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Google Drive launches “Catch me up” AI summaries about recent changes to your stored files.

Google is rolling out a new Gemini AI-powered feature to users with eligible Google Workspace or Google AI plans that pops up a “Catch me up” shortcut to go over recent edits in Google Docs, as well as comments on other types of files, complete with a warning that “Gemini may display inaccurate info.”

It’s supposed to roll out over the next couple of weeks, providing either a high-level summary across all of your files in the sidebar or overviews of changes to a specific file via a new activity indicator.

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It’s time for us to talk about Tronc.

The New York Times is reporting on Ripple, a Washington Post initiative that’s apparently looking to open up its opinion pages to writing from “...from other newspapers across America, writers on Substack and eventually nonprofessional writers.”

That last bullet point would reportedly be assisted by the “Ember” AI writing coach with a paint-by-numbers approach to creating strong stories. As Liz’s thread goes on to point out, beyond the Forbes and Huffington Post echoes, it’s also a reminder of Tribune Publishing’s short “content curation and monetization engine” era as Tronc.

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Looks like we’re getting a foldable Galaxy Ultra.

Samsung is hinting strongly at an Ultra-branded foldable coming soon with this new press release referencing a foldable with a “powerful camera,” which is traditionally a weakness of folding phones. The attached image is also named “Galaxy Z Fold 7 Z Flip 7 Pre tease,” so there’s that too.

Between this Ultra model and a rumored FE version of the Z Flip, we might have a whole bunch of new folding phones on our hands later this summer.

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“More than 50 people” are making over $1 million a year on Substack.

CEO Chris Best drops that fact onstage at The Information’s “Future of Influence” event in Los Angeles. He also says Substack was “accidentally cash flow positive” in the first quarter of this year, but isn’t planning to be profitable soon. “We’re focused on growth,” he says. “It turns out that when you do that, it makes the business grow really well, too.”

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    Hayden Field
    There’s going to be a movie about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ouster (and subsequent rehire).

    Amazon MGM Studios is reportedly making a movie that will depict the rollercoaster couple of days in November 2023 when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was ousted by the board, then pulled an “Uno Reverse” and was re-hired, after which nearly all of the board members in question subsequently departed.

    Luca Guadagnino is in talks to direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter, with Andrew Garfield in talks to play Sam Altman. Production could begin as soon as this summer, per the report, with filming locations in San Francisco and Italy.

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    Cameron Faulkner
    Meta and Yandex weren’t playing nice in the Android sandbox until researchers called them out.

    Meta and Yandex were tracking Android users’ browsing data far more closely than they should have been, according to researchers. They bypassed the Android “sandbox” in some browsers, letting them de-anonymize users, track how they browse, and then use that data in native Facebook, Instagram, and Yandex apps.

    Google is investigating the issue, saying that the companies used “capabilities present in many browsers across iOS and Android in unintended ways that blatantly violate our security and privacy principles.” In statements to Ars Technica, Meta and Yandex said they have discontinued the tracking, while denying wrongdoing.

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    Tina Nguyen
    The $TRUMP grifter turf wars are afoot.

    Earlier today, Molly White at Citation Needed broke the news that the Trump family was expanding their reach into the world of crypto, partnering with a company called Magic Eden to launch the “Official $TRUMP Wallet by President Trump,” as well as a dedicated crypto trading app.

    And then it immediately ran off the rails:

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    The new Nissan Leaf will have ‘seamless Plug and Charge capability.’

    It will also be able to add 250 kilometers (155 miles) of charge in just 15 minutes of DC fast-charging, according to a new video from the Japanese automaker. Nissan already revealed that the new Leaf will come with a native NACS charging port, enabling it to charge at Tesla Superchargers. The addition of Plug and Charge appears to fit in with the narrative that Nissan aims to address charging headaches with the new Leaf.

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    ChatGPT gets more personalization for free users.

    OpenAI says it’s rolling out a “lightweight version” of the memory improvements it launched in April for paying customers to its free user tier. From now on, ChatGPT will reference both saved memories and recent conversations in chats.

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    I think I’m going to be bad at Mario Kart World.

    Nintendo let us try out a bunch of modes in Mario Kart World last week — and playing in a race of 24 characters I got my butt whooped.

    I’m looking forward to just driving streets in Free Roam mode, though.

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    Murena’s privacy-focused mobile OS improves tablet support and parental controls.

    The company behind the Murena 2 smartphone and de-Googled Pixel Tablet has announced a new version of its operating system: /e/OS 3.0. It will make better use of the larger screens on tablets and give parents new tools for limiting screen time and app access.

    The update also introduces a way to locate a missing device using SMS text messages without the need for internet access, and a new search engine called Murena Find.

    The Murena Pixel Tablet running the latest version of the company’s operating system.
    Although Murena’s mobile OS has already been available on the company’s version of the Pixel Tablet, the latest version improves support for devices with larger screens.
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    Ukraine used open source software to carry out its drone strikes.

    On Sunday, Ukraine’s security agency released footage of the strikes targeting Russian airfields, which show the country’s use of ArduPilot, as reported earlier by 404Media.

    The open-source software was developed nearly 20 years ago for Arduino systems before evolving into advanced autopilot software for multicopters, traditional helicopters, and other vehicles, according to its website. “Not in a million years would I have predicted this outcome,” Jason Short, one of the software’s co-creators, said in a post on X. “I just wanted to make flying robots.”

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    Elizabeth Lopatto
    What does a realistic pro-AI take look like?

    One thing that has irritated me for years is the claim AI will change everything — it’s just an article of faith, and I’m not inclined toward religion. Here is a rational argument about how AI will change programming, and it also level-sets by saying what that means: “If you’re making requests on a ChatGPT page and then pasting the resulting (broken) code into your editor, you’re not doing what the AI boosters are doing.” We all deserve better arguments for AI actually being useful, like the one Thomas Ptacek makes here.

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    Anbernic shared more details about its sliding screen handheld.

    Following a teaser that didn’t reveal much last week, Anbernic has shared another video with more details about its RG Slide. The handheld will feature a 4.7-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1,280 x 960 pixels, 500 nits of brightness, and a refresh rate of up to 120Hz.

    The RG Slide will also run on Android, and while specifics about its processor still aren’t known, the company demonstrated it playing PS2 and Wii games.

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    Nintendo has added almost 12 hours of Tears of the Kingdom to its Music app.

    With the game getting an update this week for the launch of the Switch 2, the Nintendo Music app has added 344 tracks from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom including the game’s main theme and opening. Listen to the entire playlist and you’ll be 11 hours and 43 minutes closer to the Switch 2’s release.

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    SteelSeries launches new budget wireless cans.

    The $109.99 Arctis Nova 3 Wireless is now the company’s cheapest wireless headset. It supports every console, and basically anything else with a USB-C port, and has impressive fast-charging: 15 minutes plugged in gets you nine hours of game time. Like last year’s GameBuds it also supports the Arctis mobile app, with over 200 EQ presets for specific games.

    If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.

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