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How to turn off AI in your Google Docs

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 18:23
Here's what you need to do to get those pesky "write with Gemini" pop-ups to go away.
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AI is hurting Apple in more ways than one: it may force iPhone price increases

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 16:28
CEO Tim Cook said in a recent interview that the situation is "unsustainable."
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Chi-Hua Chien saw Facebook coming; now he says the real AI winners won’t be selling AI

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 14:30
Chi-Hua Chien has spent more than two decades as a venture capitalist, but he thinks like a cultural anthropologist.
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Roelof Botha joins SpaceX’s board of directors

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 13:32
The former Sequoia Capital leader is filling an "existing vacancy" on SpaceX's board, days after the company went public in the largest IPO ever.
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After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap’s stock takes a dive

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 13:24
Snap's long awaited smart glasses debut hasn't exactly done wonders for the company's stock.
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NEA’s Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI ROI

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 13:17
Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it would go. Then the bill came due. Uber reportedly blew through its annual AI budget in a few months, some companies cut Claude licenses for parts of their org, and Meta killed its internal leaderboard.  This tension between […]
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FTC lawsuit reveals how subscription scam networks evade app store enforcement

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 12:46
A new FTC lawsuit reveals how sophisticated subscription app operators can allegedly use shell companies and payment infrastructure to stay active on app stores despite mounting consumer complaints.
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World leaders want American AI. They just don’t want America to be able to turn it off.

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 12:01
French President Macron and Indian PM Modi raised alarms at the G7 summit that the U.S. could cut off access to American AI overnight — a fear the Anthropic blackout just made real.
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Anthropic becomes first AI startup to join the Frontier carbon removal coalition

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 11:30
Anthropic has joined the Frontier coalition, which received another $915M in pledges to fund carbon removal projects.
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Cybercriminals allegedly hacked tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls used by major companies all over the world

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 11:20
An alleged Russian-speaking group of cybercriminals are reportedly compromising and targeting several major companies that use Fortinet Firewalls and VPNs through previously known passwords.
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Social media’s next evolution: User-controlled algorithms

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 11:19
Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.
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World model maker Odyssey nabs $1.45B valuation backed by Amazon and other big names

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 10:43
World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the startups to watch.
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Mastodon looks to newsletters to help revive the open social web

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 10:38
Mastodon’s newly launched newsletter feature lets anyone subscribe to creators by email, even without a Mastodon account.
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Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 10:00
Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report from Pew Research shows.
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Two Stanford grads raise $11M to build a noninvasive wearable for hormone tracking

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 09:54
Clair Health's wearable will cost $369 and will an app-based subscription of $9.99 per month
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Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 09:30
Google is betting generative AI can breathe new life into the smart speaker. The company's new $99.99 Google Home Speaker replaces the rigid commands of the Google Assistant era with more conversational Gemini interactions.
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PayPal Ventures shutters as company restructuring continues

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 09:10
The corporate venture arm ends after 10 years and 80 investments.
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The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 08:24
“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”
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Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 08:00
If physical AI is going to match the accomplishments of LLMs, there's a data problem that needs to be solved.
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Pramaana Labs raises $27M seed round from Khosla Ventures to bring formal verification to AI

Wed, 06/17/2026 - 07:15
Pramaana will focus on highly sensitive verticals like law, drug discovery, and tax preparation — where errors can be costly and reliability is at a premium.
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