NotebookLM adds featured notebooks from The Economist, The Atlantic and others
Google is adding notebooks from various authors, publications, researchers, and nonprofits to its popular AI-powered research and note-taking assistant NotebookLM.
Prime Day event drove over $24B in U.S. e-commerce sales, gen AI traffic was up 3,300%
Amazon’s Prime Day, which leads to an overall boost to U.S. e-commerce thanks to competitive sales, saw a significant increase in retail traffic driven by generative AI products, including chatbots and browsers. According to a post-Prime Day anal…
Medium’s CEO explains what it took to stop losing $2.6M monthly
Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine announced on Friday that the publishing platform has remained profitable since August of last year, when it first achieved this milestone. In a post, Stubblebine detailed what it took to achieve this goal, which involved a c…
Belkin ends support for most Wemo devices and its Wemo app
Another day, another smart device bites the dust — or, in this case, a full lineup of smart devices. On Thursday, Belkin announced it will end technical support for its older Wemo products as of January 31, 2026, and the app used to control the device…
As X loses its CEO, daily usage is down and competition is growing
X is still the dominant social media platform, but its daily active user base has declined and competitor Threads is seeing higher rates of growth.
X’s ad business improved under departing CEO Linda Yaccarino, but it’s still tough times ahead
In the U.S., ad spending was up 62% year-over-year in the first half of 2025.
YouTube prepares crackdown on ‘mass-produced’ and ‘repetitive’ videos, as concern over AI slop grows
YouTube’s creator liaison said the change is a “minor” update to YouTube’s longstanding policies.
GenAI as a shopping assistant set to explode during Prime Day sales
A new report estimates that AI will be a larger-than-ever part of the online shopping process during Amazon’s Prime Day sale, which began Tuesday morning. Amazon’s annual sale, which this year spans four days (July 8-11), is predicted to dr…
Mastodon’s latest update readies the app for Quote Posts, revamps design
Mastodon 4.4 takes the first steps towards implementing Quote Posts, and also brings a host of design and UX changes.
iOS 26 beta 3 dials back Liquid Glass
The early version in the first developer beta of iOS 26 and the accompanying updates for Apple’s other devices still left room for improvement in terms of usability, accessibility, and legibility.