How I shorted $TRUMP coin (and got to have dinner with the President)

How I shorted $TRUMP coin (and got to have dinner with the President)

Last month, Donald Trump pushed the boundaries of government and financial ethics by announcing a contest: whoever bought and held the highest amount of the $TRUMP meme coin for an entire month would win an invite to a private dinner with the President. That dinner took place on Thursday at the Trump National Golf Course…

Gemini in Chrome feels like a small step toward Google’s agentic era

Gemini in Chrome feels like a small step toward Google’s agentic era

Gemini will automatically surface recommended prompts when you select it. I spent my morning with Gemini in Chrome, the new integration that puts the AI-powered assistant right in your browser. Instead of going to the chatbot’s web app, you can click the new Gemini button in Chrome’s top-right corner to start a conversation – but…

Android Auto will get Spotify Jam and support for video apps and web browsers

Android Auto will get Spotify Jam and support for video apps and web browsers

Spotify gets new templates for Android Auto. Android Auto is getting more than just Google’s Gemini assistant after the Google I/O developer conference. The company has also announced or otherwise shown off a slew of changes coming to the infotainment operating system, including an updated Spotify app, a light mode, and the introduction of web…

Real-world map data is helping make better games about farms and transportation

Real-world map data is helping make better games about farms and transportation

City Bus Manager. I’m feeling a strange sense of pressure as I set up my first bus route in City Bus Manager. I want to get things right for the public transportation users of this city, probably because it’s the city I actually live in. City Bus Manager uses OpenStreetMap (OSM) data to populate its…