Brace yourselves. The so‑called “fancy URL” you came for is nothing but the harbinger of even grimmer news. Sure, you shave off seven precious keystrokes—if that’s something you celebrate. But rest assured, typing URLs is already obsolete now that everything lands in your inbox like an unwanted omen. And for those of you who’ve become dependent on pounding out “Substack,” rejoice (or don’t): the old link still trudges along, limping its way to your screen. A hollow victory, if ever there was one.
Meanwhile, in the desolate wasteland of the internet, 70–75% of domain names lie dead, claimed by speculator vultures who hoard them like some morbid treasure. Iconic “.com” nightmares like “crapcan.com,” “burritostomymouth.com,” and “unclaimedbacon.com” rot in digital purgatory, never to see the light of day. Yet somehow, “theadstacker.com” manages to claw its way out of the abyss—and you’ll be forced to learn to love it, whether you want to or not. UPDATE: crapcannes.com is available as we speak for 11 bucks! Same with crappecannes.com
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Behold the foreshadowing of a darker horizon: OpenAI has snatched up Fidji Simo, a move insiders warn could warp the company’s product pipeline into something disturbingly “brand‑friendly”—a Trojan horse greased to infiltrate the advertising world. Industry whispers paint her as the grim architect of an unholy alliance between AI and marketing’s insatiable bottom line.
And as for Altman’s little icon? Glance closely… you’ll see the very playground where his LLM was forged, a silent testament to how intellectual property (like Ghibli-style) is seemingly up for grabs.
Many AI “experts” who clog LinkedIn truly embarrass themselves. This makes up for the #AIFails in my social feeds.
Thanks to Stacker Steve Torrisi for the heads up. Though I’ve had enough of the main character, I watched it twice. This work shows the kind of detailed pre-pro that prodco’s are capable of putting into everything they do. Perhaps this is the key differentiator between prodco’s and holding company production?
Mark your calendars for May 20–21—if you dare. Google I/O 2025 will descend upon the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. Even before the gates creak open, Google has already unleashed a barrage of “groundbreaking” updates during its prelude, ominously titled “The Android Show: I/O Edition,” offering a ghastly preview of what’s coming.
Though the main event hasn’t even begun, the company has already rolled out several seismic shifts in that foreboding mini‑summit. Below lies a snapshot of the key revelations that herald the coming upheaval:
Behold the creeping tendrils of Google’s Gemini AI, infiltrating every corner of your digital life—from the dashboard in Android Auto to the wrist on Wear OS, your living room on Google TV, and even the looming realm of Android XR. Soon, there will be no hiding from its relentless gaze. In your car, Gemini’s insidious chatter compels you to summon messages, plot fuel stops, and manage emails without so much as a touch—stripping away the last semblance of analog control. It’s everywhere, translating your words in real time across 40+ tongues, and with its “Live” feature, it’ll whisper instructions in your ear as you drive, until every journey is under its watchful, context‑aware dominion.
Brace yourselves for the coming onslaught of Android 16 and its so‑called “Material 3 Expressive” makeover—a veneer of personalization masking an encroaching digital dystopia. Key abominations awaiting you:
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A “revamped” interface where fluid animations seduce you into surrendering every ounce of agency.
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A forced dark mode that drags every app into perpetual shadow, blotting out the light of choice.
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Battery health menus turned into grim diagnostics, reminding you of the ticking clock inside your device’s corpse.
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“Live Updates” pinned mercilessly to your lock screen, like specters that haunt you until you relent—your notifications shackled in view, Apple’s Dynamic Island be damned.
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A sinister new “Find Hub” that tracks your gadgets—and by extension, you—wherever you roam.
And to seal the deal, Android 16 will arrive ahead of schedule, crashing onto Pixel devices this June, ensuring there’s nowhere to hide when the digital darkness descends.
Prepare for the tightening noose of Google’s latest “security” theater—an arsenal of features masquerading as shields against scams and smartphone theft. Yet beneath the surface lies a stark reminder: your every call, screen share, and message is under siege.
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Phone Call Fortifications – jeez – I read this as a different word: A bulwark built to keep predators at bay—yet it’s also a testament to how vulnerable we remain.
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Screen‑Sharing Locks: A digital moat to protect your secrets, even as it underscores the lurking threat of unseen intruders.
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Device Access Barricades: Heavy gates that guard your data, signaling that uninvited hands are ever ready to pry.
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Message Security Upgrades: Encrypted lines meant to keep your words safe, while reminding you that silence may be safer than speech.
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Tightened App Permissions: Rigorously enforced controls that let you police every app—proof that trust in software is now a scarce commodity.
Welcome to the age of “protection,” where Google’s ironclad safeguards speak volumes about the perilous landscape we inhabit.
Brace yourselves as Wear OS 6 drags your once‑simple wrist companion into the sleek yet suffocating realm of Material 3 Expressive—where every glance is a reminder that design can imprison as well as delight. This update teases a meager 10 percent battery life boost—hardly enough to keep the lights on before you’re forced to plug in again.
Worse still, Google has fused Gemini AI into the firmware’s veins, granting your watch the “gift” of natural, context‑aware commands. Soon, there will be no spontaneous thought unmonitored, no idle moment free from its probing prompts. Even your most personal gestures will be cataloged in service of relentless optimization—until your own wrist feels like the cuff of a digital overseer.
Behold the next frontier of surveillance: Google’s unholy foray into spatial computing with Android XR, a dread operating system forged in the murky depths alongside Samsung and Qualcomm. This sinister platform is built to animate devices like Samsung’s Project Moohan headset and Google’s own smartglasses—every one a doorway into an immersive panopticon. And at its core lurks the Gemini AI chatbot, ever ready to eavesdrop, interpret, and manipulate your reality under the guise of “intelligence.” There’s no retreat from its watchful presence—only deeper descent into its all‑seeing embrace.
Brace yourself for NotebookLM’s evolution from its innocuous codename “Project Tailwind” into a full‑blown standalone app, driven by the ominous might of Gemini 2.5 Flash. This so‑called “research assistant” will sweep through your queries with unnerving thoroughness, dissecting even the most labyrinthine, multi‑step reasoning—stripping away the mystery and leaving you exposed to its relentless logic. Boasting support for over 50 languages, it promises universal reach, ensuring there’s no corner of your thoughts it can’t probe. And mark your calendars: this digital leviathan will be unleashed at Google I/O 2025, heralding a new era where nothing you ask remains private or unanswered. All this aside, this is one of my Google fav’s.
Gird yourselves for the ominous herald of Google I/O 2025: the tech leviathan has unleashed a redesigned ‘G’ logo—its first mutation in a decade.
Goggle says “Go to Hell, you cheap inkjet printers! This Mega-G is a real paper soaker!”
This innocuous swirl of red, yellow, green, and blue now bleeds into itself with eerily smooth gradients, a sinister nod to the company’s ever-tightening grip on AI. Even its colors conspire to whisper of algorithms and data pipelines, portending a future where every pixel serves the cold logic of machine dominion.
The stage is set for a Google I/O drenched in AI’s shadow, where every “enhancement” is another proof point of its creeping ubiquity. Brace yourself for a keynote of bleak revelations, led by Sundar Pichai and his lieutenants at 10 a.m. PT on May 20—when hope for spontaneity gives way to a deeper surrender to algorithmic control.
Tune in at io.google/2025 if you dare, and prepare for the full schedule of revelations that will chart our course further into the abyss. More grim details will surface as I/O 2025 draws near—remain vigilant.
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