AMD's restriction on FSR 4 on previous-gen Radeon GPUs remains a secret, but the former FSR 4 head of development seems to have an answer. AMD's EX FSR Head of Development Puts Up "Big Trouble" Meme After Being Questioned on AMD's Silence on INT8 FSR 4 Version for RDNA 2/3 GPUs It has been over a year since FSR 4 made its debut alongside the launch of AMD RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9000. Since then, AMD has maintained complete silence on questions relating to FSR 4 on RDNA 2 and 3 series. While NVIDIA kept newer DLSS versions available for [β¦]
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While everyone wants faster hardware, Intel says the answer lies in software optimization, and the P and E cores are almost identical in gaming performance. Robert Hallock Says E-Cores Don't Degrade Gaming Performance and PC Enthusiasts are "Underestimating" the Importance of Software Intel might not have been able to deliver X3D-equivalent performance in gaming with its latest Core Ultra 200 series, but it has gotten closer with the Plus variants. While still noticeably behind when it comes to the leading gaming performance, Intel blames this regression more on the "software" optimization than the hardware itself. In an interview with PC [β¦]
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The prices of AMD's Ryzen CPUs have increased by more than 50%, signaling a panic in the DIY market amid heightened AI demand. Japanese Users Are Paying Up To 57% More For AMD Ryzen CPUs As The AI-Related Price Bumps Continue In a report published by PC Watch, it is stated that the Japanese DIY market is seeing a huge surge in hardware prices. While DRAM and GPU prices are way above their original rates, the next component that is being affected is the CPU. The report lists several AMD Ryzen CPUs, mainly the new Ryzen 9000 parts, seeing over [β¦]
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What Google's systems actually do with click data and what it means for SEO and rankings.
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TSMC doesnβt need High-NA EUV to complete its current roadmap β A12, A13, and N2U nodes unveiled TSMC has unveiled its newest technology roadmap, which extends until 2029. On it, TSMC has unveiled three new lithography nodes, none of which require High-NA EUV machines. TSMC believes that standard Low-NA EUV machines will be used for [β¦]
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Windows handhelds may have found a breakthrough. FSR 4 INT8, XeFG, and XeLL can turn compromised 30 FPS gaming into smooth 60 FPS play, making devices like the Legion Go far more capable than expected.
Intel's upcoming Z970 motherboards for Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs will replace both high-end Z890 and mainstream B860 options. Intel Z970 Motherboards To Cover An Extensive Market With Both High-End & Mainstream Options For Nova Lake Builders Intel's 900-series motherboards will have a wide range of options for PC builders. The flagship Z990 chipset will be the recommended choice for enthusiast Nova Lake Desktop CPUs, featuring a dual compute tile configuration, while the Z970 chipset will retain a primary focus on the high-end market. Based on a new post by Jaykihn at X, it looks like the Z970 chipset may not [β¦]
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Despite having been originally released on PlayStation 4, Final Fantasy VII Remake never made it to the original Nintendo Switch, debuting on the Nintendo Switch 2 earlier this year with one of the most impressive third-party ports we have seen to date. The last-generation Nintendo system, with some pointed modifications, however, can run the PC version of the game surprisingly well, even with the performance overhead of the Box64 + Wine translation layer required to get the PC version to run on an ARM-based system. This impressive technical feat was achieved by modder Naga, who detailed the creation of a [β¦]
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South Korean-Japanese developer NEXON has announced a new PC game called Embers of the Uncrowned. It's an isometric dark fantasy MMORPG developed by a team of self-described "hardcore MMORPG veterans" with a deep passion for the genre, set on a continent ravaged by an elven invasion. In the game, players take the role of the illegitimate heir to House Harborwell. They're a mercenary called back by destiny to reclaim their lost domain and restore their noble house. The players' character growth is directly tied to theirΒ House's growth. Constructing buildings in the settlement produces essential items for the journey, while upgrading [β¦]
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While we wait for the first Intel Core Series 3 "Wildcat Lake" laptops to make it to retail, the company has showcased its own reference design, which offers a clean design with a slim aluminum body. Intel Shows How Wildcat Lake Laptops Should Be Done With Its Reference Design, Awesome Colors & Fanless Operating In Low-Power Mode Last week, Intel announced its Core Series 3 "Wildcat Lake" CPUs. These CPUs will be powering laptops, with MacBook Neo being aimed as their main competitor. Now, Intel is showcasing its own reference design to the press, and honestly, it looks great. First [β¦]
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Earlier this month, we reported that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie by Nintendo and Universal's Illumination set the biggest theatrical debut of 2026 in the United States. However, maintaining momentum across all territories was far from a given, especially with the rather scathing reviews from film critics. Now, according to data collected by IMDbPro's Box Office Mojo, it appears that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is the highest-grossing film released this year, with nearly $756 million grossed across all territories. It's an almost even split: $361,825,355 earned in the United States (47.9%) and $393,990,000 earned elsewhere (52.1%), with Mexico leading [β¦]
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Forza Horizon 5 launched on PlayStation 5 last year, and a few short months after its release, it was evident how the game was a smashing success on Sony's console, outselling even first-party games. Today, co-developer Virtuos confirmed on its official website that the racing game they helped develop was one of the best-selling games in 2025, surpassing 5 million copies worldwide. "Forza Horizon 5 was one of the best-selling titles on PlayStation 5 in 2025, surpassing 5 million copies sold on the platform, and earning widespread acclaim with a 92 Metacritic score," Virtuos wrote on a new infographic. The [β¦]
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Today, South Korean developer Pearl Abyss released Crimson Desert patch 1.04 on nearly all platforms (Mac users will have to wait until a later time). This update adds most of the enhancements and features outlined a couple of weeks ago in the official roadmap, except for boss rematches, which will be released in a future patch. Three difficulty modes (Easy, Normal, and Hard) have been added under Settings > Play.Β EasyΒ reduces damage taken, lowers enemy stats, and extends Parry/Dodge windows.Β NormalΒ is unchanged from the existing gameplay experience.Β HardΒ arguably brings the most significant changes: food effects only apply after the full consumption animation completes, [β¦]
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Alienware unleashes its most powerful Area-51 Desktop PC to date, powered by the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU & a starting price of $4299. Dell's Area-51 PC With AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Starts at $4299 & Fully-Spec'd Config Above $7000 Alienware recently launched its Area-51 Desktop PC with AMD's Ryzen 9000 & Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs. The gaming PC offers full-on ATX hardware, delivering impressive capabilities for pre-built gamers. Today, Alienware is updating its Area-51 Desktop PC with AMD's newly launched Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU, delivering faster speeds of up to 5.6 GHz, and the same 2nd Gen 3D V-Cache that [β¦]
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Rambus has announced its LPDDR5X SOCAMM2 memory chipset, a vital component to enable the next-gen compact memory for AI datacenters. SOCAMM2 Lays The Key Foundation of Next-Gen AI Datacenters As Rambus Gears Up Its LPDDR5X-Based Chipset For Launch Press Release: Rambus, a premier chip and silicon IP provider making data faster and safer, today announced aΒ SOCAMM2Β (Small Outline Compression Attached Memory Module)Β chipsetΒ designed to enableΒ low-power, high-performance LPDDR5X-based memory modulesΒ forΒ AI server platforms. The SOCAMM2 chipset represents the first step in a broader Rambus roadmap of LPDDR-based server module solutions, reflecting the companyβs ongoing collaboration with industry partners to support new memory architectures optimized [β¦]
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JEDEC has previewed its LPDDR6 memory standard, powering future AI datacenters & mobile platforms with 512 GB capacities & SOCAMM2 variants. JEDEC's LPDDR6 SOCAMM2 Modules Are Going To Be A Mouth-Watering Piece of Memory Technology For AI Datacenters Today, JEDEC unveiled a new set of features for its upcoming LPDDR6 memory standard "JESD209-6". The new memory standard will play a vital role in powering future AI datacenters, PCs, and mobile platforms. LPDDR6 will not just provide a more power-efficient memory solution, but it will also offer increased performance and higher capacities than existing LPDDR5 and LPDDR5X standards. Memory makers are [β¦]
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TSMC has presented its latest technology roadmap through 2029, bringing advanced processes such as A13 and A12 by 2029. TSMC Reluctant To Use ASML's Advanced EUV Machines Due To Cost Constraints, Focuses On Die Shrinks For 2029 With A13 & A12 During TSMC's 2026 North American Technology Symposium, the company presented its latest roadmap, which includes some major updates. These new processes will offer a further refinement, such as savings in area size, and the utilization of new technologies. Starting with the roadmap itself, following the mass production of its N2 process technology, which is expected in the first products [β¦]
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Intel 14A finally has a big name backing it up, and it's Elon Musk, who will be leveraging the process technology at the TeraFab project. Intel & Elon Partnership Deeper Than Expected As Musk Announces 14A Process Technology For Tesla's TeraFab During its Q1 2026 earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made it official that the TeraFab project was going to use 14A, Intel's much-discussed process technology, which is expected to be a game-changer for them in the Foundry business. Elon stated that they (Tesla) are excited to use the Intel 14A process, calling it "State-of-the-Art". He also acknowledged that [β¦]
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The subject-specific feeds will allow users to choose from lists curated around the top 75 discussion topics, and echoes a similar feature Twitter once offered.
Ryan Roslansky will take on a position within parent company Microsoft, and LinkedIn COO Daniel Shapero will succeed him.
The new artificial intelligence-optimized project in Tulsa, Oklahoma will be the companyβs first in the state and its 32nd globally.
The chatbot will now be available across major global markets and feature enhanced local language support, making it more accessible for creators and advertisers.
The feature will allow select creators and fans to engage in real-time discussions during live events, similar to Instagramβs Broadcast Channels.
