The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
When writer Cory Doctorow introduced the term enshittification in 2023, he captured a pattern many users…
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Top 10 SEO expert columns of 2025 on Search Engine Land
The evolution of search continued to accelerate in 2025. Between GEO and AI-driven discovery, agents, and…
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WordPress 5.2 – What’s New
The new version of WordPress 5.2 is now available for download. Released on May 7, 2019,…
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Search engines will soon start filtering adult content under new eSafety rules
Search engines in Australia will soon have to blur pornographic and violent images in some cases…
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Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist
In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel prize for his…
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YouTube’s AI is Breaking the Creator Ecosystem
Over the past four years, I’ve significantly reduced my social media footprint. There are countless reasons…
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What is AI, actually, and how is it affecting SEO?
If it feels like the entire internet woke up one day and decided to start every…
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The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads: new study
At its height, the Roman empire covered some 5 million square kilometres and was home to…
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FOSS Weekly #25.45: Rust in Apt, Devuan 6, Modular Router, FSearch, Workspace Mastery and More Linux Stuff
AI and bots are everywhere. YouTube is filled with AI generated, low-quality videos; Facebook and other…
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Do you speak cat? Take this quiz to find out
While often miscast as mysterious or hard to understand, cats are actually excellent communicators. In fact,…
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Why do giraffes have such long legs? Animal simulations reveal a surprising answer
If you’ve ever wondered why the giraffe has such a long neck, the answer seems clear:…
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Your ads are dying: How to spot and stop creative fatigue before it tanks performance
The death of an ad, like the end of the world, doesn’t happen with a bang…
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High-tech cameras capture the secrets of venomous snake bites
For more than 60 million years, venomous snakes have slithered across Earth. These ancient, chemical weapon-wielding…
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AI weapons are dangerous in war. But saying they can’t be held accountable misses the point
In a speech to the United Nations Security Council last month, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs,…
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WordPress Troubleshooting 101: A Guide to Fixing the Most Common WordPress Errors
It can be quite frustrating to encounter WordPress errors when managing your website. In general, WordPress…
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What’s the difference between moths and butterflies? Look at their antennae
As the weather starts to warm in Australia, you might notice the pleasant flutter of butterflies…
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Spotlight: Helen Stevens on Web Dev and RS Sailboat Racing
Today’s person under the spotlight is a veteran customer of ours. She has more than five…
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AI systems can easily lie and deceive us – a fact researchers are painfully aware of
In the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, astronaut Dave Bowman asks the ship’s artificial intelligence,…
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In a lonely world, widespread AI chatbots and ‘companions’ pose unique psychological risks
Within two days of launching its AI companions last month, Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot app Grok…
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Viral post accuses Google’s AI Overviews of breaking its own spam rules
A viral social media post is roasting Google’s AI Overviews – the company’s AI-generated answers in…
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What is Kick, the platform that livestreamed a man’s death this week?
Earlier this week, a Frenchman named Raphaël Graven died in his sleep during a livestreamed broadcast…
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We’ve been sending animals into space for 7 decades – yet there are still no rules to protect them from harm
This week, Russia is expected to launch its Bion-M No.2 biosatellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in…
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FastComet’s Response in Support for Ukraine
The nightmares that are happening in Ukraine in 2022 withstand any comprehension. Our position as a…
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15 Co-Op Games for Linux Steam Gamers in 2025
There’s something special about playing co-op games with your friends. If done right, it can create…
