Pixelated 098: Iconic glow
Welcome to episode 98 of Pixelated, the podcast 9 to 5 Google. This week Abner, Damien and Will all sort of the last exclusive report. From the upcoming app icon design for Google’s Workspace, which, if the Pixel is any…
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Perplexity is developed on the native “Personal Computer” platform on the Mac
Apple addressed Perplexity during its Q2 2026 earnings call yesterday, and now the company is offering more details on why it’s building the Mac-first PC platform. Here are the details. The personal computer was highlighted during Apple’s earnings call Confusion…
The error sends YouTube’s web player into an infinite lag cycle
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube’s web player appears to have a rendering bug that sends browsers into an endless loop of visual changes. The constant page rendering cycle causes a rapid increase in processor and RAM usage, with…
Google is flipping the script, reportedly considering placing ads in its Gemini app
What you need to know Among Alphabet’s gains this week, Google chief business officer Philipp Schindler said advertising for Gemini could be under review. First, the company is said to be pursuing an ad format for the AI mode, and…
I wish I had discovered the 5 features of Jellyfin sooner
Jellyfin is one of those self-hosted apps that can seem simple at first, especially if you’re only using it as a placeholder. skip movies and TV shows. So I’ve been using it longer than I should have, basically treating it…
Android’s new 24-hour sideload delay should have happened years ago
Sideloading is a hot topic in the mobile sphere, and Google recently made a big change to how it works on Android. I think this is a fantastic change, and I wish Google had added a 24-hour delay for sideloading…
Hallow Road, Amsterdam Narcos, WWII: New to watch on Disney+ and Hulu the week of May 1, 2026
things get interesting for Disney+ and Hulu combination, as several Star Wars movies that were previously Disney+ exclusives are coming to Hulu this week. The first part of the month is always busy, and May is no different, with lots…
TODAY: Microsoft will focus on desktops with UWP – here’s why you should watch out
Nine years ago today, we covered Microsoft’s attempt to reposition Universal Windows Platform applications by bringing them closer to traditional desktop software. At the time, Microsoft was trying to bridge the two worlds by giving UWP developers greater access to…
The AI scaffold layer collapses. The CEO of LlamaIndex explains what survives.
The layer of scaffolding that developers once needed to ship LLM applications—layers of indexing, query engines, search pipelines, carefully orchestrated agent loops—is crumbling. According to LlamaIndex co-founder and CEO Jerry Liu, that’s not a problem. That’s the point. “As a…
After drones hit data centers, Amazon spent months making repairs
Amazon’s cloud customers will have to wait a few more months before the US tech company repairs its war-damaged data centers and resumes normal operations in the Middle East. The announcement comes two months after Iranian drones targeted three Amazon…
