You Can Safely Delete These Preinstalled Apps From Your Samsung Galaxy
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Like the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy handsets come loaded with a bunch of preinstalled Samsung apps that you don’t necessarily need and might never use—especially as there are Google-made equivalents for a lot of them that you’ll also find on your phone. As these Samsung apps come preinstalled, you might think that removing them might break […]
SoundCloud Just Updated Their Terms of Service After AI Policy Backlash
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You might be having a bad week, but AI is having a worse one. First there was the “racism glitch” that beset Grok, and now music platform SoundCloud is facing some serious criticism for a clause buried in its terms of service. The imbroglio began in February 2024, when SoundCloud quietly changed its TOS to […]
What’s New on Disney+ in June 2025
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Disney isn’t bringing a lot of new content to its streaming platform in June, but there a few original and exclusive titles on the lineup. Season five of Disney Channel’s animated comedy series Phineas and Ferb (June 6) will premiere with 10 episodes, returning for the first time since 2015. The show follows two stepbrothers […]
What’s New on Hulu in June 2025
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FX’s highly acclaimed hit series The Bear returns to Hulu in June for its fourth season, picking up right after the events of season three, when Carmy received the Chicago Tribune’s review of his fine-dining restaurant. The main cast—Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Ayo Edebiri, to name a few—are reprising their roles in pushing […]
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Rethinking Search, Replacing Reddit, Search Console Annotations & So Much More
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This week, we covered, you guessed it, more Google search ranking volatility. Google also said they are rethinking its search stack from the ground up because of LLMs. Google is testing AI Overviews in more regions and languages prior to Google I/O/ Google is testing AI Mode buttons throughout Google…
Daily Search Forum Recap: May 16, 2025
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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 confirmed ads with AI Overviews make as much as ads without AI Overviews on the page…
Google’s Pichai: Search Ads With AI Overviews Earn Same As Ads Without
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Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, said that search ads with AI Overviews are at a baseline, at the same level as search ads without AI Overviews, in terms of ad revenue per query. He added, and now it is just about going up from there, and with AI, he doesn’t see it to a problem.
‘Bread Baking for Beginners’ Will Give You All the Confidence You Need
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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Welcome to “Cookbook of the Week.” This is a series where I highlight cookbooks that are unique, easy to use, or just special to me. While finding a particular recipe online serves a quick purpose, flipping through a truly excellent cookbook has a magic all […]
Operation RoundPress
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ESET researchers uncover a Russia-aligned espionage operation targeting webmail servers via XSS vulnerabilities
Sednit abuses XSS flaws to hit gov’t entities, defense companies
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Operation RoundPress targets webmail software to steal secrets from email accounts belonging mainly to governmental organizations in Ukraine and defense contractors in the EU
Home Prices Are Dropping: How to Find Great Deals in YOUR Market (Rookie Reply)
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Home prices are seeing some serious cuts—but is this happening across all markets, and what does it mean for new investors? For many beginners, this could be the perfect time […]
May 2025 Housing Market Update: Price Cuts Arrive, Market “Softening” Continues
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The housing market is going through another significant shift. Sellers have lost even more control as price cuts become common in some top markets. Rents are flat, but will they […]
Google Search AI Shuffle Button
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Google is testing a “Shuffle” button in some of its AI generated answers within the Google Search results. When you click the shuffle button, it seems to redo or change up the response Google’s AI gives you.
Bing Shopping Tests Shading Site Names
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Microsoft is testing shading the site names, the brand names, of retailers in the Bing Shopping search results. So the name Amazon is in a blue shaded background color as opposed to just saying Amazon.com.
Google Working To Make It Easier To Share AI Overviews & AI Mode
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Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google Search, confirmed Google is working on making it easier to share AI Overviews within Google Search and AI Mode responses.






