Google is ruled an illegal monopoly. Again. But for a different reason this time. Switch 2 pre-orders are back on. Americans are flocking to Temu and Shein alternatives. And in the Weekend Longreads Suggestions, what if I told you 25 percent of community college applicants are now AI bots? And not only that, the bots are now “attending classes” in quotes.

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Google Broke the Law to Keep Its Advertising Monopoly, a Judge Rules (NYTimes)
Google loses online advertising monopoly case (Axios)
Google Found GUILTY of Monopolization Again (The Big Newsletter)
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders start April 24th and the price is still $449.99 (The Verge)
The latest viral ChatGPT trend is doing ‘reverse location search’ from photos (TechCrunch)
Chinese shopping app Taobao joins DHgate in Top 5 on US App Store (TechCrunch)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

As ‘Bot’ Students Continue to Flood In, Community Colleges Struggle to Respond (Voice Of San Diego)
Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (NYTimes)

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