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Google says Polymarket betting “appeared briefly in Google News by mistake”, after the betting appeared alongside news articles in the ‘For You’ section (Terrence O’Brien/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The dilemma of the Anthropic myth, violence against AI, Tokenmaxxing at Meta The Big Technology…

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Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite, costing less than 50% of Veo 3.1 Fast and aimed at “high-volume video applications”, and affirms its commitment to video generation tools (Abner Li/9to5Google)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 31, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Compliance at Scale and Why TAM is a Distraction with Vanta’s Christina Cacioppo Stripe co-founder John…

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Google says all users in the United States can now change their Google account username; users are limited to one username change every 12 months (Kris Holt/Engadget)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 31, 2026

Kris Holt / Engadget: Google says all users in the United States can now change their Google account username; users…

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A profile of Mark Lanier, a Texas lawyer and part-time pastor who beat Meta and Google in the Los Angeles social media case and said Zuckerberg was “shaken” on the stand (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Why OpenAI killed Sora, did Apple just save Siri?, Meta’s big loss The Big Technology…

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U.S. memory chip stocks lost about $100 billion in market value this week, led by Micron’s 15% decline, after Google Research detailed its TurboQuant compression algorithm (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 27, 2026

Financial Times: U.S. memory chip stocks lost about $100 billion in market value this week, led by Micron’s 15% decline,…

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Google sets 2029 deadline for its post-quantum crypto migration, aiming to "securing the quantum era" as "the borders are perhaps closer than they seem" (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 25, 2026

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Google sets 2029 deadline for its post-quantum crypto migration, aiming to ‘secure the quantum age’…

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Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model, with greater creative control and allowing users to create three-minute tracks, compared to 30 seconds for Lyria 3 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 25, 2026

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google launches music generation model Lyria 3 Pro, with greater creative control and allowing users to…

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Gap partners with Google Gemini to offer an AI payment platform

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Gap is in partnership with Google Gemini will allow buyers to pay directly within the AI platform, making it the…

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Reality Labs lost more than $80 billion, but it still makes all of Meta’s hardware and reflects Mark Zuckerberg’s desire to run a company without Google or Apple as intermediaries (Peter Kafka/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 23, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The art of influence: the most important skill that AI cannot replace | Jessica Fain (Webflow,…

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin increases his total contribution to $45 million for the Building a Better California Super PAC that opposes a proposed 5% billionaire tax (Dara Kerr/The Guardian)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 19, 2026

Dara Kerr / The guardian: Google co-founder Sergey Brin increases his total contribution to $45 million for the Building a…

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

PNG-Australia defense treaty creates jobs, poses risks amid growing Chinese influence – Radio Free Asia

Sino-US competition for rare earths triggers Pacific seabed mining project near Guam – Radio Free Asia

North Korean hackers offer $70,000 per month to act as front – Radio Free Asia

How Kodak is trying to recover from the brink of bankruptcy

Private jet companies battle for biggest spending customers at Masters

Amazon Launches Masters Golf Coverage as Fourth Media Partner

American Airlines Makes Baggage Fees Even More Expensive for Basic Economy

DOJ investigates NFL over media rights, antitrust issues

Trump says gas prices could be even higher by midterm elections

Eric Swalwell needs to go now

Democrats will act to force Pete Hegseth out

Epstein survivors denounce Melania Trump’s performative press conference

Thomas Massie, Jeffrey Epstein and the biggest sign yet that Trump and MAGA are dead

UK regulators plan to warn banks, insurers and exchanges about security risks exposed by Claude Mythos Preview at a meeting in the next two weeks (Martin Arnold/Financial Times)

Flipkart and Amazon’s rapid business push in India is intensifying competition in an already crowded space where profitability remains under pressure (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

A journalist shares how he used ChatGPT to develop a fitness plan to prepare for the Paris Marathon, which helped him lose 20 pounds and gain race times (Derek Wallbank/Bloomberg)

The Linux Kernel Organization now allows developers to submit AI-generated code, as long as it complies with guidelines, licensing and attribution requirements (Simon Batt/XDA Developers)

Analysts and researchers say Google’s TurboQuant compression algorithm intended to make LLMs more efficient is more likely to increase demand for memory chips than reduce it (Daniel Tudor/Financial Times)

Browsing: Google

Google says Polymarket betting “appeared briefly in Google News by mistake”, after the betting appeared alongside news articles in the ‘For You’ section (Terrence O’Brien/The Verge)

Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite, costing less than 50% of Veo 3.1 Fast and aimed at “high-volume video applications”, and affirms its commitment to video generation tools (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google says all users in the United States can now change their Google account username; users are limited to one username change every 12 months (Kris Holt/Engadget)

A profile of Mark Lanier, a Texas lawyer and part-time pastor who beat Meta and Google in the Los Angeles social media case and said Zuckerberg was “shaken” on the stand (Wall Street Journal)

U.S. memory chip stocks lost about $100 billion in market value this week, led by Micron’s 15% decline, after Google Research detailed its TurboQuant compression algorithm (Financial Times)

Google sets 2029 deadline for its post-quantum crypto migration, aiming to "securing the quantum era" as "the borders are perhaps closer than they seem" (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model, with greater creative control and allowing users to create three-minute tracks, compared to 30 seconds for Lyria 3 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Gap partners with Google Gemini to offer an AI payment platform

Reality Labs lost more than $80 billion, but it still makes all of Meta’s hardware and reflects Mark Zuckerberg’s desire to run a company without Google or Apple as intermediaries (Peter Kafka/Business Insider)

Google co-founder Sergey Brin increases his total contribution to $45 million for the Building a Better California Super PAC that opposes a proposed 5% billionaire tax (Dara Kerr/The Guardian)