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5. 🔦 Google launches Windows desktop app with Spotlight-like search

PC users will soon get a new Windows 11 desktop app that delivers lightning-fast file and web search, app launching, and AI-powered document/email summarization. The tool integrates with Drive, Gmail, and Docs, offers cross-device syncing with Android and ChromeOS, and is seen as Google’s biggest desktop push since Chrome. The launch positions Google as a competitor with Microsoft Copilot and Apple’s Spotlight in the $120B productivity market. (Tech Crunch)

6. 📉 Wall Street slides: S&P 500 down 0.3% ahead of Fed call

Markets closed lower Tuesday as investors braced for the Fed’s policy decision, with the S&P 500 off 0.3%, the Nasdaq down 0.4%, and the Dow losing 90 points. A 25 bps rate cut is widely expected, but uncertainty over additional easing kept sentiment muted. Financials and tech led the pullback, while defensive sectors held firmer as traders await Powell’s guidance on inflation and growth. (Reuters)

7. ⚡️ Rivian breaks ground on $5B Georgia EV factory

The EV maker marked the start of site prep for its ambitious new plant near Atlanta, a project set to produce up to 400,000 vehicles annually. While construction officially begins in 2026, Rivian expects to create thousands of jobs and ramp toward global production by 2028. The factory is critical to Rivian’s turnaround plan as it races to scale against Tesla, Ford, and emerging Chinese EV giants. (Tech Crunch)

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