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Google kills Tenor GIF API, forcing changes at X, Discord, and more

Tenor still connects to Google apps, but other platforms must look elsewhere for GIFs.

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Jun 30 • 4:38 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
Google’s NotebookLM can sum up your research in a TikTok-style clip

AI edutainment.

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Jun 30 • 3:24 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI content.

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Jun 30 • 3:02 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Google's new Nano Banana 2 Lite image model is its fastest and cheapest yet

They may not look as good, but Nano Banana 2 Lite images only take a few seconds to create.

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Jun 30 • 2:36 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
OnePlus is now pushing its users to buy Oppo products in some regions

OnePlus is, in some regions, pushing its customers to buy Oppo products instead, and the subtext isn't at all quiet here.

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Jun 30 • 1:40 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Samsung’s app for Android XR-powered Galaxy Glasses shows case, ‘One UI XR’ [Gallery]

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Glasses are not coming out in the immediate future, but new leaks shed a bit of new...

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Jun 30 • 1:05 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google’s killing off Tenor GIF searches in other apps

But not for its own services.

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Jun 30 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Stripe, Visa and over 140 other businesses to launch stablecoin to rival Tether and Circle

Other big-name participants include BlackRock, American Express, and Google.

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Jun 30 • 12:50 PM EDT • Business • fortune.com
NotebookLM adding Short Video Overviews with Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google today announced Nano Banana 2 Lite and preview availability of Gemini Omni Flash, as well as NotebookLM Short Video Overviews.

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Jun 30 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
How to Access Gmail Live on Android and iOS

Gmail Live is available on Android and iOS to users with Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscriptions. This is the new way to search - here's how to access.

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Jun 30 • 11:52 AM EDT • Technology • droid-life.com
Galaxy Z Fold 8 comparison shot shows massive height difference between phones

At this point, it’s clear that Samsung is planning to launch a Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and Z Fold...

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Jun 30 • 10:48 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google pulls the plug on Tenor API, killing GIF pickers around the web

GIFs are a huge part of the modern web, with Tenor being one of the libraries that powers a variety...

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Jun 30 • 10:30 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Moto Tag 2 launches in the US with Find Hub UWB support, $20 for a limited time

After launching in other parts of the globe earlier this year, Motorola is finally bringing Moto Tag 2 to the...

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Jun 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google's chatty Keep Live and Gmail Live interfaces make first appearance

Google's 'Live' conversational AI is now showing up in Keep and Gmail, letting you chat with your notes and emails directly.

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Jun 30 • 6:07 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
New BioShocking Attack Tricks AI Browsers Into Leaking User Credentials

LayerX says BioShocking used indirect prompt injection to trick six AI browsers into copying credentials from signed-in accounts.

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Jun 30 • 4:37 AM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
Google Play Store is getting faster everywhere, from your Android phone to your car's dashboard

Google Play Store is becoming faster across phones, tablets, TV, Wear OS, and Android Auto, and receiving a bunch of new Store features.

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Jun 30 • 4:17 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Oracle E-Business Suite Flaw CVE-2026-46817 Actively Exploited in the Wild

Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability CVE-2026-46817 (CVSS 9.8) is being actively exploited in the wild despite Oracle’s recent patch release.

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Jun 30 • 1:04 AM EDT • Business • thehackernews.com
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People Share Their Most Embarrassing ER Visits And They're Unreal

"We went to the ER, and the nurse said, 'We have no protocol for a microwaved arm... let me see what Google says.'"

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Jun 29 • 9:16 PM EDT • Technology • uk.style.yahoo.com
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 series colors look stunning as official cases leak [Gallery]

While we’ve yet to get clean renders of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 series, a new leak shows off Samsung’s...

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Jun 29 • 8:35 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Gmail Live now in testing on Android and iOS

Following the announcement at I/O 2026 last month, Google is now testing Gmail Live on Android and iOS. This feature lets you...

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Jun 29 • 8:30 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
OpenClaw app for Android puts AI agents in your pocket and… looks like that

AI agents are the latest “next big thing” for AI, but OpenClaw has been working at the idea for a...

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Jun 29 • 6:45 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Netflix and Superheroes Are Having a Rough Stretch on Streaming....

