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Bitcoin is holding its breath near seventy-six thousand eight hundred dollars as the month draws to a close. Speculative altcoins are retreating, and traders are watching closely whether the flagship cryptocurrency can defend what analyst Tom Lee has called a critical floor. The next few days could set the tone for the broader crypto market heading into summer.
Shifting from markets to the machines we use every day, Google's Gemini assistant is expanding its footprint across Gmail, Drive, and other core apps at a pace that's starting to feel less like a feature rollout and more like a takeover. Critics are drawing uncomfortable comparisons to Microsoft's Copilot, which faced backlash for inserting itself into workflows users hadn't asked it to touch. The question isn't whether AI belongs in these tools — it's whether anyone asked.
And in California politics, hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer is running for governor on a platform that wants to tax the ultra-wealthy, regulate artificial intelligence, and somehow keep Silicon Valley from packing its bags. It's a balancing act that reflects a tension running through the entire state — between the fortunes tech has created and the problems those fortunes have left behind.
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