Emma Roth

Android Authority shared images of what appear to be Google’s cases for the upcoming Pixel 9a, and their design tracks with renders showing the device without the Pixel’s distinctive camera bar. The Pixel 9a is expected to launch next month with a potential price increase for more storage.

The company’s new “Economic Index” aims to show how AI is impacting the labor market over time. Its initial report shows questions in the “computer and mathematical” category made up 37.5 percent of all queries sent to its AI chatbot Claude. It also found that “in just over half of cases, AI was not being used to replace people doing tasks, but instead worked with them.”

President Trump said he instructed the US Treasury Secretary to stop the “wasteful” production of new pennies, adding that they “cost us more than 2 cents” to mint. As noted by the NYT, it’s not exactly clear whether Trump has the authority to do this, as Congress is tasked with overseeing the production of coins.

This recent video from YouTuber Chuppl highlights a 2023 pre-print estimating people have wasted as many as 819 million hours solving reCAPTCHA since Google acquired it in 2009, as spotted earlier by Boing Boing. Dr. Andrew Searles, the researcher who submitted the study, told Chuppl that Google collects a trove of data through reCAPTCHA, including keystrokes, clicks, IP addresses, and more.

The company’s annual report no longer says it’s focused on “inclusion and diversity,” a line it included in past filings, as reported by CNBC. Amazon has already announced that it’s “winding down” some of its DEI programs, similar to Meta and Google.

In its earnings report released today, Take-Two confirmed that GTA VI is on track for a launch later this year: