{"stories":[{"id":"-2252237204568471509","title":"Cliff Taylor: Meta workers are bracing for another round of job cuts. We should all be nervous","url":"https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/16/cliff-taylor-meta-workers-are-bracing-for-another-round-of-job-cuts-we-should-all-be-nervous/","site":"irishtimes.com","time":1778911320000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/irishtimes.com.ico","tags":["fb"],"description":"The immediate fallout will hit a number of sectors, but the longer-term implications for Ireland are troubling Meta: 'AI' replacing jobs will get the blame – and is part of the story. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA","tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"8551924462629307745","title":"Larry Robbins' Strategic Moves: Significant Reduction in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd","url":"https://www.gurufocus.com/news/8864430/larry-robbins-strategic-moves-significant-reduction-in-teva-pharmaceutical-industries-ltd","site":"gurufocus.com","time":1778904540000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/gurufocus.com.ico","tags":["fb"],"description":"Larry Robbins Stock PicksRelated Stocks: CVS, GPN, THC, AMZN, TEVA, HUM, CSCO, BKR, META, CI, EXPE, KNX,","tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"-3931362518064914452","title":"Upfront week reshapes TV ad money as OpenAI bolts on custom audiences","url":"https://ppc.land/upfront-week-reshapes-tv-ad-money-as-openai-bolts-on-custom-audiences/","site":"ppc.land","time":1778904426000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/ppc.land.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Amazon, Disney, Netflix, NBCU and Fox stage 2026 upfronts as OpenAI adds audience targeting, Google rewires Analytics, and CTV fraud climbs 140% year-on-year. Amazon, Disney, Netflix, NBCU and Fox stage 2026 upfronts as OpenAI adds audience targeting, Google rewires Analytics, and CTV fraud climbs 140% year-on-year. Continue reading this article on ppc.land. Sign up the PPC Land newsletter to get the latest marketing news.","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"5257932591936454780","title":"Google Tag Manager moves inside Google Ads Data Manager - what changes","url":"https://ppc.land/google-tag-manager-moves-inside-google-ads-data-manager-what-changes/","site":"ppc.land","time":1778903638000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/ppc.land.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Google integrates Tag Manager into Google Ads Data Manager, letting advertisers manage tags without leaving the ads platform. Here is what changes technically. Google integrates Tag Manager into Google Ads Data Manager, letting advertisers manage tags without leaving the ads platform. Here is what changes technically. Continue reading this article on ppc.land. Sign up the PPC Land newsletter to get the latest marketing news.","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"-5448523537917231831","title":"This Week's Market Wrap: Narrow Leadership, Oil And China Trip, And Hot Inflation | $CSCO $CBRS $NVDA $AVGO $GOOG","url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4905579-this-week-market-wrap-narrow-leadership-oil-china-trip-hot-inflation","site":"seekingalpha.com","time":1778903400000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/seekingalpha.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"7454944697539739503","title":"Portfolio reshuffle: Berkshire onboards Delta, triples Alphabet stake; sheds Visa, Mastercard, Domino's Pizza","url":"https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/portfolio-reshuffle-berkshire-onboards-delta-triples-alphabet-stake-sheds-visa-mastercard-dominos-pizza-11778898742263.html","site":"livemint.com","time":1778901279000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/livemint.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Berkshire bought $15.94 billion and sold $24.09 billion of stocks in the January-to-March period, according to the conglomerate's stock holdings as of 31 March.","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"7170979226261092496","title":"Bill Ackman Acquires Microsoft (MSFT) While Liquidating Alphabet Holdings","url":"https://www.gurufocus.com/news/8864334/bill-ackman-acquires-microsoft-msft-while-liquidating-alphabet-holdings","site":"gurufocus.com","time":1778900688000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/gurufocus.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Bill Ackman Stock PicksRelated Stocks: MSFT,","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"-5502559656686004118","title":"Divergent Strategies: Ackman and Loeb on Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet (GOOGL)","url":"https://www.gurufocus.com/news/8864403/divergent-strategies-ackman-and-loeb-on-microsoft-msft-and-alphabet-googl","site":"gurufocus.com","time":1778900675000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/gurufocus.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Daniel Loeb Stock Picks, Bill Ackman Stock PicksRelated Stocks: MSFT,","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"6090563948995584579","title":"Google officially debunks 5 GEO myths in 2026 — llms.txt and chunking are not required","url":"https://dev.to/toshihiro_shishido/google-officially-debunks-5-geo-myths-in-2026-llmstxt-and-chunking-are-not-required-1cl8","site":"dev.to","time":1778899674000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/dev.to.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"\"You should create an llms.txt for AI crawlers.\" \"Chunk your content into smaller pieces so AI can parse it.\" \"Rewrite for LLMs, not humans.\" If you've spent any time in the GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) space in the last 18 months, you've heard versions of this advice everywhere. Now Google has officially weighed in — and most of it is a myth. The Search Central team published Optimizing your website for generative AI features on Google Search in 2026, and the guide explicitly debunks five common GEO hacks. This post pulls out the verbatim verdicts, what to do instead, and the one new axis worth watching (hint: agentic experiences). TL;DR Google officially says you don't need: llms.txt files, content chunking, AI-specific rewrites, inauthentic mentions, or excessive schema.org markup What actually works: continuing SEO best practices, creating non-commodity content with unique perspectives, and maintaining technical clarity (indexable + crawlable + good page experience) The new axis worth watching: agentic experiences (browser agents, Universal Commerce Protocol) and the MCP ecosystem connecting to it 1. Five GEO myths Google officially shot down Myth 1: llms.txt and AI-specific files \"LLMS.txt files and other special markup: You don't need to create new machine readable files, AI text files, markup, or Markdown to appear in generative AI search.\" The llms.txt convention has been making the rounds as the \"robots.txt for LLMs.\" Google's verdict: you don't need it for Google's generative AI features (AI Overviews, AI Mode). If you want to publish one for Anthropic, OpenAI, or Perplexity's crawlers, that's a separate decision — but it does nothing on the Google side. Myth 2: Chunking content \"Chunking content: There's no requirement to break your content into tiny pieces for AI to better understand it. Google systems are able to understand the nuance of multiple topics on a page.\" The argument \"LLMs can't handle long context, so split your content into single-topic pages\" is also a myth in the Google context. Their systems can parse multi-topic pages and surface relevant sections to users. Write the length that serves your readers. Myth 3: Rewriting just for AI \"Rewriting content just for AI systems: You don't need to write in a specific way just for generative AI search. AI systems can understand synonyms and general meanings.\" You don't need an \"AI-friendly\" style separate from human-friendly writing. Synonyms and intent matching are handled by the model. Long-tail keyword stuffing is also unnecessary. Myth 4: Inauthentic mentions \"Seeking inauthentic mentions: ...seeking inauthentic mentions across the web isn't as helpful as it might seem. Our core ranking systems focus on high-quality content while other systems block spam.