Daily Minute Master Series
April 21, 2026

by Corey Padveen

Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want

What NFTs, AI and the metaverse tell us about “thought leadership”.

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Meta plans large-scale job cuts beginning in May, says Reuters

The next round of layoffs is coming at Meta, with the company reportedly looking to cut about 10% of its global workforce, or approximately 8,000 employees, as early as next month.

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YouTube adds enhanced parental controls, offers tips to families

YouTube has added a new Shorts time limit feature, which will enable parents to set daily limits for their kids’ scroll time in the Shorts feed. The platform also simplified its family account set-up process, in order to make it easier for parents to manage their child’s time in the app.

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Yelp is making its AI chatbot way more useful

The platform says it wants people to use the AI chatbot to ‘search less and do more.’

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Google Adds New Tasked-Based Search Features

Google introduced new features for Search that continues its evolution into a more task-oriented tool, enabling users to launch AI agents directly from AI Mode and complete more tasks. This is a trend that all SEOs and online businesses need to be aware of.

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