Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility Check, AI Mode Expands Big Time, ChatGPT Sends Less Traffic & SPN Ad Reporting
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- Posted on August 22, 2025
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This week, we did a check in on the ongoing Google Search ranking volatility. Google AI Mode expanded to 180 countries, added agentic experiences, got more personalized and gained sharable links. ChatGPT may be…
The need for speed: Why organizations are turning to rapid, trustworthy MDR
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- Posted on August 22, 2025
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How top-tier managed detection and response (MDR) can help organizations stay ahead of increasingly agile and determined adversaries
“What happens online stays online” and other cyberbullying myths, debunked
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- Posted on August 22, 2025
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Separating truth from fiction is the first step towards making better parenting decisions. Let’s puncture some of the most common misconceptions about online harassment.
The Pixel 10 Has an AI-Powered ‘Camera Coach’ That I Actually Liked
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- Posted on August 22, 2025
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Google debuted a bunch of new camera features that add AI to your photos during its Made by Google event yesterday, including one that claims to let you zoom in by 100 times—but there’s one other AI-powered addition that doesn’t actually add AI to your final photo. Called Camera Coach, it essentially tries to ensure […]
The New Pixel Camera’s ‘100x Zoom’ Is Basically Fancy Generative AI
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- Posted on August 21, 2025
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During Made by Google yesterday, the Android and search giant briefly teased that its new Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL phones could zoom in by 100 times. That’s a massive improvement over the 30x zoom on the Pixel 9 Pro, but the company didn’t really explain how it works. Well, it turns […]
iOS 26 Lets You Control Your iPhone by Raising Your Eyebrows or Sticking Out Your Tongue
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- Posted on August 21, 2025
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Apple’s iPhone offers a large array of accessibility features that help all users, of varying needs, access their smartphones. There are features that let you control the device with your voice, your eyes, and it can even generate a special voice that sounds just like you, so it can talk for you. In iOS 26, […]
This Blink Video Doorbell Bundle Is Nearly Half Off
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- Posted on August 21, 2025
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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’re looking to beef up your security with a trusted brand in the home surveillance space, the Blink Video Doorbell 3-Camera Bundle featuring the Outdoor 4 cam (which PCMag says is “Excellent”) is […]
Here Are the Biggest Labor Day Sales We’ve Found so Far
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- Posted on August 21, 2025
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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. Labor Day does more than unofficially mark the end of summer; it’s a day rich with history that also tends to coincide with a bunch of great sales. If you’re moving, need supplies for […]
Make YouTube Less Annoying by Changing These Eight Settings
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- Posted on August 21, 2025
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YouTube used to be this cool website where you could watch hours of entertaining videos from other people like you, with few interruptions. Of late, though, its management has made a series of decisions that make it harder for folks like me to enjoy the site. From shoving YouTube Shorts into every corner of the […]
Update Your Apple Devices ASAP to Patch This Major Security Flaw
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- Posted on August 21, 2025
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If you have Apple devices, check them right now for a available security update. The company has released an emergency patch for a zero-day affecting a huge swath of devices running multiple versions of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. As BleepingComputer reports, the vulnerability (labeled CVE-2025-43300) is an out-of-bounds write flaw in the Image I/O framework […]
YouTube Has Started Giving This Premium Feature Away for Free
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- Posted on August 21, 2025
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YouTube Premium is supposed to be the “ideal” YouTube experience. While the service is perfectly usable for free, Premium users get the extra perks, like no ads, complimentary YouTube Music, and an ever-growing list of features. So that’s why it’s interesting to see YouTube experimenting with offering a Premium-exclusive feature for free—at least, a watered-down […]
Notion Finally Allows Offline Editing, but You’ll Need to Manually Enable It
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- Posted on August 21, 2025
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There’s one feature that fans of the popular note taking service Notion have wanted for a really long time. No, it’s not website management, or even AI. It’s the simple ability to edit offline. Until now, to use Notion in any meaningful way, you had to have an active internet connection. That was fine most […]
Google’s Going All In on ‘AI Mode’ With New Features and a Global Launch
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- Posted on August 21, 2025
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After months of testing and opt-ins, Google Search thinks its AI Mode is ready for primetime. Starting today, it’s going to be available for 180 countries across the globe (although only in English), expanding from the U.S., UK, and India. AI Mode is Google Search’s LLM-based search results feature, where instead of the usual links, […]
This Waterproof Soundcore Speaker Is Nearly 30% Right Now
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- Posted on August 21, 2025
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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’re looking for a new portable speaker built for the outdoors, the highly rated Soundcore Boom 3i by Anker is currently on sale on Amazon. While some colors are only 21% off, the […]
Coinbase to list World Liberty’s USD1 stablecoin
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- Posted on August 21, 2025
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World Liberty Financial (WLFI) minted $205M USD1, lifting supply to $2.4B after Waller’s speech. Coinbase has added USD1 to its roadmap, signalling a possible full listing. USD1 adoption is growing steadily, with Abu Dhabi backing and Binance settlements. World Liberty Financial has minted $205 million worth of its USD1 stablecoin shortly after a speech by […]