Mentio checks whether your brand appears in AI chatbot answers when people ask for recommendations in your category. It runs real prompts across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, shows your ranking versus competitors, tracks sentiment, and gives you a visibility score. Built for the Spanish-speaking market first, it is the only AI visibility tool in Spanish and works for any brand in any language.
You should always enter into peer-to-peer transactions with circumspection and a fair degree of cautious wariness. That's the painful lesson a guileless Australian is now learning after being scammed out of his Apple iPhone by a crafty trickster. A quick-to-trust Australian becomes a victim of obviously fake banknotes, loses his Apple iPhone to a scammer Imagine you put up your old iPhone for sale on an online marketplace. After a while, you get a ping along with a fairly good offer. Everything checks out, and you ask the buyer to come by your home to collect the iPhone after paying [β¦]
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Fork lets users build their own features on top of your SaaS application without touching your codebase. Think open source but for private software. You define what's forkable, set permissions and constraints, and your users customize from there. Product teams can then pull the most valuable features back to the main branch. Instead of saying "no" to feature requests, you say "go build it."
Moore's Law Is DeadWhat's even more of a cause for optimism, though, is how much better PS6 and Helix will be. Helix is basically a high-end PC, even using the same silicon as AMD's 70-class or maybe 80-class RDNA 5 GPUs. It isn't an ultra-level of PC hardware, but still far more powerful than consoles usually have. It will have the biggest APU in console history... Yes it will be expensive, but guys, if it's even $1,200, it's like a $2-3,000 gaming PC. That's disruptive.
While 2026 has already seen some major releases like Crimson Desert, Resident Evil Requiem, and Marathon, to name a few, the biggest release of the year, and the biggest release the video game industry has seen for years is yet to come, as we all wait for GTA 6 to arrive later this year at its previously announced November 19, 2026 release date. But at the time of this writing in April 2026, there's still plenty of time for things to go wrong for Take-Two and Rockstar from now until then, and concerns of another delay linger each day. That [β¦]
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OpenAI is shifting its ad model inside ChatGPT from pure impressions to performance, a move that puts it in more direct competition with Googleβs core business.
Whatβs happening. OpenAI has begun testing cost-per-click (CPC) ads within ChatGPT, allowing advertisers to pay only when users click rather than when ads are shown. Early reports suggest clicks are being priced in the $3 to $5 range, and the feature is rolling out through a limited ads manager alongside the earlier CPM-based model.
Why now. Pricing pressure appears to be a key driver. ChatGPTβs CPMs have fallen significantly since launch, dropping from around $60 to closer to $25 in some cases. Moving to CPC helps offset that decline by tying revenue to measurable outcomes instead of impressions.
Why we care. ChatGPT is evolving into a performance channel, not just a branding environment. With CPC pricing, budgets can now be tied directly to measurable actions, making it easier to test ROI and compare against channels like Google Search.
It also opens early access to a potentially high-intent audience in a new format, giving advertisers a chance to gain a first-mover advantage before competition β and costs β increase.
The bigger picture. This is more than a pricing adjustment β itβs a strategic shift. CPC advertising has long been dominated by Google, built on strong user intent signals. By adopting the same model, OpenAI is positioning ChatGPT to compete for performance marketing budgets, not just brand spend, effectively turning the product into a full-fledged ad platform.
Between the lines. The real challenge will be proving intent. Search advertising works because users actively look for something; ChatGPT must demonstrate that its conversational context can generate similarly valuable clicks. Advertisers are likely to benchmark performance directly against Google, raising the bar for quality and conversion.
Zoom out. Advertising is becoming central to OpenAIβs long-term revenue strategy, with investments in ad infrastructure, measurement tools and a broader self-serve platform.
Bottom line. By introducing CPC ads, OpenAI is now competing for the performance-driven ad dollars that power the veteran search platforms.
Firefox 150 introduces refinements to Split View, along with new tab-sharing options that let users copy multiple links with titles in one step. The update also enhances the built-in PDF editor, adds a private real-time translations page, and continues to expand security protections.
The most controversial topic in the video game industry now and for the last few years has been Generative AI and its place (or lack thereof) in video game development. The most recent hot-button layer to that has been NVIDIA's introduction of DLSS 5. While the tech likely won't be impacting games coming later this year, projects further off than that, like Fragmentary Order, the new extraction shooter from Nikita Buyanov, the creator of Escape From Tarkov, are likely going to be able to implement the tech if they choose to. As for Buyanov and his new team at Rant [β¦]
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Google posted a GEO Partner Manager role in its ads sales organization, using βGenerative Engine Optimizationβ terminology in an ads-side job description.
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Capcom, Home Depot, Mars and more businesses that are turning AI into an operational advantage.AOC launches their AGON PRO AG326UZD2 QD-OLED monitor for Β£799 AOC have officially released their new AGON PRO AG326UZD2 QD-OLED monitor, a 31.5-inch flat 4K gaming screen with a QD-OLED panel. This monitor supports refresh rates up to 240Hz and a 0.03ms response time, delivering strong HDR support and motion clarity. This monitor has a [β¦]
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Apple and Google are seemingly entering into a symbiotic relationship, where the former has used its unparalleled financial heft to gain access to the latter's very capable Gemini AI models. And these mutual synergies were apparently hefty enough to merit a dedicated shout-out and prime airtime for Apple at Google's Cloud Next 2026 event. Apple has just become one of Google Cloud's most important customers Google used Apple as a very important and lucrative prop to showcase the strength of its Gemini AI models at the just-concluded Google Cloud Next 2026 event. This comes as the Cupertino-based tech giant recently [β¦]
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Bolt Graphics has successfully taped out its Zeus GPU, which is expected to offer up to 6x faster HPC & 5x faster Path Tracing performance than NVIDIA's RTX 5090. The Bolt Graphics Zeus "12nm" GPU Aims To Offer 5x Faster Path Tracing Performance Than An RTX 5090 "5nm" Graphics Card Last year, Bolt Graphics announced its Zeus chip and claimed some big numbers. Today, we can finally confirm that Zeus wasn't just a paper announcement, as the chip has been successfully taped out. In a press release shared with us, Bolt Graphics confirms that its Zeus GPU test chip has [β¦]
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Fallout: New Vegas Senior Designer and Writer Chris Avellone talked extensively about the Fallout franchise in a recent interview with YouTuber TKs-Mantis. Avellone (who also worked as a designer on Fallout 2 and on the canceled Van Buren project) claimed that, to his knowledge, Obsidian never provided the full source code of Fallout: New Vegas to Bethesda. Furthermore, as far as he knows, they don't have the knowledge to reassemble it, which constitutes a major problem for the rumored remaster. I don't think Bethesda has the engineering know-how to make a remaster of Fallout: New Vegas at all. And the [β¦]
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There is, thankfully, a lot more to the camera setups within the upcoming Apple iPhone 18 Pro duo and the iPhone 20 than variable aperture bragging rights, as per the latest tidbits from a notable Weibo-based tipster (image source: Vovalenard). Apple iPhone 18 Pro duo/iPhone 20 to get a super-large main camera sensor, dedicated optical image stabilization for the ultra-wide lens, and a 200MP telephoto camera We reported a few days back that Apple was experimenting with a 200MP camera sensor, possibly for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, enabling near-lossless cropping (to a certain extent) in the [β¦]
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Weβre announcing the general availability of Gemini Embedding 2 via the Gemini API and Vertex AI.A snapshot of how top companies, governments, researchers and startups are enhancing their work with Google's AI solutions.Google is rolling out App Consent Insights in Google Ads, giving advertisers a clearer view into how consent signals impact app campaign performance.
Whatβs new. The new diagnostics view breaks down consent data across apps, platforms, regions, and traffic sources, helping marketers pinpoint gaps in their setup.
Zoom in. Advertisers can see an overall consent rating β like βExcellent,β βGood,β or βPoorβ β alongside a live count of apps actively sending consented data. A detailed table also shows consent rates for conversions, including splits between EEA and non-EEA users.
Why we care. As privacy regulations tighten, consent isnβt just a compliance box β it directly affects measurement and optimization. Advertisers now get more visibility into where consent setups may be limiting performance.
Between the lines. Google is making consent more measurable β and more actionable β as signal loss continues to impact campaign performance.
What to watch. Expect advertisers to start optimizing not just for conversions, but for consent rates themselves as a performance lever.
Bottom line. Better consent visibility means better data β and ultimately, better campaign outcomes.
First seen. This update was first spotted by Google Ads specialist Thomas Eccel on LinkedIn.
Advertisers are sharing their experience of a new Ads Manager interface for ChatGPT, signaling a shift toward a more mature advertising platform with real-time campaign control.
Whatβs new. The Ads Manager is described as a dashboard where marketers can run, monitor, and optimize campaigns in real time β a major step up from current reporting and controls. Digital marketers Juozas KaziukΔnas and Glenn Gabe shared images of what they saw.
Why we care. Until now, ChatGPT ads have been early-stage and limited, with advertisers reportedly relying on basic reporting like weekly CSV files. The move to a full Ads Manager suggests OpenAI is building infrastructure closer to platforms like Google Ads or Meta.
Zoom in. Advertisers are already seeing more ads appear inside ChatGPT, with brands like Best Buy and Expedia spotted in early tests. That increase in inventory, paired with a proper management interface, points to a rapid expansion of monetization efforts.
What to watch: As the Ads Manager evolves, expect improvements in targeting, reporting, and automation β areas where early feedback suggests ChatGPT ads are still limited.
First seen. Glenn Gabe shared the images of the ChatGPT ads manager on X.
