
TikTok has once last chance in court to fight its impending ban.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take up the social media company’s appeal challenging a federal law that would likely ban the app as soon as next month.
The nation’s highest court will hear oral a

What qualities set you apart from a typical vendor? Check out this guide on how you can become a trusted partner of your enterprise clients.
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Few companies have the potential to get consumers hooked on AI like Apple. More than one billion people worldwide use an iPhone, and they’ll inevitably become acquainted with Apple Intelligence—the catch-all

Match Group’s portfolio has overtaken the dating market in the U.S. with its star apps Tinder and Hinge. Could it replicate that success by making platonic connections over video?
The company recently rolled out Azar, its one-on-one random video chat app, in the United States after launching in Europe earlier this year. To date, Azar has seen strong interest among Gen Z users, CEO Linda Kim says. Sixty percent of its users globally are Gen Z, Fast Company has learned

Unlock valuable insights with GA4 metrics. Discover what users are doing on your site beyond initial ad clicks.
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If you’re still working on your holiday shopping—or looking for a treat for yourself—you might consider using artificial intelligence tools to help you find the perfect purchase.
Retailers, search engines, and other tech companies have developed AI tools that can help you find items you might not have considered, see how clothing or household items might look, and find more information on products you’re considering. It’s becoming an increasingly prevalent practic

Late Friday night, Elon Musk’s xAI opened up Grok-2 access to the masses. The model isn’t all that different from the original Grok, though the company claims it runs faster and has improved accuracy. And yet, X users have spent the weekend dunking on it.
Since its launch, users have gotten Grok-2 to generate countless faulty, hypocritical, or otherwise polarizing statements. That’s certainly not new for an AI chatbot; not so long ago

On average, a clinician spends two hours outside of office time writing patient notes. Healthcare startup Suki wants to give that time back to doctors via its AI platform that works as an assistant, helping generate notes and select billing codes.
Suki has generated a lot of interest among investors and companies who want to partner with the startup, and raised $70 million in Oct

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According to the 2024 Global Startup Ecosystem Report by Startup Genome, the Netherlands ecosystem is now ranked number 13 in the world — placing it ahead of both Paris and Berlin. In 2023, Dutch startups raised $2

It’s been a great year for the Dutch startup ecosystem. Venture capitalists have, so far, invested $3.5bn into Netherlands-based early-stage companies, according to Dealroom data. That makes 2024 Dutch tech’s second-best funding year ever, surpassed only by 20

Discover the top hosting trends for 2025 and how they can transform your agency’s services. Learn to deliver scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions for clients!
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A new marketing report finds consumer attitudes are shifting toward relatability over perfection.
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“Me and ChatGPT,” reads one TikTok post with 13.4 million views. The video shows a girl joyfully running throug

Microsoft enhances Bing search with new language models, claiming to reduce costs while delivering faster, more accurate results.
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The San Francisco-based data analytics company Databricks has raised a stunning $10 billion funding round, which values the company at $62 billion and likely puts it on a path toward an IPO.
The $10 billion investment (which included OpenAI investors Thrive Capital and

There’s been no shortage of unique Oreo flavors in the past few years. The offerings seen on store shelves in recent months include toffee crunch, birthday cake, java chip, dirt cake, mint, Coca-Cola, and a pink-and-blue concoction called Space Dunk. But that’s not stopping

The drama at WordPress has taken a number of twists and turns in the months since Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of for-profit WordPress host Automattic, shut off access to WP Engine, a third-party platform that many users deploy to host their websites. But the latest co

Swedish influencer Matilda Djerf has been embroiled in a string of recent controversies.
Djerf is facing backlash following an investigative documentary by Swedish outlet Aftonbladet, which alleges a toxic work environment at her clothing company, Djerf Avenue. Testimony from 11 current and former employees accused Djerf of creating a toxic workplace cultu

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TikTok on Monday asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agreed to sell it.

Google clarifies banned uses of its generative AI, prohibiting deepfakes, explicit content, and deception, while allowing certain exceptions.
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Kevin Indig shares his successes and challenges in this year's review. Discover how he achieved his goals and what lies ahead in the coming year.
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Google releases official documentation on managing faceted navigation, warning websites about SEO risks of poorly implemented filtering systems.
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Japanese tycoon Masayoshi Son and President-elect Donald Trump have announced plans for technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group to invest $100 billion in projects in the United States over the coming four years.
Trump said the investments in building

Is ChatGPT a viable alternative to Google? Find out how its growing popularity is affecting consumer perceptions and usage of search.
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As businesses reinvent workflows and products with AI, many such initiatives have stalled or failed to reach production. It can be really hard to implement the technology. AI requires massive quantities of data and computational power, and running AI at scale introduces major costs and software engineering challenges.
Robert Nishihara saw this problem coming when he was a student at the

Artificial intelligence isn’t creative in the same way that people are. It doesn’t understand inspiration. But that doesn’t mean real UX designers can’t use it. AI can help a designer be more efficient and creative, and do a few more things that might be surprising. Here are six tips for

The internet feels like it’s falling apart.
Not literally. Structurally, it’s sound. There are plenty of fiber optic cables lining ocean floors, cell towers looming above cityscapes, and server-filled data centers. But the very foundations of the utilitarian web—the platforms that undergird our everyday experiences online—feel shaky, pulsing with the first foreshocks of a c

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt's comments suggest AI's future direction, something SEOs should watch closely
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Mark Doble, CEO of Alexi, an AI-powered litigation platform, joins Ben to talk about GenAI’s transformative effect on the legal world. Their conversation touches on the importance of ensuring accurate results and eliminating hallucinations when AI tools are used for legal work, how lawyers (like the rest of us) can adapt to GenAI, and what Alexi’s tech stack looks like. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/17/legal-advice-from-an-ai-is-illegal/

Do you still make a holiday wish list? For those past the Santa Claus phase but still spending the holidays in their childhood bedroom, this debate divides families. Some swear by detailed lists with links and item specs, while others toss out vague suggestions like “socks” or leave what they find under the tree entirely to fate.
Gen Z, however, has elevated the wish-list game to an art form.