\" The \"we need brand mentions everywhere so AI picks us up\" → \"let's seed mentions on blogs and forums\" pipeline backfires. Google's spam systems block it, and the core ranking systems weight high-quality content over mention count. Authentic engagement (e.g., genuine Reddit discussions) is a different axis and still has value. Myth 5: Overfocusing on structured data \"Overfocusing on structured data: Structured data isn't required for generative AI search, and there's no special schema.org markup you need to add.\" Schema.org markup for rich results in regular SEO is still useful. But layering it on specifically for GEO purposes? Not required. 2. What Google actually recommends — the GEO mainline The mainline is surprisingly boring: continuing SEO best practices is GEO optimization. AI Overviews and AI Mode sit on top of Google's existing ranking systems, so ranking high in regular Search and being cited by AI features map closely. The mechanics underneath are: RAG (Retrieval-augmented generation): AI features retrieve relevant pages from the Search index, then generate grounded responses with clickable citations Query fan-out: A single user query expands into multiple related queries that pull additional results (e.g., \"how to fix a lawn full of weeds\" → \"best herbicides\", \"remove weeds without chemicals\", \"prevent weeds\") The three practical axes Google calls out: Create non-commodity content: not \"7 Tips for First-Time Homebuyers\" (commodity, recyclable) but \"Why We Waived the Inspection \u0026 Saved Money: A Look Inside the Sewer Line\" (first-hand, expert angle, non-commodity) Maintain technical clarity: indexable + crawlable + snippet-eligible + good page experience (Core Web Vitals, mobile, distinguishable main content) Avoid scaled content abuse: don't generate a separate page for every long-tail variation. Google's scaled content abuse spam policy explicitly targets this. Structural completeness (filling in pricing, FAQ, brand, persona pages once) is different from variation factories 3. The new axis: agentic experiences The most forward-looking part of Google's guide is the section on agentic experiences — AI agents that navigate websites autonomously to book reservations, compare products, or place orders. Google explicitly mentions: Browser agents that interpret DOM structure, accessibility tree, and visual screenshots to navigate sites Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and similar emerging protocols that let Search agents execute commerce actions Implicit connection to the MCP (Model Context Protocol) ecosystem, which gives AI models structured access to external data sources If you're building anything in the AI tooling space (I'm building RevenueScope, which exposes an MCP server for AI assistants to query store-level analytics), this is the axis to pay attention to. The official web.dev/articles/ai-agent-site-ux reference covers agent-friendly site best practices for browser agents specifically. For most teams in 2026, this is still \"directional\" rather than \"execute now\" — but knowing what's coming 6-12 months out lets you avoid investing in axes that are about to be deprecated. Wrap-up If you've been spending engineering or content cycles on llms.txt, chunking, or AI-specific rewrites, Google just officially told you to stop. The boring answer wins: keep doing SEO well, write non-commodity content, and start paying attention to agentic experiences as the next axis. 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A defeated New Jersey mayor marked his final days in office by taking a parting shot at his 24-year-old successor — claiming the incoming politician’s car was repossessed the morning after the election, according to a scathing Facebook post.","tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"3755543833861623103","title":"Waymo driverless cars overrun Atlanta neighborhood, circling cul-de-sacs and alarming families with kids","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/us/waymo-driverless-cars-overrun-atlanta-neighborhood-circling-cul-de-sacs-alarming-families-kids","site":"foxnews.com","time":1778896440000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/foxnews.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood was overrun by empty Waymo driverless cars circling through cul-de-sacs due to a routing behavior issue. One Atlanta neighborhood has dealt with Waymo problems than they expected recently.The Georgia city’s northwest Buckhead neighborhood has been overrun in the last couple of weeks by empty, driverless ride-share vehicles due to an apparent routing behavior issue.\"It’s almost every little cul-de-sac in our area, so I think it’s a problem,\" a neighbor who lives on embattled Battleview Drive told WSB-TV.Video taken of the rogue Waymos shows them incessantly circling through a cul-de-sac and multiple cars causing a backup on one street after a neighbor tried to block the cars from entering the cul-de-sac.WAYMO AUTONOMOUS CAR BLOCKS AMBULANCE CREW RESPONDING TO DEADLY AUSTIN MASS SHOOTING\"I think yesterday morning, we had 50 cars that came through between 6 and 7,\" another neighbor told the station.A third neighbor pointed out that the problem is more than just an irritation. \"We’re families, we have small animals and pets, got kids getting on the bus in the morning and it just doesn’t feel safe to have that traffic,\" they said.Waymo currently operates in 11 U.S. cities, including Atlanta.The company admitted to Fox News Digital that Waymos are staged in areas of the city where they are frequently hailed from, but said that shouldn’t come at the expense of residents.WAYMO UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AFTER CHILD STRUCK\"At Waymo, we are committed to being good neighbors,\" the company told FOx News Digital. \"We take community feedback seriously and have already worked with our fleet partner to address this routing behavior. With over 500,000 weekly trips across the country, our service is proven to significantly reduce traffic injuries and improve road safety. We value our relationship with Atlanta residents and remain focused on providing a seamless, respectful, and safe experience for riders and residents alike.\"And the cul-de-sac quagmire isn’t the only issue Waymo has faced recently. This week, the company recalled nearly 4,000 of its vehicles due to a glitch where it may not stop before driving into \"standing water,\" and video obtained FOX 4 appeared to show a Waymo running a red light at a busy intersection in Dallas.Last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigated Waymo after vehicles were allegedly seen illegally passing stopped school buses in Austin, Texas.And in January, a Waymo hit a student walking through a crosswalk near an elementary school in Santa Monica, California. The car was driving at a low speed and the student wasn't hurt.","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"8063616875462537770","title":"New details emerge in connection with Baldwin County man who produced child sexual abuse material","url":"https://www.wkrg.com/baldwin-county/new-details-emerge-in-connection-with-baldwin-county-man-who-produced-child-sexual-abuse-material/","site":"wkrg.com","time":1778893754000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/wkrg.com.ico","tags":["fb"],"description":"Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from May 14, 2026 BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — More details have been released in connection with a Baldwin County man who produced child sexual abuse material. According to a Facebook post from the Baldwin County District Attorney's Office, it was found in court that James Quenten [...]","tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"-841038457549106707","title":"'I'm sorry for hurting the woman': Fort Walton Beach woman apologizes for allegedly robbing gas station, arrested","url":"https://www.wkrg.com/northwest-florida/okaloosa-county/im-sorry-for-hurting-the-woman-fort-walton-beach-woman-apologizes-for-allegedly-robbing-gas-station-arrested/","site":"wkrg.com","time":1778893567000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/wkrg.com.ico","tags":["fb"],"description":"Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from May 14, 2026 OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has arrested a woman in connection with an alleged gas station robbery. According to a Facebook post from the OCSO, a woman identified as Tonya Jo Reiman walked into a Tom Thumb on [...]","tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"4217464932790340860","title":"President Donald Trump reported thousands of financial transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars — including large purchases and sales of tech giants Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta — in the first three months of 2026, new disclosure forms reveal. Trump’s filings with the U","url":"https://nitter.net/CNBC/status/2055453234089558298#m","site":"nitter.net","time":1778893214000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/nitter.net.ico","tags":["fb"],"tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"2476808028869824472","title":"Android Circuit: Pixel 11 Specs, Acer’s New Android Tablet, Xiaomi 17 Max Confirmed","url":"https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2026/05/15/android-news-headlines-googlebook-pixel-11-android-17-xiaomi-17-max-acer-tablet/","site":"forbes.com","time":1778892060000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/forbes.