(Welcome to my weekly streaming ratings report, the single best guide to what’s popular in streaming TV and what isn’t. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. If you were forwarded this email, please subscribe to get these insights each week.) I have a quick prediction before we start today’s article: You might see this data in future news articles. Not my specific charts or analysis, but the core trend I’ve been monitoring—Netflix is having a lackluster Q2—will become inescapable. Often, folks want to know “What does the data say?” Well, that’s what it says. I haven’t seen this analysis hit the trades really yet, but I have a feeling some other outlets are going to start making this case soon. Remember, you read it here first. You probably have read about the problems facing superhero films at the box office this weekend. Well, this week, I explore whether superheroes are dying on TV as well! And the data says: definitely maybe! We have a lot to cover in today’s Streaming Ratings Report, which covers the two weeks of 18-May and 25-May. Today, I’m just looking at TV, like Netflix’s disappointing Q2, superhero shows underwhelming, a few TV shows dropping off the charts, The Pitt finally ending its epic run on the viewership charts (and whether “view counts” change its status as one of the biggest shows of all time), all the flops, bombs and misses, and a whole lot more. Tomorrow, I’ve got a great rundown of the film side of things. Let’s dive right in! (Reminder: The streaming ratings report focuses on the U.S. market and compiles data from Nielsen’s weekly top ten viewership ranks, Luminate’s Top Ten Data, Showlabs, TV Time trend data, Samba TV household viewership, company datecdotes, Netflix hours viewed data, Google Trends, and IMDb to determine the most popular content. While most data points are current, Nielsen’s data covers the weeks of May 18th to May 31st, 2026. You can find a link to my terminology here.) Subscribe Television - Netflix’s Q2 Slump Continues Having analyzed streaming ratings for going on half a decade, I have learned to trust my gut, but I’m always relieved when I can find actual data to back it up. For example, after a string of very popular shows like Stranger Things, Bridgerton, The Lincoln Lawyer and The Night Agent came out, week after week, in January and February, my gut wondered if Netflix had enough new and returning TV shows to sustain them throughout the year. Since then, Netflix’s post-March slate of shows has not impressed me. This week seemed to feature a potential new hit, but then, like a classic Duffer Bros. TV show, there was a twist. I speak of The Boroughs, Netflix’s latest (and last) Duffer Bros. produced show. The pitch is “Stranger Things with older actors”. And it topped the Nielsen charts: With just two weeks of viewership, The Boroughs would have been a top 25 debut show last year: But here’s the twist: Netflix has already cancelled The Boroughs! What happened? Likely a few things. First, the show didn’t do as well globally as it did in the US. As What’s on Netflix showed, it lagged behind several other shows that got cancelled. Second, its completion rate was likely low; after an initial burst of interest, it quickly dropped off on the Samba TV and Luminate charts. Third, the Duffer Bros. left Netflix for Paramount, and that may have factored into Netflix’s decision here. (Though I tend to believe that if a show is doing well, Netflix would have kept greenlighting seasons.) Still, just because I can explain why Netflix may have cancelled this show doesn’t mean I’m justifying it. In particular, as I’ve noted before, Netflix is losing a lot of their bigger shows as they reach their natural ends, and they need to replace those shows. This show had the hallmarks of a big new genre show, and it’s their biggest hit of the last few months (in the US at least), but now it’s done. Netflix’s other show this week—The Four Seasons, the second season of the “hit” show from last year—definitely disappointed. Its sophomore season had about half the viewership of the first, only 12.7 million hours. It also only had a two week run on Samba TV, and its numbers were all down on Luminate too. In other words, even with two successes, the Q2 slump for Netflix looks real: I could add to the list of disappointments: Both Lord of the Files and Man on Fire had short runs on the Nielsen charts. Running Point’s sophomore season also opened to about half its viewership, similar to The Four Seasons. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’s second season—see below—didn’t even make any of the three viewership charts I track, unlike the first season. Netflix is absolutely having a dismal second three months of 2026. If this Nielsen data is any indication, and I think it is, I think this will show up in Netflix’s engagement report, and maybe even their financial outcomes. And the rest of June doesn’t look much better. We have two hit shows coming back—Sweet Magnolias, one of their quietest big shows, and Avatar: The Last Airbender, a big hit for them in 2024—but the other big swings are limited series crime thrillers i.e. no future season potential. Like I said above, sometimes when I uncover a juicy nugget like this, other outlets end up writing very similar articles mimicking the data without credit. We’ll see if that happens this time! Share Television - The State of Superhero Shows on Streaming When I first heard the pitch for Spider-Noir—a Sony TV show on Prime Video that binge-released eight episodes first on MGM+ then on Prime Video two days later—I had my doubts. It’s a live-action Spider-Man show set in the 1930s, starring Nicholas Cage, based on a cameo of a character in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. No, seriously, that’s the pitch. That could either go terrifically well or horribly wrong. Great because, Spider-Man. He’s the biggest superhero we have. I’ve seen tracking numbers that put the new _Spider-Man: Brand New Da_y as the blockbuster of the year and initial pre-sales back that up. And yet this Spider-Noir pitch feels very esoteric. (Also, the eight-episode binge release feels very “Amazon copying Netflix” again.) So what’s the data say? And what does this say about the future of superhero shows?

