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Antitrust lawyers argue that Google and Apple’s innovations are thanks to epic 1998 Microsoft trial 

The U.S. Justice Department’s double-barreled antitrust attack on Google’s dominant search and Apple’s trendsetting iPhone is reviving memories of the epic battle that hobbled Microsoft before it roare

[PPC] Automation & AI: What Humans Should Be Doing For Success via @sejournal, @CallRail

The PPC industry has seen lots of changes lately, especially with the advent of AI, but the same questions still remain: How do you know what to put your money behind? How do you prove it to your executives? How should we use AI to our best advantage? Let’s face it – no one likes wasted ad spend. That’s why we put together this series of articles to answer these questions for you. We know that with the rise of AI and shifts in how specific PPC tools work, PPC marketers are looking for how to

New AI technique detects money laundering via cryptocurrencies


Blockchain is often criticised as a solution in search of a problem. But one group of people has already found immense value in the tech: money launderers. Their crimes cause painful headaches for financial institutions, crypto businesses, legitimate law enforcem

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GenAI and education: Beyond the hype

Since the public release of generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and countless other models less than a year ago, debate has swirled among educators about their potential to transform learning and upend traditional teaching norms.  

Not unexpectedly, GenAI’s ability to freely and instantly create information, generate ideas, and boost knowledge—24/7—has captured the imagination of students worldwide. 

China is using TikTok to ‘spy on’ Americans, say 46% of people polled

A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted as Washington moves closer to potentially banning the Chinese-owned short-video app.

Some 58% of respondents to the two-day poll, which closed on Tuesd

Wix Proposals Tool Helps Businesses Win More Clients via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Wix announced a new tool called Wix Proposals that allows premium users to create professional proposals and close more deals

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https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wix-proposals/515243/

15 Reasons Why Your Business Absolutely Needs SEO via @sejournal, @searchmastergen

Discover why businesses need SEO now more than ever. Learn how SEO can help you understand and reach your customers in key moments that matter.

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https://www.searchenginejournal.com/why-seo-is-important-for-business/248101/

Upcoming research at Stack Overflow

All about the research that the User Experience team will be focused on over the next quarter and how you can help. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/01/upcoming-research-at-stack-overflow/

For Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant, it’s now or never

Alexa often asks me, unprompted, if I’d like it to give me a heads-up when snow is forecasted. It’s an unexpectedly proactive gesture. Except here in the San Francisco Bay Area, snow is never in the offing—and Amazon doesn’t seem to have programmed its voice assistant to understand the command “Alexa, stop asking me that pointless question over and over.”

I don’t mean to blame an entire class of tech products for one offender’s sin

TNW Podcast: Alexandra Balkova on the state of VC; AI compute for everyone


Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk a

11d | The Next Web
The Financial Times deal with OpenAI highlights an uneasy future for both media and tech

Another week, another uneasy deal between Big Tech and the publications covering its players. OpenAI announced Monday that it had struck a deal with the Financial Times to license the newspaper’s journalistic output as training data for its large language models, which in turn power chatbots like ChatGPT.

The FT is t

Deep Diving PHP Security

Bad news first, php[tek] 2024 is over. Good news, you don’t have to listen to us talk about php[tek] 2024 as much anymore. php[tek] 2025, however, is just around the corner, and there is no time like the present to put the bug in your supervisor’s ear about attending.

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Simónidés z Keu, objevitel mnemotechniky a autorských práv

Jak si něco zapamatovat prostřednictvím představy prostorového rozmístění. Nezapomeňte mu však za toto metodické poučení zaplatit. Jak vydělat i na básních. A co teď s „autorskými“ (dnes spíše s nakladatelskými) právy? A jak sdílet nové myšlenky? http://www.osel.cz/13455-simonides-z-keu-objevitel-mnemotechniky-a-autorskych-prav.html

12d | osel.cz
Robotické včely BionicBee jsou schopné autonomního letu v hejnu

Létající robot BionicBee společnosti Festo připomíná včelu o délce a rozpětí křídel přes 20 centimetrů. Do včelího úlu by se nevešla, zato umí autonomně létat v hejnu, přičemž hejnové chování řídí centrální počítač. Je to významný milník ve vývoji autonomního letu i hejnových inteligencí. http://www.osel.cz/13454-roboticke-vcely-bionicbee-jsou-schopne-autonomniho-letu-v-hejnu.html

12d | osel.cz
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao just became America’s richest inmate

Changpeng Zhao, founder of crypto exchange Binance, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering last November.

The sentence is far below what prosecutors had suggested—and lower than the guidelines for the crimes (which were 12-18 months). Zhao

Maximizing ROI: Expert Insights for Google Shopping Ads Success via @sejournal, @lorenbaker

If you’re an ecommerce brand or retailer, then promoting your products through Google Shopping Ads is likely a large part of your performance marketing strategy.  But in today’s competitive market, how can you make sure you’re getting the most return on your ad spend? Join us on May 8 for a live panel discussion with ecommerce experts on how to improve your campaigns and elevate your paid ad strategy.  In this engaging session, Bryan Butler, VP of Sales and Marketing at SearchLogic, Joshua Yo

Google Unveils 4 Updates At IAB NewFronts 2024 (YouTube Fails To Share Any News) via @sejournal, @gregjarboe

Explore the possible reasons behind Google and YouTube holding separate NewFront events. Learn how they are unveiling updates and strategies for digital video.

