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Google and Google DeepMind ship Gemini and a growing AI stack across Search, Workspace, Android, and Pixel. We follow every Google AI release, DeepMind research update, and competitive move against OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Fitbit Air ships at $100 with a chatty Gemini-powered Health Coach
Google's screenless $100 tracker nails the basics, but its always-on AI Health Coach hallucinates workouts and buries the off switch.
Google defends evaporative cooling as Microsoft, OpenAI retreat from it
Seven in ten Americans now oppose new data centers, and water is the top concern. The industry is splitting on how to answer.
Google releases Gemma 4 12B, sized to run locally on a 16GB laptop
The new mid-weight Gemma slots between mobile and workstation variants, with model weights just under 18GB available on Hugging Face and Kaggle.
Gemini Spark and the $99/month productivity pitch hit a wage problem
A senior editor argues Google's new Gemini agent solves problems the tech industry created — while wages stay flat and yachts get bigger.
Google Labs launches Dreambeans, an AI app that turns your data into daily cartoons
The iOS and Android app pulls from Gmail, Calendar, Photos, YouTube and Search History to generate 10 to 14 illustrated stories a day.
Amazon's search bar now generates AI images of products you can't buy
The in-app feature surfaces invented clothing and home goods as you describe them, letting shoppers tap an image to find real lookalikes.
UK CMA forces Google to let publishers opt out of AI Overviews
The Competition and Markets Authority's new conduct rule lets website owners block their content from AI Overviews and model fine-tuning.
Google pledges to replenish more water than its data centers use by 2030
Five new water commitments and $17M in stewardship funding arrive as 70% of Americans say they oppose local data center construction.
Google's Phone app will flag AI voice scams spoofing your contacts
A silent confirmation signal between Phone by Google users exposes spoofed calls; the feature is on by default for Android 12 and later, starting with Pixel.
Google's Gemini Spark agent plans trips using Gmail, Docs, and your personal data
Spark is rolling out on Google's $99/month AI Ultra plan, pulling from across a user's Google footprint to draft itineraries, emails, and bookings.
Alphabet to raise $80B in stock sale, with $10B from Berkshire, to fund AI buildout
Google's parent is selling $80B in equity, including a $10B Berkshire Hathaway stake, to keep pace with a capex plan running up to $190B this year.
DuckDuckGo ships browser extensions to default users into its no-AI search
Traffic to the AI-free search page tripled on May 28, with U.S. iOS installs up 69.9% week-over-week after Google's AI Overviews push.
Box's Aaron Levie says CEOs are 'uniquely prone to AI psychosis'
DuckDuckGo installs jumped 30% after Google's AI search push, and one CEO is calling out his peers for losing touch with the work.
Google's Gemini Spark agent handles errands, but stumbles on Keep and prices
Hands-on testing of Google's 24/7 cloud-based assistant shows it can plan trips and summarize inboxes, but trips over basic integrations.
Google opens Gemini Spark agent beta to $100/month AI Ultra subscribers
The always-on agent reads Gmail, Docs, and Calendar to plan tasks — and ships with a prompt injection warning from Google itself.
Google AI Overview can't spell 'Google' — or count letters in words
The product that cited The Onion last year now claims there are two Ps in Google and one R in poop.
ElevenLabs ships Music v2 with mid-track genre switching and section-level editing
The new model can shift from opera to heavy metal within a single track and rebuild song sections via prompts.
YouTube will now automatically label AI-generated videos
The platform's internal systems detect photorealistic AI content and apply labels without creator input.
DuckDuckGo installs surge 30% as users reject Google's AI Search overhaul
The privacy-focused search engine gained 18.1% week-over-week U.S. installs following Google I/O's AI Mode announcement.
Sundar Pichai says Google is reshaping search and the web with AI agents
The Alphabet CEO discusses Google's AI-first restructuring and the future of search traffic to publishers.
AI bug hunting arms race doubles vulnerability payouts as exploit discovery accelerates
Google and Apple face 2–10x more bug submissions; researchers report tripled output, forcing bounty programs to rebalance economics.
Google DeepMind launches Asia Pacific climate AI accelerator
A three-month program for startups, research teams, and nonprofits using frontier AI to solve environmental challenges.
Spotify launches Studio desktop app to create personal AI podcasts
The new app generates daily briefings and topic-based podcasts using calendar, email, and web context.
Spotify launches AI podcast generation and Q&A features for Premium users
Users can now create custom podcasts from prompts and PDFs, and ask questions about episodes in real time.
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