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Jun 29 • 5:43 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
Gemini's personalized AI image generation is now free for U.S. users

Google is expanding Gemini’s personalized AI image generation to eligible free users in the U.S., allowing the chatbot to create images based on your interests and data from connected Google apps.

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Jun 29 • 4:12 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
WhatsApp usernames launch ‘later this year’ – here’s how to get yours now

WhatsApp has just announced that usernames are officially coming, but you might not be able to get yours just yet....

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Jun 29 • 1:15 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Valve doesn’t let Dbrand’s coolest Steam Machine accessory leave the testing facility

Dbrand announced that users who ordered the Companion Cube skin for the Steam Machine will not, in fact, find companionship...

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Jun 29 • 1:11 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Samsung’s confusing ‘Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra’ name is basically official in latest leak [Gallery]

Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold 8 series is set to include two devices, the Fold 8 and the Fold 8...

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Jun 29 • 12:45 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google Pixel Watch 5 seemingly surfaces with four variants and even more questions

As another year goes by since the last Pixel hardware launch, the Pixel Watch 5 is beginning to surface online...

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Jun 29 • 12:09 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
WhatsApp is Finally Getting Usernames to Help Keep Phone Numbers Private

WhatsApp is rolling out username reservations globally, letting users reserve unique names before the privacy feature launches later this year.

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Jun 29 • 12:09 PM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
Pixel Watch 5 Just Got Major Confirmations

Google's new Pixel Watch 5 lands at FCC, confirms connectivity, satellite SOS, several sizes, and clues us in on release date.

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Jun 29 • 11:29 AM EDT • Technology • droid-life.com
Google Pixel phones may soon let you ‘shuffle’ your favorite wallpapers

According to new findings under the hood of Google’s software, future Pixel updates may deliver support for a “shuffle” option...

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Jun 29 • 10:15 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google Cloud to Offer Specialist AI Models for Science Research

Alphabet Inc.’s Google will start offering specialist artificial intelligence models from software company SandboxAQ through its cloud service, expanding enterprise and research access to technology designed to accelerate drug discovery, materials science and semiconductor manufacturing.

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Jun 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • bloomberg.com
I started using Projects in Google Drive; it instantly boosted my productivity

Google Drive finally feels smarter

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Jun 28 • 11:15 AM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
I found a hidden Google Maps feature that made my Pixel's always-on display useful

A hidden Maps trick worth turning on

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Jun 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
Google employee who made nearly $1 million explains why he left

A former Google employee says AI equity, job security concerns, and years of side projects convinced him to leave and build his own company.

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Jun 28 • 7:15 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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Ex-Google engineer says Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai share the same trait—it’s the lesson he swears by as a $7.2 billion AI CEO

$7.2 billion AI founder Arvind Jain ‘observed’ Sundar Pichai at Google for years before he became CEO—he learned you need to ‘think crazy’ to be successful

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Jun 28 • 7:05 AM EDT • Technology • finance.yahoo.com
Ex-Google engineer says Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai share the same trait—it’s the lesson he swears by as a $7.2 billion AI CEO

$7.2 billion AI founder Arvind Jain ‘observed’ Sundar Pichai at Google for years before he became CEO—and learned you need to ‘think crazy’ to be successful

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Jun 28 • 7:05 AM EDT • Technology • fortune.com
After trying a Google TV projector, I may never buy another TV ever again

After spending a few weeks with a Google TV projector, I think I may be done buying actual TVs for good. Here's what changed.

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Jun 28 • 6:30 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Google testing iPhone feature to add to Pixel smartphones

Google might soon expand on a current Pixel capability matching the iOS version of it.

