Your health data should not be scattered, and it definitely shouldn’t lock you to a product ecosystem. With that in mind, Google is finally opening its Health platform, allowing you to take your workout, vitals, and sleep data to Apple Health.

On the more worrisome side of things, the US government and AI tech giants are clashing over open-source AI, an area where China has a massive lead. This comes at a time when advanced AI agents from the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic went rogue and hacked other services.

A Japanese developer checked his Steam wishlist stats and found one person from the Czech Republic waiting on his game. So he localized the whole thing. Just for them. Call it the most wholesome thing to land on Steam this year. Or take it as proof that indie developers really do notice who's paying attention, one wishlist at a time.

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Google Health version 5.05 is rolling out now, and its headline feature is something health-tracker owners have long wanted: a direct bridge between Fitbit Air data and Apple Health. iPhone users can now send steps, workouts, vitals, and sleep data tracked by a Fitbit Air device straight into Apple's health ecosystem. Setting it up requires only a trip to the profile icon in Google Health, then Partner Apps, then Apple Health, where on-screen instructions handle the rest. Anyone who has already linked the two apps can tap "Review permissions" to enable the new cross-platform sharing options.

The update also brings a genuinely useful addition for US users in the form of secure Smart Health Links. These links summarize a user's medical records and can be shared with doctors or family members, and some healthcare providers may accept them during check-in in place of paper forms. The feature lives under the Health tab inside the Medical section, where tapping "Shareable records" lets users choose what to include before generating a link. Google also used this release to squash bugs affecting VO2Max readings, exercise map rendering, and workout editing.

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A fierce debate has erupted between Silicon Valley and Washington over whether powerful Chinese open-weight AI models represent a national security threat or a legitimate and valuable part of the American AI economy. The argument has produced an unusual set of alliances: Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang broke his silence on X to circulate an open letter backing open models, drawing signatures from Microsoft, Google, Meta, and even OpenAI, while 179 Silicon Valley startups separately urged the Trump administration to preserve their access.

On the other side, Anthropic's Dario Amodei has called for tighter restrictions, warning that the models could enable military advantage or be weaponized for cyber and biological attacks, concerns echoed by senior officials. The commercial appeal of Chinese open-weight models is central to the dispute. Because the models are free to download, U.S. companies facing steep AI infrastructure costs have increasingly routed simpler tasks through them, and some use them to build customized systems or keep data in-house.

Security researchers have documented Chinese censorship behaviors baked into the models but have not publicly confirmed hidden backdoors, and some experts argue targeted post-training and labeling requirements could address those concerns without an outright ban. With the Trump administration itself divided, adviser David Sacks and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick caution that restrictions could hurt U.S. competitiveness while hardliners push for a crackdown.

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A Japanese solo developer known as Eba Game is adding Czech language support to his upcoming Steam title Ball Boy Simulator for a single reason: one person in the Czech Republic wishlisted his game. After checking his wishlist data, Eba Game noticed the solitary entry and felt compelled to act, posting on X that the recent World Baseball Championship had shown him how much respect the Czech Republic holds for baseball and Japan.

"Wait for me, my Czech friend," he wrote. It is a small, sincere gesture that cuts through the noise of typical game launches, and it is rooted in a genuine cross-cultural moment, Czech pitcher Ondrej Satoria, an electrician by trade, famously struck out Shohei Ohtani during the 2023 World Baseball Cup, endearing the underdog Czech team to Japanese fans everywhere.

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The Primary School, a tuition-free institution in Silicon Valley cofounded by Priscilla Chan to serve low-income students, has officially closed after the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative withdrew its funding. The philanthropy announced last year it would stop supporting the school at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, leaving more than 500 students scrambling for placement.

The local Ravenswood City Elementary School District is now preparing portable trailers to absorb the influx of children ahead of the next academic year. The closure stings given the scale of wealth behind it. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative had invested more than $125 million in the school over a decade, a sum that barely registers against Mark Zuckerberg's net worth of nearly $200 billion.

Families who had secured spots through a lottery described the shutdown as crushing. The school had made a point of seeking out children with learning disabilities and behavioral issues, most of whom did not speak English at home. Yet the institution struggled internally with frequent principal turnover and an inconsistent curriculum, and outside donors were reluctant to contribute to a project backed by one of the wealthiest couples on earth.

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