Google unveils Gemini AI features, like select to search, for Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo's new $649 14" flagship with MediaTek's Kompanio Ultra chip (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/690885/googl
'Uniquely vulnerable': Louisiana girds for megabill fallout (Liz Crampton/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/mike-johnson-louisiana-medicaid-cuts-00419616
http://www.memeorandum.com/250625/p74#a250625p74
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
The Cranberries:
🎵 Dreams
#NowPlaying #TheCranberries
https://luminyst.bandcamp.com/track/the-cranberries-dreams-luminyst-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2J8xeXaGojJxfwlgcXISez
I don't know if those "FCK ISRL" stickers are legal in Switzerland, but I'm glad they're not in Germany, so we don't have to constantly go through the hassle of removing that crap. Israel's fundamental right to exist is not up for negotiation.
#Israel
OpenRouter, which directs AI prompts to various LLMs based on cost, speed, and other factors, raised $40M at a valuation of about $500M (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/openrouter-a-marketplace-for-ai…
Coincidentally, I just finished reading two books about the Chernobyl disaster.
The first explains what went wrong, and traces the long investigation to discover the root cause. Has much of the same information as the HBO documentary (but is more detailed and factually accurate):
Inside Amazon's Indiana data center complex: built for Anthropic with plans for ~30 centers, consuming 2.2GW of power and millions of gallons of water per year (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html