Learn eight practical strategies to optimize your website for voice search, including conversational keywords, local and technical SEO.
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Ben and Ryan talk with Geoffrey (Jef) Huck, a software developer turned public speaking coach, about the importance of soft skills in the tech industry—in particular, speaking and communication skills. Their conversation touches on how Huck’s experiences with anxiety shaped his efforts to become a better communicator, practical techniques for dispelling anxiety and connecting with the audience, and the MVP approach to public speaking. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/01/17/the-developer-skill-you
This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about PHP Tek 2025, Community Corner Podcast, Convince Your Boss to attend PHP Tek, and more… Links from the show: Application Monitoring & Error Tracking for Developers – Honeybadger Community Corner: Neon With Mahmoud Abdelwahab PHPTek 2025 Speakers The PHP Podcast streams the recording of […]
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One of the features of Laravel that makes it a real joy to work with is its built-in logging functionality. This can be a real boon if we’re trying to troubleshoot a problem in production because we can safely log information about running processes without worrying about it affecting our users. The downside is that […]
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In the great AI spending spree, does ROI matter?
That’s a question that every tech-related company should be asking themselves. The right answer could save businesses a lot of grief while setting them up for success.
There will be a projected $1 trillion in spending on artificial intelligence in the coming years. B
As we look ahead to 2025, the financial services landscape will be shaped not by AI as a standalone innovation, but by how it enables smarter, faster, and more personalized experiences. Here are three key predictions for how AI will transform the industry:
1. Collaborative AI will power invisible efficiency
The future of AI isn’t about replacing humans or dazzling interfa
Americans flocking to the Chinese app RedNote thought they’d been welcomed by the platform’s CEO. Turns out, he’s just a guy from Vancouver.
“It was a typical Sunday,” Jerry tells Fast Company. “I was home alone, browsing RedNote as usual.” As a Chinese Canadian, Jerry has been using the platform for years. “It’s a popular platform among Chinese people for restaurant
Compare WordPress and Wix's SEO capabilities to discover which platform best fits your website needs, from basic optimization to advanced customization options.
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Google-Ipsos study shows global AI adoption rising, but North America lags as trust and communication remain key challenges.
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“Oh so NOW you’re learning Mandarin,” Duolingo tweeted on Monday.
The timing couldn’t be clearer, as a wave of so-called TikTok refugees scrambled to join the Chinese social app RedNote ahead of TikTok’s looming U.S. ban. The ban, set to take eff
Users of the Chinese social media app RedNote welcomed “TikTok refugees” from the United States with selfies and messages on Wednesday, as Beijing said it encouraged stronger cultural ties with other countries in response to the sudden in
Google rejects EU's fact-checking requirements for search and YouTube, defying new disinformation rules.
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Evidence shows that Google detects AI-generated content within a specific context for search quality and ranking
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Nintendo unveiled its highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 that’s set to be released later this year. Nintendo didn’t provide a launch date, but said it would share more at an April 2 event.
Still, eager fans of the handheld gaming console are able to put their names in a lottery for a chance
In this video, Scott Talks with Mahmoud Abdelwahab about the open-source cloud-based Postgres replacement Neon. Links: Neon – https://neon.tech HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx
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Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will deliver up-to-date news from the Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such
President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Thursday aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity and making it easier to go after
Arkansas’ Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have both been vocal supporters of an idea that’s been rapidly gaining bipartisan ground in the states: Students’
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The real reason the U.S. government wants to ban a ByteDance-owned TikTok
Discover the benefits of programmatic SEO: a strategic approach to efficiently create, optimize, and manage a large volume of webpages.
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In 2020, Letterboxd’s highest-rated film was Lee Isaac Chung’s quiet indie Minari, which made a mere $15.5 million globally. Four years later, Denis Villeneuve’s $714.4 million-making juggernaut Dune: Part Two tops the charts.
These changing tastes could represent a broader shift in Letterboxd’s core user base. The app underwent a seismic growth period over the past four years. In mid-2020, Letterboxd touted 1.8 million members; that number is now over 17 mi
Enhance your marketing strategies with content knowledge graphs. See how they improve semantic and AI-driven search experiences.
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The .AI domain has migrated to a new domain registrar platform that makes it more reliable and secure
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“We’re going to rescue the smart people from TikTok!” Substack CEO Chris Best wrote in a Note posted Monday.
If you’ve been on your Substack newsfeed lately, you’ve likely seen the platform rolling out a warm welcome to TikTok users, as the days count down to a potential TikTok ban in the U.S. Just this week, Best annou
In a year defined by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, you might think that all this incredible innovation has made its way into the hands of the people who need it most. But you’d be wrong.
