Google quietly rewrites search links to curb scraping, AI leaders argue over whether to pace the frontier or keep building, and everyday trust — from the TV in the living room to the VPN switch on your phone — gets a fresh stress test.

Who is responsible when an AI-written app clones an open-source project? That fight set the day’s tone, while a phone turned into a home server and an 11-year bet about dying URLs rounded out a quieter argument about what we keep and what we throw away.