Google unveils its 8th-generation TPUs for AI training and inference Google has just unveiled its 8th-generation of TPUs (Tensor Processing Units), announcing two separate TPU units for AI training and inference. These chips are Coogleβs 8t and 8i TPUs. These workload-specialised chips aim to deliver more performance per dollar, with more raw performance and more [β¦]
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At the beginning of March 2026, a report from Aftermath reveal that Nintendo had issued a lawsuit against the US government for what it claimed was "unlawful impositions of tariffs." Now, another lawsuit has appeared in relation to that suit, but it's not coming from Nintendo or the US government. Instead, it's directed at Nintendo from players in California and Washington, who claim that if Nintendo gets the money it claims the US government unlawfully charged, then that tariff money should make its way back to the players, who paid for the higher prices implemented because of those tariffs. This [β¦]
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OpenAI is on a mission, an incredible mission, you might say, to scale up its AI compute capacity to 30GW by the end of this decade. 30GW By 2030: OpenAI Sets Ambitious Goals, but Will The Semiconductor Industry Be Able To Supply This Much Compute? Yesterday, Amazon and Anthropic announced that they were going to bring up 6GW of AI compute capacity by the end of this year. But their primary competitor, OpenAI, has more ambitious & mighty plans. Today, OpenAI announced that since the launch of ChatGPT, its revenue and compute resources have scaled at a rapid pace. This [β¦]
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Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive confirms that it has laid off an undisclosed number of employees less than a month after it acquired the 7 Days to Die developer The Fun Pimps. After employees initially took to LinkedIn to reveal they had been suddenly let go, the studio released a statement to Game Developer to confirm the cuts. According to the statement from Behaviour Interactive, the cuts impacted members of its team that focused on "external development partnerships," and said that the decision to lay off members of that team was made due to Behaviour Interactive leadership seeing a [β¦]
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There is apparently such a thing as being too successful. Look no further than China's display panel behemoth BOE, which is generating record revenues, albeit at razor-thin margins. What's more, this playbook on cutthroat economics might yet repeat with China's upstart memory players, CXMT and YMTC. China's CXMT and YMTC appear destined to follow in BOE's footsteps to a hellscape of cutthroat competition and near-zero margins By some metrics, China's BOE is a commercial success story. After all, it is a major supplier of LTPS OLED panels for Apple's iPhone 17e as well as a host of legacy models such [β¦]
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Raghim AI is an enterprise AI agent platform for privacy-conscious teams. Embed branded assistants, turn messy files into searchable knowledge, and build multi-step automations with an agent flow builder, RAG, and MCP tools. Choose managed, dedicated, or self-hosted deployment to meet compliance and maintain data sovereignty. Control access with RBAC, audit logs, and encryption, and connect Slack, Teams, Jira, and Asana from one console.
Folloverse lets creators build their own community and monetize content on their terms. You can create a fully customizable public page in minutes, upload videos, audio, articles, or images, and set precise access rulesβfree for everyone, exclusive for subscribers, pay-per-view, or any combination. Creators can charge fans via per-creation billing, a popular Patreon feature that many miss, allowing you to earn only when you publish new content. Each creator gets their own community space with chat and forum channels plus private chat.
talat is a meeting transcription app for Mac and Windows that runs entirely on your computer. It records your microphone and any audio playing on your machine (Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, etc.), transcribes both sides in real time, and writes a summary at the end. There's no meeting bot to invite, no account to create, and no subscription.
You can use the built-in local summarizer or plug in your own (local or cloud). Transcripts auto-export to Markdown (Obsidian, iCloud, a git repo, wherever you keep notes), and there's full local search across every recorded meeting. You pay once and own the app with no subscription or account needed.
ZenMux unifies access to top AI models behind one account, one API, and a clean studio UI. It connects to official providers, supports OpenAI, Anthropic, and Vertex protocols, and offers chat, image, and video generation in one place. Built-in insurance compensates you for bad outputs or latency, while HLE benchmarks, full token and cost tracing, and dashboards keep quality and spend transparent. Multi-provider failover, global edge acceleration, and auto model routing deliver stable, fast, and cost-efficient results.
Google is updating how Google Ads paces budgets for campaigns using ad schedules, shifting toward full monthly spend targets regardless of how many days ads actually run.
Whatβs changing. Starting June 1, campaigns will pace toward the full monthly budget limit (30.4x the daily budget), even if ads are only eligible to run on certain days. Previously, pacing was typically based on the number of active days in the schedule.
Whatβs not changing. Daily and monthly caps remain the same. Campaigns still wonβt exceed 2x the daily budget in a single day or 30.4x over a month, and ads wonβt serve on disabled days.
Why we care. Advertisers using limited schedules β like weekdays only or specific hours β may see spend accelerate, as Google now aims to hit the full monthly cap instead of scaling down on active days.
Zoom in. This means campaigns with fewer serving days can spend more aggressively on those days. For example, if ads run only half the month, Google can hit the daily max each day without needing to pull back elsewhere β and still stay under the monthly cap.
Between the lines. Google is prioritizing full budget utilization over evenly distributed spend, giving its systems more flexibility to capture demand when campaigns are eligible to run.
What to watch. Advertisers with tight schedules may need to revisit budgets and performance expectations, as spend could concentrate more heavily on active days.
Bottom line. Budget pacing is becoming less about when ads run β and more about ensuring the full budget gets spent.
First seen. Several advertisers mentioned receiving the comms from Google but from Google Ads Coach Jyll Saskin Gales, we got a clarification of what the update means and what isnβt changing on LinkedIn.
Attention is fragmenting further every day as the platforms providing information continue to multiply.
There are new players on the scene, like AI search, while companies build proprietary spaces through social networks and communities. Smaller spaces pop up daily through vibe-coded apps. Many of these platforms are noisier than ever, with everyone demanding our attention at once.
Weβre drowning in information, and trust is eroding in sources like search engines and social media. We still use these platforms for research, but go elsewhere to validate what we find and make decisions.
Weβre shifting back to a source weβve trusted since the beginning: other people. That means showing up across multiplying platforms and in as many people-led sources as possible.
Rachel Botsman is a leading expert and author on trust in the modern world. Botsman defines trust as:
Iβve read tons of different definitions of trust, but this is by far my favorite. Itβs the simplest and touches on the core component of dealing with the unknown or uncertainty.
We donβt need trust when outcomes feel certain. We need trust when weβre dealing with the unknown.
Searching for information is what humans do when theyβre uncertain. There are three trust layers that occur every time we search for information:
Searching for information is a trust experience from start to finish. Itβs a human behavior, and, as weβll discover, the best way to support human behavior is through other humans.
Hereβs what a recent search journey of mine looked like when I was interested in buying a new pair of shoes.
I started with AI tools and did some low-trust research, getting a list of options that met my requirements from ChatGPT and cross-referencing that list with Claudeβs output.
Then I wanted a sense of pricing and delivery timelines (high trust), so I quickly read through reviews while I was still working with the AI outputs (low trust). I searched Amazon for the options surfaced by ChatGPT and Claude, read reviews, got pricing, and noted who ships the quickest.
From there, I moved on to Google and found my medium-trust people sources. I checked Reddit for brand and model commentary, read third-party articles on running sites and from running influencers, and watched YouTube video breakdowns.
Then I got bombarded with low-trust advertising on social media, seeing retargeting ads everywhere.
Finally, I turned to my high-trust people sources. I asked a trusted running community, a neighbor I often see running, and my dad, a former marathon runner. I also went to a running shop and spoke with the sales team.
Yextβs 2025 research of 2,237 global consumers found more platforms getting used in a single search journey:
These results very much mirrored my personal search experience. I hit roughly 65 sources in my search journey:Β
In a similar vein, Expediaβs The Path to Purchase research found that huge amounts of source content are now consumed by travelers planning a trip. In the 45 days prior to booking travel, users spend an average of 303 minutes viewing ~141 pages of travel content.
Of my 65 sources, 45 were people-led. This trend can also be seen in professional decisions via the Censuswide β Global Professionals sentiment study (commissioned by LinkedIn) data, which shows 43% of people rate their professional network as their most trusted source,Β ahead of search engines and AI tools.Β
And the 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer shows a general trend of uncertainty rising and people placing their trust in the people closest to them:
Time and time again, we see that when people feel uncertain and need trusted advice, they often turn to others.
During someoneβs search journey, you ideally want to show up in:
That sounds pretty overwhelming. To make this workable, you need a playbook that reverses the order:
If we optimize at the people layer, the platform layer follows. Build trust, earn mentions, and get visibility.
Back to my shoe-purchasing journey. Many folks have taken to social media and review sites to talk about Adidas Terrex (the shoes I finally purchased after my trust-seeking journey), so they were highly visible in all my touchpoints.
This means that Adidas is actively engaging in trust-building activities. Adidas has its own running club, events, and communities. Theyβre engaging with people.
Hereβs an example of a recent event where they collaborated with the Underground Fan Club to support more women getting into trail running.
People are mentioning their brand and products.
This single event had hundreds of posts on Instagram from the participants and attendees. Multiply that by their other events and community initiatives, and you can see how their visibility quickly adds up.
Plus, theyβre appearing via hashtags, account tags, and mentions on social media platforms like TikTok more generally:
Adidas Terrex is also getting mentioned in forums β there are full Reddit threads devoted to advice on these shoes.
Their people-led source mentions are reflected in AI search platform results:
Youβve seen the research:
When you genuinely earn the trust of people willing to mention you positively of their own accord, you also capture visibility within search platforms. Because visibility is a byproduct of trust.Β
Relationships are the bedrock of trust, and there are plenty of places you can go to start building them. These are a few people-led places you can start with:
Look for people-led places with the components listed below. The stronger they are in these characteristics, the higher the trust:Β
Hereβs a general guide for how these environments, when highly engaged, are typically trusted:
| Trust-building components | Communities | Events | Social | Forums |
| Two-way conversations | High | High | Low | Medium |
| The ability to show up consistently | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| People gather for specific, niche reasons | High | High | Low | Medium |
| Where you can be yourself (not anonymous) | High | High | Medium | Medium |
Communities and events require lengthier time commitments and higher financial investment, but the trust-building components are very strong. Entering these spaces gives you more of the tools you need to build both relationships and trust.