Much of the world’s population lacks access to the financial services they need, despite having trillions of dollars in economic power. Being excluded from the legacy financial services industry means having to navigate their daily lives without access to
Apple should shut off its AI summaries of news alerts until it can prevent them from spreading fake news. Anecdotes of iPhone users seeing weirdly phrased summaries of texts and other content are common. But getting news headlines wrong is another matter. Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler is the latest to call out the problem.
“[A]pple Intelligence is so bad that today it got every fac
Francouzské společnosti Turbotech, Safran a Air Liquide spojily síly kvůli turbovrtulovému motoru na kapalný vodík. Motor, který je navržený pro lehké letouny, potřebuje důmyslný kryogenní systém, protože vodík je kapalný při teplotách pod mínus 253 °C. Pozemní testy byly úspěšné, časem by měl motor vzlétnout. http://www.osel.cz/13870-francouzi-stavi-turbovrtulovy-motor-na-kapalny-vodik-pro-lehke-letouny.html
Earlier this week, the Chinese app Xiaohongshu, known as RedNote, shot up to become the most-downloaded app on the Apple’s U.S. App Store, partly as a “joke’s on you” moment to the American government as well as the desire for a replacement app ahead of the in
Study reveals key factors correlated with higher Google Shopping rankings, including, pricing, reviews, and website authority.
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Los Angeles landlords are being named and shamed in an online effort to combat illegal price gouging following Southern California’s historic wildfires.
According to Ken Haskett, section chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, “well over 5,000 homes have been destroyed just in the Palisades.” At the same time, a grassroots effort to track p
Google updates review snippet guidelines, recommending ratings include written reviews and author names.
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Hinge is releasing a new AI-powered coaching feature to help daters improve their profile prompt responses.
Prompts, which are icebreakers that can act as conversation starters, are a staple to many dating app profiles. But answers seem to have devolved, with users putting in the bare minimum like an emoji or a single word. As influencer Carly Weinstein pointed out on TikTok, a prompt tha
A lot has changed over the past six years. Seemingly every large media company now has a streaming service. An entire global pandemic happened, and continues to happen. We switched presidents, and then switched back. But one of the most transformative forces to arrive in that time, in the category of How We Live Now, is TikTok.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued billionaire Elon Musk, saying he failed to disclose his ownership of T
“Men should always do the chasing, women should seek financial contributions from men.” No, this is not dating advice from the 20th century—it’s appearing in online spaces like TikTok and Youtube, part of what researchers are now naming the femosphere.
In a paper published in Feminist Media Studies earlier this year, Loughborough University professor Jilly Kay traced so-called f
In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jump-start business on Earth’s dusty sidekick.
The two landers rocketed away in the middle of the night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the
The Supreme Court and the U.S. government seem hell-bent on pushing TikTok out of existence in the United States in the next week—at least unless its Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, accedes to a fire sale to a suitable buyer based closer to home. But the curious rise of a competitor app up the App Store rankings in recent days highlights what exactly TikTok’s userbase makes of the ballyhooed “national security threat” Supreme
In Silicon Valley, a million bucks doesn’t exactly count as vast riches. Still, it’s a nice, round figure pregnant with symbolic value. And so it meant something when major tech companies and their leaders lined up to donate that amount to Donald Trump’s fund for his second inauguration.
Members of the Trump $1 Million Club include Amazon, Google, Meta, Mi
Boost your online presence with local SEO for service area businesses. Learn the best practices to target your coverage area and drive more local traffic.
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Crafting effective content for your sales funnel is key to driving conversions. This guide shows you how to tailor your content strategy for maximum impact.
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Coming from South Africa but living in Europe, I can tell you that sending money to family and friends back home is a bit of a nightmare. Typically you must use a traditional bank, which can take a week or more, or payment apps like PayPal or Wise, which ch
Shift, a social enterprise founded by Dutch tech entrepreneur Don Ritzen, has announced its ambitious plans to construct a massive landmark designed to inspire action on climate change. Shift aims to attract 1 million annual visitors to
Synthesia has claimed the crown of Britain’s biggest GenAI company after raising $180mn at a $2.1bn valuation. The London-based business generates lifelike avatars for video content. Enterprises use the software to produce training content and corporate communi
TNW Conference will be born again this summer. Over 18 years of unforgettable events, countless future tech stars have used our stage as a springboard to success. We’ve driven vast investments, showcased endless innovations, and made friends along the way
Australian-German startup Quantum Brilliance has raised $20mn in Series A funding as it looks to deploy small, portable quantum accelerators that promise to supercharge the computational power of everything from data centres and robots to satel
New legal filing related to WP Engine lawsuit challenges Matt Mullenweg's hold on WordPress with a new Governance Oversight Board
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Of all the laptops that debut during the CES trade show every January, Lenovo’s tend to be the most interesting.
