Google Ads To Automatically Pause Low-Activity Keywords Next Month
Google Ads will automatically pause low-activity keywords starting in June 2024. That means campaigns with keywords that were created over 13 months ago and have zero impressions over the past 13 months will be paused.
Report: OpenAI To Launch Search Engine
Over the past week or so, I’ve seen two signals that OpenAI will launch its own search engine of sorts soon. The first is that search.chatgpt.com is showing in the log files for some servers, and also, yesterday, there were more business-oriented rumors of OpenAI launching a search engine on May 9th.
Ex-eXp agent at center of sex lawsuit sues for defamation
Michael Bjorkman wants more than $20 million. He says founder Glenn Sanford defamed him when discussing ‘bad actors’ and jail time on an earnings call.
Faith in NYCB restored, but worries about some regional banks remain
Wall Street investors believe promises made by new leadership of New York Community Bancorp, but concerns about the impact of interest rates and commercial lending on regional banks remain.
Hyatt, Hilton among those accused of price-fixing in new antitrust suit
A lawsuit filed last week in California alleges the hotel industry engaged in illegal price-fixing using AI software.
EXp sees revenue rise, but agent count dips again in Q1
The company earned $943 million in revenue between January and March of this year. However, by the end of the quarter, agent count was down to 85,780.
Growth in residential, rental and mortgage segments lift Zillow in Q1
Zillow tallied growing revenue while stabilizing losses in the first quarter of the year as the reigning search portal narrowed in on its post-commission settlement strategy on Wednesday.
Rates ease as Fed says it will dial back balance sheet tightening
Federal Reserve policymakers say they’ll slow the pace of “quantitative tightening” to $40 billion a month, less than half the pace envisioned 2 years ago.
Home Prices Stagnate in The South and America’s New #1 Housing Market
Texas and Florida are seeing stagnating home prices as housing inventory booms while demand slips away. Housing is still expensive, but with more inventory, why is it staying that way? […]
Android Users Are Getting a Fart Button
Coming soon to an Android phone call near you: a fart button. As first reported by 9to5Google, Android users on the beta update channel are noticing a new menu in calls made with the Google Phone app. Dubbed “Audio Emoji,” this surprise new feature gives callers a soundboard with six different sound effects, which both […]
You Aren’t Using Your Pixel’s Flashlight at Full Brightness
Unlike other smartphones from companies like Apple and Samsung, Google doesn’t let you control the flashlight intensity of your Pixel. While that might mean the torch is a bit brighter than you may like in some cases, at least it’s always as bright as can be, right? Wrong. As it turns out, not only does […]
The Asus Rog Zephyrus G16 Is Solid All Around
Perhaps one of my biggest pet peeves about gaming laptops is how over-the-top they can look and feel. I get it. Many of the best gaming laptops have a ton of fans, are usually packed with RGB lighting, and that flash is a badge of honor for some. But flash doesn’t make the laptop run […]
What People Are Getting Wrong this Week: AI-powered Gadgets
Tech-interested people and early adopters have been extremely hyped for portable/wearable AI assistants since the Humane AI pin was announced in 2023. Sadly, blue sky techie visions of an easier, glossier, “in the flow” lifestyle powered by an ever-ready AI brain have been blown apart by the release of the first two products in the […]
LinkedIn Now Has Three ‘Wordle’ Style Puzzle Games for Some Reason
Once a simple social network for posting resumes and job listings and networking with peers, then a blog platform, and more recently an AI service, LinkedIn is now following in the footsteps of The New York Times in launching three new Wordle style daily puzzle games, which it no doubt fervently hopes will keep you […]
8 Telegram Privacy Settings You Should Enable Immediately
Telegram is one of the world’s most popular messaging apps, but many of its privacy features, like end-to-end encrypted chats, aren’t actually enabled by default. Not only are these features a bit buried, there are also ways to control what personal information of yours Telegram users can see, such as old profile pictures. If you […]