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Jun 27 • 3:49 PM EDT • Technology • phonearena.com
Why 6 Google employees left one of tech's most coveted employers

Six former Google employees explain why they left one of tech's most coveted employers.

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Jun 27 • 5:15 AM EDT • Technology • businessinsider.com
Why 6 Google employees left one of tech's most coveted employers

Six former Google employees explain why they left one of tech's most coveted employers.

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Jun 27 • 5:15 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
140 Kauai Coffee jobs saved through new land lease agreement

The lease agreement between Kauai Coffee’s parent company, Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group, and landowner Brue Baukol Capital Partners was finalized after nearly two years of negotiations

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Jun 26 • 6:35 PM EDT • Business • spectrumlocalnews.com
Gemini’s new Google Play Store integration lets you chat to find Android apps, games

As previewed at I/O 2026 last month, the Gemini app on Android now integrates with the Google Play Store...

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Jun 26 • 2:19 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Six Kentucky Football Players Included on Athlon Sports’ 2026 All-SEC Team

Ty Bryant, Tavion Gadson, Lance Heard, Mi’Quise Humphrey-Grace, Coleton Price and Willie Rodriguez were honored by the magazine

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Jun 26 • 1:49 PM EDT • Sports • ukathletics.com
Final Countdown: Save Up to 44% On These Prime Day Smartphone Deals by Samsung, Google, Motorola, and More

Need a new Pixel, Galaxy, or Razr? Hurry and grab your next flagship, foldable, or flip phone for a fraction of the price while these Prime Day smartphone deals last!

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Jun 26 • 12:18 PM EDT • Technology • pcmag.com
‘Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro’ needed more words to prove its power, three other flagship chips coming

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset lineup is eternally confusing, with slight variations generating new names and options that aren’t all that different....

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Jun 26 • 9:05 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries

CVE-2026-46331 lets local users gain root on affected Linux systems by corrupting page-cache memory through act_pedit.

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Jun 26 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • thehackernews.com
Gemini begins rolling out for existing Android Automotive vehicles

Some months after its confirmation, Gemini for Android Automotive appears to be finally rolling out to existing vehicles.

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Jun 26 • 6:27 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
How Outward Intelligence founders bootstrapped to seven-figure revenue

Three friends with résumés spanning Google, Palantir, and Harris Poll skipped venture capital and bootstrapped their startup instead.

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Jun 26 • 5:35 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Fitbit Air's first update is already rolling out, and it could finally fix its biggest annoyance

Google has started rolling out the Fitbit Air's first firmware update since launch. This update promises bug fixes and improvements.

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Jun 26 • 3:16 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Google Finance finally gets a mobile app as AI-powered overhaul leaves beta

It took 20 years, but the Finance app arrives just in time to be packed full of AI.

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Jun 25 • 2:38 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
YouTube Shorts player adding Clear Screen mode & 2x playback, removes dislike

YouTube today announced a number of updates to the Shorts player meant to “create a more intuitive Shorts experience.”

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Jun 25 • 1:25 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Prime Day Smartphone Deals Are Live: Save Up to 44% on Samsung Foldables, Google Pixels, Motorolas, and More

These are the Amazon Prime Day smartphone deals actually worth buying, featuring editor-approved picks from Samsung, Google, Motorola, and more.

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Jun 25 • 12:54 PM EDT • Technology • pcmag.com
Google Finance Is Now Available As A Standalone Android App

Google Finance is a standalone Android app now, with an iOS version on the way.

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Jun 25 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Google Finance gets a dedicated app for Android

Users will be able to access their watchlists, real-time market data, live financial news, and Google's AI-powered "Key Moments" feature, which explains why stocks moved.

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Jun 25 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Galaxy Z Fold 8 release date leaks, hands-on impressions make ‘Ultra’ seem pointless

Continued Galaxy Z Fold 8 leaks are revealing more and more about Samsung’s upcoming foldable series, this time including some...

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Jun 25 • 11:15 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Nothing Phone (4b) design goes official with unibody & Glyph Bar, not coming to the US

Ahead of its July 7 launch date, Nothing has confirmed that Phone (4b) won't launch in the US while also showing off the new design.

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Jun 25 • 10:35 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
How should European scientists respond to the US AI kill switch?