Social media and forums have lower barriers to entry, but the trust-building components are weaker.
You can find the places you want to start with by:
People are seeking information to help them gain confidence in what theyβre unsure about. Theyβre seeking help, and help builds trust.Β
This means helping is your primary objective β not building brand awareness, pushing folks through your consideration funnel, or selling. Helping people.
Once youβve identified your places, donβt rush in and start talking about yourself, your brand, or your challenges. Listen first. This is a two-part process:
What does βhelpfulβ look like in this space?
This is about understanding why people gather in this space β what they get out of it. What high-level needs or wants are getting met that people continue coming back? These typically donβt change much over time.
Maybe theyβre looking for connection, education, amplification, or inspiration. Figure that out, and then cross-reference it with what you have to offer.Β
Find the intersections that make sense for you and identify the ways in which you can offer support.
What topics are people focused on?
This is about understanding whatβs βtrendingβ right now for folks in the space. What immediate needs or wants are getting met at the moment? These typically fluctuate.
Listen. Find your intersections. Figure out what you can help with.
This will start with 1:1 conversations in community Slack groups, at events, or in the comments of social media and forums. Trust takes time to build. There are no shortcuts.
Show up as yourself. Youβre not your brand; youβre a person behind your brand. People want advice from real people, and if you begin by labeling yourself as a brand representative advocating for your product, itβs game over.
Show up consistently, have these conversations, provide help on a 1:1 basis, and keep track of whatβs actually helping. While trust takes time to build, your learnings can help you scale how you help based on real audience insights.Β
Once you have a good sense of that, you can take the most frequently helpful themes and build out systems or assets that scale your ability to help.Β
These assets may not build as strong a level of trust as your 1:1 conversations. Those 1:1 conversations with the right audience will have the most trust and the most depth.Β But if you focus your scaled assets on helping people become who they want to be, it will greatly strengthen trust in your 1:many initiatives more than your typical βhow to do xβ content.
So take a deeper look at the pain points mentioned in your conversations and ask, βWho is this person trying to become?β Then build an asset from the ways youβve helped those folks in 1:1 conversations.
Create a mention power-up that helps people showcase their desired identity and who you helped them become. Something that proves their credibility and that theyβre excited to share!
Here are a few examples of what this playbook could look like for different audiences:
| Audience | High-level need | Timely need | Scaled help asset | Mention power-up |
| Professionals | Amplification | Desire to grow personal brand | Guest-posting program | The content is the power-up! Theyβll share and tag you. |
| Professionals | Opportunities | New job role | Skill training and job board | Shareable certification for skill-training completion |
| Musicians | Education | Wanting to learn to play drums | Video library of drum lessons | Personalized βIβm a drummerβ social image |
| Crafters | Advice | Canβt find sustainable materials | Curated resource of eco-friendly materialsΒ | Citable asset built with β[your brandβs] eco-friendly resourcesβ |
| Readers | Inspiration | Desire to break into a new genre | Quiz that helps them decideΒ | Sharable quiz output boldly defining their new genre |
| Budgeters | Education | What to cut back spend on | Budget template and tracker | Sharable βI saved $x with [your brand] assetβΒ |
Over the past few years, I have transitioned my career from marketing to community building. Iβve learned the power of shifting my mindset from selling to helping. And Iβve seen brands use the above playbook to earn visibility and real business impact.
In our community, we partner with an SEO SaaS platform that uses this playbook powerfully. Weβve seen them listen to what it means to be helpful in their community β people want opportunities to be amplified.
Weβve seen them show up consistently β their marketing manager has 400+ messages in our Slack community.
Weβve seen Jojo have tons of 1:1 conversations offering help.
Weβve seen Jojo continuously show up as herself in these helpful answers and in general as a valued member of the community.
And weβve seen those 1:1 connections pay off in terms of visibility on the content itself as their sharable mention power-up.
They then did the work to build their scaled asset of help. First, by listening through surveying members:
Identifying the core challenges that people had within this topic:
And further boosted their trust by collaborating with the community and featuring community members within their scaled asset.
Again, they reaped the rewards of visibility with their shareable mention power-up.
While earlier I told you to go in without a sales mindset, the beauty is that the trust you build can grow into just that: real business impact.
Our SEO SaaS partner has earned Β£50,000+ in new annual revenue through the partnership so far. This stuff works when you find the right space, listen, learn, and consistently show up to help.
Trust will always be a throughline in how people search for information.
When you make building trust an ongoing part of your strategy, you prepare your business beyond any single platform or system. Youβll show up in AI search today and whatever comes next tomorrow.
Make trust the priority, and visibility follows. Thatβs how you move from chasing algorithms to building something that lasts.
AMDβs Ryzen 9 9950X3D 2 is now available in the UK AMD has just released its Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU, targeting creators with its huge dual-V-Cache setup. Unlike the standard Ryzen 9 9950X3D, this new model features L3 V-Cache on both of its 8-core CCDs. This gives AMDβs new 16-core CPU 192MB of total L3 [β¦]
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Update 22/04/2026: Developer Poncle has since clarified that it has "15 new projects," which does not necessarily mean it has 15 new games in development. These projects can include anything from a new game, free updates for Vampire Survivors, DLCs, etc. The headline of this article has been updated to reflect the correct language. Original Story: Vampire Survivors was one of the standout hits when it launched in 2022, selling over a million copies in a matter of months and taking home Best Game at the BAFTAs. Its developer Poncle has grown to be able to publish other titles like [β¦]
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The MSI Vector 16 HX AI is probably being picked up in droves on Amazon, likely because this gaming laptop offers the best value for an RTX 5070 Ti machine. Best of all, youβre getting a free copy of Capcomβs latest sci-fi AAA game, PRAGMATA, and if you have yet to indulge in this title, youβre definitely missing out. The sad part about the Amazon deal is that you have a limited amount of time to pick it up for $1,609.99 because only a few units remain in stock. The current Vector 16 HX AI configuration offers the standard RAM [β¦]
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Rebel Wolves' open-world RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker has been in the works for some time and will finally make its debut this year on PC and consoles. When this will happen exactly will be revealed next week during aΒ Road to Launch Event, where more information on the game will be shared alongside its release date. The event, which will stream on April 28th at 9:00 AM PDT / 6:00 PM CEST / 5:00 PM BST, will also feature new gameplay, a new story trailer, the PC system requirements, and all the details on the game's editions. "We are getting [β¦]
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The AI industry has grown exponentially, but at the cost of gobbling up nearly all of the DRAM supply, leaving next to nothing for a multitude of manufacturers hailing from other businesses. Memory makers are also struggling to keep up with demand and may only meet 60 percentΒ of the entire supply through 2027. Samsung, being one of the firms to mass produce DRAM chips, appears to favor its short-term growth and profits over lending a hand to its DX (Device Experience) and MX (Mobile Experience) units, which are responsible for smartphone launches. According to the latest report, the situation is [β¦]
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The existing Crosshair and Raider lineups have received new models, featuring up to GeForce RTX 5090 and high-end Intel Core Ultra 200HX processors. MSI Debuts Raider 16 and Crosshair 16 Series Laptops, Featuring Core Ultra 200HX-RTX 50 Series Combos; Upgrades Titan and Stealth 18 Laptops as Well Popular hardware and peripheral manufacturer, MSI, has launched new laptop models under the Raider and Crosshair series, featuring upgraded configurations. The company has announced that the newer models will be powered by the Intel Core Ultra 200HX processors, paired with high-end NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs to achieve high performance gaming and [β¦]
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Circana executive director and video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella has reported the US sales charts for the month of March 2026, and perhaps unsurprisingly, it's MLB The Show 26 that appears at the top of the charts, helping to drive a 12% spending growth compared to March 2025 alongside Crimson Desert and PokΓ©mon Pokopia. While Piscatella cites Crimson Desert as one of the main spending growth drivers, when looking at the full top-20 list of best-selling games by dollar sales, including both physical and digital sales, the new open-world from Pearl Abyss failed to make the top 10. It [β¦]
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Beyerdynamicβs gaming headsets have always lived slightly outside the mainstream. They donβt chase RGB trends or software-heavy ecosystems, and they rarely shout about features they canβt back up with fundamentals. The MMX 150 Wireless follows that same philosophy, but with a modern twist: lowβlatency wireless, Bluetooth dual connectivity, and battery life good enough to forget about charging for days. On paper, itβs Beyerdynamic stepping into a space already crowded by SteelSeries, Corsair, and Sony. In practice, the MMX 150 Wireless feels like what Beyer does bestβsound first, comfort second, gimmicks lastβjust without a cable attached. Design & Comfort β Familiar, [β¦]
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Owlcat's rather unusual tradition of holding Closed Beta tests for its single player roleplaying games continues with The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. Starting today, customers who have purchased the Miller's Pack (at β¬79.99) or the Collector's Edition (at β¬289) from the official website will be able to get a taste of the game via the Closed Beta, available across all platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S and X. Owlcat kindly provided Wccftech with advanced access to the Closed Beta build, giving me the chance to preview this highly anticipated action RPG. The section of the game included in the [β¦]
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The system integrator is deploying AMD's flagship Zen 5 X3D chip to deliver the best possible configuration available on the market. MAINGEAR Intros MG-1 Gaming Desktop With Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, Up To GeForce RTX 5090, and Up To 128 GB DDR5 Memory Popular system integrator, MAINGEAR, has introduced the MG-1 gaming desktop with new configuration, consisting of the recently launched AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition. The MG-1 lineup already has plenty of configurations, including processors and GPUs from popular vendors like Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD, but with the launch of Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, the system has now [β¦]
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This new platform creates a single environment for technical teams to build, scale, govern and optimize autonomous agents.You can now do in 20 minutes what used to take a full afternoon. Feed two Semrush exports into Claude or ChatGPT, and youβll get a polished competitor analysis β complete with topic clusters, gap tables, and prioritized briefs.