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"This week’s Android headlines: The Android Show headlines, Googlebook debuts, Android 17 changes, Pixel 11 specs, Acer’s new mid-range tablet, Xiaomi 17 Max confirmed, Apple supports Google in EU AI clash, and more... This week’s Android headlines: The Android Show headlines, Googlebook debuts, Android 17 changes, Pixel 11 specs, Acer’s new mid-range tablet, Xiaomi 17 Max confirmed, Apple supports Google in EU AI clash, and more...","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"4523581204793502226","title":"PHOTOS: 'Playmore' mansion in Kirtland featured on Zillow Gone Wild","url":"https://fox8.com/news/photos-playmore-mansion-in-kirtland-featured-on-zillow-gone-wild/","site":"fox8.com","time":1778891691000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/fox8.com.ico","tags":["fb"],"description":"On Friday, Zillow Gone Wild, known for spotlighting some of the most extraordinary homes on the market, featured the massive Kirtland property at 8900 Eagle Road on Facebook.","tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"545119667564463334","title":"Social media CEOs called to Senate Judiciary hearing","url":"https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/business/social-media-ceos-called-to-senate-judiciary-hearing/article_aa166dae-3d9b-5960-87f0-9feecb7ee7ba.html","site":"thebrunswicknews.com","time":1778890800000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/thebrunswicknews.com.ico","tags":["fb","goog"],"description":"WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee has called on the executives of major social media companies to testify before the panel next month regarding child online safety. Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, sent letters to the heads of Meta, Google,…","tickers":["fb","goog"]},{"id":"3070041636844199279","title":"Ackman, Loeb take different routes on tech bets in early 2026","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/ackman-loeb-different-routes-tech-001131756.html?.tsrc=rss","site":"yahoo.com","time":1778890291000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/yahoo.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Two of Wall Street's most closely watched billionaire stock pickers, both once voluble activist investors, took ‌opposite tacks this year when Bill Ackman bet on Microsoft and exited ‌Google parent Alphabet and Daniel Loeb did the opposite. Ackman said on X his firm Pershing Square ​began building a new position in software giant Microsoft in February after shares dropped, saying investors weren't giving it enough credit for its Microsoft 365 office suite and artificial intelligence investments.","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"2843826680031745078","title":"Apple Planning to Offer Free AirPods Pro 3 With New Apple Card Sign-Ups [Report]","url":"https://www.iClarified.com/100878/apple-planning-to-offer-free-airpods-pro-3-with-new-apple-card-signups-report","site":"iClarified.com","time":1778889248000,"tags":["fb"],"description":"Apple is preparing a new Apple Card sign-up promotion that could effectively make the AirPods Pro 3 free for eligible customers.Continue ReadingSpotlight Deal:Apple's 16-Inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro Drops to a New Record Low of $2,449.99 [Deal]Share Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, EmailFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Newsletter, App Store, YouTube","tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"2707310941564915887","title":"Don't fall for story about Barron Trump telling Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch to 'sit down'","url":"https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/barron-trump-christina-koch-sit-down/","site":"snopes.com","time":1778889180000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/snopes.com.ico","tags":["fb"],"description":"Swap the names involved with any other two public figures and you might run into a Facebook post claiming almost the exact same thing.","tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"-1719404934531169479","title":"Empty Waymos won’t stop circling this cul-de-sac in Atlanta, unsettling residents","url":"https://awesomecapital.blogspot.com/2026/05/empty-waymos-wont-stop-circling-this.html","site":"awesomecapital.blogspot.com","time":1778889128000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/awesomecapital.blogspot.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"similar_stories":["3755543833861623103"],"description":"Dozens of self-driving Waymo vehicles have been invading an Atlanta neighborhood and circling a cul-de-sac for hours without any passengers in the back, bewildered neighbors said.A seemingly unending stream of Waymos have been rolling through a quiet, dead-end street in Northwest Atlanta in recent weeks, looping around the cul-de-sac — usually early in the morning — and clogging the road when residents tried to stop them.“I think yesterday morning, we had 50 cars that came through between 6 and 7 [a.m.],” one neighbor, who did not provide her name, told WSB-TV on Thursday.One resident counted as many as 50 Waymos circling her Atlanta cul-de-sac in just one hour.WSB-TVThe issue has extended to other streets in the area, residents said.At one point, neighbors on Battleview Drive put up a slow-down sign in the middle of the road to stop the Waymos from circling around — but that proved to be a new disaster.“We had, at one point, eight Waymos that were stuck trying to figure out how to turn around,” the neighbor said.Video provided to WSB-TV shows a long line of Waymos bumper-to-bumper, each flashing lights and blaring a noise indicating its way is blocked.Waymos, which have exploded in popularity in cities across the US, have no passengers and are not picking anyone up on the street, locals said. The sudden influx of driverless traffic has parents worried.“We’re families, we have small animals and pets, got kids getting on the bus in the morning and it just doesn’t feel safe to have that traffic,” the concerned woman said.Residents have contacted Waymo but said they have not heard back. They’ve also reached out to local elected officials and the Georgia Department of Transportation.Neighbors placed a sign in the road to stop the cars, but it just caused a traffic jam.WSB-TVWaymo, which is owned by Alphabet, a subsidiary of Google, said it has “already addressed this routing behavior.”“With over 500,000 weekly trips across the country, our service is proven to significantly reduce traffic injuries and improve road safety,” the company said in a statement.“We value our relationship with Atlanta residents and remain focused on providing a seamless, respectful, and safe experience for riders and residents alike.”Waymo, which has been plagued by issues since its national launch, now has vehicles on the ground in 11 US markets and is regularly seen in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin, and Miami.Just this week, Waymo recalled nearly 4,000 of its autonomous vehicles after identifying a bug that allowed them to drive into standing water.In 2025, the company recalled more than 1,200 units in its fleet over another software bug that had the potential to make the robotic vehicles more likely to crash into gates and other obstacles.","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"59238320257389965","title":"Berkshire triples Alphabet stake and buys Delta stock while dumping Amazon in Greg Abel’s first quarter as CEO","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/05/15/berkshire-hathaway-alphabet-stock-delta-stock-amazon-shares-ceo-greg-abel-13f-q1/","site":"fortune.com","time":1778887995000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/fortune.