By Antoinette Siu • May 2, 2025 • Ivy Liu The transition from viral influencer to a full-time career as a creator has always been tough — but with greater economic pressure, some are realizing the juice isn’t worth the squeeze. After working 11 years as a creator and amassing 68.2K subscribers on YouTube, mom of
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Explaining what’s happening in a cyber attack is hard but
Sergey Nivens - stock.adobe.com The recent attacks on Marks & Spencer, Harrods and the Co-op show why it is essential for organisations to have a strategy to communicate effectively with customers affected. By Mikey Hoare, Kekst CNC Published: 01 May 2025 The cyber attacks on M&S, the Co-op and Harrods are prominent examples of cyber
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Tariffs could cost Meta $8bn in extra datacentre costs
The owner of Facebook and WhatsApp has forecast an increase in CapEx due to higher IT infrastructure costs to power its AI strategy By Cliff Saran, Managing Editor Published: 01 May 2025 12:00 As the company boosts its investment in infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI), Meta’s latest earnings call has painted a bleak picture for
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Optimize Google’s new Interaction to Next Paint metric
Interaction to Next Paint is becoming one of the Core Web Vitals metrics that impact Google rankings. Learn what this change means and how you can optimize your website The post Optimize Google’s new Interaction to Next Paint metric appeared first on Search Engine Watch...
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Spain is about to face the challenge of a “black
Local conditions While the grids in Spain and Portugal are connected to each other, they have limited connections to elsewhere. The only sources of external power to the grid come from France and Morocco, which are small connections, but they could be used to help black start some plants. Both blacked-out countries have significant hydropower
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Google’s Chrome retreat puts momentum for cookie alternatives in doubt
The digital advertising industry has spent the last five years preparing for a cookieless future. This week, they’re looking for ways to make that feel less like a wasted effort, following Google’s latest policy reversal. Facing legal challenges and industry pushback, Google has opted to retain the cookie in its popular Chrome browser after all
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This new app turns your phone into a high quality
Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: SwiftScan VIP lets you scan any document with your phone, and it’s only $41.99 for a lifetime subscription. If you don’t have a desktop scanner, making a digital copy of a physical document is frustrating. It feels like your camera should be able to get the job done, but then you end up with
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Intel customers are buying up all its older CPUs to
Skip to content Image: Intel How are Intel’s customers weathering tariffs and a possible recession? By buying Intel’s older products, and not its latest chips. Intel chief financial officer David Zinsner told analysts on Thursday that Intel sold more volume in its Raptor Lake chips than Lunar Lake, suggesting that customers preferred the higher-performance Raptor
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One AI platform is casting a spell on professionals across
Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Replace OpenAI with lifetime access to AI Magicx’s Rune Plan for $59.97 (reg. $972). If you need to streamline your content creation workflow, there’s a new AI platform that can help. AI Magicx has powerful AI tools for all types of content, and you only pay for it once. For just $59.97 (regularly $972), you’ll get
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How to turn a USB flash drive into a secure
Just having a password set on your PC in Windows 11 isn’t a sure way to stop hackers from physically gaining access to your PC — yes, it can be bypassed. But there is another security measure you can take. For an extra layer of protection, you can turn a humble USB drive into a