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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, July 8, 2026?
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Google Delays Gemini 3.5 Pro to July 17: The Strategic Play Behind the Scrapped Base Model
By @mexclearn [ 4 Min read ] Google DeepMind has officially delayed Gemini 3.5 Pro to July 17, 2026, scrapping its original base model for a deeper pre-training cycle. Read the analysis. Read More.
Prediction Markets Are Entering Their Infrastructure Era
By @edwinmunyui [ 6 Min read ] Prediction markets hit a record $45B in June, but liquidity, regulation and security gaps still challenge institutional adoption. Read More.
Michael Saylor Better Hope Bitcoin Doesnt Rise Too Much
By @javiermateos [ 21 Min read ] Strategy can survive a Bitcoin crash but a rally might bankrupt it. Read More.
Another Meditation App Is Not the Fix to Workplace Burnout
By @patchdayalert [ 7 Min read ] Burnout is not a resilience problem. It is what happens when workload, control, staffing, and incentives are designed to break people. Read More.
Why Google Is Replacing RSA With ECDSA (And Why It Isnt About Quantum)
By @0xlooptheory [ 8 Min read ] Google Trust Services shifts some Google services to ECDSA leaf certificates by default in Q2 2026. Classical cleanup, not PQC: how TLS migrates in layers. Read More.
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