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Last updated: 28 September 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Matt Mullenweg Apparently Back In Charge At Automattic
Automattic says Matt Mullenweg has returned with the board's full support. But its official announcement raises additional questions.
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Google Admits Search Console Reporting For AI Search Is Inadequate
Google admits that Search Console's AI search reporting does not adequately reflect AI search positioning data for SEO.
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Google Search Redesign, Business Profile Post Views – SEO Pulse
Google redesigned Search results across the EEA, Business Profile posts get view counts again, and ChatGPT Shopping now leans harder on product feeds.
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SEO For Paws Live Stream Conference: Free Tickets & Big Names For A Good Cause
SEO For Paws is back with Barry Schwartz, Glenn Gabe, and a lineup of search experts talking about search in the AI era.
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The latest jobs in search marketing
Looking to take the next step in your search marketing career? Below, you will find the latest SEO, PPC, and digital marketing jobs at brands and agencies. We also…
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As Google’s ad tech case nears its end, the antitrust fight moves to AI
Related Insights The History of Ad Tech Google avoided (yet another) breakup… now comes the test of the ad tech remedies Read More Google lost to the Justice Department…
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Google rolls out pay-per-value AI licensing program to publishers
Google has been quietly scaling a pay-per-value AI licensing scheme for publishers. But critics say the program looks less like a meaningful payout and more like a legal…
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What we’ve learned from the creator snafus at this year’s US Open
The tennis US Open drew massive crowds to New York-based stadiums and record views in the last week. For example, ESPN’s opening day coverage was up 13% YoY. But the…
Read on our siteMeta highlights creation tools for AI glasses
The company shared examples on Instagram featuring new video capture modes and device-specific editing features.
Read on our siteNew images show Meta’s next-gen virtual reality device
The company may be promoting its artificial intelligence-enabled glasses right now, but it hasn’t entirely abandoned its metaverse ambitions.
Read on our siteThreads might be bigger than X, says Zuckerberg
In a wide-ranging interview with Sources, the Meta CEO said the two platforms shared communities and that he frequently posted the same thing to both apps.
Read on our siteYouTube report examines mainstream culture
Although microtrends and niche communities have expanded online, most people still want to connect with larger shared experiences, the study found.
Read on our siteGoogle updates Data Manager platform
The company added tools designed to help create more targeted promotions and artificial intelligence agentic capabilities to assist with data audits.
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What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom?
On Equity, we discussed the AI industry's latest debate about whether it poses an existential threat to humanity.
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Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards
Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the…
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026
While OpenAI has filed confidentially for an IPO, the company will not be going public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman.
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Anthropic CEO outlines plan to slow AI development
Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman seem to agree that it's time to "pace the frontier." What would that actually look like?
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Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data
The round for the two-year-old startup is coming together months after Mecka announced its Series A.
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Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants US open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too
Tan wants smaller, American open-weight AI labs to use the same kind of training techniques on American frontier AI labs, giving the U.S. a more robust set of…
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OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating
Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work.
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One week left to book your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Only one week left to secure your exhibit table. Tables are limited and can sell out before the September 18 deadline.
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Final, final, final call for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events
The absolute last chance to apply to host an official Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is tonight, September 11, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
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Kimi-maker Moonshot AI targets $2B in annual revenue
While K3's usage figures have declined slightly in recent months, OpenRouter data currently shows as many as 300 billion tokens being generated each day by K3 models on…
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An Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning comes at a very interesting time
An Anthropic researcher resigned this week, warning in a post on X that the company is “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives”.…
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