The Seven Coolest Inventions From ‘DEF CON’ 2026
DEF CON, the annual hacker convention held in Las Vegas, Nevada, just concluded its 2026 event. Between the convention’s Main Stage talks, vendor floors, and Demo Labs displays, this year’s event displayed some amazing feats of anti-surveillance technology built by open-source and independent developers or cybersecurity experts. There’s a device that detects nearby Flock cameras, an […]
How Does AI Watermarking Work, and How Can I Check For One?
Recently, Anthropic announced that its Claude models will soon begin marking its text output with invisible watermarks. At the same time, Google revealed that its own visible Gemini watermark on generated images will now be optional. These are just two contradictory examples of the wildly varied methods of watermarking AI output. So, let’s break down […]
Google Trends Explore Page Adds Category Filtering
Google Trends now lets you filter your results by category, either with or without a query. This can give you a more refined view of the trends for a specific query or zoom you out more on category level trends within Google Search.
Daily Search Forum Recap: September 2, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
These Samsung Monitors Are up to 39% Off for Amazon’s Early Labor Day Sale
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Amazon’s early Labor Day 2026 sale has a useful spread of Samsung monitor deals, with models ranging from the $150 Odyssey G5 to the new $710 5K Odyssey G8. The Odyssey line is built […]
Here’s How to Protect Your Privacy If Someone Is Recording You With Their Glasses
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Meta’s smart glasses are earning a reputation for being a privacy nightmare—to put it mildly. While the company is taking steps to make it harder to record people without their knowledge, it’s still not possible to prevent being recorded. So, what can you do if […]
Build Your First Rental (DON’T Buy One) in 2026
Builders are currently offering huge incentives on new construction homes, to the point where buying “new” might be actually cheaper than buying an existing rental property in your market right […]
The New (Better) 1% Rule for Real Estate
The rules of real estate investing have changed. For years, investors were using the one-percent rule to quickly determine if a real estate deal would cash flow. But the one-percent […]
Bing Tests Search Result Snippets Without Site Names
Microsoft is testing removing the site names from the Bing search results and instead showing only the site’s URL. Google tested this about a year ago, so I guess it makes sense for Bing to test as well.
Google Tell Maps Starts To Roll Out
About a month ago, Google announced Tell Maps, a way for Google Maps contributors to use AI to tell Google Maps more about places. “You can suggest edits conversationally, right from Ask Maps and the Contribute tab,” Google said about Tell Maps.
Google AdSense Begin-to-Render Impression Measurement Coming
Google AdSense will change how it counts impressions for display ads starting on February 17, 2027. Google will use what it calls the Begin-to-Render methodology and will only count the impression once the ad has successfully loaded and has started to render on the user’s device.
Google Ads New Pre-Fill Asset Groups With Generated Assets
Google Ads added a new section to the how asset groups work help documentation for pre-fill asset groups with generated assets. This section goes over new features like in-construction callout and automatic pre-fill.
Google: The Disavow Tool Does Have Effects
Google’s John Mueller said the Google disavow tool “does have effects,” adding, “but it has its place & time.” This was in response a complaint about a site dropping in the search results after adding links to the disavow link tool.
Google Analytics September 1 Data Missing
Google Analytics seems to have another bug, this time with data missing from the main charts. September 1, 2026 data is showing zero traffic to websites; I believe this is across every Google Analytics install.
You Can Still Get a Nintendo Switch 2 for $400 During Woot’s Early Labor Day Sale
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Woot’s early Labor Day Sale is treating shoppers to a gaming deal worth considering: A Grade A refurbished Nintendo Switch 2 is $399.99, or $100 less than the console’s new $499.99 retail price, making […]
