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Hands-on with a preview version of Google Docs Live, an AI-powered voice tool for writing documents, rolling out this summer to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers (Nicole Nguyen/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 24, 2026

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Q&A with Sundar Pichai on the future of Google Search, Google’s place in the AI race, public skepticism of AI, AI agents, AI security, TPUs, and more. (New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 23, 2026

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Sundar Pichai announced during Google I/O that Gemini 3.5 Pro will launch next month; participants moaned that the model was released later than expected (Charles Rollet/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 19, 2026

Featured Podcasts Training data: Rebuilding computing from the ground up for the AI era: Serval’s Jake Stauch Sequoia Capital partners…

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Google launches multi-token prediction writers for its Gemma 4 models, which use a form of speculative decoding to guess future tokens for faster inference (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 6, 2026

Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica: Google launches multi-token prediction writers for its Gemma 4 models, which use a form of…

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Source: Anthropic plans to spend around $200 billion on Google’s cloud and chips over five years, representing more than 40% of the "order book" Google disclosed last week (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 5, 2026

The information: Source: Anthropic plans to spend around $200 billion on Google’s cloud and chips over five years, representing more…

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Nearly 20 U.S. state-run health insurance exchanges include ad trackers that send user data such as race and citizenship information to companies like Meta, TikTok, Google (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 4, 2026

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A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some U.S. states, where the player "whales" spend tens of thousands via IAP on Apple, Google and Meta platforms (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 2, 2026

Bloomberg: A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some US states, where “whale” players spend tens of thousands via…

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Google says the Gemini app can now generate files; Supported formats include PDF, Microsoft Word and Excel, Google Docs and Sheets, plain text and Markdown (Abner Li/9to5Google)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 29, 2026

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google says the Gemini app can now generate files; Supported formats include PDF, Microsoft Word and…

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Google controls about 25% of global AI computing, with about 3.8 million TPUs and 1.3 million GPUs; Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says demand and revenue justify spending (Stephen Morris/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 26, 2026

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Google updates AI Mode in Chrome, allowing users to open links side-by-side with AI Mode on desktop; users can search across multiple tabs on desktop and mobile (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 16, 2026

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China’s new Type 054B frigate joins Liaoning Carrier Group for the first time in the Western Pacific – The Diplomat

Modi’s visit to Sweden and Norway – The Diplomat

Amid rumors of Chinese leader’s visit, North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles – The Diplomat

Brussels needs a new narrative on China-EU relations – The Diplomat

Why Taiwan wants American weapons and why Washington provides them – Radio Free Asia

AutoZone stock on track for worst trading day since May 2022

American Airlines chooses SpaceX’s Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi

Spirit Airlines’ collapse, high gas prices and airfares test the limits of summer vacation spending

Concert ticket prices are reshaping summer demand for live music

Box office overview of The Mandalorian and Grogu

Trump let the truth slip while claiming he is in perfect health

Trump experiences Memorial Day meltdown as his Iran deal appears bogus

Trump called a fool as his new Iran deal is torn apart by Republicans and Democrats

Half of Republican senators were ready to vote with Democrats to kill Trump’s slush fund

Trump shows how quickly he is cognitively declining in his speech in New York

Amazon says it has invested £15 billion in the UK in 2025, including new sites and expanded studios, putting it on track to invest £40 billion over three years by 2027 (Reuters)

Sources: Software private equity firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, BBC, WBD and others manage IP licensing, for $500 million (Financial Times)

Samsung’s largest union approves a wage deal that would give chip workers an average bonus of about $340,000, with about 74% of members voting in favor, avoiding a strike (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

OpenAI hires ServiceNow CMO Colin Fleming as CMO for its business segment; he succeeds Kate Rouch, who resigned earlier this year to focus on her health (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)

Micron hit a market value of $1 trillion for the first time on Tuesday as shares jumped 19%, driven by demand for its memory chips in the AI race (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

Browsing: Google

Hands-on with a preview version of Google Docs Live, an AI-powered voice tool for writing documents, rolling out this summer to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers (Nicole Nguyen/Wall Street Journal)

Q&A with Sundar Pichai on the future of Google Search, Google’s place in the AI race, public skepticism of AI, AI agents, AI security, TPUs, and more. (New York Times)

Sundar Pichai announced during Google I/O that Gemini 3.5 Pro will launch next month; participants moaned that the model was released later than expected (Charles Rollet/Business Insider)

Google launches multi-token prediction writers for its Gemma 4 models, which use a form of speculative decoding to guess future tokens for faster inference (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)

Source: Anthropic plans to spend around $200 billion on Google’s cloud and chips over five years, representing more than 40% of the "order book" Google disclosed last week (The Information)

Nearly 20 U.S. state-run health insurance exchanges include ad trackers that send user data such as race and citizenship information to companies like Meta, TikTok, Google (Bloomberg)

A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some U.S. states, where the player "whales" spend tens of thousands via IAP on Apple, Google and Meta platforms (Bloomberg)

Google says the Gemini app can now generate files; Supported formats include PDF, Microsoft Word and Excel, Google Docs and Sheets, plain text and Markdown (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google controls about 25% of global AI computing, with about 3.8 million TPUs and 1.3 million GPUs; Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says demand and revenue justify spending (Stephen Morris/Financial Times)

Google updates AI Mode in Chrome, allowing users to open links side-by-side with AI Mode on desktop; users can search across multiple tabs on desktop and mobile (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)