A federal judge found Google broke ad-tech law and still will not make it sell AdX. April liability stands. The public order rejects a sale and does not list the new rules. Also: Gemini 3.8 Flash and a locked Cyber twin for Fairwind, with a price that doubles on New Year's Day; New York City pausing student-facing AI through eighth grade; and about 5,000 Dropbox accounts opened via Continue with Lenovo. The side of tech news nobody talks about.

In this episode

• Google keeps AdX. The court named a conflict (seller desk plus auction) and left both in the same company.
• Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheap and public. Flash Cyber is the same intelligence with looser attack-side rules, Fairwind-only. Intro price doubles 1 Jan 2027.
• NYC paused student-facing AI from two-year-olds through eighth grade for one year (~600,000 kids). Companion chatbots banned in every grade. Teachers and high-school pilots stay.
• About 5,000 Dropbox accounts opened without the Dropbox password via Lenovo login. Files downloaded from ~1,500. Lenovo's email check is the colorful bug. Dropbox treating a matching email as enough is the hole.

Links

• The Current - Google avoids ad tech breakup
• Public Knowledge - remedies leave monopoly power intact
• Hacker News - Google ad tech remedies
• Google - Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.8 Flash Cyber
• Google - Fairwind Program
• Hacker News - Gemini 3.8 Flash
• NYC Mayor's Office - student-facing AI pause
• Hacker News - NYC school AI pause
• 9to5Mac - Dropbox login via Lenovo ID
• Hacker News - Dropbox Lenovo login

AI disclosure

This episode was created with artificial intelligence. Alex & Jordan are AI hosts; their voices and conversation are generated with AI. Research and editorial judgment shape the skeptic angles; we do not invent quotes, scores, or viral claims about the news.