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Cole to make long-awaited Yankees return Friday
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will make his season debut Friday in his first major league start since undergoing Tommy John surgery last year.
Politico8:46 PMCan Massie remain standing even as other Trump enemies fall?
The president faces several tests of his power on Tuesday, from Kentucky to Georgia to Alabama.
Politico8:46 PMTrump endorses Paxton over Cornyn for Texas Senate
The late endorsement comes just a week before the heated GOP runoff election between the state attorney general and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
Politico8:46 PMGeorgia Republicans worry their path to defeating Ossoff is becoming more difficult
The party is heading into Tuesday night’s primary with no dominant front-runner and many voters still undecided.
- TechCrunch8:46 PM
Elon Musk said Sam Altman “stole” a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims
“By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America.”
- TechCrunch8:46 PM
Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses
Google is calling the new devices "audio glasses," in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them and get things done via its ecosystem of apps and services, including Gemini.
- TechCrunch8:46 PM
Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View
Google DeepMind is integrating Street View with Project Genie to create immersive, interactive world simulations for robotics, gaming, and travel, allowing users to explore environments, weather changes, and rare scenarios.
- TechCrunch8:46 PM
With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company's annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.
- TechCrunch8:46 PM
How to use Google’s new information agents
Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes.
- TechCrunch8:46 PM
Google Search as you know it is over
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.