My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: The Beats Pill Portable Speaker
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- Posted on January 20, 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. Today’s Bluetooth speakers have features that make them better than they were just a few years ago, from USB-C for universal fast charging, to hi-res audio playback, to serving as battery backup for other […]
Condo Prices See The Biggest Decline Since 2012—Here’s Why They’re Now a Great Cash Flow Opportunity in Today’s Market
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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Condos could be the sleeper real estate investment you never thought you needed. If you’re looking to buy a severely discounted asset to capitalize on cash flow, a condo might […]
How to Back Up All Your Android Messages
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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I’ve been in a particularly “back everything up for the sake of it” mood lately, and the latest target of my fixation is messages. It’s been several generations of Android flagships since I archived anything, though, so now I’m scrambling to back up everything from 2019 and beyond. Android was supposed to fix the way […]
How to Get Samsung Galaxy’s Best Feature on Your Pixel (or Any Android)
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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I’m a devout Pixel user. I love stock Android, and I’m always running the latest Android beta, making Pixel basically my only choice. But there are times when I get jealous looking at all the extra tools that Samsung provides on its Galaxy phones, Edge Panel being the big one. With Edge Panel, you can […]
Netflix Is Rolling Out Real-Time Voting for Live Events
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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When Netflix isn’t spending its time trying to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, it seems the company is actually adding new features to its subscription service. Netflix is always adding new shows and movies, which is what most users are looking for in the platform, but that’s not all you can expect from your account. In […]
Daily Search Forum Recap: January 20, 2026
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Everclear launches cross-chain asset settlement on Mantle, enabling 60-second wETH-to-mETH swaps
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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Swap wETH to Mantle’s mETH from major chains in under 60 seconds. No traditional bridges, slippage, or complex onboarding steps required. Netting + rebalancing cuts liquidity fragmentation and operational costs. The blockchain industry’s liquidity fragmentation problem has a new solution. Everclear, the interoperability protocol formerly known as Connext, has launched cross-chain asset settlement on Mantle […]
Why Everyone Should Still Use an RSS Reader in 2026
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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If you missed out on a better era of consuming news and other online content, RSS either stands for RDF (Resource Description Framework) Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication, depending on who you ask—even Wikipedia includes both expansions of the initialism. Whatever the linguistic details, one of the main roles of RSS is to supply […]
Trump’s Housing Proposals Could Work, There’s Just One Big Problem
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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The housing market is unaffordable. But the Trump administration is trying to change that. The question is: Will any of their proposals actually work? Trump’s housing policy is clear: make […]
Google AI Mode Shows Product Inventory & Pricing In Light Font Color
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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Google AI Mode is showing really light colored fonts for product pricing and inventory when you click on a product. This differs from the normal font type in the main Google Search results interface.
Poll: More Advertisers To Add Microsoft Advertising To Marketing Mix?
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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Navah Hopkins, the Microsoft Advertiser Ads Liaison, asked on LinkedIn if you will be adding Microsoft Advertising part of your marketing mix in 2026? The poll had over 200 responses, with most saying it is already included in that mix but 36% saying they will be adding it to the mix.
Google Search Team Does Not Endorse LLMs.txt Files
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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Yep, back on comments from Google on the LLMs.txt file. Another question came up on Bluesky asking if the fact that some Google properties still have the LLMs.txt files up, if that is some sort of endorsement from Google. John Mueller from Google said, simply, “no,” it is not an endorsement.
Google AI Mode Fan-Out Prompts To Narrow Your Query
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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Back in May, Google announced updates to shopping in AI Mode. One of those announcements is to help you narrow down your AI Mode results for shopping queries using query fan-out. Well, here is an example of that where Google AI Mode is prompting you to narrow down the options.
Google AI Overviews With Font Strikethroughs
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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Here is a weird one – one person named Kunjal Chawhan spotted a Google AI Overview that had an HTML font strikethrough in the text. So it looks like Google is offering an answer, but it’s struck through as a false answer…
MakinaFi hit by $4.1M Ethereum hack as MEV tactics suspected
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- Posted on January 20, 2026
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Funds were split between two wallets holding $3.3 million and $880,000. The exploit involved MEV-linked addresses and preemptive transaction timing. MakinaFi has not released a technical statement or mitigation plan. A major crypto breach has struck MakinaFi, draining millions in Ethereum from the decentralised finance platform. The incident resulted in the loss of 1,299 ETH, […]