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"similar_stories":["7454944697539739503"],"description":"By the end of March, Berkshire owned nearly 58 million Alphabet shares worth almost $17 billion. Berkshire Hathaway more than tripled the size of its investment in Google’s parent company and bought over $2.6 billion worth of Delta Airlines stock as Greg Abel settled into the CEO job after taking over from Warren Buffett at the start of the year. The conglomerate also dumped a number of other stocks, including Visa, Mastercard, Domino’s Pizza, Amazon and United Healthcare after the departure late last year of Todd Combs, who was one of the two investment mangers Buffett hired to help manage the portfolio. Buffett was always reluctant to invest in tech companies because he said he didn’t understand them well enough to predict the long-term winners. Buffett did make an exception to that rule near the end of his career by buying a massive Apple stake after he recognized how devoted consumers are to that company’s iPhones and computers. Abel appears to be more comfortable because by the end of March Berkshire owned nearly 58 million Alphabet shares worth almost $17 billion. Just three months earlier, Berkshire held only 17.8 million Alphabet shares worth $5.6 billion. Berkshire picked up nearly 40 million shares of Delta stock during the first three months of the year. Buffett has something of a sordid history with airline investments over the years after having bought their stocks heavily more than once before eventually dumping them. Buffett told shareholders in 2008 that “if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down” because every airline has struggled to maintain a competitive advantage ever since the Wright brothers took to the air. Berkshire also established a small new stake in Macy’s that was worth nearly $55 million at the end of March. Berkshire never comments on the moves it makes to its $280 billion stock portfolio from quarter to quarter because it doesn’t want to discuss what it is buying and selling. Earlier this month, Abel just led his first shareholders meeting as CEO while Buffett sat on the floor with the rest of the board of directors. Many investors have followed Berkshire’s portfolio closely over the years because they liked to copy Buffett’s moves. That may not be the case going forward at least until Abel establishes more of a record as a stock picker. He has spent his career operating companies like Berkshire’s collection of major utilities. But a couple of the stocks that Berkshire just revealed new stakes in Friday did jump after the conglomerate detailed its investments in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Macy’s and Delta stock prices both popped after Berkshire’s disclosure, but Alphabet’s stock price hardly changed. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company also owns dozens of other businesses including major insurers like Geico, BNSF railroad, huge manufacturers like Precision Castparts and an assortment of retail and service businesses that includes such well-known brands as Helzberg Diamonds, See’s Candy and Dairy Queen. This story was originally featured on Fortune.com","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"-4715359634788993335","title":"Gemini Intelligence may work only on a handful of the most expensive Android phones","url":"https://www.phonearena.com/news/gemini-intelligence-may-work-only-on-a-handful-of-the-most-expensive-android-phones_id180403","site":"phonearena.com","time":1778887743000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/phonearena.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Google’s latest AI features may have much higher requirements than anyone would’ve guessed.","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"-955374260744530300","title":"7th Circ. 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Minimum Specifications To run Gemini Intelligence, mobile devices must fulfill several strict criteria detailed by Google: Hardware: A premium, […]","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"7927650234845304045","title":"Meta’s Ray-Ban Display now types messages from your finger movements","url":"https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/metas-ray-ban-display-now-types-messages-from-your-finger-movements/","site":"digitaltrends.com","time":1778886114000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/digitaltrends.com.ico","tags":["fb"],"description":"Neural Handwriting is now live for every Ray-Ban Display owner, letting them type messages with finger movements, with no voice or phone required. Six months into its life, the Meta Ray-Ban Display is starting to look less like an experiment, thanks to what is arguably the most significant update Meta has ever pushed for the device. The headline feature is Neural Handwriting, which is now available to every Ray-Ban Display owner, having spent its early months in limited access for Messenger and WhatsApp users. For a power upgrade to your AI glasses, look no further than Ray-Ban Meta Display glasses and the Meta Neural Band, perfect for creators, connectors, and productivity pros. ","tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"2584064848816324218","title":"Went for a hike, saw sunset, felt free: Bengaluru woman compares US vs India work culture","url":"https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/went-for-a-hike-saw-sunset-felt-free-bengaluru-woman-compares-us-vs-india-work-culture/articleshow/131131448.cms","site":"indiatimes.com","time":1778885778000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/indiatimes.com.ico","tags":["fb"],"description":"A Bengaluru woman's viral Instagram post highlighted the stark contrast between work culture in India and the US. She described experiencing genuine freedom and personal time after leaving work by 5 pm in the US, unlike her typical late-night schedule in India. 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As part of the agreement, Google will update its Google Play terms of service to clarify that passive […]","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"2700582530582072967","title":"Berkshire Hathaway triples Alphabet stake and invests in Delta and Macys under new CEO","url":"https://www.livemint.com/companies/berkshire-hathaway-triples-alphabet-stake-and-invests-in-delta-and-macys-under-new-ceo-11778885136179.html","site":"livemint.com","time":1778885135000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/livemint.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Berkshire Hathaway triples Alphabet stake and invests in Delta and Macy's under new CEO","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"7620544125159351680","title":"Berkshire Hathaway triples Alphabet stake and invests in Delta and Macy’s under new CEO","url":"https://dailyjournal.net/2026/05/15/berkshire-hathaway-triples-alphabet-stake-and-invests-in-delta-and-macys-under-new-ceo/","site":"dailyjournal.net","time":1778885066000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/dailyjournal.net.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway more than tripled the size of its investment in Google’s parent company and bought over $2.6 billion worth of Delta Airlines stock as Greg Abel settled into the CEO job after taking over from Warren Buffett at the start of the year. The conglomerate also dumped a number of other stocks, including Visa, Mastercard, Domino’s Pizza, Amazon and United Healthcare after the departure late last year of Todd Combs, who was one of the two investment mangers Buffett hired to help manage the portfolio. Continue reading Berkshire Hathaway triples Alphabet stake and invests in Delta and Macy’s under new CEO at Daily Journal. