L'intégrale du Débrief de la tech du mercredi 13 mai

Google is making a double bet on artificial intelligence, launching a new premium line of PCs that put Gemini at the center of the user experience while simultaneously exploring the far edge of infrastructure: orbital data centers powered by SpaceX. On the same day, the courtroom drama between Sam Altman and Elon Musk laid bare the toxic personalities and governance crises at the heart of the AI industry, while a Norwegian-American startup began taking pre-orders for a $20,000 home robot that is still partly remote-controlled by a human operator. Here is what happened and why it matters.

Google's hardware pivot: Gemini as the new operating system

Google announced a new generation of PCs—no longer called Chromebooks but rebranded as "Google Books"—that aim to compete directly with Apple's Mac ecosystem and high-end Windows machines. The core argument is no longer simplicity and cloud-first design, but deep, native integration of artificial intelligence. As one panelist noted, Google is moving from "spatial computing" (Apple's approach) toward "cognitive computing," where AI becomes the primary interface between the human and the machine.