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Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome to India, New Zealand, and Canada, and adds support for over 50 additional languages, including Hindi, French, and Spanish (Charmaine D'Silva/The Keyword)
https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/prod…

Expanding Chrome’s AI experiences to India, New Zealand and Canada
We’re bringing Gemini in Chrome’s powerful AI features to more regions and languages, helping millions of people get the most out of their browser.

Google is testing a new ad format in AI Mode that displays retailers selling the products a user is searching for in a Sponsored box (Vidhya Srinivasan/Google Ads & Commerce Blog)
https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/agentic-commerce…

New tech and tools for retailers to succeed in an agentic shopping era
An overview of Google’s new open standard for agentic commerce and AI tools to help retailers connect with shoppers and drive sales.

Iraq oil ports halt operations after tanker attacks – report
Iraqi officials are saying oil ports have “completely stopped operations” while commercials ports continue to operate after an attack on a fuel tankers, according to Iraqi state media.
Iraqi port security officials have said two foreign tankers carrying Iraqi fuel oil were in flames after being attacked by Iranian boats laden with explosives, killing a foreign crew member.
Iraq’s General Company for Ports chief Fa…

Ach ... De hele geschiedenis van de landbouw door de ogen van Louise Fresco is nog in zn geheel terug te kijken.
Een serie in zes delen van zo'n 40 minuten.
Fresco’s paradise, part 1: The Source - YouTube
#LouiseFresco #FrescosParadise #Human

Portugal fined £8.7m by EU court for failing to protect biodiversity https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/05/portugal-fined-eu-court-biodiversity-protection-failure

from my link log —
3D rendering periodic spaces with signed distance functions.
https://ianthehenry.com/posts/periodic-spaces/
saved 2026-03-12 https:/…

Periodic Spaces
One of my favorite SDF techniques is domain repetition:

AP: Activists say the death toll in the crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran spiked Sunday to at least 538 people. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency also warns the toll is likely to go up. And with the internet down in Iran and phone lines cut off, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more difficult as AP’s Jon Gambrell explains

Iran foreign minister says country ready for negotiations
but also ‘fully prepared for war’
Abbas Araghchi warns adversaries against ‘miscalculation’ as Trump mulls military response to protest crackdown

‘The streets are full of blood’: Iranian protests gather momentum as regime cracks down

Iranian student killed during protests was shot in head ‘from close range’

Unpredictable Trump weighs up Iranian pleas for help against calls for r…

Krijgt GLPvdA gelijk, of de 50 lokale 'Pro-...' partijen? Wordt Pro landelijk mogelijk, dan blijft nog steeds een heel ongelukkige keuze voor die 50 gemeenten waar je twee Pro partijen zult krijgen.
Eigenlijk gewoon een flinke blunder (met een ook nog lelijke naam) wat mij betreft.
😵‍💫
Lokale 'Pro'-partijen willen bij rechter nieuwe naam GL-PvdA aanvechten
#politiek #pro

A CBS News producer quits, saying stories may now be evaluated "on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations", causing self-censorship (Alyssa Ray/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism…

CBS News Producer Quits in Fiery Note Lambasting Bari Weiss’ Break From ‘Journalistic Merit’
Alicia Hastey has departed CBS News as a producer after four years with the network, blasting Bari Weiss' break from "journalist merit" in a fiery note.