💰 Meta to surpass Google in global ad revenue

⚖️ NAACP sues xAI over data center pollution

🤖 Google Chrome adds reusable AI prompts with “Skills”

👟 Allbirds shifts from shoes to AI, stock surges 400%

📱 US teens don't blame social media for mental health issues

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Emarketer projects Meta will generate $243 billion in global ad revenue in 2026, edging past Google's $239.5 billion, after trailing by $18 billion just one year earlier.

Meta's growth is accelerating to 24.1% in 2026 versus Google's 12%, driven by tools like Advantage+ and AI-generated ads that analysts say are delivering better returns for advertisers.

Advertisers aren't waiting on antitrust outcomes to decide where to spend. As one Emarketer analyst put it, they follow performance, not legal risk, and Meta's numbers are winning that argument.

The NAACP, backed by the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, is suing xAI for running 27 unpermitted methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 2 data center in South Memphis, in violation of the Clean Air Act.

xAI received a 60-day notice of intent to sue before the lawsuit was filed and never responded. The turbines sit close to residential homes and emit pollutants linked to heart disease, respiratory illness, and certain cancers.

Trump's latest AI framework calls for streamlining permitting for on-site energy generators, which is exactly what xAI skipped. The administration's position makes federal accountability for this kind of move less likely, not more.

Google is rolling out a new Chrome feature called Skills, letting users save and reuse AI prompts powered by Gemini across different web pages without retyping them.

Skills can be triggered with a simple “/” or “+” in Chrome, run across multiple tabs, and be edited anytime—making tasks like summarizing pages, comparing products, or adjusting recipes faster and more consistent.

Google is also launching a Skills library with pre-built prompts (e.g., productivity, shopping, recipes), while early users are already applying them to things like nutrition tracking and document summaries.

Allbirds announced it is abandoning its core footwear business to focus on AI infrastructure, planning to rebrand as NewBird AI and invest in high-performance computing hardware that can be leased to customers needing reliable AI processing power.

Investors reacted strongly to the pivot, sending the stock up more than 400% in a day, as the company positions itself to tap into the booming demand for AI infrastructure—a space known for high costs but potentially huge returns.

The shift comes after years of decline, including store closures, asset sales, and nearly a 50% drop in revenue since 2022, marking a major turnaround from its earlier success as a sustainable shoe brand popular for products like its merino wool sneakers.

A Pew Research survey of 1,458 teens aged 13 to 17 found that only 9 to 11 percent of users across TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram said the apps hurt their mental health, with most saying they had no effect either way.

Sleep and productivity tell a different story: 37 percent of TikTok users said the app hurt their sleep and 29 percent said it hit their productivity, the highest rates across all three platforms.

Parents were roughly twice as likely as teens to call the apps harmful, a gap that mirrors what Pew found last year, where teens worried more about social media in general but less about its personal impact on them.

A) Yes, new roles will replace the ones lost - 38%

B) No, this time the displacement is permanent - 62% 🏆