Google is experimenting with showing third-party endorsement content directly within Search ads. The test places short endorsements from external publishers under the ad description, including the third party’s name, logo, and favicon. What’s showing up. The test was first spotted by Sarah Blocksidge, Marketing Director at Sixth City Marketing, who shared a screenshot on Mastodon. In the example, a Search ad included the line “Best for Frequent Travelers,” attributed to PCMag, complete with the publication’s favicon. The endorsement appears directly beneath the ad copy, visually separating it from standard advertiser-written text. Why we care. If rolled out more broadly, the…
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Microsoft announced that it will disable the 30-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in upcoming Windows releases due to security vulnerabilities that expose organizations to cyberattacks. NTLM (short for New Technology LAN Manager) is a challenge-response authentication protocol introduced in 1993 with Windows NT 3.1 and is the successor to the LAN Manager (LM) protocol. Kerberos has superseded NTLM and is now the current default protocol for domain-connected devices running Windows 2000 or later. While it was the default protocol in older Windows versions, NTLM is still used today as a fallback authentication method when Kerberos is unavailable, even though it uses weak…
My job means I spend a lot of time writing, and as a result, I spend a lot of time — more than is productive, probably — looking for the best possible writing apps. Over time, what I look for in apps has changed. An abundance of features has become less of a necessity; instead, I want something straightforward that lets me get the job done with minimal distractions. I found the answer in a piece of software nearly 20 years old called Bean. This is a lightweight word processor for macOS that first launched in 2007. It hasn’t seen…
Aisy has emerged from stealth with $2.3 million seed funding from Osney Capital, Flying Fish Ventures, and 6 Degrees Capital together with additional angel investors. The firm provides an AI-assisted platform designed to help security teams manage, prioritize, and reduce an overwhelming volume of vulnerability alert tickets. “Smart people are burning out sifting through backlogs of unprioritized, low-value vulnerabilities, while the real critical pathways go unprotected,” says Shlomie Liberow, founder and CEO of Aisy (and formerly head of hacker research and development at HackerOne). He doesn’t see this changing for mid-tier and larger companies – partly because of the security…
Welcome to this week’s SEO Pulse: updates affect publisher control over AI features, how AI Overviews process queries, and what AI model tradeoffs mean for content workflows. Here’s what matters for you and your work. Google Explores Letting Sites Opt Out Of AI Search Features Google says it’s exploring updates that could let websites opt out of AI-powered search features. The blog post came the same day the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority opened a consultation on potential new requirements for Google Search. Key facts: Ron Eden, principal, product management at Google, wrote that the company is “exploring updates to…
I woke up in high spirits this morning. I planned on reserving a phone I’ve been excited about since I heard it was officially coming to the US. The Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold isn’t practical, and it’s not a device for everyone — but I still can’t wait to get my hands on one. Unfortunately, like many others this morning, I’m going to have to wait a little longer. Unexpectedly, Samsung sold out of Galaxy Z TriFolds within minutes. Every Samsung Experience Store I called in the area was out, reporting lines before the stores opened. No one at either…
Conventional wisdom says that in the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, attackers and defenders are locked in a perennial, never-ending death match: increasing threat sophistication battling it out with corresponding shifts in corporate and governmental responses. The showdown rages on in 2026, made all the more interesting by the rise of AI-augmented everything. But what don’t we expect? Dark Reading canvassed a range of industry-watchers and threat-intelligence specialists about the more cutting-edge happenings for security teams to pay attention to. This includes garage APTs, ransomware becoming less lucrative, data embassies, corporate accountability, and CEOs in South Korea taking responsibility for major data breaches.Read…
TL;DR Bigme has announced the B10, a 10.3-inch color E Ink tablet for reading, writing, and light productivity. The device runs Android 14 and supports stylus input, an optional keyboard, and 4G LTE connectivity. Pre-orders are live now, with pricing starting at $699 and shipping expected mid-February. As color E-Ink tablets edge closer to traditional tablets, Bigme has officially announced the B10. The generously sized device is positioned as a productivity-first tablet for reading, writing, and, with an optional keyboard, light work.The B10 is designed to deliver the paper-like experience associated with E Ink while still behaving more like a…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign attributed to a China-linked threat actor known as UAT-8099 that took place between late 2025 and early 2026. The activity, discovered by Cisco Talos, has targeted vulnerable Internet Information Services (IIS) servers located across Asia, but with a specific focus on targets in Thailand and Vietnam. The scale of the campaign is currently unknown. “UAT-8099 uses web shells and PowerShell to execute scripts and deploy the GotoHTTP tool, granting the threat actor remote access to vulnerable IIS servers,” security researcher Joey Chen said in a Thursday breakdown of the campaign. UAT-8099 was first…
On episode 339 of PPC Live The Podcast, I speak to Kirk Williams, a long-time PPC professional who’s been in the industry since 2009. Kirk is the founder of Zato, a specialist PPC micro-agency, and the author of Ponderings of a PPC Professional and Stop the Scale. He’s also a familiar face on the global conference circuit, speaking at events like BrightonSEO, SMX, HeroConf, and more. The big f-Up: Taking on the wrong clients Kirk’s biggest mistake wasn’t a platform error or a bad bid — it was taking on clients who weren’t a good fit. He explains that these…