Cheddar Man — a hunter-gatherer who lived 10,000 years ago — had blue eyes, dark colored curly hair and ‘dark to black’ skin pigmentation, according to new research. Cheddar Man’s facial reconstruction. Image credit: University College London / Natural History Museum, London / Tom Barnes / Channel 4. Cheddar Man …

The connected speaker wars are upon us, and one day they will be detailed in history books for all to remember. But here, now, it can be hard to cut through the various narratives surrounding the options out there and pick a winner. Now that the cards are on the …

Female athletes especially black women have long been out there pushing for social change. “It prevents us from appreciating the great athletes that they are but it also means that it shuts down a potential forum that these great athletes would have where they’re valued for their athletic prowess in …

Google has dropped its support for the news meta keywords tag. Google introduced the new meta keywords tag specifically for news publishers back in 2012 and quietly stopped supporting it months ago. Google did not announce this change, so publishers, like us at Search Engine Land, have continued to use …

If you were paying attention, 2017 might have seemed like the year that industry pundits’ predictions about the death of retail finally came to fruition. The traditional Main Street took some major blows last year. Shopping mall mainstays like Wet Seal, Payless ShoeSource, BCBG Max Azria and Gymboree were among …

Over the past decade, Google has continued to increase the amount of personal data they collect from people querying information or supplying data to them. A story on Quartz brought this practice to light last year when a researcher discovered Google tracking location information from Android devices even if they have …

In early 2017, Yelp bought a Canadian company called Turnstyle Analytics, which provides free WiFi and email marketing services to local businesses. The company helps local businesses build lists and remarket to customers; it also has online-to-offline matching and attribution capabilities. Turnstyle was renamed Yelp WiFi and recently completed an offline …

In 2018, more and more enterprise brands are beginning to build their marketing technology stacks. In parallel, over the last year, we have witnessed the convergence of content and search engine optimization (SEO). Intelligent marketers are utilizing these trends and building integrated marketing frameworks to provide marketing benefits far beyond …

You’ve probably heard the standard money-saving advice: If you want to save money, eat out at restaurants less and cook at home more. But it’s almost as easy to blow your budget at the grocery store as it is when dining out. Stores use some crazy shopping tricks to make …

James Cook University researcher Dr. Jan Strugnell and Australian Museum Research Institute’s Dr. Mandy Reid have discovered and described a new species of pygmy squid in Australian waters. The Hallam’s pygmy squid (Idiosepius hallami), attached to a seagrass blade, Cudgen Creek, northern New South Wales. Image credit: Mandy Reid. “Although …