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Google’s AI-generated widgets from Android phones will also come over to Googlebooks. The widgets are more limited than you might expect, though. They can collect data from the web, as well as certain content from your Google apps, to create a “personalized dashboard” for your home screen. The format and style will be adapted to the laptop form factor. Phone apps and not phone apps Google seems to be avoiding an explicit mention of Android when discussing Googlebooks, but that’s the underlying software. That gives the devices access to a wide variety of apps—Google tried for years to shoehorn Android…

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The BBC’s Harry Farley talks through a dramatic day in British politics as the prime minister fights for his job. Over 80 Labour MPs have now urged Keir Starmer to quit immediately or draw up a timetable to leave. Meanwhile, more than 100 other Labour MPs have signed statement backing the PM. More on this story. Source link

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SHENZHEN, CHINA – MAY 1: The Chinese national flag is seen in front of stacked shipping containers bearing MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company), Maersk, and Hamburg Süd branding at Yantian Port on May 1, 2026, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesChinese exporters spent the past year scrambling to diversify away from the U.S., moving supply chains overseas and targeting new markets, including the Middle East, as punishing tariffs upended their business models. Now the Iran war has heaped fresh pressure on those businesses, choking critical shipping lanes, triggering a historic energy shock, and threatening…

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Microsoft has heard your complaints about Windows 11, and it wants to make things better. That has been the messaging out of Microsoft for most of this year, and the company is also going out of its way to make sure that people know what is being improved and how. One of the goals on Microsoft’s long list was to improve the performance of core Windows components like the Start menu and File Explorer. One of the strategies for making this happen is something Microsoft is calling the “low latency profile,” which will speed things up by calling on an…

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The summer box office is off to a sizzling start — and it’s only getting started.Over the weekend, domestic ticket sales topped $161 million, a nearly 88% improvement over the same three-day frame in 2025. Disney and 20th Century Studio’s “The Devil Wears Prada 2” led the pack, adding $41.6 million during its second week, followed by Warner Bros.’ “Mortal Kombat II,” which snared $38.5 million during its opening. Lionsgate’s “Michael” brought in another $37.9 million in its third week in theaters.The weekend was bolstered by new releases like Amazon MGM’s “The Sheep Detectives” and Paramount’s “Billie Eilish — Hit…

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Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had called Makary over a weekend to scold him for not moving fast enough to authorize flavored vapes, particularly menthol, mango, and blueberry flavors from the Los Angeles manufacturer Glas. The FDA authorized those flavored products days later and issued a new policy that would make it easier to market flavored vapes. Officials in the Trump administration also noted that Makary had angered anti-abortion activists, who accused him of slow-walking a safety review of mifepristone, a pill used for abortion and miscarriage treatment. Officials also said Makary butted heads with other…

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