Google takes aim at SEO-optimized junk pages and spam with new search update

March 5, 2024

Google today took aim at the SEO industry which has gamified search rankings to destroy the value of Google Search results. Often, consumers’ web searches for product recommendations, reviews, deals, and discounts, return low-quality or spammy websites that don’t deliver the expert reviews or useful promotions they promise, despite their high ranking. That’s about to […]

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OpenSea’s partnership with Coachella is a sign that NFTs can be more than profile pictures

March 5, 2024

The NFT sector has not yet returned to the glory of its 2022 heydays but that hasn’t stopped the evolution of the tech. For instance, OpenSea has partnered with the music and arts festival conglomerate Coachella to release three NFT collections that offer both virtual and tangible real-life VIP experiences and merchandise. The partnership will […]

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Numbers Station lets business users chat with their data

March 5, 2024

Numbers Station, a startup that is using large language models (LLMs) to power its data analytics platform, is launching its first cloud-based product today: the aptly named Numbers Station Cloud, which is now in early access. With this service, virtually any user in an enterprise can analyze their internal data using Numbers Station’s chat interface. […]

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YouTube is down too, site confirms

March 5, 2024

Several social media websites are experiencing outages on Tuesday morning. YouTube confirmed that some users are having trouble loading videos on the platform; meanwhile, platforms like Discord and Meta’s Threads, Facebook and Instagram are down as well. According to a post on Google’s support page, users may be experiencing an empty home page, error messages, […]

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Discord is down for some users

March 5, 2024

As Meta’s Instagram, Facebook and Threads and went down this morning, Discord is now also experiencing issues and is down for some users. The company’s status website states that it is currently looking at the issue. According to third party monitoring website DownDetector, the issues began at around 10:50 AM ET. Users are reporting that […]

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