The Pickle Is In: You’ll See This Emoji and More on Your Device Next Year

I’m predicting the pickle emoji will knock the eggplant emoji off its pedestal.

Dev releases ‘unblockable’ ASCII video stream software, stoking fears of unstoppable ads — delivers 360p video at 30 FPS and acts as a ‘bridge for AI’

A new and unique video streaming solution is pitched as a ‘high-performance, real-time ASCII video rendering engine’ that can be used to broadcast ‘an unblockable video stream.’
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Google floats reduced initial 5GB free cloud storage limit, users claim — 15GB to require extra security measures, company confirms it is ‘testing a new storage policy for new accounts’

While Google has not publicly announced the change, the company confirmed that it is testing a new approach designed to improve account security and data recovery.
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Backblaze silently redefines ‘unlimited’ backups and users discover it’s not backing up Dropbox and OneDrive — as firm leans heavier into AI storage services, changes could signal shift away from home backups

Backblaze redefines “unlimited” while users discover it’s not backing up Dropbox, OneDrive, et al

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Expert maps out more than 80 different Microsoft Copilot products, but there may be more than 100 — ‘What happens when you name everything Copilot,’ an AI consultant mapped out the myriad products

An AI aficionado has put together a chart of all the Copilot products they could find. At the latest count there are 80.
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Artemis II astronaut finds two Outlook instances running on computers, calls on Houston to fix Microsoft anomaly — puzzled caller describes ‘two Outlooks, and neither one of those are working’

‘Two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working,’ complains Artemis II astronaut.

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Google is allowing users to change their Gmail address, per official Google support doc — experimental @gmail feature rolling out in India first, no official announcement yet

Google is finally adding a much-awaited feature to Gmail, allowing to change your old @gmail addresses without needing to create a new account. After switching to a new Gmail, you’ll receive emails on both addresses, and a…

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‘LeBron James of Excel spreadsheets’ celebrates 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championships win — beat 256 other spreadsheet whizzes to claim the $60,000 first prize in Las Vegas tournament

The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championships final in Las Vegas has been won by Irishman Diarmuid Early.

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