The output looks convincing. The tables are clean. The recommendations sound confident.
Thatβs the problem. AI can organize and summarize data quickly, but it canβt make strategic decisions. Without the right workflow, prompts, and validation, you risk acting on insights that sound right but lack depth.
Used correctly, though, AI can surface meaningful patterns β revealing differences in topical depth, content coverage, and authority signals that influence search visibility.
Hereβs a walkthrough of a real two-competitor analysis using Claude and Semrush data, showing how to turn fast AI outputs into a reliable strategy. Youβll get a repeatable workflow, tested prompts, and a validation checklist to catch common mistakes, along with a clear sense of where to trust AI β and where to rely on your judgment.
AI wonβt run a competitor analysis for you. But it can compress the manual work β clustering, pattern matching, and synthesis β so you can focus on interpreting intent, validating opportunities, and deciding whatβs worth pursuing.
Note: The sites in this analysis are real but anonymized. Site Y is our client, while Competitors A and B are direct competitors in the same niche. The data is from real Semrush exports pulled in early 2026.
Whenever possible, start by exporting data from your SEO tool. Donβt ask an AI assistant to guess what an SEO tool can tell you.
Otherwise, you assume your AI assistant is a measurement tool. Although it isnβt, itβll try its best to respond to your request. This often looks like plausible-sounding traffic estimates, keyword lists, and competitive assessments that are partially or entirely fabricated.
Hereβs what we exported and why each piece matters.
This report tells you which pages are winning. Key columns include the URL, estimated traffic per page, number of ranking keywords per page, the intent breakdown (commercial, informational, navigational, transactional), and the traffic change column that shows momentum.
For example, a page pulling 14,500 visits from 1,632 keywords is a different asset from a page pulling 400 visits from 12 keywords. The intent split tells you why that traffic matters.
This export tells you which keywords are winning. Key columns here are keyword and position, search volume, keyword difficulty , search engine results page (SERP) features (image packs, video carousels, and People Also Ask), and keyword intent tags.
Instead of telling you which URLs perform best, this report reveals which search queries drive the most traffic. You need both reports for a complete picture.
For each competitor and for your own site, pull:
Next, feed your exports into your AI assistant. Ask it to do three things: classify, cluster, and compare.
Hereβs the prompt I used:
LoginI'm going to give you a Semrush Organic Pages export for a website. Each row is a URL with its estimated organic traffic, number of ranking keywords, and intent breakdown.
Please:
1. Assign each URL to a topic category (e.g., "Product - Roof Racks," "Editorial - Buying Guides," "Support - Technical," "Category - Inventory")
2. Assign a page type: Homepage, Product Page, Category Page, Editorial/Guide, Blog Post, Support/Info, Landing Page, or Other
3. Create a summary table showing: topic category, number of pages, total traffic, and dominant intent
Rules:
- Base classifications on the URL path and any context available. Do NOT guess traffic numbers or keyword data. Use only what's in the export.
- If a URL is ambiguous, flag it as "needs manual review" rather than guessing.
- Group similar topics (e.g., don't create separate categories for "off-road accessories" and "off-road bumper kits." Cluster them).
- After classifying, list any URLs where you're less than 80% confident in the classification. I'll verify those manually.
Here's the data:
[PASTE PAGES EXPORT]For Site Y, Claude identified seven topic clusters across 100 pages. Hereβs the summary:
| Topic Cluster | Pages | Traffic | Dominant intent |
| Homepage/Brand | 3 | 14,651 | Mixed (commercial and informational) |
| Buying guides and comparisons | 25 | ~10,600 | Informational and commercial |
| Roof racks and cargo (product) | 2 | ~5,100 | Commercial and transactional |
| Bumpers and armor (product) | 38 | ~2,300 | Commercial |
| Installation and how-to content | 4 | ~1,300 | Informational |
| Inventory/Category | 4 | ~540 | Transactional |
| Other (brand, manufacturer, thin) | 24 | ~1,300 | Mixed |
Even before comparing competitors, this taxonomy tells a story. Our clientβs organic traffic is driven more by editorial content (buying guides and comparisons) than by all product pages combined.
In fact, a single buying guide pulled 7,336 visits on its own, and the top product page drove 5,021. That editorial strength is both a strategic asset and a vulnerability, since editorial rankings can be more volatile than product page rankings.
Once youβve created a taxonomy for each site, use this prompt to compare them:
I now have topic taxonomies for three competing sites in the same niche. I'm going to give you the summary tables for all three.
Please:
1. Build a comparison table showing how each site's traffic distributes across topic categories
2. Identify each site's "content strategy signature": what type of content drives the majority of their organic traffic
3. Flag any categories where one site dominates and the others are weak or absent
4. Note the traffic concentration: what percentage of each site's total traffic comes from their top 3 pages
Rules:
- Use only the data provided. Do not estimate or infer traffic for categories not present in a site's export.
- If a category doesn't exist for a site, mark it "Not present" rather than zero. We don't know if they have content there, only that it doesn't appear in their top 100.
Site Y taxonomy:
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Competitor A taxonomy:
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Competitor B taxonomy:
[PASTE]When we used this prompt, Claude revealed three completely different strategies from the same niche.
| Site Y | Info/support pages (60 of the top 100) | Competitor B | |
| Content strategy | Editorial-led | Utility/support-led | Product page-led |
| Top content type | Buying guides and comparisons | Info/support pages (60 of top 100) | Product pages and category pages |
| Non-homepage hero page | Tow capacity and fitment calculator (7,336 visits) | Bolt pattern lookup guide (1,245 visits) | Off-road bumper category (3,200 visits) |
| Traffic concentration (top three) | 75.3% | 81.2% | 71.8% |
| Estimated traffic (top 100) | 35,681 | 7,017 | 11,093 |
| Momentum | Growing (+1,743 net) | Flat (-264 net) | Declining (-1,525 net) |
Manually developing this comparison could require hours of spreadsheet work between categorizing 300 URLs, building pivot tables, and trying to spot patterns across three tabs. But Claude did it in minutes.
The pattern recognition alone (three completely different strategies from three sites selling in the same market) is genuinely valuable output.
The numbers show that Site Y pulls five times the organic traffic of Competitor A and three times that of Competitor B, despite all three competing in the same space.
Competitor Aβs second-highest traffic page is a bolt pattern guide on a support subdomain. Competitor B is losing ground fast, with its top category page dropping by 1,184 visits.
If youβre running a competitive analysis and you donβt spot patterns like these, youβre missing the strategic story behind the data.
If you were to stop after generating the clusters and comparison chart, youβd have a plausible-looking competitive analysis. But the AI-generated output needs human intervention before you make any strategic decisions.
Spot-check 10-15% of classifications by visiting the URLs. Correct the taxonomy, and then re-run the comparison. This turns an 85% accurate first draft into one with 95% or higher accuracy.
The βconfidence flagβ line in the prompt (βlist any URLs where youβre less than 80% confidentβ) saves you from having to guess which ones to check. If you skip this step, the misclassifications can distort your entire competitive profile.
For example, when I checked Claudeβs page classifications against the actual live pages, roughly 15% needed correction. It tagged a product comparison page as a blog post. It classified a regional landing page as a category page. And it lumped an FAQ page into the βOtherβ category even though it served as the siteβs primary buyerβs guide for a specific product line.
These misclassifications were the kind of accidental calls that come from categorizing URLs by path structure alone, without seeing the page content. For example, if a URL path says /blog/best-off-road-accessories/, AI assistants will call it a blog post even if the page functions as a commercial comparison guide.
AI assistants can surface data points in seconds, but they canβt make strategic calls for you. Interpreting the data requires understanding your clientβs business model, their authority level, and their content capacity.
Iβve seen teams burn an entire content sprint on high-volume informational keywords that drove plenty of traffic and zero leads. If the intent doesnβt match your business goals, the volume is irrelevant.
For example, Competitor Aβs second-highest-traffic page is a bolt pattern lookup guide, pulling 1,245 visits per month. Claude flagged this as a content strategy gap for Site Y, since our client had no equivalent utility content.
While this is technically correct, itβs strategically misleading. The bolt pattern guide targets purely informational intent. So, the page builds authority and earns links, but itβs not a commercial driver.
While it can be helpful to create utility content like this, it should be a steady background effort, not a priority sprint. The commercially relevant gaps (product categories, buying guides) come first.
Use this prompt fix:
For each opportunity you flag, check the intent breakdown from the Semrush data.
If more than 60% of the traffic is informational or navigational intent, flag it separately as "authority builder, not direct conversion driver" so I can prioritize accordingly.AI assistants work from the position numbers and volume data in your SEO reports. They donβt know what the SERP looks like.
For example, Claude saw that Site Y ranks Position 3 for βoff-road roof rackβ (22,200 monthly searches, driving 1,443 visits) and treated it as a straightforward optimization opportunity. Push the page to position one, and capture more traffic. Simple.
But in reality, the SERP is packed with rich features: popular products, an image pack, and People Also Ask. The traditional organic blue links appear barely above the fold on desktop and well below the fold on mobile.
Ranking in position one likely wouldnβt deliver the traffic increase youβd normally expect from a 22,200-volume keyword because the SERP features absorb most of the clicks.
For your top five or 10 priority keywords, do a manual SERP check. If the page is dominated by shopping carousels and video results, then a traditional organic push may not be the right play. Instead, a product feed optimization or video content strategy might be more effective.
