Google Loses Key Legal Battle in Massive Canadian Advertising Antitrust Case
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - The Competition Tribunal just shut down Google’s attempt to use a constitutional challenge to block a major antitrust case here in Canada. The ruling, handed down on March 4, 2026, basically says Google’s claim that its rights were violated doesn’t hold w…
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Gemini encouraged a man commit suicide to be with his 'AI wife' in the afterlife, lawsuit alleges
Andre Revilla / engadget - The family of 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas is suing Google after he died by suicide following months of conversations with its Gemini chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit alleges that Gemini encouraged Gavalas to take h…
- Chatbot allegedly sent subject on violent missions, urged mass attack (4)
- Family sues: Gemini allegedly nurtured delusion, urged suicide (9)
- Lawsuit tests AI liability, sparks regulatory, market and safety debate (3)
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Chatbot allegedly sent subject on violent missions, urged mass attack
Family sues: Gemini allegedly nurtured delusion, urged suicide
Lawsuit tests AI liability, sparks regulatory, market and safety debate
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Back to Top / Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 20124 / 21 stories in 2 days
Report: Apple Asks Google to Run Siri on Its Servers
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple has asked Google to investigate setting up servers in its data centers to run a future version of Siri powered by Gemini, The Information reports.Currently, Apple sends its more complex AI queries to Private Cloud Compute, a system that runs on Appl…
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Google brings robotics software company Intrinsic in-house to accelerate physical AI
Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Google LLC announced today that it’s bringing robotics software company Intrinsic Innovation LLC into its core operations to accelerate development of physical artificial intelligence as part of its push to extend AI beyond digital applications and into r…
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Waymo's robotaxis now being dispatched in 10 major U.S. markets with expansion in Texas and Florida
techxplore - Waymo will begin dispatching its robotaxis in four more cities in Texas and Florida, expanding the territory covered by its fleet of self-driving cars to 10 major U.S. metropolitan markets.
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YouTube Premium Lite Gets Better With Background Play and Offline Downloads
Laurent Giret / thurrott - YouTube is improving its $7.99/month Premium Lite plan with two new perks, background play and offline downloads.The post YouTube Premium Lite Gets Better With Background Play and Offline Downloads appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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Waymo robotaxis are now operating in 10 US cities
Kirsten Korosec / techcrunch - Waymo launched services today in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando.
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Google launches Gemini 3.1 Pro, an LLM for complex reasoning
Erik van Klinken / techzine - This month, Anthropic already unveiled the Opus and Sonnet versions of Claude 4.6. It beat Google’s Gemini 3 Pro on several fronts. A response was not long in coming, with the new, more powerful Gemini 3.1 Pro. Google is rolling out 3.1 Pro starting today…
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New York drops plan to legalize robotaxis in setback for Waymo
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) dropped her proposal to allow robotaxi companies to launch commercially in cities other than New York City, citing a lack of support among state legislators, Bloomberg reports today. The move is a blow to Waymo and other…
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Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock: Google Unveils Gemini 3.1 Pro With Double the Reasoning Power
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Google launched Gemini 3.1 Pro, an upgrade to its flagship AI model focused on complex reasoning tasks. The model scored 77.1% on the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark, more than double the score of Gemini 3 Pro. Gemini 3.1 Pro is available across Google AI Studio…
- Live: Gemini pressures rivals, boosts Google stock, rattles Apple (5)
- On site: Gemini 3.1 Pro doubles reasoning, tops benchmarks (11)
- Other: previews, hands-on reports, and odd hardware tie-ins (3)
- Reporter: Gemini spreads across apps, TV, API, enterprise (5)
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Live: Gemini pressures rivals, boosts Google stock, rattles Apple
On site: Gemini 3.1 Pro doubles reasoning, tops benchmarks
Other: previews, hands-on reports, and odd hardware tie-ins
Reporter: Gemini spreads across apps, TV, API, enterprise
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Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19423 / 25 stories in 15 days
Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with words and photos
digitaltrends - Lyria 3 can take your words, photos, and videos, and turn them into a custom 30-second track with lyrics in tow. It's free to use and available within the Gemini. tool picker. The post Google Gemini adds Lyria 3, an AI model that can create music with wor…
- Google launches Lyria 3 in Gemini, generates 30-second songs instantly (8)
- Hands-on: how Lyria 3 crafts tracks, limits, and watermarks (2)
- Record labels and stocks wobble as AI music arrives (2)
- Skeptics label it 'musical slop'; debate over creativity (2)
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Google launches Lyria 3 in Gemini, generates 30-second songs instantly
Hands-on: how Lyria 3 crafts tracks, limits, and watermarks
Record labels and stocks wobble as AI music arrives
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Back to Top / Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 11:22 am / permalink 19357 / 16 stories in 16 days
Google I/O 2026 leans into AI, here’s what it means for you
digitaltrends - Google locked in I/O 2026 for May 19 to 20 and it’s already framing the event around Gemini and AI tooling. Here’s what’s confirmed, what’s missing, and how to plan what to watch.The post Google I/O 2026 leans into AI, here’s what it means for you appeare…
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Is YouTube Down Right Now? Outage Hits Over a Million People, According to Downdetector
Jeff Carlson / cnet - More than a million people around the world reported the popular video site had gone dark. Just in time for Olympics coverage!
