Tootfinder

Hands-on with Gemini task automation on mobile: it's super impressive despite being very slow and failing at some tasks; it can order food, book Ubers, and more (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/898282/gemini-task-automation-uber…

Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive
Gemini’s task automation feature on the Samsung S26 and Pixel 10 series is an impressive glimpse at what the future of AI assistants could look like.

I don't understand figure skating.
Like, I don't understand how it's physically possible. You're on an extremely slippery surface that you can't even stand on, but you're standing on thin steel blades. And then you're moving _backwards_. And then you're *jumping* and *spinning* without getting dizzy and falling over. And then you're landing without snapping your ankles and still moving.
Most other sports have nothing on that.

Bad Bot Problem
Following a report on the situation with Social Media and bots, Lewis Stuart of University of Nottingham is inspired to see just how easy it is to fire up his own botnet and puts them to work on a fake social media site: 'scroll hole.'
📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjQNDCYL5Rg

Steelers All-Pro Revealed Maxx Crosby’s True Feelings on Ravens https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-feelings-ravens-cameron-heyward/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Flying Lotus:
🎵 1983
#FlyingLotus
https://fourhourfuture.bandcamp.com/track/murder-the-underground-hello-flying-lotus-1983
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Kq797LUw86mYdSZVclZIn

As the Trump administration sows chaos with a crushing fuel blockade of Cuba,
a general told Congress that the military will
“set up a camp” at Guantšnamo Bay
to detain those who try to flee the humanitarian crisis inflicted by the United States.
…

‘Beyond the pale’: general says US military will create a ‘camp’ at Gitmo to ‘deal with’ Cubans fleeing Trump blockade
One foreign policy expert noted that fears of a “mass exodus” of refugees come “as the US starves Cuba of energy and food.”

Millions in US do not want bombs falling on Havana, say activists | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/millions-us-do-not-want-bombs-falling-havana-say-activists

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Flyying Colours:
🎵 Long Holiday
#FlyyingColours
https://flyyingcolours.bandcamp.com/track/long-holiday
https://open.spotify.com/track/4mH5ajIJz9fc3D3SaIIAEc

Sources: following Manus probe, Chinese authorities ordered at least one other prominent AI startup, MiroMind, not to send talent and research out of China (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/21/china-ai-competition-manus-meta/

Beijing tightens its grip on AI firms that try to shed their Chinese ties
A Chinese government probe of a Meta-acquired company, Manus AI, reveals a new red line.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Blondie:
🎵 Hanging on the Telephone
#Blondie
https://prfmonthlytributeseries.bandcamp.com/track/hanging-on-the-telephone-feeling-lucky-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/7p5vqITKsGczKM92hggPFq