Earlier in June, Europe’s worst fears of technological dependence were confirmed when the White House ordered the AI firm Anthropic to stop non-US citizens using its leading models. This kill-switch moment crystalised anxieties in Brussels that the continent, lagging the US on the creation of leading-edge AI models, is now a technological of vassal of Washington. The shock has specific implications for European scientists and universities. Some governments are now worried that with AI being integrated into labs, Donald Trump now has his finger hovering over an off switch for European science. “Having restrictions on this tool, it can have an impact on our own research,” said France’s research minister, Philippe Baptiste, at the VivaTech conference in Paris on June 18.Baptiste, himself a former academic, said that colleagues in mathematics had recently warned him they were now cut off from leading-edge US models, risking their work. “This model is not available anymore now because of the US restriction, and for the first time this had an impact on mathematics,” a field where large language models (LLMs) are making a significant contribution, said Baptiste. So, should European scientists avoid relying on US models in the future? Or would this be a self-harming overreaction? And how is AI being used in science, anyway? What happened?On June 12, it emerged that Washington, citing cybersecurity concerns, had ordered Anthropic to stop non-US citizens using two models: Claude Mythos 5, and Claude Fable 5, a version of Mythos but with guardrails to prevent abuse. Anthropic said Washington’s concerns were overblown. But forced to follow the order, yet with no way to check who was using the models, the company suddenly shut down access for everyone, US citizens included. There’s still no agreement on how to restore broad access. But last week, Bloomberg reported that select US companies, and the US government, still had access to Mythos despite the ban, but the EU’s cybersecurity agency Enisa had been shut out. Class division of researchersIn the longer term, access outside the US should be restored, said Marcel Salathé, co-director of the AI centre at the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL), because a permanent restriction would be financially ruinous to US AI firms. “Even Trump will eventually budge to economic pressure,” he said.However, US AI firms might end up operating rather like banks, doing due diligence on users of their leading-edge AI models, he went on.European scientists are unlikely to fall foul of such checks, he said. But having a Chinese postgraduate in their lab, or doing a type of research the US disapproved of, could potentially result in access being denied. “It will create a sort of class division of researchers,” he said. More than frontier modelsHowever, successfully deploying AI in science is about far more than just having access to leading LLMs such as Mythos.Instead, many science-specific tools, most famously Alphafold, which predicts protein folding structures, require “far less” computing power to train than frontier models, well within the capabilities of European supercomputers, according to a recent analysis by the Arq Foundation, a Brussel-based AI think tank. Instead, tools such as Alphafold are possible because certain fields, like protein folding, weather prediction or astronomy, have large, clean, standardised datasets that can be used to train predictive models. Rather than compute, “data is the central constraint for AI for science,” the report says. For example, a less powerful physics model trained on CERN’s data “will be more valuable than the best model without certain data,” said Bengüsu Özcan, author of the report. European advantage?Europe could therefore steal a march by using its scientific data and infrastructure to create models US digital giants cannot. “They might actually match or go even beyond what these big [US] companies are doing,” said Özcan.Indeed, some European start-ups hope to create automated testing labs to create the kind of standardised data that could speed up the discovery of new materials. Materials scientists say there’s currently too little data to train models. AI scientistsHowever, even if the bottleneck for AI in science is often data, rather than compute, being at the mercy of the US for LLM access could still become a problem for European scientists. A new class of “AI scientists” based on leading LLMs is also emerging, Özcan’s report says.Unlike domain-specific tools like Alphafold, these try to automate day-to-day scientific work, by providing an overarching tool that coordinates specific models to synthesise existing literature, generate hypotheses or run analysis of data. The problem for Europe, however, is that these tools are sometimes based on US leading models. Google Deepmind’s AI Co-Scientist, for example, is built on Google’s Gemini LLM. Systematic failureThese scientific automation tools are still in their early stages, and still exhibit “systematic failures on scientific tasks,” Özcan’s report says. One of the problems is that the messy, day-to-day process of scientific discovery is largely not documented, meaning LLMs don’t have a good source of data to learn how scientists actually work. Meanwhile, some tasks, such as literature synthesis, don’t typically require access to leading edge models.However, the performance of AI scientific assistants could improve as companies such as Google pour resources into developing them. Rely on US“Unfortunately, for scientific assistants, there is not much we can do right now except rely on US frontier AI,” said Antoine Bosselut, a natural language processing expert based at EPFL. Chinese-built open models, which can run on local computers, lessening the risk of a shutdown, are touted as one alternative to US dependence. There’s also Mistral, once seen as Europe’s main AI hope, but the Paris-based company has seen its recent models fall behind in performance. But the Chinese alternatives are generally not as capable as US frontier AI models, said Bosselut, unless paired with fiddly, custom tools that allows them to act as independent agents. “Most scientists do not have the time,” he said. Don’t jump ship yetAlthough the kill switch moment is seen a warning shot for European scientists, it doesn’t mean labs should abandon US AI tools immediately. “I do not think the right response is simply to abandon US-based models and systems under the banner of sovereignty or independence,” said Mattias Björnmalm, secretary general of the Cesaer university association. “That would be an overreaction.”Related articlesEuropean sovereignty in AI requires ‘ugly trade-offs,’ say experts Robotic lab start-up makes case for €500M EU-funded materials testing facilityAI in science: is it useful? Instead, European researchers need to ask themselves whether they’re becoming dependent on technology that could be turned off in Washington, said Özcan. “They might not see this today, but they should really start asking this question,” she said. European researchers need a plan B, said Salathé. “I would recommend to every researcher, very proactively explore alternatives.”Own toolsIn addition, Björnmalm and others want European research institutions to develop their own scientific AI tools.Instead of signing AI deals with US digital giants, European universities should be using this money to create their own models, which may end up being superior for research, said Sabine Leonelli, an expert on the use of AI in science at the Technical University of Munich. “Universities in Europe seem to be happy to sign commercial contracts with US companies on the assumption [their AI tools] are better,” she said. But US frontier LLMs are typically opaque, and have been developed without independent scientific input, she said. “This is not good enough for science.”Last year, Swiss researchers released Apertus, an LLM designed to be completely transparent, from its development methods to its training data. The idea is that this makes scientific tools built on top of the model far more reproducible than with closed, commercial alternatives.“Europe needs more of this: serious capacity-building that gives researchers, universities and companies credible options,” said Björnmalm.

