WiFi Money News Roundup May 2026
Links from around the web
News you should be paying attention to
Search volume for “Ferarri” reached its highest level in 37 months on new product announcement from Similarweb. Ferrari released an image of an ugly new car model that pissed a lot of people off. An interesting side effect was the huge increase in branded search volume. I wonder if making people mad so they ragesearch your brand name in Google is going to be the hottest new SEO tactic of 2026 (j/k but seriously).
Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for from The Verge. Another weird Google AIO search result.
DuckDuckGo’s AI-free search saw nearly 28% more visits in the week following Google’s insistence that people love AI mode from PC Gamer. The backlash against AI is growing to the point where tech companies are advertising that their ‘AI-free’ and seeing positive results.
Google employee charged with insider trading over Polymarket bets from Al Jazeera. A Google engineer was charged over using inside information to place Polymarket bets on the search results. You can read my full thoughts on this story here.
Quote of the month
When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen.
- Jackson Pollock
Creating something ex nihilo is the purest expression of your own humanity.
If you want to find out who you really are deep down inside: build something. The struggle will teach you things about yourself that you would never discover otherwise.
From the archive
You need multiple sources of income if you want to stay sane.
The WiFi Money Rollercoaster will wipe you out (or at a minimum drive you insane) if you’re putting all your chips on one.
Especially these days, when the WiFi Money world is in total chaos and businesses are being wiped out left and right.
Diversification is essential.