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The Measured Brief
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This week’s picks
- Repo roundup: a receipt printer that thanks every stargazer, a PR autopilot, and an ad-killer for Android
- Zero Breach Toolkit: a free, offline check for Pegasus-style spyware on your laptop and phone backups
- Alphabet lost about $500 billion in a day. The AI spending scare, measured
- Six small gadgets from October that are actually interesting (and their fine print)
- Microsoft's Maia 300 explained: why its own AI chip matters more after Azure's $33 billion quarter