MIT Technology Review
Your thermostat, EV, and battery can now moonlight as a power plant - just sign up, let the utility twiddle the dials, and collect a few bucks while pretending to save the grid.
Wired
A $249 battery-powered projector that's actually good? We're as shocked as you are.
TechCrunch
Barret Zoph's career path reads like a soap opera: OpenAI, to Thinking Machines, back to OpenAI, and now Google. Because who needs stability when you have AI?
Wired
Google's Pixel 11 is a dazzling pink phone that's basically last year's model with a new paint job and a $100 price tag for the same storage. Innovation? Not so much.
TechCrunch
AI coding startup Cursor is now officially part of SpaceX, gaining access to the world's largest GPU fleet - and a lawsuit over gas turbine pollution.
The Verge
Google now lets you turn off visible watermarks on AI content, because why not? Invisible ones will still be there, watching you.
The Verge
Google's new Pixel 11 phones come with gift cards, faster processors, and cameras that do the work for you - because who actually takes photos anymore?
Ars Technica
Gemini hits 1B users faster than any Google product ever, but the company's AI future is looking shakier than a Jenga tower in an earthquake.
The Verge
Google's Pixel 11 launch event will be hosted by Trevor Noah, featuring a celebrity lineup and a higher price tag - because why not?
ZDNet
Google's Pixel 11 prices are set to mirror Samsung's, but the real value now lies in software and exclusive features - not a cheaper price tag.
TechCrunch
SpaceX doubles revenue thanks to Starlink and renting out AI compute, proving that even failed AI projects can be monetized if you have enough data centers.
Ars Technica
Google's new developer verification will leave devs in sanctioned nations in a weird limbo: no verification, no enforcement, and no international distribution.
TechCrunch
Claude's share feature works so well that your private chats might end up on Google, complete with medical records and children's phone numbers.
The Verge
Google may actually give the Pixel 11a a current-gen processor and a modem that doesn't hate you.
The Verge
EU forces Google to open Android to rival AI assistants, but gives it a year to comply - a luxury Apple didn't get for Siri AI, as Google outmaneuvers Cupertino in regulatory chess.
TechCrunch
Google drops a massive solar-plus-storage project near Memphis, while 40 miles south, Elon Musk's xAI runs an unpermitted gas plant. Irony: still undefeated.
ZDNet
Gemini can plan your vacation in minutes, but it might also ignore your requests and push Google products on you.
The Verge
Leaked Pixel Watch 5 renders show four color options, a familiar design, and a likely price increase - because why fix what isn't broken, just make it cost more.
The Guardian
Microsoft, Amazon, and Google's emissions hit 119m mTCO₂e - one-third of France's - as AI datacentre construction boom undoes years of climate progress.
Ars Technica
Google's quantum computer learns to recalibrate itself during calculations using error-correction data and reinforcement learning, boosting error detection by 20%.
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