Schindler cited ‘lower monetization’ in AI Mode searches. Alphabet shares fell over 12%, wiping $511bn, as Google takes AI Mode ads global.
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However, the company has seen “promising results” with its ad experiments, chief business officer Philipp Schindler said on yesterday’s earnings call. It’s also turning on AI Mode ads for more people and in more scenarios: ahead of that call, Google announced that it’s bringing ads in AI Mode to new countries and launching ads in follow-up queries in AI Mode in the US. [Link: Ads in AI Mode expand to new markets. | https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/ads-in-ai-mode-global/ | Google]
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Google “used to be a traffic driver, now it’s not.”
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The default one shows art from games you’ve played recently, but there’s also a “retro inspired” screensaver that features a bouncing Steam logo, lol. Valve is also testing a “Big Art Mode” for your home screen that more prominently features art from your games. There are a bunch of other new features, too: read about them all in the new Steam beta update notes. [Image: When will it get in the corner?? https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/57cd6d630c6158aa8398942593ebaf2cde35b7aa.png?quality=90&strip=all]
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Ashley Tyrner-Dolce spent more than a decade building FarmboxRx without taking a single dollar of venture capital and ultimately exited the company while still owning the majority of it. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Ashley to talk about what bootstrapping actually looks like when you don’t have money […]