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14 May 2026 Vol 19

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I Let Google’s ‘Auto Browse’ AI Agent Take Over Chrome. It Didn’t Quite Click

When I was finally able to experiment with Auto Browse (for real this time) I took Google’s suggestions of digital…

3 Great Heated Blanket Deals on My Favorite Affordable Models

It is freakin’ cold out there. (Source: I am in Illinois, where the high temperature today was 12 degrees Fahrenheit…

SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime

SpaceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a potential 2026 IPO — a move that could…

Uber is literally in the driver’s seat when it comes to AV bets

Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber…

Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women

Civitai automatically tags bounties requesting deepfakes and lists a way for the person featured in the content to manually request…

Anthropic brings agentic plugins to Cowork

Earlier this month, Anthropic launched Cowork, a new agentic tool designed to take the benefits of its AI coding assistant…

Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands

Bluesky released its first transparency report this week documenting the actions taken by its Trust & Safety team and the…

Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee to President Trump

Billionaire tech mogul Reid Hoffman is urging his fellow tech moguls in Silicon Valley to not just condemn the killings…

I’m never going back to AirPods after trying these

Admittedly, I haven’t used the latest Apple AirPods, but I used an older model for a good while. And while…

After Minneapolis, Tech CEOs Are Struggling to Stay Silent

It was November 12, 2016, four days after Donald Trump won his first presidential election. Aside from a few outliers…