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway more than tripled the size of its investment in Google’s parent company and bought over $2.6 billion worth of Delta Airlines stock as Greg Abel settled into the CEO job after taking over from Warren Buffett at the start of the year. The conglomerate also dumped a number of other stocks, including Visa, Mastercard, Domino’s Pizza, Amazon and United Healthcare after the departure late last year of Todd Combs, who was one of the two investment mangers Buffett hired to help manage the portfolio. Buffett was always reluctant to invest in tech companies because he said he didn’t understand them well enough to predict the long-term winners. Buffett did make an exception to that rule near the end of his career by buying a massive Apple stake after he recognized how devoted consumers are to that company’s iPhones and computers. Abel appears to be more comfortable because by the end of March Berkshire owned nearly 58 million Alphabet shares worth almost $17 billion. Just three months earlier, Berkshire held only 17.8 million Alphabet shares worth $5.6 billion. Berkshire picked up nearly 40 million shares of Delta stock during the first three months of the year. Buffett has something of a sordid history with airline investments over the years after having bought their stocks heavily more than once before eventually dumping them. Buffett told shareholders in 2008 that “if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down” because every airline has struggled to maintain a competitive advantage ever since the Wright brothers took to the air. Berkshire also established a small new stake in Macy’s that was worth nearly $55 million at the end of March. Berkshire never comments on the moves it makes to its $280 billion stock portfolio from quarter to quarter because it doesn’t want to discuss what it is buying and selling. Earlier this month, Abel just led his first shareholders meeting as CEO while Buffett sat on the floor with the rest of the board of directors. Many investors have followed Berkshire’s portfolio closely over the years because they liked to copy Buffett’s moves. That may not be the case going forward at least until Abel establishes more of a record as a stock picker. He has spent his career operating companies like Berkshire’s collection of major utilities. But a couple of the stocks that Berkshire just revealed new stakes in Friday did jump after the conglomerate detailed its investments in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Macy’s and Delta stock prices both popped after Berkshire’s disclosure, but Alphabet’s stock price hardly changed. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company also owns dozens of other businesses including major insurers like Geico, BNSF railroad, huge manufacturers like Precision Castparts and an assortment of retail and service businesses that includes such well-known brands as Helzberg Diamonds, See’s Candy and Dairy Queen.","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"7781859431173014307","title":"Google Ads for Real Estate Agents: A Beginner’s Guide","url":"https://www.agentimage.com/blog/google-ads-for-real-estate-agents-a-beginners-guide/","site":"agentimage.com","time":1778884983000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/agentimage.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"There’s no shortage of ways to market yourself as a real estate agent. Social media, email campaigns, open houses, referrals — the list goes on. But most of those channels ask you to play a long game, building visibility over months before you see any return. Google Ads works differently. Instead of waiting for clients […] The post Google Ads for Real Estate Agents: A Beginner’s Guide appeared first on Agent Image. There’s no shortage of ways to market yourself as a real estate agent. Social media, email campaigns, open houses, referrals — the list goes on. But most of those channels ask you to play a long game, building visibility over months before you see any return. Google Ads works differently. Instead of waiting for clients to find you, it puts you in front of buyers and sellers at the exact moment they’re searching. This guide walks you through how to run a Google Ads campaign from the ground up. Read the step-by-step below. Table of Contents How Google Ads Work (The 30-Second Version) Do Google Ads Really Work for Real Estate Agents? What Does It Cost to Run Google Ads as a Real Estate Agent? Google Ads: A Step-by-step Guide Step 1: Set Up Your Landing Page Step 2: Link Google Analytics and Enable Conversion Tracking Step 3: Choose Your Keywords Step 4: Write Your Ads Step 5: Launch Step 6: Measure What’s Working Frequently Asked Questions How Google Ads Work (The 30-Second Version) Google Ads runs on an auction system. Every time someone searches on Google, an instant auction takes place behind the scenes— advertisers who bid on that keyword compete for placement, and the winners appear at the top of the results page under a small “Sponsored” label. Apart from who bids the most, Google also factors in ad quality — how relevant your ad is to the search, and whether the page you’re sending people to actually delivers on what the ad promises. A well-targeted ad with a smaller budget can outrank a sloppy one with a bigger spend. Google Ads pose a specific advantage: they bring you leads that are already actively searching. Search ads vs. display ads There are several ad formats available on Google, but two are most relevant for real estate agents. Search ads are text-based and show up directly in Google search results. Because they’re triggered by specific keywords, they reach people who are actively searching — someone typing “homes for sale in Austin” is already in buying mode. That makes Search ads the higher-intent option of the two. Display ads work differently. Instead of appearing in search results, they show up as visual banners across websites in Google’s broader network. They’re less about capturing new leads and more about staying visible to people who have already visited your site. If you’re just getting started with Google Ads, Search is the right place to focus. The intent is there, the targeting is precise, and the results are easier to measure. Do Google Ads Really Work for Real Estate Agents? Yes, but not for everyone, and not automatically. With Google Ads, you get a stronger prospect than someone passively scrolling on social media and simply getting fed an ad. That said, Google Ads won’t save a weak funnel. If the ad clicks through to a homepage without an obvious next step, that click won’t lead to a conversion. Your budget, then, disappears with little to show for it. To make your Google Ads strategy work, you’ll need three things in place: A clear niche or geographic focus A dedicated landing page designed to capture leads A realistic timeline for results Without these, you’re essentially paying for traffic when what you want is to be paying for leads. What Does It Cost to Run Google Ads as a Real Estate Agent? On a per-click basis, real estate is actually one of the more affordable industries on Google. WordStream’s 2025 Google Ads benchmarks shows that the average cost per click for real estate sits at $2.53, which is well below the all-industry average. When it comes to Google Ads, real estate’s cost-per-click is among the lowest. The catch is that real estate clicks are harder to convert than clicks in most other industries. This is because buyers typically take their time, visit multiple websites, and rarely fill out a form on the first visit. So while getting someone to click your ad isn’t expensive, turning that click into an actual lead takes more budget than it would in a higher-urgency industry. How much, then, should you budget? Most PPC specialists recommend starting at $1,000 to $1,500 per month. While $500 per month is technically possible, it often isn’t enough to generate meaningful lead volume or give Google’s algorithm enough data to optimize your campaign. Think of the first 60 to 90 days as a learning period — you’re gathering data on which keywords, ads, and landing pages actually convert, not expecting immediate returns. One more thing worth knowing: Real estate ad costs have been climbing steadily year over year, and that trend isn’t reversing. The practical takeaway isn’t to avoid Google Ads, though, but to make sure everything connected to your campaign is set up to convert. A well-targeted ad sending traffic to a purpose-built landing page will outperform a higher-budget campaign pointed at a generic homepage. Google Ads: A Step-by-step Guide Step 1: Set Up Your Landing Page Before you spend a single dollar, you need somewhere worth sending people. Your homepage isn’t built to convert ad traffic because it has too many places to go (menu links, about pages, listings, contact forms, etc). If you already have IDX set up on your site, you’re in a great position. A search page where visitors can browse live MLS listings directly on your website is one of the strongest landing pages you can send ad traffic to. Step 2: Link Google Analytics and Enable Conversion Tracking If you don’t have conversion tracking in place, you won’t be able to tell which ads and keywords are actually bringing in leads. Before your