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🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Google unveiled Googlebook, merging ChromeOS and Android into a unified laptop OS shipping this fall. WhatsApp launches Incognito Chat for private AI conversations. Anthropic's revenue run-rate is on track to hit $50B by end of June, and Anduril raised $5B at a $61B valuation. Google unveils Googlebook, its new laptop lineup featuring a unified OS merging ChromeOS and Android, with devices from Dell, HP, and others coming this fall (ZDNet) Google also unveiled Gemini Intelligence, bundling existing and new Gemini features, including task automation across apps and letting users vibe code Android widgets (The Verge) WhatsApp launches Incognito Chat, an AI chat mode built on Private Processing that Meta says lets users talk to AI without Meta being able to access the chats (Wired) Investor docs: Anthropic's revenue run-rate is on track to hit $50B by the end of June; Ramp says more of its customers now use Anthropic than OpenAI, a first (WSJ) Anduril raised a $5B Series H led by Thrive and a16z at a $61B valuation, up from $30.5B in June 2025, taking its total funding to $6.82B, and could IPO in 2027 (NYT) Richard Socher's Recursive Superintelligence raised $650M+ from GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, AMD, and others at a $4B valuation to pursue "recursive self-improvement" (NYT) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Instagram teen accounts with automatic protections on who can contact teenagers and the content they can see.
0:07.0	Instagram teen accounts have contact limits on by default, so teenagers get messages from people they know, not strangers,
0:15.0	and default content settings.
0:17.0	Plus, teenagers under 16 can't change these default settings without parental approval.
0:22.8	So parents can help teenagers connect safely.
0:26.5	Learn more at Instagram.com slash teen accounts.
0:34.2	Welcome to the TechBrew Ride Home for Wednesday, May 13th, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough today. Google unveiled Google Book,
0:40.5	merging Chrome OS and Android into a unified laptop OS. WhatsApp launched incognito chat for private AI
0:46.8	conversations. Anthropics revenue run rate is on track to hit $50 billion by the end of June,
0:52.9	and Andrewill raised $5 billion at a $61 billion valuation.
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1:38.5	Google yesterday unveiled Google Books, a new laptop lineup featuring a unified OS
1:43.9	merging ChromeOS and Android,
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