Q&A: How Someone Who’s Nearly a Millionaire Can Enjoy the Benefits of Their Portfolio Sooner
Below is an email transcript from a BiggerPockets Money listener who sent me a message about their personal financial situation and wanted my insights. We’ve used AI to edit the […]
Best Places to List a Rental: Why You Should List and Manage Your Home on Redfin
In today’s world, managing your property’s rental listing should be as simple as a few clicks. Whether you’re renting out a single-family home, a condo, or another type of property, […]
The Best New Features in Android 16’s Second Beta Update
We’re now up to the second public beta release of Android 16, which brings new features across a variety of areas, including photography, system security, device management, and foldable form factors. The official Google blog post announcing the beta release leads with the media and camera updates. If you want more of a say over […]
16 of the Best Movies About Outbreaks and Pandemics
We may earn a commission from links on this page. During his Presidential campaign, new Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised an eight-year halt on infectious disease research, presumably because our chances of encountering any sort of infectious disease will be nearly zero once the fluoride is gone from our water […]
Five Renter-Friendly Hardware Swaps to Upgrade Your Home
We may earn a commission from links on this page. When it comes to upgrading your home’s aesthetic, you don’t need to spend a lot of time or money to have an impact. In addition to inexpensive improvements that increase your home’s comfort and efficiency, there are a number of small swaps that can have […]
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: Cave Diving Memes
This week, I explain why generations A and Z are eating rotten meat, making fun of cave explorers, showing off their emergency contacts, and becoming very emotionally invested in an angler fish. Everyone is having a very normal week. What do all the cave diving memes mean? If your various social media feeds are full […]
Daily Search Forum Recap: February 18, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
Google Gemini Can Now Remember Your Previous Chats
The Google Gemini apps are getting a memory upgrade, with the AI bot now able to recall past conversations you’ve had with it—building on the tool’s existing ability to remember personal details about you, such as the foods you like or what you do professionally. Like several other new Gemini features when they first launched, […]
You Can Now Customize Chat Bubble and Background Colors on WhatsApp
WhatsApp is adding new choices for customizing your chats, with both preset themes and mix-and-match colors for backgrounds and chat bubbles, as well as a selection of 30 new wallpapers. Users on WhatsApp have been able to change chat backgrounds for a while, with options ranging from solid colors to patterned wallpapers to images uploaded […]
Six Psychological Tricks Companies Use to Keep You From Canceling Your Subscriptions
Canceling memberships has become an everyday thing for a lot of people. We cycle through streaming services, we sign up for trial memberships, we find cheaper, better options for everything from television to gyms and jump whenever it makes financial, emotional, or psychological sense for us to do so. We’re pretty much at a point […]
Google Search Testing New Pagination Bar Without Numbers
Google is testing removing the numbers from the pagination menu at the footer of the Google Search results page. The normal pagination bar shows the page number you are on, the test just shows a next button.
Bing Tests Knowledge Panels With Related Searches Box
Microsoft is testing adding a new box to the knowledge panels within Bing that show related searches. This is obviously to encourage searches to do more queries, to generate more ads and more revenue. Or maybe to help searchers find a more diverse set of topics to search for.
Google Ads Advanced Plans
Google Ads has this section (not sure if it is new) named Advanced Plans. This feature allows you to select a “mix of ad types based on goals” and Google will create conversion creation and capture plans for you.
Google Search Testing Background Section
Google Search is testing a new section in the search results titled or named “Background.” This includes articles from news publishers, with I guess, more background information than you would find from others.
Google: There Is No Persistent Shortcut To Faster Crawling
Google’s John Mueller said that there is no persistent shortcut to faster crawling. Yes, you can expedite crawling for specific situations and times, but there is no way to just tell Google you want them to crawl you faster, all the time.