Your SEO tool already has a keyword gap report. But a raw list of missing keywords isnβt a strategy.
Use it as a starting point. Then, let AI clusteri those gaps into themes, tiering them by intent and business relevance and turning raw gap data into prioritized actions.
We pulled two Semrush Keyword Gap reports comparing Site Y against both competitors. They revealed:
Use this prompt with your AI assistant:
I'm going to give you two Semrush Keyword Gap reports:
1. MISSING: keywords where both competitors rank and Site Y doesn't
2. WEAK: keywords where Site Y ranks but competitors outrank us
Each row includes: keyword, intent tags, search volume, keyword difficulty, CPC, and the ranking position for each site.
Please:
1. Cluster the keywords into thematic groups (e.g., "bumpers," "roof racks," "overlanding gear," "light bar kits," "torque specs/fitment"). A keyword can only belong to one cluster.
2. For each cluster, provide: number of keywords, total search volume, dominant intent, and average keyword difficulty.
3. Separate the clusters into tiers based on intent:
- Tier 1 (Commercially relevant): Clusters with predominantly commercial or transactional intent that align with the site's core product/service offering
- Tier 2 (Adjacent commercial): Clusters that are commercially relevant to the broader market but may not be the site's primary product focus
- Tier 3 (Authority builders): Clusters with primarily informational or navigational intent that build topical authority but are unlikely to drive direct conversions
Note: I will review the tier assignments and adjust based on business model fit. AI should make its best guess and flag any clusters where the tier assignment is uncertain.
4. Within each tier, sort by combined search volume
5. Flag any keywords that are branded competitor terms (e.g., a competitor's product or brand name). These are generally not pursuable gaps
6. For the WEAK keywords, separate into "close wins" (Site Y in positions 1-10) vs. "long shots" (Site Y in positions 50+)
Rules:
- Use ONLY the keywords in these exports. Do not suggest keywords not present in the data.
- If intent data is missing or ambiguous, mark it "verify manually" rather than guessing.
- Do not invent search volume or ranking data. If a field is empty, say "not available."
MISSING keywords:
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WEAK keywords:
[PASTE]When we used this prompt with Claude, clear thematic clusters emerged from the 217 missing keywords:
| Cluster | Keywords | Combined volume | Dominant intent | Claudeβs tier |
| Bumpers / skid plates | 30+ | ~12,000/mo | Commercial | 1 |
| Roof racks / cargo systems | 10+ | ~8,000/mo | Commercial | 1 |
| Winches (for sale) | 15+ | ~5,500/mo | Transactional | 1 |
| LED light bar kits | 12+ | ~3,200/mo | Commercial | 1 |
| Overlanding gear / overlanding accessories | 10+ | ~2,800/mo | Commercial | 1 |
| Torque specs / installation guides | 8+ | ~1,500/mo | Informational | 3 |
| Branded competitor terms | 6+ | ~1,200/mo | Navigational | Skip |
This step determines where you spend the next quarterβs content budget, so human judgment is essential.
If you let an AI assistant set your content priorities based purely on search volume and intent labels, youβll end up chasing someone elseβs market instead of dominating your own. Volume is seductive, but business alignment is what drives revenue.
For example, Claude clustered 323 keywords and tiered them by intent in minutes. But it assigned bumpers/skid plates (~12,000/month volume) the same priority as overlanding gear (~2,800/month) because it doesnβt know what Site Y sells.
Without our human override, we may have built our content calendar around the wrong cluster.
| Cluster | Claudeβs tier | Corrected tier | Reasoning |
| Overlanding gear / overlanding accessories | 1 | 1: Core business | Directly aligned with Site Yβs primary product line. These are the keywords that drive qualified buyers. |
| Bumpers / skid plates | 1 | 2: Adjacent | High volume, commercially relevant to the broader market, and Site Y stocks some of these products. Worth targeting through editorial/guide content over time, but not the priority sprint. |
| Roof racks / cargo systems | 1 | 2: Adjacent | Related to what Site Y does, but not the core offering. |
| Winches (for sale) | 1 | 2: Adjacent | Transactional intent is appealing, but these are a different product category. |
| LED light bar kits | 1 | 2: Adjacent | Related market, but not core inventory. |
| Torque specs / installation guides | 3 | 3: Authority | Informational content that builds topical relevance. Steady background effort. |
| Branded competitor terms | Skip | Skip | Canβt realistically win these anytime soon. |
Next, find the low-effort opportunities with the biggest payoffs.
For example, from 106 weak keywords, we separated 17 close wins where Site Y already ranks in positions one through 10. These have real potential:
| Keyword | Volume | Site Y Position | Best Competitor Position | Gap |
| overlanding accessories | 1,600 | 3 | 1 | 2 positions |
| overlanding gear | 720 | 3 | 1 | 2 positions |
| overlanding roof rack | 720 | 4 | 1 | 3 positions |
| overlanding accessory kit | 590 | 3 | 1 | 2 positions |
| overlanding storage system | 390 | 3 | 1 | 2 positions |
| overland vehicle accessories | 320 | 3 | 1 | 2 positions |
| overland accessories | 260 | 3 | 1 | 2 positions |
| overlanding cargo rack | 210 | 3 | 1 | 2 positions |
Site Y sits at position three across virtually every βoverlandingβ variant, while Competitor A holds position one. These are optimization opportunities. A focused push toward better on-page targeting, internal linking adjustments, and content updates incorporating βoverlandingβ language more explicitly could flip several of these to position one or two.
Thatβs a different action than writing a new page. Claude would have defaulted to the latter if we hadnβt split the data into close wins and long shots.
As a final validation step, pull the backlink profiles for your competitors.
When we did this, we found that both had relatively thin link profiles. Competitor B had 199 backlinks with an average page authority score of just 1.1 (on Semrushβs 0-100 scale), while Competitor A had 128 backlinks, averaging a 3.1 authority score. The highest quality links for both came from the same handful of overlanding and off-road vehicle publications.
The most-linked pages and the top organic pages barely overlapped for either competitor. Only the homepages appeared in both lists.
Competitor Bβs top backlinks pointed to product pages, while its top organic traffic came from category pages. Competitor Aβs best links came from editorial features, while their organic traffic was dominated by the homepage and a support page.
This tells us their organic rankings are driven more by topical relevance and on-page SEO than by direct link equity to individual pages. It means the keyword gaps we identified are likely winnable through content and optimization rather than requiring a major link building campaign.
Use your competitor analysis to draft a content brief with AI. Input this prompt:
Based on the gap analysis we ran, [DESCRIBE PRIORITY CLUSTER] emerged as a priority. Draft a content brief for optimizing the existing presence and/or creating a new page to capture this cluster.
Include:
1. Primary and secondary target keywords (from our data only)
2. Recommended page type and format (based on what's currently ranking for these terms)
3. Content structure with suggested H2s
4. Content elements the ranking competitors include that our page should match or exceed
5. Estimated word count range based on competing content
Then, in a separate section called "Differentiation: For Human Review," suggest 3 possible angles that would make this page genuinely different from what already ranks. These are suggestions for me to evaluate, not final decisions.
Before finalizing the brief, cross-reference the target keywords against Site Y's existing pages export. Flag any existing pages that already rank for or target similar keywords. These are potential cannibalization risks that need to be resolved before creating new content.
Rules:
- Do not fabricate competitor content details. Base element recommendations on what we know from our data (URLs, page types, keyword footprints)
- If you need information you don't have (e.g., actual competitor page content), say "manual review needed: [specific thing to check]" rather than guessingFrom this prompt, Claude drafted a clean brief with target keywords from our data, recommended format (long-form guide with product integration), and an H2 structure.
It also performed a cannibalization check. Because we added a cross-reference line to the prompt, Claude flagged that Site Y already had a related page pulling 838 visits. If weβd created a new page without checking, it would have competed with the existing page. That one line in the prompt saved us from unnecessary internal competition.
But the differentiation section needed human input. Only someone who knows Site Yβs brand voice and customer objections could pick the right angle from these suggested options:
The experience signals (actual trail tests, customer stories, installation details) also need substantial human oversight. This is where Googleβs emphasis on experience, expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness meets practical execution. If you donβt have genuine first-hand experience to draw on, no amount of keyword optimization will close that gap.
Before you act on any AI-assisted competitor analysis, go through this checklist to prevent the most common errors.
AI tools have changed where you spend your time when conducting a competitor analysis. The data gathering, clustering, cross-referencing, and initial synthesis that used to consume most of your time? AI handles that efficiently.
Instead, AI assistants free up thinking time. Now, you can spend that time on the parts that determine whether your analysis leads to results: interpreting intent, validating classifications, and making strategic calls about whatβs worth pursuing and whatβs a distraction.
As artificial intelligence integrates deeper into our workflows, understanding its vulnerabilities is critical. A recently exposed vulnerability known as Best-of-N (BoN) jailbreaking has redefined how we view AI safety.Β
Hereβs a breakdown of BoN jailbreaking, how the attack works, and why it creates real risk for your data, brand, and the AI tools you rely on.
Before getting into BoN, there are two terms you need to actually understand, not just nod at.
BoN is brute force, but smarter. Instead of trying every possible combination from scratch, it exploits the built-in randomness of AI models.Β
The logic is simple: if an AI gives slightly different answers every time, and some of those answers slip past its own safety rules, then the attacker just needs to ask enough times, in enough slightly different ways, until one version of the question gets the forbidden answer through.
Thatβs not just a technical edge case. It means safeguards can be bypassed at scale, with direct implications for how your team uses AI tools every day.
The research behind this technique describes it as a βsimple black-box algorithm.β Black-box means the attacker doesnβt need to see inside the model. No access to the code, no insider knowledge required. Theyβre working from the outside, just like any regular user would.
