Welcome back. Google Earth just opened up to Shapefile imports, giving GIS pros, architects, and 3D creators a way to bring their own data and models directly onto the globe.
Also: Google Flow Music is teaming up with Believe to put its AI music tools in the hands of artists, producers, and songwriters worldwide.
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INTERACTIVE
🌍 Google Earth adds "3D Models”
Google Earth just turned itself into a real-world canvas you can bring your own stuff onto.
With the latest update, you can now upload 3D models, custom data layers, and elevation info directly to the globe, then style and share them in a single map project.
What's new:
3D model imports (GLB): Drop in architectural mockups, props, or building designs and place, scale, and rotate them in real-world context. Huge for architects, set designers, and anyone visualizing concepts on location.
Shapefile (.shp) support: The file format used for things like zoning maps and property boundaries now works natively in Earth, so you can layer professional map data on top of your project without needing separate software.
Elevation profiles: Draw a line with the measure tool and instantly see terrain dips and peaks in a new graph.
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CODING
🛠️ Google AI Studio ships "Edit Mode" + inline Nano Banana
Google AI Studio just shipped a major vibe coding update.
You can now select components to edit them directly, annotate the UI with a digital pen, and swap or generate image assets in-line using Nano Banana.
What's new:
Edit mode: Click any component on your live app and tweak it directly instead of describing the change in words.
Pen / annotation tool: Draw on the UI to give visual instructions ("move this here, change that color").
Nano Banana inline: Generate or replace image assets for your app without leaving the editor.
Smoother uploads: Dropping in images and content is now much easier.
MUSIC
🎵 Google Flow Music partners with Believe and TuneCore
Google Flow Music is partnering with Believe, the global artist development company behind TuneCore, to put its AI music tools directly in the hands of working artists, producers, and songwriters.
Who are Believe and TuneCore? Believe is one of the biggest independent music companies in the world, helping artists distribute, market, and grow their careers (e.g., get their songs onto Spotify, Apple Music, and every other streaming service).
The tool is powered by Lyria 3 Pro and helps with everything from drafting lyrics to experimenting with new genres and generating original instruments.
Note: Google says it doesn't claim ownership of any original content generated with Flow Music.
📰 Other news you might've missed:
OpenAI announced its ChatGPT Futures Class of 2026 — 26 honorees from the first class to have had ChatGPT all four years of college.
Anthropic signed a compute partnership with SpaceX and is using the boost to raise usage limits for Claude Code and the Claude API.
ElevenLabs added new modalities to ElevenAgents, allowing agents to now handle images, files, audio notes, contacts, and locations across WhatsApp, web, and in-app.
Perplexity launched Finance Search in the Agent API, letting developers pull licensed financial datasets, real-time market data, and cited web sources in a single tool call.
Replit rolled out private app publishing for all builders (free and paid), so you can ship apps only accessible to people you choose.
Replit also teamed up with Lenny Rachitsky on the Lenny's Newsletter Buildathon, with $5,000 in Replit credits and a 1:1 coaching session with Amjad Masad up for grabs.
OpusClip released the Scheduler API, letting you post hundreds of clips to every social platform in a single request.
HeyGen dropped a catalog of HTML-in-canvas effects for Hyperframes.
Higgsfield released Hooks by Marketing Studio — 25+ hook variations for UGC videos (cold opens, POV setups, pattern interrupts, story hooks), available on the platform and via MCP on Claude.
OpenArt opened the OpenArtist Program to the public — paid posts, early access to every new model and feature, and a global community of AI creators.
Manus added self-updating projects that keep themselves up to date as work progresses.
Jitter shipped batch export, letting you export hundreds of videos at once.
Redshift released version 2026.6.0 with Hex-Tiling support, OpenPBR as the default material, and Maya/3ds Max 2027 support.
Shaders added a feature to swap your own images into presets like the Pixel Reveal effect with instant preview.
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