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Vinted posts first-ever annual profit after 61% revenue growth in 2023


Vinted, the popular online marketplace for second-hand fashion, has announced its first-ever annual profit. The milestone follows a strong 2023, reaching €596.3mn in revenue — a 61% increase compared to the previous year (€370.2mn). With an adjusted EBITDA at

12d | The Next Web
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Vega-C rocket to launch Europe and China’s first entirely joint space mission


The European Space Agency (ESA) has secured a ride for its solar wind satellite. The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer — or Smile for short — will blast into space aboard a Vega-C rocket. The launch is scheduled for late 2025 from Europe

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Dutch startup to test hearing via brain-computer interface


MindAffect, a Netherlands-based healthtech startup, has raised €1.1mn to bring its hearing diagnostics technology to market. A spinout from Radboud University, MindAffect has developed a patented brain computer interface (BCI) technology, which enables diagnos

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Bumble unveils a redesign in hopes of reversing its post-pandemic slump

Bumble unveiled a fresh look on Tuesday, marking what the company hopes is a new chapter for the decade-old dating app. The app, which stands apart from its competitors by requiring women to send the first message with male connections, now has a new logo, bolder fonts, and refreshed colors and illustrations.

“As with any big birthday, it’s been a time of reflection,” Bumble Senior Product Manager Dara Alsulayman said in a recorded presentation to reporters. “It also has

Getir layoffs: Thousands of jobs on the line as the delivery service pulls out of the U.S. and Europe

Instant delivery platform Getir has announced it is leaving nearly every market it operates in to focus on its home country of Turkey, according to multiple media reports. This includes withdrawing from the United States, the United Kingdom, and most countries in Europe—and with those withdrawals, thousands of jobs will be eliminated.

Getir was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Istanbul. The company allowed users to order a variety of grocery products and have them delivered

Upwork rolls out the AI platform ‘Uma’ to help make the job match easier

Work marketplace Upwork is introducing its first “mindful artificial intelligence” solution that it believes will power the future of work on the platform.

The AI, called Uma, is built for both freelancers and employers alike. Initially it can handle a handful of tasks. Job posters, for example, can use Uma to formulate a proposal that best describes a project they need to staff. On the flip side, the AI helps understand whether a freelancer’s skillset matches an

TON crypto coin aims for ‘super app’ status

A coin called TON has leapt in value in recent months, with investors betting its integration with messenger service Telegram could bring the cryptocurrency to the app’s estimated 900 million users.

Telegram endorsed TON in September last year, saying the blockchain and associated token would be its “official Web3 infrastructure”. Earlier thi

Collaborating smarter, not harder

In the latest Stack Overflow for Teams Enterprise release, you'll see updates that make collaboration smarter and knowledge discovery easier. This release also includes OverflowAI, a GenAI-powered paid add-on to Enterprise subscriptions. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/04/30/collaborating-smarter-overflowai/

Millions of Americans are about to lose internet access, and Congress is to blame 

Milton Perez spent more than five years living in New York City’s shelter system before he found an affordable apartment in Brooklyn through a housing lottery. Having a place of his own was a relief for Perez, who is a leader with the Vocal NY Homelessness Union. But it was also a cellular dead zone, and like millions of other New Yorkers—and millions more people across the country—Perez couldn’t affor

Even amusement parks are using AI: Six Flags announces a digital makeover

Six Flags is aiming to change the way guests interact with its parks—including using artificial intelligence to support those changes.

On Monday the amusement park giant announced what it called a “complete digital transformation” of its operations, updating everything from its rides to its website. It’s also introducing an AI-driven “digital concierge” that will live on the company’s app and website.

“Our guests are at the heart of everything we do, and this

Yelp is releasing an AI tool that will create restaurant review videos based on user feedback

Twenty years in, Yelp is turning to AI to help bring restaurant reviews to life.

The reviews behemoth is testing AI to create short narrated videos describing local businesses by stitching together the photos, videos, and text descriptions that users have already uploaded to the platform.

It’s part of an ongoing push by Yelp to process the hundreds of millions of reviews it’s collected with large language model AI to hel

How Small Businesses Can Use AI To Create And Measure Ads [Interview With Ex-Googler Logan Welbaum] via @sejournal, @gregjarboe

In this interview, learn insights from ex-Google and Meta expert Logan Wellbaum and find out the essential AI tools to create and measure effective ads.

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Net neutrality is in; TikTok and noncompetes are out

On this episode: The FTC bans most noncompete agreements, the implications of the TikTok “ban,” why a 2017 law is hitting startups with huge tax bills seven years later, and the return of net neutrality. Plus: the wunderkind hacker who ransomed Finland’s anxieties and secrets. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/04/30/net-neutrality-is-in-tiktok-and-noncompetes-are-out/

Largest wireless carriers fined nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data

The Federal Communications Commission on Monday fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers nearly $200 million for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information.

