If there's one through-line dominating today's digest, it's Google's aggressive bet that AI belongs everywhere — in your pocket, on your dashboard, and now on your laptop. The Googlebook announcement, Android 17's Gemini Intelligence rollout, and the reimagined AI-powered mouse pointer collectively represent the most coherent platform offensive Google has mounted in years. This isn't incremental. Google is telling you that the cursor, the keyboard, and the app drawer are all being rebuilt around

• Detroit Lions draft grades from NFL experts on 2026 class
The Detroit Lions wrapped up the 2026 NFL Draft with seven picks and mostly B-range grades from experts, headlined by Clemson OT Blake Miller at No. 17 and Michigan DE Derrick Moore at No. 44 to address key positional needs after a disappointing 9-8 season.

• Here's the NBA history Pistons will try to join with 3-1 series comeback
The 1-seed Detroit Pistons are down 3-1 to the 8-seed Orlando Magic in the first-round playoffs, facing a historically brutal 4.4% survival rate — but a 2003 Pistons team pulled off the exact same comeback against the exact same opponent.

• Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified in court that Elon Musk caused 'huge damage' to OpenAI's culture before his 2018 departure, calling Musk's exit a 'morale boost' for the company.

• Android Auto is now one (screen) size fits all
Google unveiled its biggest Android Auto update in 10 years at I/O 2026, introducing full-screen support for unconventionally shaped car displays, YouTube streaming, widget support, and expanded Gemini AI features.

• Google announces its Chromebook successor: the Googlebook
Google has announced the Googlebook, a new laptop platform set to launch this fall that succeeds the Chromebook and runs a fused Android-ChromeOS operating system previously codenamed Aluminium OS.

• Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450 million
Kevin Hartz's early-stage venture firm A* Capital has closed its third fund at $450 million, continuing a rapid fundraising pace and doubling down on AI, fintech, healthcare, and security startups.

• Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup
Former Tesla SVP Drew Baglino has quietly founded a second startup, Sadi Thermal Machines, focused on heat pumps — apparently making good on a promise he made on a Tesla earnings call back in 2022.

• Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the stand in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, testifying that Musk once suggested his children could inherit control of the company and that his management style damaged researcher morale.

• eBay rejects GameStop's $56B offer: "Your proposal is neither credible nor attractive"
eBay's board has formally rejected GameStop's $55.5 billion unsolicited takeover bid, calling it 'neither credible nor attractive,' while CEO Ryan Cohen signals h