Intro

Is actual neo-ludditeism going to become a thing, as some people have predicted? Google reveals the strength of its subscription businesses. A review of Google’s Gemini. Bluesky is open and doing some interesting things. And what about the strategic position Snap suddenly finds itself in?

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Links:

• A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco (The Verge)
• Google One hits 100 million subscribers (The Verge)
• Google’s Gemini assistant is a fantastic and frustrating glimpse of the AI future (The Verge)
• ASML's next chip challenge: rollout of its new $350 mln 'High NA EUV' machine (Reuters)
• Meta turns its back on politics again, angering some news creators (Washington Post)
• Bluesky Opens Up (TechDirt)
• It’s Snap versus the world (The Verge)

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