For years now, the company has indulged in public experimentation, launching laptops with foldable displays, dual screens, and secondary e-ink surfaces. This time around, Lenovo brought out the industry’s first laptop with a rollable display, which expands from a normal-lo
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations, such as large-scale data centers and new clean-power facilities, can be built quickly and at scale in the United States.
The executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate lar
Recently, I was invited to speak on stage at Insight Partner’s ScaleUp:AI conference for a panel aptly titled “Build versus Buy.” It shouldn’t be a surprise that this was a topic of discussion; After all, build versus buy is the great AI debate raging in boardrooms right now—a proverbial fork in the road that may separate the winners and losers of the business world over the next five years.
The “buy” path involves purchasing and implementing off-the-shelf GenAI tools, and if you w
When “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” an AI-generated artwork, won first prize at a prestigious competition in 2022, the backlash was swift and visceral. For many in the art world, it wasn’t just a controversial winner—it was a direct threat to the human essence of creativity. Generative AI was dismissed as a novelty at best and a cheap imitation at worst. The technology, in
Google retires Web Vitals extension, integrates Core Web Vitals monitoring into DevTools' Performance panel.
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Primordiální černé díry, které by vznikly na počátku vesmíru zhroucením Fermiho koulí nebo ve víru kosmologické inflace, momentálně spíše nejsou mezi žhavými kandidáty na temnou hmotu. Do hry se je snaží vrátit nedávno popsaný kvantový jev, který lstivě vyřazuje ze hry jejich vypařování Hawkingovým zářením. http://www.osel.cz/13869-jsou-za-temnou-hmotou-fermiho-koule-cerne-diry-a-vychytraly-kvantovy-jev.html
A firefighter emerges from the flames, a bear cub tucked under each arm. Another, in full protective gear, carries a tiny puppy away from the inferno. A third cradles a baby deer close to their chest.
This clip posted to Instagram by @FutureRiderUS last week has more than 43 million views and counting. “Amid the flames, even the smallest lives fight for survival,” reads the caption, bearing the hashtag #CaliforniaWildf
Over the past few years, concerns about billionaires using media outlets they own to signal boost their own beliefs has become a growing concern. Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post. Elon Musk owns X (formerly Twitter)—and might be in the running to buy TikTok, if a Bloomberg report is to be believed.
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Google updates PageSpeed Insights to display CrUX data collection periods, helping developers better analyze website performance metrics.
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AOL is alive and well.
Decades after its heyday, AOL offers a subscription-based browser called AOL Desktop Gold, priced at $6.99 per month. While no longer tied to dial-up internet, it retains much of the charm of its late-’90s and early-2000s predecessor.
In a recent YouTube &t=2s">video, Michael MJD takes viewers on a tour of AOL Desktop Gold. Upon launching the app, Michael is greeted with AOL’s class
Move beyond SEO and explore the benefits of YouTube as an expansion channel. Overcome challenges and unlock new customer acquisition possibilities.
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Eindhoven-based startup Photon IP has raised €4.75mn in seed funding as it looks to scale up its unique method for creating energy-efficient photonic chips. AI systems, data centres, fibre-optic networks, and even some sensors rely on p
In 2018, after decades of research and tens of millions in funding, Russian astronauts attached a wildlife-tracking receiver to the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). The device received data from tagged animals across the planet an
More than half of knowledge workers now use generative AI weekly, according to a recent piece of research from Asana’s Work Innovation Lab, in partnership with Anthropic. The study also found that takeup ramped up by 44% over nine months in 2024. And those who
New year, new lunar lander: this time, from Firefly Aerospace on its first mission to the moon.
The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1, dubbed “Ghost Rider in the Sky,” is set to launch on January 15 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center for a 60-day operation to Mare Crisium, a 300-mile-wide b
Artificial intelligence was everywhere at CES in 2025, but in the coming months, it’s going to be a more permanent part of the Las Vegas landscape.
This March will see the soft opening of the Otonomus Hotel, which strives to be different than your typical Vegas hotel room or suit
WordPress co-founder speculates that lawsuit could end with closure of WordPress
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Winning enterprise SEO clients isn’t just about technical brilliance – it’s about understanding their planning cycles, building trust, and aligning with their priorities.
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