Google unveils its new Gemini-powered Google Home speaker
Google teases a new Gemini-powered smart speaker, due out in spring 2026.
The Download: Big Tech’s carbon removals plans, and the next wave of nuclear reactors
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Big Tech’s big bet on a controversial carbon removal tactic Microsoft, JP MorganChase, and a tech company consortium that includes Alphabet, Meta, Shopify, and Stripe have all recently struck multimillion-dollar deals to pay…
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Google’s Home app, a command center for the smart home, gets a Gemini upgrade
Google redesigns its Home app for better usability and adds Gemini-powered features.
Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats
Meta plans to use data from your interactions with AI products to sell targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
Google reveals its Gemini-powered smart home lineup and AI strategy
Google brings Gemini to the smart home with new devices, AI for existing customers and more.
The Download: OpenAI’s caste bias problem, and how AI videos are made
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. OpenAI is huge in India. Its models are steeped in caste bias. Caste bias is rampant in OpenAI’s products, including ChatGPT, according to an MIT Technology Review investigation. Though CEO Sam Altman boasted…
Electroflow promises to make LFP material for 40% less than Chinese producers
Electroflow drew inspiration from batteries themselves to develop a new way of producing LFP material for EVs. The process could undercut today’s lowest price sources in China.
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s Most Fundable Companies of 2025
Presented by the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship
Oura launches Ring 4 Ceramic collection, new charging case, and a ‘health panel’ feature
The new Oura Ring 4 Ceramic is made from zirconia ceramic, which the company says allows for durability and lightweight comfort.
Salesforce launches enterprise vibe coding product, Agentforce Vibes
Salesforce is also releasing a vibe coding agent named Vibe Codey to help companies foray into vibe coding with enterprise security.
Exclusive: OpenAI is huge in India. Its models are steeped in caste bias.
When Dhiraj Singha began applying for postdoctoral sociology fellowships in Bengaluru, India, in March, he wanted to make sure the English in his application was pitch-perfect. So he turned to ChatGPT. He was surprised to see that in addition to smoothing out his language, it changed his identity—swapping out his surname for “Sharma,” which is…