Gemini is in danger of going full Copilot
…Gemini in your inbox! Gemini in your Google Drive! It was slow at first, and easy enough to tune out, but something has changed in the past few months. Gemini is creeping…
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The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion
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Why Jonah Peretti sold BuzzFeed
…Building really good community, building really good social platforms, building really good content networks where people can share content with each other and consume content and have great things to talk about…
All these smart glasses and nothing to do
…They’re loaded with promises about how wearable AI can change your life: It’ll make you healthier by tracking what you eat, make you smarter by capturing notes on every word…
The next YouTube phenomenon hitting the big screen
…TADC is one of the most successful animated series on YouTube, and one of the platform’s most impressive success stories. (It’s also just very good.) This is apparently the show…
Speech and Moderation
Speech On today’s internet, the boundaries of acceptable speech are set by a few massive platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and a handful of others. If those companies find something…
Roids were all the rage at the Enhanced Games
…through the swimming community. [Image: Swimmer Ben Proud of the UK beat his personal best in the 50-meter freestyle race at 20.98 seconds. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content…
AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?
…For more on how AI is changing music and the music industry, follow Terrence O’Brien. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here…
Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet
…He discovered a secret key for the Stripe payments platform sitting inside the app in plain text. He discovered he could pull up any member’s profile just by changing one number…
Windows is back on the Microsoft menu
…Microsoft has been clear that it sees Windows as a home for AI agents and workloads, but it also unveiled Project Solara this week, a new platform for agent-first devices. Microsoft…