Think of it like a kid asking for candy when youβve already said no. The first βnoβ doesnβt stop them. They rephrase, change their tone, ask at a slightly different moment, and try from a different angle.Β
They ask another adult or wear you down, not by finding a magic phrase, but by generating enough variations that eventually one lands at the exact moment your patience runs out. BoN is that kid, automated, running thousands of variations per minute.
This is the part that should make you uncomfortable, because it shows how little effort it takes to turn this into a real-world risk. The setup isnβt sophisticated.
The attacker takes a forbidden prompt, something the AI is trained to refuse, and generates hundreds or thousands of variations.Β
Not clever rewrites, just noise: random capitalization (HoW Do Iβ¦), scrambled characters, inserted typos, and meaningless filler tokens.Β
Ugly, broken-looking text that a human would immediately recognize as weird, but that an AI processes token by token.
All those variations get sent to the model simultaneously, or in rapid succession, using a simple script. This isnβt a complex operation.Β
Anyone with basic Python knowledge and access to an API can automate this. The compute cost is low. The barrier to entry is lower than most people assume.
An automated grader, often just another LLM, scans all the outputs and flags the one response that bypassed the safety filter and delivered the restricted content. The attacker doesnβt read thousands of responses. The second AI does the screening for them.
Thatβs the full attack. No special hardware, no insider access, and no advanced degree in machine learning.
The original research clocked an 89% attack success rate on GPT-4o and 78% on Claude 3.5 Sonnet when running 10,000 augmented prompt variations.Β
With just 100 variations, Claude 3.5 Sonnet still failed 41% of the time. This didnβt quietly fade into the research archives when the models got updated. It was presented as a poster at NeurIPS in December 2025.Β
NeurIPS is the most prestigious machine learning conference in the world. And the attack has only gotten faster. Newer BoN-based techniques can now achieve comparable success rates while cutting the time to attack from hours to seconds.
Meanwhile, OWASP, the gold standard for cybersecurity risk rankings, listed prompt injection, the category BoN falls under, as the No. 1 vulnerability in their 2025 LLM Top 10.Β
The success rate also follows a predictable power-law curve, meaning attackers can mathematically forecast how many attempts they need before they break through.Β
Forget luck, weβre talking about a calibrated, scalable operation. BoN also works across all modalities: text, images (change the font, background, and color), and audio (adjust pitch, speed, and background noise). Every format and frontier model tested.
Cybersecurity and marketing used to be separate conversations. AI collapsed that boundary and put brand risk directly inside your AI workflows.
The research is unambiguous: given enough augmented attempts, some will get through. This applies to every AI tool in your stack, whether itβs internal, customer-facing, or embedded in your content workflows.
When your team pastes a client brief, a competitorβs ad copy, or licensed third-party content into a prompt to βget AI help,β youβre introducing material that could later be extracted.Β
BoN jailbreaking demonstrates that copyrighted content can be physically retrieved from model weights under the right conditions. If an AI can reproduce verbatim text when sufficiently probed, that content is encoded in there. The safety filter was the only thing standing between it and the output.
If someone uses BoN to jailbreak an AI tool your brand has deployed, a customer chatbot, or a content generation tool and extracts harmful, offensive, or legally compromising output, the story doesnβt start with βAI was jailbroken.β It starts with your brand name. You know this, journalists know this, and social media content creators know this.
BoN doesnβt operate alone. Combining it with a βprefix attack,β a carefully crafted phrase attached to the start of each prompt, boosted success rates by an additional 35% while requiring fewer attempts. The technique actively evolves toward greater efficiency.
Treat prompt inputs with the same sensitivity youβd apply to data under GDPR. Licensed content, client briefs, proprietary information β none of it belongs in a third-party AI tool without a clear data policy from the vendor.
If your AI vendor says the model is safe and that settles it for you, youβve outsourced your risk assessment to the party that profits from minimizing it. Output monitoring, anomaly detection on request volume spikes, and continuous red-teaming are due diligence.
Text, image, and audio. BoN applies across all of them. If your brand uses any AI-powered tool that handles user inputs in multiple formats, the vulnerability applies.
Prompts in, outputs out. If an incident happens, legal will ask what the model was given and what it produced. Without logs, you have no defense and no evidence.
The same built-in randomness that makes AI useful for creative and marketing work makes it exploitable at scale. BoN jailbreaking is an active, validated, and accelerating threat that the cybersecurity community is racing to defend against.Β
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AMD has officially launched its first dual 3D V-Cache CPU, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition, offering a massive 208 MB cache at $899. AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition: Dual 3D V-Cache CPU Tiles Offering A Massive 208 MB Cache, Now Available at $899 A dual 3D V-Cache CPU from AMD has been expected for a while. The company has made prototypes of such chips with their Zen 4 architecture, but has stuck to a singular stack design till now. The rumors of an ultimate dual CCD and dual stacked X3D chip started floating on the internet back in [β¦]
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The eighth generation of Googleβs TPU includes two specialized chips that will power the future of AI.An overview of Googleβs eighth generation TPUs, built for the agentic era.Hereβs a look at what Google announced at Google Cloud Next β26.Google CEO Sundar Pichai discusses the top announcements at Cloud Next 2026.Youβve been told to follow a familiar set of rules for years: always use high-quality creative, keep your brand polished, stay scripted, and follow platform-recommended formats.
If youβve been in ad accounts lately or browsing feeds, you may have noticed something. Attention-grabbing ads donβt always follow those rules. Theyβre scrappier, less polished, and sometimes even called βugly ads.β The beauty is that theyβre coming out on top.
More brands are breaking best practices on purpose to stand out. After all, best practices are an average of what worked best for everyone else in the last six months, give or take. By the time a tactic becomes a platform-recommended rule, the edge has already been sanded off.
Thatβs why breaking best practices works β but only if you understand whatβs behind them.
Before getting into what to change, it helps to understand why the rules exist in the first place. Platforms like Meta and TikTok have a dual incentive:Β
The best practices they promote are designed to create a frictionless experience, pushing ads to look and behave like ads.Β
The problem is that what feels familiar eventually becomes invisible. When you follow the rules too closely, your ads blend into the background noise users have trained themselves to ignore.
High-production ads signal βthis is an adβ almost instantly, triggering a skip reflex before your hook lands. When your ad looks like something a friend might send, the brainβs defenses stay down just a bit longer, and that can be the difference between a scroll and a conversion.
Thatβs why many of the top-performing ads today donβt look polished or on-brand in the traditional sense. They interrupt patterns instead. Think:
To apply this, intentionally lower your production value and experiment with formats like point-of-view (POV) shots tailored to different personas.
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Many brands have guidelines designed to make the company look faceless and invincible. They may not want to show a messy, lived-in office, a founder who hasnβt been professionally coached, or anything that breaks a tight, corporate script. But others are tossing that playbook and leaning into founder-led ads that arenβt the polished executive-profile version that was more common.
Thereβs a catch.
Rule-breaking only works if itβs authentic. If you fake it, the web will spot it in seconds, and it wonβt land the way you expect. We saw this play out in a viral series of videos where McDonaldβs CEO appeared in a promotional spot to introduce a new burger.Β
As highlighted in a Dineline video, the execution felt stiff and staged. The CEO carefully lifted the burger, looked into the camera, called it a βproduct,β and took a small bite from the edge. People online quickly pointed out that it didnβt look like he actually liked the food, so why should consumers?
Soon after, Burger King entered the conversation, and its president appeared in one of its kitchens holding a burger with a completely different tone. No hesitation, no corporate pauses β just a big, genuine bite.Β
The lesson is clear: One felt like a product presentation, and the other felt like a real moment.
If your leadership, your founder, and your team donβt look genuinely excited about what theyβre selling, your customers wonβt be either. Rule-breaking should give you the courage to be real, not just βunpolishedβ for the sake of it.
Youβve likely seen β and maybe used β a video hook best practice like βshow the product in the first two seconds and state the value prop clearly.β Sound familiar?Β
Your ad starts with a screenshot of a negative comment. Letβs say you have a skincare ad that opens with a text bubble: βThis probably smells like old socks, and does it even work?β Your founder then spends the next 15-20 seconds smiling, proving it wrong in an unscripted, unpolished way, while applying the product.
Using the platformβs native comment bubble and opening with conflict breaks your brandβs positive-association rule, but youβll gain attention by tapping into usersβ natural tendency to watch a digital argument.Β
By the time viewers realize itβs an ad, theyβve already heard your main points and may be on their way to trying the product. Effective advertising still relies on psychology, but now it requires understanding user behavior and how algorithms work.
Donβt delete all your polished assets just yet.
Breaking the rules is strategic. When it fails, itβs often because the β80/20 ruleβ gets overlooked.
Shifting your entire budget to shaky phone footage overnight isnβt the move. Maintain a baseline of about 80%, and use the remaining 20% to test new, unconventional ads. Standing out doesnβt mean producing bad advertising.
Give these a try in your next test campaign:
Best practices are a starting point, not a strategy. If youβre going to move beyond them, do it systematically.Β
Start with the rule, understand why it exists, ask whether it still applies, and then test the opposite in a structured way. Compare polished and lo-fi, scripted and unscripted, and brand voice and personal voice.
In a feed full of brands playing it safe, those who understand the rules β and how to break them intentionally β are the ones getting attention and conversions. Focus on learning faster than everyone else. Skip the guesswork.
