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Google announces major shake up to search algorithm

Google announces major shake up to search algorithm

In an effort to reduce low-quality articles and unoriginal content, Google is making big changes to its search algorithm. A new core update to Google’s search traffic algorithm could have wide-reaching implications for SEO experts and copywriters. The company is further boosting its low-quality downranking project that it began testing in 2022. In a statement that year, Google explained that it had ‘launched thousands of updates to Search based...

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Apple fined nearly $2 billion USD by EU for ‘blocking’ music apps

Apple fined nearly $2 billion USD by EU for ‘blocking’ music apps

Apple is being fined almost $2 billion USD for supressing alternative music streaming apps on its App Store. It’s the first time the EU has penalised the company and its third largest fine ever. Which music streaming platform do you opt for? Are you an avid Spotify user or an Apple Music goer? The two platforms are considered to be direct competitors within the streaming space. Now, after months of rumours,...

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Bumble to relaunch amidst waning Gen Z interest in dating apps

Bumble to relaunch amidst waning Gen Z interest in dating apps

Gen Z are slowly ditching dating apps in favour of real-life socialising. It could wind up costing big companies like Bumble a fair buck. Now, it has announced a relaunch later in the year alongside widespread layoffs. Have you ever tried to using a dating app to find love? Algorithmic, expensive, time-consuming, and arguably addictive, dating apps have been a headache for young singletons over the past decade or...

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Apple reportedly cancels electric car project

Apple reportedly cancels electric car project

Despite never being officially announced, Apple’s rumoured electric car project has apparently been shelved. Apple has apparently cancelled plans to build electric vehicles, after ten years of rumours and speculation that it was working on such a project. According to Bloomberg News, many employees previously involved with electric vehicles will now be moved over to Apple’s artificial intelligence division. The company had spent billions on research and development for electric cars,...

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