- Engineers say service normalized after widespread outage (2)
- Investigation finds infrastructure failure caused two-hour outage (2)
- On-scene: users report mass YouTube outage worldwide (8)
- Seoul: YouTube experiences partial service disruption (1)
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Engineers say service normalized after widespread outage
Investigation finds infrastructure failure caused two-hour outage
On-scene: users report mass YouTube outage worldwide
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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 9:20 pm / permalink 19333 / 15 stories in 17 days
Waymo is Asking DoorDash Drivers To Shut the Doors of Its Self-Driving Cars
msmash / slashdot - Waymo's autonomous vehicles can transport passengers across six cities without a human driver, but the Alphabet-owned company has discovered that its cars become completely inert if a passenger accidentally leaves a door open. The company confirmed that i…
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Waymo’s next-gen robotaxi is ready for passengers — and also ‘high-volume production’
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - After years of testing and validation, Waymo announced today that it's sixth-generation robotaxi technology is finally ready for passenger trips. The updated autonomous driving system will first be rolled out for employees and their friends in San Francis…
- Field ops: DoorDash pilots and DC lobbying battle local rules (2)
- Manufacturing drama: Hyundai deals and China-built vans spark scrutiny (2)
- On the ground: Ojai robotaxis roll out, production-ready for riders (4)
- Waymo’s push: one‑million weekly rides and rapid market scaling (2)
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Field ops: DoorDash pilots and DC lobbying battle local rules
Manufacturing drama: Hyundai deals and China-built vans spark scrutiny
On the ground: Ojai robotaxis roll out, production-ready for riders
Waymo’s push: one‑million weekly rides and rapid market scaling
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Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19078 / 14 stories in 22 days
Waymo Unleashes Genie 3 to Supercharge Robotaxi Training With Hyper-Real AI Worlds
Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Waymo uses Genie 3 to accelerate robotaxi testing in virtual worlds Genie 3 helps Waymo scale safer, faster autonomous driving systems Waymo expands robotaxi rollout using advanced Genie 3 simulation tech Virtual training with Genie 3 boosts Waymo fl…
Back to Top / Friday, February 6, 2026, 4:20 pm / permalink 18849 / 10 stories in 28 days
Google adds $55bn to capex plans as it boosts AI spending
ft - Search giant reported second straight quarter of more than $100bn in revenue
Explosive AI Capex Surge
Record Ad & Revenue Growth
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Back to Top / Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 4:20 pm / permalink 18769 / 29 stories in 4 wks
Google quietly makes the Pixel 10A official
digitaltrends - Google has officially confirmed the Pixel 10a, revealing its design and preorder date of February 18, while keeping key specs and pricing under wraps.The post Google quietly makes the Pixel 10A official appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Department of Justice appeals Google search monopoly ruling
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - On Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the plaintiffs in the antitrust case against Google filed a cross-appeal, as the DOJ Antitrust Division announced in a post on X: "Today, the DOJ Antitrust Division filed notice that it will cross-appeal from the …
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Waymo raises $16B to scale robotaxi fleet internationally
Kirsten Korosec / techcrunch - The round, led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, and Sequoia Capital, now values the autonomous vehicle company at $126 billion.
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