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The Feature That Is Off By Default For a Reason
Google Gemini personal intelligence is available in Canada starting today, and the thing it knows about you when switched on is genuinely surprising. It reads Gmail. It scans photos. It tracks YouTube and search history. It found a licence plate number in someone's camera roll and used it to answer a question about tires. It is off by default. That was a deliberate choice and it is worth understanding why.
There is a completely different kind of tech story also in this episode. On the far side of the moon, out of contact with Earth, Jeremy Hansen shared maple cream cookies with his crew. He…
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