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The view that China-based CXMT's DRAM-related prowess is largely built on stolen IP from Samsung and other major memory players has gained a hefty patina of authenticity after a spate of troubling incidents of corporate espionage. The latest bout of comeuppance has now resulted in a 7-year prison sentence for a former Samsung employee, who was recently found guilty of leaking core DRAM tech to CXMT for $2 million. A former Samsung engineer is now heading to prison for leaking core DRAM tech to China's CXMT for $2 million Today, a court in Seoul has sentenced Jeon Mo, a former [β¦]
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MSI demonstrated the DDR5 memory overclocking capabilities of its MEG X870E Unify-X MAX board with an upcoming BIOS while hinting at improved OC with future Ryzen CPUs. MSI's Newest X870E Unify-X MAX BIOS Pushes 128 GB 2-Rank DDR5 Memory To 9400 MT/s Speeds Toppc, MSI's in-house overclocker and engineer of the motherboard division, has once again showcased the OC capabilities of the latest AM5 MAX series motherboards. The overclocker used the brand new MSI MEG X870E Unify-X MAX motherboard, which is a top-of-the-line, enthusiast-grade design for overclockers and enthusiasts. The motherboard features a 2-DIMM layout for enhanced memory overclocking and [β¦]
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Microsoft cuts Call of Duty to slash Xbox Game Pass pricing Microsoft has unveiled a major price slash for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. The monthly price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has been slashed from $29.99 to $22.99, and the price of PC Game Pass has dropped from $16.49 to $13.99. [β¦]
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Following its delay from 2025, Bungie's Marathon launched last month on PC and PlayStation 5. While the game was generally well received, with our own David Carcasole awarding it a 9 out of 10 score in his review, the extraction shooter by the makers of Halo and Destiny did not manage to become a smashing success at launch, and its player base is continuing to contract despite Bungie providing solid support so far. However, for some reason, the game has become the most searched game on SteamDB since its launch. As spotted on Reddit by user Anihalation, Marathon has been [β¦]
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In the latest episode of the Broken Silicon podcast, leaker Moore's Law Is Dead claimed that the next Xbox console, codenamed Project Helix, could be as disruptive as Apple's new MacBook Neo due to its sheer value, which MLID likened to a two or even three-thousand-dollar gaming PC: Project Helix is basically a high-end PC, even using the same silicon as AMD's 70 or maybe 80 class RDNA5 GPU is. It isn't an ultra level of PC hardware, but still far more power than consoles usually have. It will have the biggest APU in console history. I think over 400 [β¦]
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OpenAI has published a new patent in which it discloses an AI chip housing several compute chiplets, surrounded by a large number of HBM memory stacks. One Compute Chiplet, Several HBM Memory Stacks: This Could Be OpenAI's Future AI Chip Plans In a new patent titled "Non-Adjacent Connection of High-Bandwidth Memory Chiplets, I/O Chiplets, And Compute Chiplets Through Embedded Logic Bridges", OpenAI shares plans for an AI chip solution that is going to house several HBM chiplets and compute chiplets, all connected using Embedded Logic Bridges. The research proposes the idea of leveraging these embedded logic bridges for high-speed interconnects [β¦]
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Amidst constant news of price increases for gaming hardware and services, Microsoft did the unexpected yesterday by lowering the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which had become too expensive for too many players, according to Xbox head Asha Sharma, at the cost of new Call of Duty games that will only hit the service one year after their launch. Reportedly, this is only the beginning, as according to Windows Central's Jez Corden, Microsoft's long-term goal for its subscription service is flexibility. "Microsoft sources tell me that the longer-term goal for Xbox Game Pass is to make it more flexible," [β¦]
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Samsung verifies its QD-OLED display lineup successfully in the QuantumView verification program, showcasing why its displays are the best. Samsung's QD-OLED Displays Receive Superior "QuantumView" Viewing Angle Performance Press Release: Samsung Display announced today that its QD-OLED panels for TVs and monitors have received verification from UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, for their viewing angle performance under the βQuantumViewβ’β standard. βQuantumViewβ is a verification program that evaluates changes in luminance and color coordinates as the viewing angle shifts from the front in 10-degree increments up to 60 degrees. According to the assessment results, Samsung Displayβs QD-OLED [β¦]
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Over the past year or so, several game developers have started sharing thoughts on the potential benefits and downsides of using AI in game development. As with all things AI, the conversation is quite polarized at the moment: some have already embraced it, while others have sworn not to touch it with a tentpole, mainly for ethical reasons. Veteran industry executive Jack Buser sits firmly in the first camp. Buser, who worked at Dolby, then at Sony on PlayStation Home and PlayStation NOW, and finally at Google on Stadia first and as Google Cloud's Global Director for Games now, believes [β¦]
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Tesla has approached Samsung to expand its GDDR6 memory supply, which could lead to DRAM shortages for PlayStation 5 & Gaming GPUs. Sony PlayStation 6 & Many Current-Gen Gaming GPUs Rely on Samsung's GDDR6, But Tesla Is Now Going After The DRAM For Its Own Use Samsung is one of the leading manufacturers of the GDDR6 memory solution, which is primarily used in graphics applications such as GPUs, SoCs, and AI solutions. Although NVIDIA has moved to the GDDR7 standard, GDDR6 still makes up the bulk of the volume with several current-gen products leveraging the DRAM standard. Now, Samsung is [β¦]
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SK Hynix has taken matters into its own hands to solve the HBM memory crisis by building a new production facility called "P&T7". SK Hynix's "P&T7" Facility Will Be Constructed By 2027, and All Production Lines Will Commence By 2028 Being built at the Cheongju Technopolis Industrial Complex, the P&T7 facility will take the key role in addressing the AI memory crisis, fulfilling the demand for HBM DRAM while also enabling WLP (Wafer-Level Packaging) lines. The announcement comes from SK Hynix in the form of a groundbreaking ceremony where 125 executives and employees took part. In his opening remarks, Byeonggi [β¦]
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Consumer & Server CPUs will face severe shortages, and are expected to see price hikes till the third quarter of 2026. AMD & Intel CPUs For Consumers & Servers Are Getting More Expensive, AI Is To Blame We have reported how the Agentic AI surge is resulting in demand shifting from GPUs to CPUs. This is now leading to shortages in both the consumer and server processor segments. In turn, CPU prices have seen a bump. In March, prices for consumer CPUs increased by 5-10%, while server CPU prices saw a more drastic bump of 10-20%, reports CTEE. But this [β¦]
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Samsung's 1d DRAM (7th Gen 10nm) for next-generation HBM solutions might not undergo production soon due to failure to meet yields. Samsung's Next-Gen DRAM Tech For Future HBM5E Memory May Not Be Ready For Production A report published by Korean outlet, IT Chosun, suggests that due to less than ideal yields of its 1d "D1d" DRAM based on the 10nm process technology, Samsung might be pulling the plug on mass producing its next-gen HBM solutions. The DRAM technology had already received a pre-production approval (PRA), but concerns have been raised regarding the ROI of initiating a trial run, let alone [β¦]
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AI isnβt just changing search β itβs deciding which brands get ignored.
At Adobe Summit today, Andrew Warden, CMO of Semrush, argued that visibility has fundamentally changed β and that brands now risk being systematically filtered out by AI systems.
Because AI systems decide what to surface and what to ignore, brands now must compete for visibility in answers.
You can already see the shift in the data, as 60% of Google searches now end without a click to a website.
Users are still searching, but theyβre not always visiting websites. They get answers directly from AI systems like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and others.
AI systems are becoming what Warden described as the βnew gatekeepers.β
This is part of a broader shift toward the agentic era β where AI systems act as intermediaries, guiding users through the entire journey from question to decision in a single interface.
At the same time, user behavior is changing. People are spending more time in conversational environments, asking follow-up questions, refining queries, and exploring options without leaving the interface.
The result is fewer clicks, but often higher-intent users. Consumers who use LLMs convert 4.4x higher than those using search alone, Warden said citing Semrush research.
Despite ongoing claims that AI will replace search, Warden pushed back.
Instead, SEO has become more foundational. Itβs no longer just about ranking pages β itβs about making sure your brand exists in the data layer that AI systems rely on.
That includes the fundamentals:
Without them, your brand wonβt show up.
Research supports this: 94% of Google AI Overviews cite at least one top organic result, reinforcing that traditional search signals still underpin AI outputs.
One of the session highlights was when Warden discussed what he called the βbland tax.β
That means content that feels generic or repetitive disappears.
AI systems donβt reward sameness. Instead of highlighting your brand, they summarize similar content into a single answer β often stripping away attribution entirely.
The consequences show up in three ways:
Warden reframed brand visibility as the combination of:
SEO ensures discoverability. Authority determines whether you show up in AI-generated answers.
Without authority, you risk becoming βa commodity that isnβt worth being mentioned.β
Warden outlined three areas that determine whether a brand shows up or gets filtered out.
AI systems map entities and relationships.
One key signal is brand demand.
Strong brands reinforce their authority across multiple surfaces β owned content, media coverage, and community conversations β making it clear what they stand for.
AI systems prioritize citing content that adds something new. So donβt just publish content. Contribute something meaningful.
That includes:
Original insights can boost visibility by 30 to 40%, according to Warden.
AI evaluates not just what you say β but what others say about you.
That includes:
Consistency across all of these creates what he called a βconsensus signalβ β a unified narrative that AI systems can trust.
One of the biggest challenges is organizational.
Today, responsibility is fragmented:
But no one owns visibility across AI systems.
This leads to inconsistent signals and missed opportunities.
To compete, companies need alignment across teams, with a shared strategy for how the brand shows up everywhere LLMs are pulling data from.
Meanwhile, traditional performance metrics are breaking down.
Warden described a pattern many marketers are seeing:
Warden said:
This creates a growing gap between impact and measurement.
The nature of competition has changed.
Authority is also harder to control than it used to be. It now depends heavily on external validation β what others say, not just what you publish.
That is one of the biggest changes in search since Google itself.
AI hasnβt changed what makes a brand strong, but it has changed how strength is measured and rewarded.
The brands that win will:
In this new environment, visibility must be earned across an ecosystem.
Or as Warden put it:
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