On episode 341 of PPC Live The Podcast, I speak to Andrea Cruz, Head of B2B at Tinuiti, to unpack a mistake many senior marketers quietly struggle with: freezing when clients demand answers you don’t immediately have. The conversation explored how communication missteps can escalate client tension — and how the right mindset, preparation, and culture can turn those moments into career-defining growth. From hands-on marketer to team leader As Cruz advanced in her career, she shifted from managing campaigns directly to leading teams running large, complex accounts. That transition introduced a new challenge: representing work she didn’t personally execute…
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Update, February 11, 2026 (02:21 PM ET): While Google initially intended to release Android 17 Beta 1 today, it looks like there’s been a last-minute change of plans. The company now tells us that the Beta is “coming soon.” We’ll update this post with any further details that arrive. Original article, February 11, 2026 (01:00 PM ET): Google has long allowed Pixel owners to install Android beta software on their devices. This allows people to go hands-on with the latest Android versions long before the stable release.Now, Google has announced the first Android 17 beta. This initial release includes performance improvements,…
“There continues to be uncertainty in the outlook for new IT job creation. For five consecutive months, the IT unemployment rate has been greater than the national unemployment rate. In the same five months, there was an increase in the number of unfilled jobs,” said M. Victor Janulaitis, CEO of Janco Associates. The information section—which encompasses tech jobs like telecommunications and software—added just 2,000 jobs in May, which represent a modest gain companies to industries such as healthcare and leisure and hospitality, according to the monthly U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Employment Statistics (CES). According to Janco, most…
Bing Webmaster Tools now lets publishers see how their content appears in AI-generated answers across Microsoft Copilot and Bing, making it the first major search platform to offer dedicated AI appearance reporting.Microsoft announced the AI Performance dashboard on February 10, 2026. The feature is available now in public preview for any verified site.The report tracks citation visibility specifically. It doesn’t measure clicks, rankings, or traffic from AI answers. Instead, it answers a question publishers have been asking since generative search took off: Is my content actually being referenced?Fabrice Canel, Product Manager at Microsoft, confirmed on X that more data is coming:…
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Who among us has not looked at a newly framed picture, then looked at their wall and thought, “Eh, surely I can eye-ball it this time.” Hanging pictures should be an easy feat, but so often they end up uncentered or slightly crooked, causing us to add more holes the wall than intended or desired. The next time you hang pictures or artwork in your home, use one of these 10 hacks so they’re level and evenly spaced on the first try.Use a small ball as a makeshift level to…
Ravie LakshmananFeb 13, 2026Threat Intelligence / Malware A previously undocumented threat actor has been attributed to attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations with malware known as CANFAIL. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) described the hack group as possibly affiliated with Russian intelligence services. The threat actor is assessed to have targeted defense, military, government, and energy organizations within the Ukrainian regional and national governments. However, the group has also exhibited growing interest in aerospace organizations, manufacturing companies with military and drone ties, nuclear and chemical research organizations, and international organizations involved in conflict monitoring and humanitarian aid in Ukraine, GTIG added. “Despite…
Some people love systemd and can’t stop raving about it; others love to hate it and can’t stop throwing shade at it. Even though systemd remains divisive, one thing’s for sure: since nearly all modern Linux distributions have adopted it as their default init system, learning to use it can pay off big time. Here’s a basic overview of how to use four systemd tools that make troubleshooting on Linux a breeze. Systemctl: The modern way to manage services Systemctl is the gateway to service management on systemd-based Linux distributions. It can start and stop services, restart or reload them,…
The U.S. Department of Justice sentenced the CEO of a multi-level marketing and bitcoin trading firm to 20 years in prison after a conviction for wire fraud and money laundering tied to a large scale Ponzi scheme. Court records show that Ramil Ventura Palafox, 61, owned and controlled Praetorian Group International, known as PGI, where he served as chairman, CEO, and primary promoter. He told investors the company conducted bitcoin trading and promised daily returns between 0.5 and 3 percent. Between December 2019 and October 2021, more than 90,000 investors worldwide placed over $201 million into PGI, including more than…
Google’s Search Relations team was asked directly whether you still need a website in 2026. They didn’t give a one-size-fits-all answer. The conversation stayed focused on trade-offs between owning a website and relying on platforms such as social networks or app stores. In a new episode of the Search Off the Record podcast, Gary Illyes and Martin Splitt spent about 28 minutes exploring the question and repeatedly landed on the same conclusion: it depends. What Was Said Illyes and Splitt acknowledged that websites still offer distinct advantages, including data sovereignty, control over monetization, the ability to host services such as…
Criminal IP (criminalip.io), the AI-powered threat intelligence and attack surface intelligence platform, is now integrated with IBM QRadar SIEM and QRadar SOAR. The integration brings external, IP-based threat intelligence directly into IBM QRadar’s detection, investigation, and response workflows, enabling security teams to identify malicious activity faster and prioritize response actions more effectively across SOC operations. IBM QRadar is widely adopted by enterprises and public-sector organizations as a central platform for security monitoring, automation, and incident response. By embedding Criminal IP intelligence into QRadar SIEM and extending it into SOAR workflows, organizations can apply external threat context across the incident lifecycle…