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Google now allows large creators and publishers in the United States to claim and customize dedicated search profiles to aggregate their content from multiple platforms (Jay Peters/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 4, 2026

Jay Peters / The edge: Google now allows major US creators and publishers to claim and customize dedicated search profiles…

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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

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Is OpenAI Ready to IPO?, The Datacenters in Space Myth, The Kids Boo AI The…

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Exa, which offers a search engine designed for AI agents, raised $250 million led by a16z at a valuation of $2.2 billion, up from $700 million in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 20, 2026

Bloomberg: Exa, which offers a search engine designed for AI agents, raised $250 million led by a16z at a valuation…

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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

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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…

Uyghur human rights activist condemns death sentences in Bangkok attack – Radio Free Asia

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Paramount-WBD Merger Gets DOJ Approval

Elon Musk becomes world’s first billionaire as SpaceX begins commercial operations

Ad Spending for 2026 Elections Expected to Hit Record: AdImpact

SpaceX millionaires set to spend on luxury homes, watches and travel

How family offices are investing in the final frontier beyond SpaceX

American households are paying a $3,100 Trump tax and they don’t know it

Trump has lied dozens of times about a deal with Iran that isn’t even a deal.

White House refuses to say why Trump is being examined by dozens of experts

House Republicans continue to fail to show up, putting Democrats in the majority

Democrats have all the information they need to end Trump and Vance with a real investigation into Epstein

Ukrainian extradited from Ireland to US pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for role in Conti ransomware attacks between 2021 and 2022 (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Moonshot AI releases Kimi K2.7-Code, claiming 30% lower reasoning token usage than K2.6, available under a modified MIT license (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat)

Sources detail frustration within Meta’s applied AI team, formed in March to support superintelligence labs, over menial projects, ‘overwhelming’ work, and more (Wired)

Roku is in talks to sell itself; its shares have risen about 24% this year, giving the company a market value of $19.9 billion (Bloomberg)

SpaceX debuts on Nasdaq at $150, after a price of $135, making Elon Musk the world’s first billionaire; SPCX is up about 30% intraday, for a market cap of around $2.3 billion (Alex Harring/CNBC)

Browsing: search

Google now allows large creators and publishers in the United States to claim and customize dedicated search profiles to aggregate their content from multiple platforms (Jay Peters/The Verge)

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)

Exa, which offers a search engine designed for AI agents, raised $250 million led by a16z at a valuation of $2.2 billion, up from $700 million in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

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)