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Jun 25 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
The Fourth Expedition

ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

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Jun 25 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • arcraiders.com
Google opens the Play Store to external billing in the US, UK, and Europe next week

Google today announced that it will open up the Play Store to external payments starting on June 30 in the...

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Jun 24 • 9:20 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google Home Speaker vs. the mainstay Nest Mini: Is this a true upgrade?

The Google Home Speaker is now the easiest and most affordable way to get Gemini into your smart home, but...

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Jun 24 • 7:00 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro release slips to July

Google's next big AI model is coming later than promised, but the company is trying to use the extra time to make it better.

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Jun 24 • 2:39 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Gemini in Chrome adds ‘Select from screen’ tool as Gemini 3.5 Flash gains computer use

Gemini in Chrome now lets you focus a prompt with a new "Select from screen" tool, while developers can tap into 3.5 Flash computer use...

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Jun 24 • 1:45 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google’s new rules for the app store will allow alternative billing next week

The new rules are (almost) here.

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Jun 24 • 1:36 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Google starts lowering Play Store fees, making good on Epic Games settlement

A few additional markets will get the lower fees this year ahead of a global rollout in 2027.

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Jun 24 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
Walmart buying Vibe.co stirs big buzz at Cannes Lions: analysis

Walmart scored the deal everyone's talking about at Cannes Lions this year. Buying Vibe.co signals its intent to rival Meta, Google, and Amazon.

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Jun 24 • 10:37 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Galaxy Z Fold 8 wallpapers leak, and I hope the phone’s colors look half as good

A new leak has revealed the alleged wallpapers Samsung is bringing to the Galaxy Z Fold 8, with everything lining...

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Jun 24 • 10:05 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 leaks from every angle, and looks pretty familiar [Gallery]

Following a Galaxy Watch 9 leak yesterday, new renders of the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 have hit the web revealing...

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Jun 24 • 9:25 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google’s New $100 Speaker Makes a Weak Case for Gemini in the Home

The Google Home Speaker is the first new device of its kind to come from Alphabet Inc. in six years. In that time, Google has reshaped itself as an industry leader in artificial intelligence, with its Gemini platform now ubiquitous across consumer hardware like smartphones and web services like Search, Workspace and YouTube.

