Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership

by bleffel | Aug 5, 2026 | Uncategorized

Google is making some significant AI leadership changes, including a major shift for Google DeepMind leader Demis Hassabis. Hassabis will become the chair of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist at Alphabet, CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Wednesday. Hassabis will...

SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X

by bleffel | Aug 5, 2026 | Uncategorized

Privatize the profit, socialize the losses? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Once, I had some questions about why SpaceX, Elon Musk’s healthiest company, acquired xAI, his sickliest one. Now I have some questions about why we’re calling the...

The world’s smallest USB drive has more storage than an iPhone 17

by bleffel | Aug 5, 2026 | Uncategorized

At a time when storage space commands a premium price, SanDisk's Extreme Fit drive is worth a look.

Sunbird’s iMessage app for Android is back after a major privacy snafu

by bleffel | Aug 5, 2026 | Uncategorized

This was one of the interoperability tools people used before Apple adopted RCS.

Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI

by bleffel | Aug 5, 2026 | Uncategorized

Reddit is enlisting AI to help moderate new subreddits – and eventually the rest of site. The company is introducing automated moderation tools that rely on LLMs to help mods manage their communities, and it’s expanding who can use those tools today ahead...