The FCC is finalizing fines first proposed in February 2020, including $80 million for T-Mobile; $12 million for Sprint, which T-Mobile has since acquired; $57 million

ChatGPT wants to remember everything you’ve told it

OpenAI announced on Monday that its popular ChatGPT chatbot will now remember user details including basic information, hobbies, and prompt history. The chatbot’s enhanced memory will be available only to subscribers of the $20/month ChatGPT Plus service.

Memory is now avai

U.S. regulator says self-driving vehicles not ready for prime time as Tesla inks China deal

In China this weekend, Elon Musk snagged the biggest green light yet for Full Self-Driving mode, the advanced software that Tesla claims equips its EVs to drive themselves almost anywhere with minimal human intervention.

Tesla’s market performance has been underwhelming lately, and news of a major deal to offer autonomous driving in Earth’s largest and most competitive EV ma

Ghosted, orbited, breadcrumbed: Digital dating is hard. Here’s how to cope

Buzzwords describing the digital dating scene are all over social media. Have you been ghosted? Is someone orbiting you? Are you being breadcrumbed? While these dating patterns may not be new, the words to describe them continue to evolve.

As a psychotherapist, I see firsthand the impact these experiences can have on mental

How China’s citizens are coping with digital surveillance

Do you ever think about the digital footprint you leave when you are browsing the web, shopping online, commenting on social networks, or going by a facial recognition camera?

State surveillance of citizens is growing all ov

Naegleriavirus je nemesis nelítostného zabijáka naeglerie

Na téhle planetě je pro lidi jenom málo patogenů horších než naeglerie, nenápadná měňavka se zálibou v mozcích. Ale i naeglerie se někoho bojí. Velkého DNA viru, který ji dokáže infikovat, ovládnout a zničit během pár hodin. Jak je u těchto virů vcelku obvyklé, objevili ho ve vodárenském zařízení. Ničil naeglerie v jedné čističce odpadních vod u Vídně. http://www.osel.cz/13453-naegleriavirus-je-nemesis-nelitostneho-zabijaka-naeglerie.html

13d | osel.cz
TikTok ban: These rival apps will compete for users’ attention

Adult U.S. TikTok users spend an average of 54 minutes on the app on any given day, more than Instagram, Snapchat or YouTube, according to research firm eMarketer. If TikTok were to disappear, those platforms — along with younger, smaller emerging rivals — would

French startup bags €2M to make cancer clinical trials more accessible


Paris-based Klineo has raised €2mn for its AI platform that facilitates access to cancer clinical trials. Klineo’s platform connects doctors and patients directly with relevant clinical trials. It provides trial search, contact with medical centres, as

13d | The Next Web
OpenAI to train LLMs on Financial Times content — with permission


The Financial Times (full disclosure — the owners of The Next Web) have inked a deal with OpenAI. The American firm will use the British publisher’s content to train its generative AI models. The deal is the latest in a string of new partnersh

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3 reasons the Global AI Safety Summit can’t live up to the hype

Last year, a who’s who of world leaders, corporate executives and academic experts gathered at Britain’s Bletchley Park for the world’s first global AI Safety Summit, hoping to reach consensus on the regulation of a technology some warned posed a threat to humanity.

Tesla mogul Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman rubbed shoulders with some of their

4 reasons why Tesla’s Full Self-Driving rollout in China matters

Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on Sunday on an unannounced visit, where he was expected to discuss the rollout of Full Self-Driving (FSD) software and permission to transfer data overseas, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Chinese state media repo

New UK cybersecurity law will make weak passwords a thing of the past


Under the UK’s new cybersecurity law, consumer smart devices can no longer allow the use of weak, easy-to-guess passwords, such as “admin” or “12345.” This is part of a set of minimum-security standards the UK is requiring to protect consumers from hacking a

13d | The Next Web
7 tools to help block tech distractions

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here.

Instead of blaming yourself for getting distracted, pick one of the seven approaches to strengthen your focus.

Pause your email

Polestar unveils ‘world’s first’ 10-minute charge EV prototype


Polestar has successfully charged its upcoming EV model in just 10 minutes.    The Swedish car maker achieved the feat using a “silicon-dominant” battery built by Israeli startup StoreDot.  Polestar installed the battery in a fully drivable prototype of its Polestar 5

13d | The Next Web
Politically motivated cyber attacks are on the rise, putting our elections at risk

More than 7 million distributed-denial-of service (DDoS) attacks were launched in the last six months of 2023—and an increasing number of them are politically motivated, a new new analysis finds.

The cybersecurity defense services provider NETSCOUT tracked the sectors in which victims worked, and the time at which they were attacked. It found that DDoS attacks rose 15% in the second half of 2023 compared to the first half. Many

25 WordPress Alternatives Best For SEO via @sejournal, @lorenbaker

Take a look at 25 SEO-friendly WordPress alternatives separated by primary functionality, so you can make the best choice for your needs.

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https://www.searchenginejournal.com/best-seo-wordpress-alternatives/408022/