Google Throws a Bone to Publishers – DTNS 5337

A new feature aims to make it easier for news publishers to show up more often in AI overviews. Plus, ChatGPT can now access Apple Messages.

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao

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Show Notes

https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/search/personalize-search-discover-news/

Google Discover to Let Users Say Which News They Want to See


https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-expands-personalization-across-search-discover-news/586528/

Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses


https://www.google.com/preferences/source
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-pixel-watch-5-vs-galaxy-watch-9/
https://www.wired.com/review/google-pixel-watch-5/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-takeaways-after-wearing-the-pixel-watch-5-for-a-week/

Pixel Watch 5 (41mm) Initial Review: New watch alert, actually


https://www.engadget.com/2241496/google-pixel-watch-5-review/

ChatGPT update adds Apple Messages integration on Mac

ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in


https://dailytechnewsshow-shop.fourthwall.com/products/dtns-water-bottle
https://www.billboard.com/pro/apple-music-to-label-ai-generated-music/
https://www.polygon.com/xbox-series-x-25-year-anniversary-console-price-leak/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-21/deepseek-unveils-test-model-to-rival-anthropic-s-opus-4-8

Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada


https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/apple-reportedly-lays-off-vision-033929388.html
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3364781/china-clears-geely-landmark-satellite-iot-test-spur-commercial-space-sector
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ex-google-engineers-conviction-stealing-ai-secrets-partially-overturned-2026-08-20/
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/20/researcher-tricks-apples-find-my-into-sharing-location-data-with-linux/5290496
https://thenextweb.com/news/singapore-biological-data-centre-cortical-labs-neurons
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/us-distributor-of-chinas-most-popular-humanoid-robots-pivots-after-us-ban/

Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay


https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/21/new-york-san-francisco-tech-talent-cbre.html
https://thenextweb.com/news/brazil-ai-supercomputers-huawei-nvidia-split
https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/08/20/us-claims-15-of-the-worlds-top-20-hyperscale-datacenter-locations/5290436
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/harvard-students-make-auto-doxxing-smart-glasses-to-show-need-for-privacy-regs/
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/rekognition/latest/dg/recommendations-facial-input-images.html
https://www.milestonesys.com/articles/face-recognition-how-briefcam/
https://www.patreon.com/dtns