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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

Featured Podcasts Uncapped with Jack Altman: Max Mullen of Instacart Conversations with people I admire about things that really interest…

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Google calls “back button hijacking” malicious, saying sites that interfere with a browser’s back button function could be demoted in search starting in June (Abner Li/9to5Google)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Scott Nolan – SpaceX, Founders Fund and Rebuilding Uranium Enrichment in the United States…

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A look at the gold rush for companies claiming to help brands get cited by AI search tools, via tactics like hiding instructions behind “Summarize with AI” buttons (Mia Sato/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: More OpenAI Executive Drama, Is Siri Seriously Broken?, Meta’s Next Elusive Hit The Big Technology…

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Filing: OpenAI asks UK CMA to include search-enabled AI chatbots in Google’s default search engine choice screen for Chrome and Android (James Titcomb/Telegraph)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

James Titcomb / Telegraph: Filing: OpenAI asks UK CMA to include search-enabled AI chatbots in Google’s default search engine choice…

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You.com names Saahil Jain as new CTO after co-founder Bryan McCann leaves Anthropic; You.com, which started in consumer search, is targeting businesses more (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Creating Prediction Markets (and Suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara Stripe co-founder…

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Q&A with Google Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean on the evolution of Google Search, TPUs, Coding Agents, balancing model efficiency and performance, and more (Latent.Space)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 16, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Sequoia CEO Coach: Why it’s never been easier to start a business and never been harder…

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A look at the state of AI agents, evolving thought patterns, the huge need for inference computing in the coming years, automated search, and much more (Eric Jang/Evjang.com)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 7, 2026

Eric Jang / Evjang.com: A look at the state of AI agents, evolving thought patterns, the huge need for inference…

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Google says it is appealing the United States v. Google ruling that found it has an illegal search monopoly and is asking the court to stay some of the appeals during the appeal (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 16, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Are Google’s Geminis winning?, Drama of thinking machines, The potential of Claude Cowork The Big…

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Reddit overtakes TikTok as the fourth most visited social media service in the UK, likely due to changes to Google’s search algorithms and AI deals (Michael Savage/The Guardian)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 4, 2026

Michael Savage / The guardian: Reddit overtakes TikTok as the fourth most visited social media service in the UK, likely…

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Perplexity updates its iPad app to improve multitasking and focus on search tools, part of a push to add business customers, after Comet launches on Android (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Uncapped with Jack Altman: Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners Conversations with people I admire about things that really…

Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free Asia

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Spirit Airlines’ money ‘won’t last very long’

Nike cuts 1,400 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

Trump administration decides to reclassify cannabis

Regeneron signs drug pricing deal with Trump, will offer hearing loss treatment for free

What a million dollars can buy you in real estate around the world

Trump falls asleep during Oval Office event as his decline deepens

Hakeem Jeffries calls Trump the stupidest president in history

Republicans attempt to overturn election after Virginia backfires Trump’s Gerrymander

RFK Jr. looked completely crazy during Senate hearing

Investigation opened into Kash Patel’s alleged drinking

Norway plans to ban children from using social media until age 16; government says it will present bill to parliament by end of 2026 (Terje Solsvik/Reuters)

EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

Trump threatens to “impose significant tariffs on the UK” if he does not scrap his digital services tax, which he sees as unfairly targeting US tech companies (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)

Sources: AI coding company Cognition in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of $25 billion, up from $10.2 billion announced in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

Texas Instruments stock rose 19% on Thursday, its best day since 2000, after upbeat second-quarter forecasts driven by strong demand for analog chips used in AI data centers (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

Browsing: search

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)

Google calls “back button hijacking” malicious, saying sites that interfere with a browser’s back button function could be demoted in search starting in June (Abner Li/9to5Google)

A look at the gold rush for companies claiming to help brands get cited by AI search tools, via tactics like hiding instructions behind “Summarize with AI” buttons (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Filing: OpenAI asks UK CMA to include search-enabled AI chatbots in Google’s default search engine choice screen for Chrome and Android (James Titcomb/Telegraph)

You.com names Saahil Jain as new CTO after co-founder Bryan McCann leaves Anthropic; You.com, which started in consumer search, is targeting businesses more (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)

Q&A with Google Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean on the evolution of Google Search, TPUs, Coding Agents, balancing model efficiency and performance, and more (Latent.Space)

A look at the state of AI agents, evolving thought patterns, the huge need for inference computing in the coming years, automated search, and much more (Eric Jang/Evjang.com)

Google says it is appealing the United States v. Google ruling that found it has an illegal search monopoly and is asking the court to stay some of the appeals during the appeal (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

Reddit overtakes TikTok as the fourth most visited social media service in the UK, likely due to changes to Google’s search algorithms and AI deals (Michael Savage/The Guardian)

Perplexity updates its iPad app to improve multitasking and focus on search tools, part of a push to add business customers, after Comet launches on Android (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)