instagram Is Down Too
If you just tried to open Instagram on your phone or computer, only to find that nothing would load, don’t worry: It’s not your wifi, nor is Verizon experiencing another outage. The fault instead lies with Meta, as Instagram is currently down. That’s according to Downdetector, owned by Lifehacker parent company Ziff Davis, which shows […]
Where to Stream Every Nominated Movie Before the 2026 Oscars
We may earn a commission from links on this page. It’s Oscar season! By which I mean, it’s that time of year when movie dorks are in a rush to catch up on as many Oscar-nominated films as is feasible before the awards ceremony kicks off—which, this year, will be on March 15 on ABC. […]
Six Ways to Use Staging Psychology to Sell Your House
Selling a house is one of the largest transactions most of us will ever make. Considering how much you’ve invested in the place in terms of both money and sweat equity, it’s natural to want to get as much profit from the sale as possible. One strategy to maximize profits that most real estate professionals […]
If You’ve Installed Any of These 17 Browser Extensions, Delete Them Now
Another wave of malicious browser extensions capable of tracking user activity and compromising privacy have been found across Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, some of which may have been active for up to five years. The campaign, known as GhostPoster, was identified by Koi Security in December and included 17 Firefox add-ons designed to monitor users’ […]
Controversial “Climate Risk Scores” Keep Rising—And It’s Making a Major Dent on Investor Profits in Major Markets
Extreme weather is increasingly raining down on real estate transactions, with insurers and lenders kicking up storms and killing deals if a new metric—a climate disaster score—doesn’t offer a sunny […]
Travel Trends Are Shifting—Here’s How It’s Impacting the Short-Term Rental Market
Every few years, travel quietly changes its personality. Not in a dramatic, sky-is-falling kind of way. More like when you show up at your favorite restaurant and realize they raised […]
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 22, 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. Apple to have two different releases of Siri and Apple Intelligence, powered by Google Gemini…
These Bose Open Earbuds Are More Than Half 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 Bose Ultra Open Earbuds don’t block out the world—they sit just outside your ears and let everything in. Traffic noise, conversations, the doorbell—all of it stays audible while your music plays alongside it. […]