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Jun 24 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • bloomberg.com
Google Home Speaker review: A modest update for the Gemini era

Google's new speaker is a modest update, but the question is whether Gemini is a good smart home assistant.

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Jun 24 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
The Google Home Speaker sounds good and looks great

It’s a pretty good speaker! And the red is a winner. But touch controls < buttons.

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Jun 24 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Editorial | Brooklyn coffee shop’s snub of Congress member shows politics boiling over in NYC

He was out on Sunday campaigning in Brooklyn for re-election to his Congressional seat when he paid a visit to Poetica Coffee. Goldman said the staff politely

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Jun 24 • 8:30 AM EDT • Politics • amny.com
Summer drives in your GM vehicle get an upgrade with 200+ new apps on Google Play and more passenger entertainment

The latest selection of in-vehicle apps on Google Play put a wide range of streaming, gaming, and interactive content directly on the center display

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Jun 24 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • news.gm.com
Google Home Speaker unboxed early, revealing an unfortunate hardware decision

A user claims they bought the new Google Home Speaker from Walmart, confirming an unfortunate design decision.

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Jun 24 • 12:39 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
US: Google's YouTube settles teen mental health lawsuit

A Florida teenager said YouTube's addictive design contributed to depression, anxiety and sleep loss. Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok are also facing similar allegations about their impact on young users.

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Jun 23 • 11:39 PM EDT • Health • dw.com
Cannes Lions 2026 Grand Prix Winners in Entertainment, Gaming, Music, Sport, Design, Digital Craft, Film Craft and Industry Craft

Little Black Book, Day two saw handcrafted work prevail across the board, as well as adidas’ collaboration with Oasis take home a double Grand Prix, from TBWA\Media Arts Lab Los Angeles, Google, Johannes Leonardo, DAVID New York, CANADA, McCann Peru, Isle of Any, and LOLA

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Jun 23 • 11:19 PM EDT • Entertainment • lbbonline.com
Someone got a Google Home Speaker early, and the big downside is a fixed power cable

The Google Home Speaker is set to start shipping very soon but, ahead of that, one user was able to...

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Jun 23 • 11:15 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Here’s everything new in Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5 [Gallery]

With Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5 today, Google is rolling out a second wave of bug fixes for Pixel devices on the preview...

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Jun 23 • 7:30 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google Messages starts rolling out custom ‘Chat themes’ with wallpaper backgrounds

Google Messages is finally giving Android users more customization and personalization options with “Chat themes.”

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Jun 23 • 7:10 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Gemini Intelligence makes brief Pixel 10 series appearance on Android 17 QPR1 Beta

Google today is rolling out Android 17 QPR1 Beta 5 and it’s mainly just a bug fixer except for the inclusion of the Gemini Intelligence logo.

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Jun 23 • 6:23 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google Pixel phones get better wireless audio quality in Android 17

While wired audio is certainly trying to make a comeback, wireless earbuds and headphones are more prevalent today than ever...

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Jun 23 • 4:05 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
DeepMind Chief Demis Hassabis says Google’s still winning AI talent

Despite the departure of two top AI leaders that sent the company’s stock price down, Hassabis says Google is still on top.

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Jun 23 • 3:56 PM EDT • Technology • semafor.com
Google Home gets another big update with app improvements, voice & camera upgrades

The updates keep on coming, with Google Home now rolling out yet another big update that improves on not only...

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Jun 23 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google TV Streamer update adds Google Home Speaker support, more

Following the rollout two weeks ago, Google has shared what’s new in the latest Google TV Streamer update.

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Jun 23 • 1:50 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
These are the 19 best Prime Day phone deals I'd actually buy myself

Prime Day 2026 has officially started. Save hundreds right now on smartphones, including the Google Pixel 10 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S26.

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Jun 23 • 1:11 PM EDT • Technology • zdnet.com
Prime Day Smartphone Deals Are Live: Save Up to 44% on Samsung Foldables, Pixels, Motorolas, and More

These are the Prime Day smartphone deals actually worth buying, featuring editor-approved picks from Samsung, Google, Motorola, and more.

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Jun 23 • 1:05 PM EDT • Technology • pcmag.com
Chrome Autofill rolling out deeper Google Wallet integration

Google is introducing deeper integration between Google Wallet and Chrome Autofill to further streamline the experience of filling out...

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Jun 23 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Latest Galaxy Watch 9 leaks show updated design and new features [Gallery]

More leaks of Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 have landed, revealing new features for the upcoming smartwatch series, as well as...

