Link Building Is Evolving — and Brands Using the Old Playbook Will See Their Visibility Decline in 2026

Link building is evolving beyond metrics and anchors. The future belongs to brands that earn trust through authentic mentions ...

X is changing how it handles links to try and keep you in the app

X is testing a change to the way it handles links on iOS so that the buttons to like, reply, and repost will always be ...

YouTube Shorts broke my attention span. Here's how I got it back

Now, when I use the YouTube app, I tap the Videos tab below the search bar. This instantly filters out Shorts and shows the ...
AppleInsider

How to use a spare keyboard or numpad as a macropad in macOS

The Stream Deck is great for running macros on your Mac, but there are ways to do it significantly cheaper. Sometimes, all it takes is a spare keyboard or a secondary numpad. In the pursuit of ...

Shailene Woodley to Play Long-Distance Runner in Psychological Thriller ‘Ultra,’ Mister Smith and WME Independent Launching Sales at AFM

Shailene Woodley will lead Victoria Negri's ultramarathon-set psychological Thriller Ultra, which Mister Smith and WME are ...
Los Angeles Times

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint in California. He ...
Wired

Meta Tells Its Metaverse Workers to Use AI to ‘Go 5X Faster’

Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse chief is urging employees to adopt AI across every workflow as part of a broader shift inside the company. A Meta executive in charge of building the company’s metaverse ...
The Hill

White House says it will use tariff money to fund nutrition program amid shutdown

The White House said Tuesday it will use money from tariff revenue to fund a supplemental nutrition program facing a funding shortage amid the ongoing government shutdown. White House press secretary ...
NPR

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...
TechCrunch

Deloitte goes all in on AI — despite having to issue a hefty refund for use of AI

Professional services and consultant firm Deloitte announced a landmark AI enterprise deal with Anthropic the same day it was revealed the company would issue a refund for a government-contracted ...
New York Post

George Clooney admits to past drug use but says ‘it was never a big issue for me at all’

George Clooney has opened up about his past drug use, saying he experimented with narcotics as a young actor in Hollywood in the 1980s. The Oscar winner, 64, revealed to Esquire Monday that he “did ...
Wall Street Journal

Chinese Criminals Made More Than $1 Billion From Those Annoying Texts

An undated video shows how criminals can use stolen credit card numbers in one smartphone to make tap-to-pay purchases using a completely different smartphone. The U.S. is awash with scam text ...