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The Dirty Little Featured Snippet Secret: Where Humans Rely on Algorithmic Intervention [Case Study]

Written by: the Moz Blog
Category: News
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I recently finished a project where I was tasked to investigate why a site (that receives over one million organic visits per month) does not rank for any featured snippets.

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This is obviously an alarming situation,

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Use Vim to send email and check your calendar

Written by: Opensource.com
Category: News
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Last year, I brought you 19 days of new (to you) productivity tools for 2019. This year, I'm taking a different approach: building an environment that will...

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Is Google better than Bing? I asked Google and Bing (and got surprising results)

Written by: ZDNet
Category: News
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B for Bing and Better?
I'd rather forgotten it existed.

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It was only last week when I was trying the new Microsoft Edge on my MacBook[1] that

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Use tmux to create the console of your dreams

Written by: Opensource.com
Category: News
Hits: 344
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Last year, I brought you 19 days of new (to you) productivity tools for 2019. This year, I'm taking a different approach: building an environment that will...

Read more: Use tmux to create the console of your dreams

The new Microsoft Edge: 10 rules to take control of your browser

Written by: ZDNet
Category: News
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It's official: Microsoft has released its new Edge browser[1], built using the Chromium open source code base to the stable channel. The new Edge is available for all supported...

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The Sneaky Simple Malware That Hits Millions of Macs

Written by: Wired.com
Category: News
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How the Shlayer Trojan topped the macOS malware charts—despite its “rather ordinary” methods.
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Google Calls Out Safari for Privacy Flaws

Written by: Wired.com
Category: News
Hits: 351
Facial recognition, iCloud encryption, and the rest of this week's top security news.
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The Doomsday Clock Moves Closer Than Ever to Midnight

Written by: Wired.com
Category: News
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Since the advent of the clock—even during the peak years of the Cold War—the minute hand has never advanced past the 11:58 mark.
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Scraping the Web Is a Powerful Tool. Clearview AI Abused It

Written by: Wired.com
Category: News
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The facial recognition startup claims it collected billions of photos from sites like Facebook and Twitter. What does the practice mean for the open web?
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