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Jun 23 • 11:45 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Creator marketing works best when brands give influencers freedom

Savvy marketers are relinquishing more control to creators, YouTuber Adam W and Google's Sean Downey said at Business Insider's CMO Insider breakfast.

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Jun 23 • 11:33 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra gets a couple of unique colors as more details leak

It will be interesting to see what Samsung plans to offer to differentiate the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy...

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Jun 23 • 10:56 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Apple's Foldable iPhone Could Lose Almost $1,300 in Value in First Year, Study Suggests

A new resale value study suggests that a $2,000 foldable iPhone could lose as much as $1,292 of its value within its first 12 months on the market, based on current foldable depreciation trends. The estimate comes from SellCell, which analyzed the 12-month resale performance of flagship smartphones from Apple, Samsung, Google, Motorola, and OnePlus.

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Jun 23 • 9:08 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
All the best Prime Day deals: Pixel 10, Galaxy gear, tech accessories, more

The 2026 Amazon Prime Day sale is now flying with a countless number of price drops across just about every product category.

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Jun 23 • 8:51 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Google’s online dominance Is showing signs of cracking in AI era

While Google remains in a position of strength in the eyes of Wall Street, the AI era is complicating the company's story.

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Jun 23 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • cnbc.com
Google Store Prime Day: Big deals on Pixel 10, Watch 4, Fitbit, & more

The Google Store is kicking off nearly a week of deals that coincide with Amazon Prime Day 2026. There are notable deals...

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Jun 23 • 3:19 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
The Google Pixel 10 Pro Drops to Its Lowest Price Ever for Amazon Prime Day, But Stock Is Limited

The Google Pixel 10 Pro is on sale for just $799 during the Prime Day sale.

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Jun 23 • 12:02 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
iOS 27 will add inline replies & photo reactions to Android-iPhone RCS

iOS 27 will introduce the next big update to Android-iPhone messaging with support for inline replies and photo reactions.

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Jun 22 • 4:32 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
New Orleans Summer Entertainment & The Omni Hotel Controversy

This week on The Get Down, John Stanton breaks down the week ahead in New Orleans, including the City Council's final vote on the controversial Omni Hotel redevelopment plan. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1492300'); }); Jake Clapp shares some upcoming entertainment picks, including Ilana Glazer's tour stop at the Joy Theater, and we take a look at summer bucket list ideas in The Pearl for making the most of the season in New Orleans.Be sure to grab a copy of our latest issue of Gambit and stay tuned for the latest on all things New Orleans at bestofneworleans.com. .donate-gambit-article-module-container { text-align: center; padding: 10px; /* background-color: #24da6d; */ background-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); margin-bottom: 20px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-title { font-weight: bold; color: #fff; } .donate-gambit-article-module-copy { color: #fff !important; font-size: 16px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-button { background-color: black; width: 50%; border-color: black; font-size: 16px; } .donate-gambit-article-module-button:hover { background-color: black; } @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) { .donate-gambit-article-module-button { font-size: 14px; width: 100%; } .donate-gambit-article-module-copy { font-size: 14px; } } BECOME A GAMBIT MEMBER AND JOIN OUR KREWE TODAY For more than 40 years, Gambit has covered New Orleans, for New Orleans. We’ve stood up to city hall with you, cheered the Saints with you, danced in the streets with you and cried over our collective loss with you. And we’re plannin’ on being here for 40 more. To do that, we need your help. Become a Gambit member today and help us continue our mission SUPPORT GAMBIT

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Jun 22 • 1:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com
Google invests in A24 to build AI movie tools

“This ensures the tools of the future are shaped by the creators who use them.”

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Jun 22 • 1:18 PM EDT • Entertainment • theverge.com
Some Pixel users report touch input issues after Android 17 update

Android 17 is officially available for a number of Google Pixel devices now that it’s out of beta. With that,...

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Jun 22 • 11:49 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Exclusive | Google Investing in ‘Backrooms’ Studio A24

The search giant is putting about $75 million into the studio as part of an artificial intelligence research partnership.

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Jun 22 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • wsj.com
Wyze Scale BodyScan tracks more than just your weight, has Google Health support, $79.98

Wyze is today launching a new scale that tracks more than just your weight while also being affordable, with the...

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Jun 22 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com