https://michaelbtech.com A blog by Michael Brown en-us Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:57:02 GMT https://michaelbtech.com/promo https://michaelbtech.com/promo Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:23:40 GMT Amazon Prime Day is officially here, and we have an exclusive deal on one of the most comfortable open-fit earbuds on the market. From June 23 to June 26 in the US, you can secure the award-winning... https://michaelbtech.com/post/c00930d6-a785-4629-9cb0-7f3081da6729 https://michaelbtech.com/post/c00930d6-a785-4629-9cb0-7f3081da6729 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:42:03 GMT Tech Advisor Exclusive: The Google Nest Mini and Nest Audio are discontinued:Tech Advisor can exclusively reveal, via a statement from Google, that the Nest Mini and Nest Audio are both now defunct... https://michaelbtech.com/post/15cbe5e2-63f2-484c-99e0-80ce6fb13dc7 https://michaelbtech.com/post/15cbe5e2-63f2-484c-99e0-80ce6fb13dc7 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:07:55 GMT Walk into any coffee shop in Phoenix, Arizona, or Skyharbor International airport terminal, and you will notice something you'll see across this entire nation. It is a sea of Apple logos and white ... https://michaelbtech.com/post/e1e89cc5-2bcf-477e-8259-fce51c2a9f5c https://michaelbtech.com/post/e1e89cc5-2bcf-477e-8259-fce51c2a9f5c Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:15:50 GMT If you are like me and live in the Android ecosystem, today is basically a national holiday. The June Pixel Feature Drop is officially here, and this time, it is hitting alongside the massive relea... https://michaelbtech.com/post/dd9d0b67-a9d4-4c22-bb5a-09553cc5ae92 https://michaelbtech.com/post/dd9d0b67-a9d4-4c22-bb5a-09553cc5ae92 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:47:49 GMT Google Fitbit Air is now HSA/FSA eligible in the U.S.: The Google Fitbit Air 1 is now officially certified as Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) eligible for qualifyin... https://michaelbtech.com/post/67515b92-6a3b-4422-8c5a-5656bbb867b1 https://michaelbtech.com/post/67515b92-6a3b-4422-8c5a-5656bbb867b1 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:19:17 GMT Meta announced Threads has hit a new milestone a month before it's 3rd birthday: Today we’re announcing that Threads has reached 500 million monthly active users, a milestone that reflects people’s... https://michaelbtech.com/post/02ab8b7a-239f-4a3b-b530-385a69e7ab7b https://michaelbtech.com/post/02ab8b7a-239f-4a3b-b530-385a69e7ab7b Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:24:26 GMT With support from Google, Researchers at the University of California San Diego are building a useful second-life for consumer smartphones:The carbon footprint of computing is a key sustainability ... https://michaelbtech.com/post/9b298d4b-c10e-440b-973d-08ecd9823382 https://michaelbtech.com/post/9b298d4b-c10e-440b-973d-08ecd9823382 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:29:12 GMT There is a long-running argument in the tech community that the only way Google will ever truly make the Pixel beat the iPhone is by enforcing strict, company-wide dogfooding. If every single Googl... https://michaelbtech.com/post/c0e1a6f9-c934-4f3e-a84b-c77dc80126e1 https://michaelbtech.com/post/c0e1a6f9-c934-4f3e-a84b-c77dc80126e1 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:16:10 GMT The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is forcing a massive shift in mobile AI, and Google is right in the crosshairs. The core issue? Interoperability.Under Article 6(7) of the DMA, Google... https://michaelbtech.com/post/cc751261-74ef-46a5-86e5-967966d9aeb8 https://michaelbtech.com/post/cc751261-74ef-46a5-86e5-967966d9aeb8 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:06:06 GMT The new Google Home Speaker could be coming this week! Late last year, during Google's Made by Google event, Google teased the next update to the Google Home with