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Google Says It Will Replenish More Water Than It Uses At Data Centers

Make your Gmail more private

Proton, the Swiss encrypted and privacy-aware email service, now lets you read and reply to your Gmail emails from within Proton. If you're looking to wean yourself off Gmail, or just curious about tr…

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-04-26

I missed two days of Pook-Emu Bee links. But it is not all bad: Now we have even more links from around the web to choose from. 1. Why I Built Bubbles (Ben at Bubbles Blog. March 26, 2026.) I've bee…

Google Ordered To Put Clearer Links In AI Search, Let UK Publishers Opt Out

Google Shares Fitbit Air Blueprints So Anyone Can 3D-Print Accessories

Apple Working To Cram Massive Gemini Model Into iPhone To Power New Siri

DOJ Charges Google Employee With $1.2 Million Polymarket Bet On Search Term

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-27-26

I have a busy day ahead of me, but not too busy for Pook-Emu Bee links. Before getting to links from around the web, I note that I just published the sixth and final part of my New Leaf Journal sixth …

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-27-26

I have a busy day ahead of me, but not too busy for Pook-Emu Bee links. Before getting to links from around the web, I note that I just published the sixth and final part of my New Leaf Journal sixth …

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-22-26

I was too busy yesterday to put together my daily Pook-Emu Bee links. I am busy today as well, but not too busy to take a link break. Article Links 1. Six search engines worth trying now that Google…

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-20-26

We are having a second consecutive 90+ degree day here in Brooklyn today's Pook-Emu Bee links are warmer than the outside temperatures. [caption id="attachment_5209" align="aligncenter" width="962"] A…

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-20-26

We are having a second consecutive 90+ degree day here in Brooklyn today's Pook-Emu Bee links are warmer than the outside temperatures. Links 1. Google Search as you know it is over (Sarah Perez for…

Coralboard features Synaptics Astra SL2619 Edge AI SoC, supports Google Gemma 3 inference

Agents enter distribution

Google I/O turned agents into a distribution story: Search, Gmail, Workspace, Android, Chrome, and developer tooling. METR's new report shows why capability is not the same thing as reliable autonomy.

Google Accused of Pushing 'Free For Life' G Suite Users Onto Paid Plans

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-19-26

I had been sitting down to churn out today's edition of Pook-Emu Bee links when work fell into my lap. But it is now lunch, and lunch means it is time for links. 1. Humpback Whales Sometimes Hold The…

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-19-26

I had been sitting down to churn out today's edition of Pook-Emu Bee links when work fell into my lap. But it is now lunch, and lunch means it is time for links. 1. Humpback Whales Sometimes Hold Thei…

The work is moving under the UI

The morning's AI news is less about chat interfaces and more about the systems underneath them: enterprise workflow software, energy supply, device surfaces, and platform limits.

Eric Schmidt gets booed at University of Arizona commencement

The Era of 15GB Free Gmail Storage Is Ending

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-15-26

After two missed days due to having many work assignments, I return with a new edition of my Pook-Emu Bee links. Of course, there are no Pook-Emu Bee links tomorrow because of the newsletter and Sunda…

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-22-26

The drags on, but the Pook-Emu Bee links are strong. Or so I tell myself, at least. 1, Italy Summons Russian Ambassador After Propagandist Calls Giorgia Meloni 'Whore' (Christian K. Caruzo for Breitba…

AI Can’t “Lie”

Ars Technica published an article by Ryan Whitwam titled Testing suggests Google’s AI Overviews tell millions of lies per hour. The article itself is about a New York Times investigation into the accu…

The mad king’s digital killswitch

"The very worst-case speculative scenario for Huawei-as-Chinese-Trojan-horse is infinitely better than the non-speculative, real ways in which the US has killswitched and bugged the world's devices." …

Darth Android

"Tech bosses are fundamentally at war with the idea that our digital devices contain general purpose computers. The general-purposeness of computers – the fact that they are all Turing-complete, unive…