Search Engine Land’s SMX East search marketing conference is returning to New York City Oct. 23-25. If you’re involved in marketing, PR, social media or any other customer-facing activity, you owe it to yourself (and your company’s or client’s bottom line) to attend the show. SMX East delivers cutting-edge tips …

Google has confirmed it’s testing a new feature in the search results that asks searchers to submit a more detailed question to the company directly in the search results box. The box says, “Get the answer that you’re looking for added to the web,” and it feeds the information to …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google asking dissatisfied searchers to submit questions manually in the search resultsMay 9, 2018 by Barry Schwartz If Google doesn’t have content for your query, it …

Photo: chrissymetz on Instagram  For anyone looking for a new lease on life after another endless Canadian winter has finally come to a close, it may be worthwhile to dive into an inspirational new read. Whether you are a young professional finding your way into the world or someone struggling with …

Qualcomm supposedly plans to exit the server business, just a few years after prominently positioning itself as the only ARM vendor with the chops to take on Intel in servers and data centers across the world. Back in 2015, Qualcomm announced that it would launch CPUs into this space. By …

For the past few years, Google has been building its own TPU (Tensor Processing Units) to handle various processing tasks related to artificial intelligence and machine learning. Google first announced the existence of TPUs in 2016, but said it had been using them internally for more than a year. The …

Last week, Facebook released the Oculus Go, a $200 virtual reality headset. Outside of the initial setup that’s handled with your phone’s Bluetooth connection, this is an entirely standalone device. It doesn’t connect to your PC like the Oculus Rift, and you don’t snap in your phone like you would …

A research team led by a University of Cambridge scientist has found that in the brain, cholesterol acts as a catalyst which triggers the formation of the toxic clusters of the amyloid-beta protein, a central player in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. It is unclear, however, if the results — …

Roughly five years after the launch of its first fund in 2013, Female Founders Fund (F3) has closed on $27 million for its latest seed fund — backed by some of the startup world’s top women entrepreneurs and investors. Backed by a clutch of seriously impressive names in the startup and tech community, …

Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach Rick Brunson has resigned amid reports that women had accused him of improper conduct. The Star Tribune, citing a source it did not identify, reported that the 45-year-old Brunson had been the subject of complaints of improper conduct toward women. Brunson is the father of Jalen …