campaign goes live: Link Google Analytics to your Google Ads account Set up conversion events for form submissions and phone calls Test that everything is recording correctly before you start spending Step 3: Choose Your Keywords Go local, not broad. It’s tempting to bid on big terms like “homes for sale” or “real estate agent.” The problem is those keywords are dominated by Zillow, Realtor.com, and large brokerages with budgets most individual agents simply can’t compete with. Hyper-local, specific keywords are where the real opportunity is. Someone typing “3 bedroom homes for sale in Scottsdale” already knows what they want and where they want it— they’re much closer to picking up the phone. Keep buyers and sellers in separate campaigns. Obviously, buyers and sellers want different things. It’s best to run separate campaigns for each, with ads and landing pages tailored to where each audience is in their journey. Block irrelevant searches with negative keywords. Without them, your ads will show up for searches that have nothing to do with your business — people looking for rentals, real estate school, or job listings. Adding negative keywords early is one of the simplest ways to protect your budget. Use Google Keyword Planner to build your list. It’s free, pulls directly from Google’s own data, and lets you filter by location. Start with your target area and a few core terms, and let it surface related keywords you might not have thought of on your own. Stick to phrase or exact match. Broad match gives Google too much flexibility and tends to trigger your ads for searches that aren’t relevant. Phrase and exact match keep your targeting tight — especially important when you’re still figuring out what actually converts in your market. Step 4: Write Your Ads Most real estate ad copy leads with the agent’s name or brokerage instead of what the searcher actually wants. Someone searching “homes for sale in Denver” doesn’t know your name yet. Your ad needs to meet them where they are. Every strong real estate ad has three things: A local signal. Drop in the city, neighborhood, or zip code. It immediately tells the searcher you’re relevant, and that’s half the battle. A specific value proposition. What makes working with you different? Response time, neighborhood expertise, a free home valuation, access to listings before they hit the market. Vague phrases like “trusted local expert” don’t do much, but specific details do. A clear next step. Make it obvious what you want them to do: e.g., “Search Listings,” “Get a Free Home Valuation,” “See Homes in Your Price Range.” Step 5: Launch Once your landing page is ready, tracking is set up, and your keywords and ad copy are in place, it’s time to go live. A few things to set before you hit publish: Geographic targeting. Limit your ads to the specific cities, zip codes, or neighborhoods you actually serve. Casting too wide a net is one of the fastest ways to burn through budget on clicks that will never convert. Ad scheduling. Consider running your ads during hours when you’re actually available to respond. A lead who fills out a form at 11pm and doesn’t hear back until the next afternoon is much less likely to convert than one you follow up with quickly. Match types. Start with a phrase or exact match rather than a broad match. Broad match gives Google too much flexibility and tends to trigger your ads for searches that aren’t relevant to your business. Then, commit to giving it time. The first 60 to 90 days are a learning period — Google’s algorithm needs real data before it can optimize effectively. Resist the urge to make major changes every few days. Set it up thoughtfully, let it run, and evaluate based on trends rather than day-to-day fluctuations. Step 6: Measure What’s Working Your two best tools here are Google Ads and Google Analytics, linked together so you","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"8434765002039816791","title":"iPhone users have had the freedom to do this with their passkeys for months, Android is next","url":"https://www.phonearena.com/news/iphone-users-have-had-the-freedom-to-do-this-with-their-passkeys-for-months-android-is-next_id180401","site":"phonearena.com","time":1778884825000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/phonearena.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Google quietly built the escape hatch users have been begging for.","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"3345105739102096471","title":"Snap, YouTube Settle School-Social Media Suit Ahead of Trial","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-15/snap-youtube-settle-school-social-media-suit-ahead-of-trial","site":"bloomberg.com","time":1778884535000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/bloomberg.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Google’s YouTube and Snap Inc. reached agreements to settle the first lawsuit headed to trial over claims that addiction to top social media platforms has disrupted learning and pushed public schools to spend massive sums fighting a mental health crisis, according to court filings. The Snapchat logo on a laptop computer arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Snap Inc. shares tumbled about 14% on Wednesday after the company projected its first ever quarterly revenue decline, casting a shadow over other advertising-dependent businesses. Photographer: Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"-7322553289781574338","title":"Pershing Square Snapped Up Microsoft Shares, Exited Hilton, Slashed Alphabet Stake in First Quarter","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/m/e96b9571-59f1-320a-9d71-cec87e06f897/pershing-square-snapped-up.html?.tsrc=rss","site":"yahoo.com","time":1778883480000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/yahoo.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Pershing Square Capital Management, the hedge fund run by billionaire Bill Ackman, added Microsoft as a core holding during the first quarter of 2026, betting that the software giant will be a winner in the artificial-intelligence race. Pershing Square held 11 U.S.-listed equity positions with a disclosed market value of about $13.71 billion by the end of the first quarter, according to the fund’s latest 13F filing, which was submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The top holding was Brookfield , valued at roughly $2.42 billion; followed by Amazon valued at $2.39 billion; and Uber valued at $2.15 billion.","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"8203187755268953927","title":"Warren Buffett's 10 Most-Shared Investing Lessons","url":"https://cmqinvesting.substack.com/p/warren-buffetts-10-most-shared-investing","site":"substack.com","time":1778882727000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/substack.com.ico","tags":["fb"],"description":"The investing advice people keep coming back to, ranked by what resonated most. Several years ago, I recognized that Meta was aggressively shifting into a video-centric platform. I decided that I wanted to take the best of Warren Buffett’s wisdom and help it reach more people. With the help of my colleague Jake Goldstein, we launched WarrenBuffettVideos. This post collects the 10 most-shared clips and explains what Buffett was actually saying in each one. The share count acts as a filter. When someone shares a clip, they’re telling a friend: you need to hear this. The lessons that cleared that bar, over and over, are the ones below.1. The Stock Doesn’t Know You Own ItThe stock doesn't care what you paid. The stock doesn't even care that you own it. You are nothing to the stock. —Warren BuffettMost people treat a falling stock price like a personal insult. They refuse to buy more at lower prices. Buffett sees it the opposite way. When something he owns gets cheaper, he’s happy to buy more, the same way he’d buy more groceries if prices dropped at the store. Nobody walks out of a supermarket upset that eggs cost less than last week.The trap is anchoring to your purchase price. Investors remember they paid $10.13 and decide they’ll sell once the stock gets back to $10.13, as if the stock owes them something. The only question that matters is whether the company’s future prospects justify the current price, compared to other businesses you understand equally well. 2. If You Can’t Handle a 50% Drop, Don’t Own StocksIf you can’t handle it psychologically, then you really shouldn’t own stocks, because you’re going to buy and sell them at the wrong time. —Warren BuffettStock ownership