Nº 111
AI TRAINING
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27 JUL 2026
Google Won’t Train on Your Inbox. Just the Summary.
Google says it doesn't train AI models on your Gmail or Drive. It does train on the summaries, excerpts, and inferences drawn from them.
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Nº 110
27 JUL 2026
Sony Gave the Disc an Expiration Date
Sony will stop producing discs for new PlayStation games in January 2028. A petition against it has passed 330,000 signatures and is still climbing.
4 MIN READ
Nº 109
27 JUL 2026
Netflix Is Importing the Web It Beat
Starting August 3, Netflix carries video from BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, Hearst, and Penske brands — on the homepage, next to the originals.
4 MIN READ
Nº 108
27 JUL 2026
Roblox Is Handing Nine-Year-Olds a Make a Game Button
Roblox's new Build tool turns a text prompt into a playable game. Public alpha starts July 28 in New Zealand, for age-verified users nine and older.
4 MIN READ
Nº 107
27 JUL 2026
Apple Says OpenAI’s Device Walked Out of Cupertino
Apple sued OpenAI on July 10 over alleged trade secret theft, naming two former Apple employees. OpenAI denies wanting anyone else's secrets.
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Nº 106
27 JUL 2026
Black Flag Sold 2 Million. Its Studio Went on Strike.
Ubisoft Barcelona struck through June and July over 51 proposed layoffs, then shipped a remake that moved two million copies on day one.
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Nº 105
27 JUL 2026
Anthropic Paid $3,000 a Book and Kept Everything It Learned
A federal judge approved the largest copyright payout in U.S. history on July 20. The authors get a check. Anthropic keeps the models.
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