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A week with Googlebooks: four notes from our testing so far
So far the software vibes are a bit off.
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So far the software vibes are a bit off.
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A lot of smart design choices.
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The service, which launched last year in the US, is expanding internationally starting October 20th. “Subscribers in the U.K. and Canada will now be able to stream a selection of live channels from CNN’s portfolio of International and US programming, exclusive video-on-demand content, and a library of award-winning CNN Original Series and CNN Films,” according to a press release. CNN says it’s planning to bring the service to “additional international markets” in the “coming year.” [Link: CNN’s All Access Subscription Launching in the UK & Canada on Oct 20 | https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2026/10/13/cnns-all-access-subscription-to-launch-internationally-in-the-u-k-and-canada-on-october-20/ | CNN Press Room]
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GamesBeat is reporting the timeline, citing “four industry sources familiar with the studio’s plans.” That would be much quicker than the PC launch for GTA V, which came out more than a year and a half after the game’s console release. [Link: Grand Theft Auto VI's PC release is slated for Q1 2027 | https://gamesbeat.com/grand-theft-auto-vis-pc-release-is-slated-for-q1-2027/ | GamesBeat]
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‘The group will advise on the review and communication of emerging results.’
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How big is too big? And when does a company become so big that the government is forced to step in and make it smaller? Politicians have been struggling with those questions for at least a hundred years. But as the latest generation of tech companies has taken shape, the questions are becoming more and more relevant to internet giants like Google and Facebook. There’s a new movement in Washington to break up those companies, whether through a Justice Department lawsuit or an old-school appeal to the Sherman Antitrust Act. It’s a struggle Microsoft fended off in the ‘90s, and it has only grown more urgent in the years since. As Amazon has taken a stranglehold of online retail, Jeff Bezos’ company has started to attract antitrust attention as well, with figures like Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Lina Khan taking aim at Amazon’s cutthroat competitive strategies. If it succeeds, it would be one of the most ambitious government projects in a generation — but success is still a long way off.
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Epic Games is going all-in on AI.
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We waited six years for color LEDs?
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