requires a specific psychological makeup. If you’re going to watch the price and feel compelled to act every time it moves, you’ll likely buy and sell at the wrong moments. The people who profit from stocks are the ones who can sit through a 50% decline without changing their behavior.Buffett compares it to owning a farm. A farmer doesn’t check the price of his land every day. He looks at what the land produces. Stock ownership should work the same way: ignore the daily quote, focus on the business.There’s also a financial prerequisite. If you buy stocks with borrowed money, a 50% drop doesn’t just test your nerves. It wipes you out. Leverage turns a temporary decline into a permanent loss.3. Learn to Value a Business, or Don’t InvestWhat you really want a course on investing to be is how to value a business. If you don’t know how to value a business, you don’t know how to value a stock. —Warren BuffettBuffett considers most investment education in America close to worthless. The typical finance course teaches formulas, Greek symbols, and theories that don’t help you answer the only question that matters: is this business worth $400 million, $600 million, or $800 million?The reason it isn’t taught, in his view, is that the people in a position to teach it don’t know how to do it themselves. So they default to efficient market theory, which conveniently argues that nobody can know, and therefore nobody needs to learn. Students absorb the orthodoxy, pass the exam, and graduate without the one skill that would make them competent investors.Valuing a stock starts with valuing the business behind it. Everything else is noise.Paid subscribers get the full PDF with all 10 verbatim quotes and share counts — plus the remaining 7 lessons, including Buffett on productive assets vs. gold, why economists make terrible investors, and the one-page test he uses before any purchase. 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They can cheer you up after a rough day or make a good one even better. So no matter what kind of mood you're in, this roundup from the Satisfying Daily Instagram page should give you something to laugh about. It’s full of hilarious and relatable posts that many people will probably see a bit of themselves in. Take a look! Memes are great for pretty much any occasion. If you’re having a tough day, they can cheer you up. If things are already going well, they can make them even better. Really, what’s not to love? Today, we’ve prepared a roundup of hilarious and relatable memes from the Satisfying Daily Instagram page. Hopefully, they’ll put a smile on your face. Scroll down to check them out and upvote your favorites!#1© Photo: satisfydailyy#2© Photo: satisfydailyy#3© Photo: satisfydailyyOn the surface, memes are just silly pictures on our screens. Most of the time, all they really get out of us is a knowing nod or a quick exhale through the nose. Very rarely do they actually make us laugh out loud. And yet, somehow, this bunch of pixels has become a staple in our daily lives and in the way we communicate with each other. It means they play a bigger role than we give them credit for, and they’re more than just a momentary distraction between tasks.#4© Photo: satisfydailyy#5© Photo: satisfydailyy#6© Photo: satisfydailyyFor starters, memes can genuinely help us feel better. According to Lynn Zubernis, Ph.D., a professor at West Chester University, humor has a positive impact on our sense of well-being, and memes are no exception. Several studies have found that seeking out and sharing memes that feel relatable and emotionally resonant can be an effective way of coping with anxiety. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, people turned to humorous memes about the unprecedented changes happening around them, and research showed that this actually worked. #7© Photo: satisfydailyy#8© Photo: satisfydailyy#9© Photo: satisfydailyyActually, these memes turned out to be way more than just a quick mood boost. Viewing memes about a stressor like the pandemic was also linked to feeling calmer and helped people process what was going on around them more deeply.The researchers concluded that memes about tough situations can genuinely help people cope, and that laughing at a problem through a meme can actually make it feel a bit more manageable. So that throwaway joke about sourdough starters or working from home was, for a lot of people, a small but real way of getting through the day.#10© Photo: satisfydailyy#11© Photo: satisfydailyy#12© Photo: satisfydailyyMemes also give people a way to talk about things that might otherwise feel too awkward to bring up directly. Media psychologist Angela Patterson, Ph.D., explains that creating and consuming memes can impact emotions and self-expression, and can also bring a sense of closeness with others experiencing the same content. A study by researcher Julian Burton found that young Tumblr users saw their digital communities as spaces where they could be their authentic selves. The ability to create content for themselves and each other served as the foundation for a safe community, one where they didn’t feel judged for being who they are.#13© Photo: satisfydailyy#14© Photo: satisfydailyy#15© Photo: satisfydailyyThis is especially meaningful when it comes to mental health. For example, there’s a whole subset of memes out there known as sad memes. They’ve become popular partly as a reaction to what researcher Donna Freitas calls the “happiness effect.”This is when people feel pressured to only post positive things on social media, and then feel worse when it looks like everyone else is living their best life. Memes that use dark humor or irony about mental health challenges help with that. They let people say “yeah, me too” without having to write a long, vulnerable post about it.#16© Photo: satisfydailyy#17© Photo: satisfydailyy#18© Photo: satisfydailyyOf course, none of this means we should spend every waking hour scrolling through meme pages. As Katharine Chan, MSc, BSc, PMP, writes for Verywell Mind, being chronically online can start to take a real toll. If you notice that your screen time is beginning to interfere with your daily life, whether that’s not being able to put your phone down, losing sleep because you’re glued to the screen, or replacing your real-world relationships with online ones, that’s a red flag worth paying attention to. It might be time to rethink some habits.#19© Photo: satisfydailyy#20© Photo: satisfydailyy#21© Photo: satisfydailyyLicensed therapist Eli Harwood adds that for adolescents in particular, too much time behind screens means missing out on crucial developmental experiences. Things like making friends, dealing with conflict, and learning who they are happen best through real-world interactions.The benefits memes offer work best when they complement our lives, not when they become a substitute for living them.#22© Photo: satisfydailyy#23© Photo: satisfydailyy#24© Photo: satisfydailyySo the next time you send a meme to a friend or find yourself genuinely comforted by one during a rough week, know that it’s not a waste of time. That little rectangle on your screen can truly put a smile on your face and make you feel a bit less anxious about this mess of a world we all have to live in. Just maybe put the phone down after a while and go enjoy the sunshine too. Or touch grass, as they say.