a new Google Home Speaker. Many, i... https://michaelbtech.com/post/5fb000fb-66f2-406a-976f-c2c88f2b9028 https://michaelbtech.com/post/5fb000fb-66f2-406a-976f-c2c88f2b9028 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:47:05 GMT Fox's press release on the acquisition: The transaction combines FOX's leading sports, news and entertainment content and the Tubi service, with Roku's leading connected TV platform, The Roku Chann... https://michaelbtech.com/post/92f7e84d-376a-41f6-b951-20f7740453d9 https://michaelbtech.com/post/92f7e84d-376a-41f6-b951-20f7740453d9 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:48:23 GMT Nick Fox, Google's SVP of Knowledge & Information on what AI means to Google Search: AI is the best thing that's ever happened to search. And, you know, a lot of people are questioning that. A lot ... https://michaelbtech.com/post/b559688b-849a-4d44-90b5-64a639dc776f https://michaelbtech.com/post/b559688b-849a-4d44-90b5-64a639dc776f Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:13:35 GMT Sundar Pichai gave an amazing commencement address at the Stanford University class of 2026. I strongly suggest you read it, but I wanted to share a few moments in his speech, from his own personal... https://michaelbtech.com/post/d56d47af-13f2-4e4b-a236-af8691c0fd95 https://michaelbtech.com/post/d56d47af-13f2-4e4b-a236-af8691c0fd95 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:13:05 GMT The 1999 NBA Finals was legendary. I was younger, but the nostalgia of seeing these two squads go head-to-head back then still hits hard. Fast forward to 2026, and the basketball world is witnessin... https://michaelbtech.com/private-ai-compute-flex https://michaelbtech.com/private-ai-compute-flex Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:37:40 GMT I’ve been writing a lot lately about the battle between Siri AI and Gemini on my Pixel. There’s no denying that Apple has a legendary marketing machine, and the recent hype around Apple Intelligenc... https://michaelbtech.com/post/a1f9a263-989e-44eb-9f02-a7cbe6c2edc0 https://michaelbtech.com/post/a1f9a263-989e-44eb-9f02-a7cbe6c2edc0 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 19:44:38 GMT From Google's Keyword blog: We’re filing a lawsuit to dismantle their infrastructure, coordinating with the FBI who will be taking law enforcement actions, and will continue to work with AT&T, T-Mo... https://michaelbtech.com/post/14b0cc23-76e4-4c2b-bdf1-b8c18efc60f3 https://michaelbtech.com/post/14b0cc23-76e4-4c2b-bdf1-b8c18efc60f3 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:16:47 GMT I haven't used Siri since I last owned an iPhone XS, original HomePod, AirPods, and Apple Watch in 2019. Yep, I was fully engulfed in the Apple ecosystem, which is where Siri traditionally thrives.... https://michaelbtech.com/post/4dad2c6a-71b5-4c1e-9ea6-22010a43ee07 https://michaelbtech.com/post/4dad2c6a-71b5-4c1e-9ea6-22010a43ee07 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:06:10 GMT What are "Screen Reactions"? Patrick Shehane, Engineering Director at Google explains: We’re making it easier to create reaction videos without the hassle of switching apps or setting up a green sc... https://michaelbtech.com/post/8c7f9794-5779-4752-8a22-4c48aadd069a https://michaelbtech.com/post/8c7f9794-5779-4752-8a22-4c48aadd069a Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:32:44 GMT I've been spending more time in Google Discover instead of my timeline on Threads and other social media platforms these days because it's more tailored to my interest and what I search across Goog... https://michaelbtech.com/post/ee4c95b0-b2a1-45b5-9015-8ebf20f9de29 https://michaelbtech.com/post/ee4c95b0-b2a1-45b5-9015-8ebf20f9de29 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:43:50 GMT MichaelBTech is a blog written and produced by Michael Brown, owner of MichaelBTech, LLC. Apps & Frameworks I use to make this blog:Antigravity IDEDrupal CMS (back-end)Next.js (front-end)Google Dis...