I stopped doomscrolling after the election. You should too.

“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it any more.” That’s the apparently immortal line from Network, Paddy Chayefsky’s acerbic Oscar-winning masterpiece from 1976. Deranged newsreader Howard Beale (played by Peter Finch in the movie, and Bryan Cranston in a theater version) urges his audience to scream it out of their…

Cloudflare Blocks Automattic’s WP Engine Tracker For Phishing via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Automattic’s WP Engine Tracker website was temporarily blocked by Cloudflare over the weekend as a suspected phishing site, sparking cheers from members of the WordPress subreddit. Meanwhile, someone registered the typosquatting domain WPEngineTracker.com to protest against Matt Mullenweg. Automattic, presumably under the direction of Matt Mullenweg, recently created a website called WP Engine Tracker on…

Instagram gets rid of annoying disappearing video ‘rug pull’

You open up Instagram on your smartphone and immediately see an intriguing video on your feed. Suddenly, before you can even dive into the clip, the feed refreshes, and the video is gone. SEE ALSO: Instagram reveals why some videos are lower quality than others It seems like something like that would be a glitch,…

Latest Google AIO Updates May Impact SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google continues updating AIO rankings, increasing the presence of larger shopping-related panels and ads that push organic search results lower on the page. The good news for search marketers is that AIO volatility in shopping queries is stabilizing, with AIO rankings increasingly matching sites typically ranked in organic search. Arguably the most important change is…

Australia to ban social media for kids under 16

Australia is set to ban social media for kids under 16, in a stated attempt to minimise “harms that are being caused to young people” through the platforms. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the measures on Thursday, after a decision by his government on Monday. “Social media is doing harm to our kids and I’m…