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have frequently expressed frustration with the lack of respect digital currency gets from many traditional investors. But when the hottest crypto of the moment is called “Fartcoin,” it’s kind of hard for them to occupy the moral high ground.
The joke crypto, which is even more useless than Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency

ChatGPT makes web search, voice features and maps free for all users, expanding access beyond Premium subscribers.
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Zvědavý archeologický výzkum víceméně náhodou odkryl brutální masakr mužů, žen a dětí, kteří žili v oblasti dnešního Carterhouse na jihozápadě Anglie. Před 4 tisíci let je někdo napadl, pobil, rozčtvrtil, částečně snědl a zbytek vyhodil jako odpadky. Jak je vidět, mozky doby kamenné mají svá temná zákoutí. http://www.osel.cz/13824-kosti-z-britanie-rane-doby-bronzove-odhaluji-necekane-nasili-a-kanibalismus.html


“Dinner w an exhausted overstimulated 19y old teen mom who hates cooking,” wrote MariClare MacLamroc over a video of herself cooking pasta and sauce. The video, posted to her 1.7 million TikTok followers, has racked up more than 2.6 million views. “We are all so proud of you,” wrote one person in the comments.

Německo letos razantně pocítilo dopady své Energiewende. V létě se významně zvýšil počet a délka období se zápornými cenami. Německo v té době nevědělo, co s přebytkem elektřiny. Naopak v zimě jsme pocítily dvě delší období bez větru, s minimálním svitem slunce a velmi vysokými cenami elektřiny, kdy Německo dováželo vše, co bylo k dispozici. http://www.osel.cz/13823-nemecko-v-tomto-roce-vidi-dopady-sve-energiewende.html

A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial intelligence “dictatorship” is now heading to a federal judge as Musk seeks to halt the ChatGPT maker’s ongoing

Ismael El-Amin was driving his daughter to school when a chance encounter gave him an idea for a new way to carpool.
On the way across Chicago, El-Amin’s daughter spotted a classmate riding with her own dad as they drove to their selective public school on the city’s North Side. For 40 minutes, they rode along the same congested highway.
“They’re waving to

Google warns about fake Googlebot crawlers and suggests tools and methods to identify legitimate traffic.
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The tech industry was recently abuzz with a post from Y Combinator founder Paul Graham on “founder mode.” In a nutshell, his concept explores the need for leaders to act in urgent,

We’ve gathered insights from 22 industry experts to help you discover how AI, shifts in organic traffic, and branding shape the future of SEO.
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Falon Fatemi first met Mark Cuban in 2011 at South By Southwest, where the two bonded over ideas about untapped opportunities in the tech industry. Though she didn’t initially recognize the Shark Tank star, the two clicked and decided to keep in touch, often catching up whenever Cuban visited the Bay Area.
By 2015, Fatemi, a former Google and YouTube employee, had founded her AI-powered startup, Node.ai, and successfully pitched Cuban to become an early investor.

As she was finishing up her undergraduate degree at Princeton University, Rebecca Portnoff was trying to figure out what was next: more school, or go work for a tech company?
She studied computer science, doing her dissertation on natural language processing. This was over a decade ago, when artificial intelligence wasn’t the buzzword it is today but still held scores of promise and excitem

WordPress co-founder says he's sickened by being "legally forced" to provide services to WP Engine, says he disagrees with court decision
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Make your WordPress website secure, optimized, and user-friendly with these essential plugins. From SEO to security, this guide has got you covered.
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“Hey, can you cut that two-hour conference presentation down to a two-minute video for LinkedIn?”
Two years ago, that request would have sent someone deep into video editing software, scrubbing th

If you’re like… well, just about everyone, you probably use Google Maps to get from Point A to Point B and that’s it.
But this venerable route wrangler is more than just a navigation app. It’s got some not-so-obvious features that are helpful beyond finding your way around.
Here’s a look at five of my favorites.
Dude, where’s my car?
Am I willing to admit I’ve misplaced my car more than

This guide will show you how to harness the potential of TikTok ads to boost brand awareness and drive conversions.
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Protiletečtí dělostřelci pluku 16th Royal Artillery na nedávném cvičení v Radnor Range dostali k dispozici obrněné vozidlo Wolfhound s vysokoenergetickým laserovým systémem HELWS od amerického Raytheonu. Laser se během cvičení osvědčil a úspěšně likvidoval jeden malý dron za druhým. http://www.osel.cz/13822-britsti-vojaci-poprve-pouzivali-laserovy-bojovy-system.html

“We’re in this massive paradigm shift,” says Vince Hankes, the venture capitalist leading Thrive Capital’s investment in OpenAI. “And when that happens, historically, there have been new companies created that are worth a lot of money.”
Thrive Capital wasn’t an early investor in the generative AI standout—it didn’t buy in until 2023—but it’s made some of the biggest bets on the startup. It reportedly

Stavba nové plynové mikroturbínové elektrárny, která by jela na vodík, je zdlouhavá a drahá. Němečtí kosmičtí inženýři DLR nabízejí mnohem rychlejší a levnější řešení. Jejich retrofitová technologie zařídí, že dnešní plynové mikroturbíny v budoucnu zvládnou spalování zeleného vodíku, pokud tedy bude někdy k dispozici v potřebném množství. http://www.osel.cz/13821-retrofitova-technologie-umoznuje-plynovym-mikroturbinam-spalovat-vodik.html