#25© Photo: satisfydailyy#26© Photo: satisfydailyy#27© Photo: tanansie#28© Photo: satisfydailyy#29© Photo: satisfydailyy#30© Photo: satisfydailyy#31© Photo: satisfydailyy#32© Photo: satisfydailyy#33© Photo: satisfydailyy#34© Photo: satisfydailyy#35© Photo: satisfydailyy#36© Photo: satisfydailyy#37© Photo: satisfydailyy#38© Photo: satisfydailyy#39© Photo: satisfydailyy#40© Photo: satisfydailyy#41© Photo: satisfydailyy#42© Photo: satisfydailyy#43© Photo: satisfydailyy#44© Photo: satisfydailyy#45© Photo: satisfydailyy#46© Photo: satisfydailyy#47© Photo: satisfydailyy#48© Photo: satisfydailyy#49© Photo: satisfydailyy#50© Photo: satisfydailyy#51© Photo: satisfydailyy#52© Photo: satisfydailyy#53© Photo: satisfydailyy#54© Photo: satisfydailyy#55© Photo: satisfydailyy#56© Photo: satisfydailyy#57© Photo: satisfydailyy#58© Photo: satisfydailyy#59© Photo: satisfydailyy#60© Photo: satisfydailyy#61© Photo: satisfydailyy#62© Photo: satisfydailyy#63© Photo: satisfydailyy#64© Photo: satisfydailyy#65© Photo: satisfydailyy#66© Photo: satisfydailyy#67© Photo: satisfydailyy#68© Photo: satisfydailyy#69© Photo: satisfydailyy#70© Photo: satisfydailyy#71© Photo: satisfydailyy#72© Photo: satisfydailyy#73© Photo: satisfydailyy#74© Photo: satisfydailyy#75© Photo: satisfydailyy#76© Photo: satisfydailyy#77© Photo: satisfydailyy#78© Photo: satisfydailyy#79© Photo: satisfydailyy#80© Photo: satisfydailyy#81© Photo: satisfydailyy#82© Photo: satisfydailyy#83© Photo: satisfydailyy#84© Photo: satisfydailyy#85© Photo: satisfydailyy#86© Photo: satisfydailyy#87© Photo: satisfydailyy#88© Photo: satisfydailyy#89© Photo: satisfydailyy#90© Photo: satisfydailyy#91© Photo: satisfydailyy#92© Photo: satisfydailyy#93© Photo: satisfydailyy#94© Photo: satisfydailyy#95© Photo: satisfydailyy#96© Photo: satisfydailyy#97© Photo: satisfydailyy#98© Photo: satisfydailyy#99© Photo: satisfydailyy#100© Photo: satisfydailyy#101© Photo: satisfydailyy#102© Photo: satisfydailyy#103© Photo: satisfydailyy","tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"8986693191699776409","title":"Spotted a mistake on your Instagram Story? You can finally edit it after posting","url":"https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/spotted-a-mistake-on-your-instagram-story-you-can-finally-edit-it-after-posting/","site":"digitaltrends.com","time":1778882372000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/digitaltrends.com.ico","tags":["fb"],"description":"Instagram is finally rolling out Edit Story, a long-requested feature that lets users make changes to a Story after it has been posted.","tickers":["fb"]},{"id":"8791076626544386298","title":"Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) Sets New 12-Month High – What’s Next?","url":"https://www.tickerreport.com/banking-finance/13442994/alphabet-nasdaqgoog-sets-new-12-month-high-whats-next.html","site":"tickerreport.com","time":1778882114000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/tickerreport.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG – Get Free Report)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $399.42 and last traded at $399.6390, with a volume of 10319875 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $383.82. Alphabet News Summary Here are the key news […]","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"-7735694022905218486","title":"Berkshire Hathaway triples Alphabet stake — and reveals new bet on Delta","url":"https://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-alphabet-google-stake-delta-stock-abel-2026-5","site":"businessinsider.com","time":1778881288000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/businessinsider.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"similar_stories":["2700582530582072967","7620544125159351680"],"description":"Warren Buffett and Greg Abel, pictured as Squishmallows here, placed a fresh bet on Delta Air Lines last quarter.Theron Mohamed/Business InsiderBerkshire Hathaway tripled its Alphabet stake and placed a new bet on Delta Air Lines last quarter.The company appears to have sold many of the departed Todd Combs' stock picks.Warren Buffett's successor as CEO, Greg Abel, exited bets including Amazon, Visa, and Mastercard.Warren Buffett's successor certainly isn't shy about shaking things up.Greg Abel, who took over as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO on January 1, made sweeping changes to the conglomerate's holdings in the first three months of this year, a regulatory filing revealed on Friday.Berkshire built a fresh stake in Delta Air Lines worth $2.6 billion at the end of March, marking its return to owning airline stocks.The company also more than tripled its stake in Google-parent Alphabet, a key player in the AI boom.After purchasing nearly 18 million shares of the search-and-advertising giant in the third quarter of last year, it didn't touch the position in Buffett's final quarter as CEO.But that changed last quarter, as it ramped up its investment to almost 58 million shares, worth around $17 billion at the end of March.Abel appeared to offload many of the stocks picked by Todd Combs, previously one of Buffett's two investment managers. Buffett, who remains Berkshire's chairman, announced in December that Combs had resigned to join Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan.Berkshire exited its positions in Visa, Mastercard, UnitedHealth, Domino's Pizza, Amazon, Charter, Diageo, and several other companies. The disposals reduced its total number of holdings to around two dozen.Abel also pared other holdings including Chevron, Nucor, and Constellation Brands.On the other hand, Abel and his team added Macy's to their portfolio, and roughly tripled the size of the New York Times stake they established in the preceding quarter, boosting it to around 15 million shares valued at around $1.3 billion on March 31.Berkshire foreshadowed significant changes to its stock portfolio in its first-quarter earnings earlier this month. The report showed that it sold about $24 billion worth of stocks, and bought around $16 billion worth.The Delta wager is likely to surprise close followers of Berkshire.Buffett famously sold his stakes in the \"big four\" US airlines in April 2020, admitting he'd made a \"mistake\" by betting on them. In his shareholder letter for 2007, he described the airline business as a \"bottomless pit\" and quipped:\"Indeed, if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down.\"Read the original article on Business Insider Warren Buffett and Greg Abel, pictured as Squishmallows here, placed a fresh bet on Delta Air Lines last quarter.Theron Mohamed/Business InsiderBerkshire Hathaway tripled its Alphabet stake and placed a new bet on Delta Air Lines last quarter.The company appears to have sold many of the departed Todd Combs' stock picks.Warren Buffett's successor as CEO, Greg Abel, exited bets including Amazon, Visa, and Mastercard.Warren Buffett's successor certainly isn't shy about shaking things up.Greg Abel, who took over as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO on January 1, made sweeping changes to the conglomerate's holdings in the first three months of this year, a regulatory filing revealed on Friday.Berkshire built a fresh stake in Delta Air Lines worth $2.6 billion at the end of March, marking its return to owning airline stocks.The company also more than tripled its stake in Google-parent Alphabet, a key player in the AI boom.After purchasing nearly 18 million shares of the search-and-advertising giant in the third quarter of last year, it didn't touch the position in Buffett's final quarter as CEO.But that changed last quarter, as it ramped up its investment to almost 58 million shares, worth around $17 billion at the end of March.Abel appeared to offload many of the stocks picked by Todd Combs, previously one of Buffett's two investment managers. Buffett, who remains Berkshire's chairman, announced in December that Combs had resigned to join Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan.Berkshire exited its positions in Visa, Mastercard, UnitedHealth, Domino's Pizza, Amazon, Charter, Diageo, and several other companies. The disposals reduced its total number of holdings to around two dozen.Abel also pared other holdings including Chevron, Nucor, and Constellation Brands.On the other hand, Abel and his team added Macy's to their portfolio, and roughly tripled the size of the New York Times stake they established in the preceding quarter, boosting it to around 15 million shares valued at around $1.3 billion on March 31.Berkshire foreshadowed significant changes to its stock portfolio in its first-quarter earnings earlier this month. The report showed that it sold about $24 billion worth of stocks, and bought around $16 billion worth.The Delta wager is likely to surprise close followers of Berkshire.Buffett famously sold his stakes in the \"big four\" US airlines in April 2020, admitting he'd made a \"mistake\" by betting on them. In his shareholder letter for 2007, he described the airline business as a \"bottomless pit\" and quipped:\"Indeed, if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down.\"Read the original article on Business Insider","tickers":["goog"]},{"id":"1162439277782571836","title":"Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Trading Down 1.1% - What's Next?","url":"https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/alphabet-nasdaqgoogl-trading-down-11-whats-next-2026-05-15/","site":"marketbeat.com","time":1778880915000,"favicon_url":"https://static.tickertick.com/website_icons/marketbeat.com.ico","tags":["goog"],"description":"Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Shares Down 1.1% - Here's Why","tickers":["goog"]}],"last_id":"1162439277782571836"}