Google Must Limit Its 'Default Search' Contracts to One Year, Judge Rules
EditorDavid / slashdot - Bloomberg reports that Google "must renegotiate any contract to make its search engine or artificial intelligence app the default for smartphones and other devices every year, a federal judge ruled."Judge Amit Mehta in Washington sided with the US Justice…
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Waymo to issue software recall over how robotaxis behave around school buses
Kirsten Korosec / techcrunch - The voluntary recall comes as scrutiny by federal regulators and local school district officials increases.
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Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin
Kirsten Korosec / techcrunch - The agency already opened an investigation in October over Waymo's performance around school buses.
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Google announces second Android 16 release of 2025 is heading to Pixels
Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - The update is rolling out to Pixels starting today.
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Gemini 3 Now Powering Google AI Mode For Some Queries, Automatically
barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - I know Google said on November 18th that Gemini 3 was "shipping in Search on day one." But no, it shipped on November 26th instead. Nick Fox, SVP at Google, said on X, "We've just shipped intelligent automatic model routing to Gemini 3 Pro for your toughe…
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Billion-dollar AI chip deal between Google and Meta could be on the cards — would involve renting Google Cloud TPUs next year, outright purchases in 2027
tomshardware - Rumors of a deal brewing between Google and Meta could be worth billions. The social-media giant is said to be keen to rent and buy Google's AI chips starting as soon as 2026, and could help Google expand its share of the AI chip business considerably.
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How Google Finally Leapfrogged Rivals With New Gemini Rollout
msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: With the release of its third version last week, Google's Gemini large language model surged past ChatGPT and other competitors to become the most capable AI chatbot, as determined by consensus industry-benchmark tests…
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Google Mandates 1,000x AI Capacity Growth by 2030 Despite ‘AI Bubble’ Fears
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google has internally mandated a 1,000-fold increase in AI capacity by 2030, defying CEO Sundar Pichai's public warnings about an AI market bubble.The post Google Mandates 1,000x AI Capacity Growth by 2030 Despite ‘AI Bubble’ Fears appeared first on WinBu…
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Google Starts Testing Ads In AI Mode
BeauHD / slashdot - Google has begun testing sponsored ads inside its Gemini-powered AI Mode, placing labeled "sponsored" links at the bottom of AI-generated responses. Engadget reports: [A] Google spokesperson says the result shown is akin to similar tests it's been running…
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Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand
Benj Edwards / arstechnica - Google's AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.
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Google wants to use your emails to train its AI -- here's how to turn that off
appleinsider - Once again, Google has decided for you that your data is its toy. Here's how to stop Gmail from training its AI on your email.GmailThere's no shortage of big tech companies that want to use your data to train their large language models. Recently, I discu…
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Google’s Gemini 3 Pro: Better than mid
Mark Sullivan / fastcompany - Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company, covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy.This week, I’m focusing on gathering some …
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Gemini arrives on Android Auto with smarter navigation, quicker replies, and perfect music picks
digitaltrends - Android Auto is getting smarter with Gemini, letting you talk naturally to find stops, answer messages and create playlists without touching your phone. The update replaces Google Assistant and transforms everyday drives into smoother, more helpful journe…
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Google releases Nano Banana Pro, its latest image generation model
Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Google is upgrading its image generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web.
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Google unveils Gemini 3, bringing advanced AI to Search and the Gemini app
Wayne Williams / betanews - Google is taking the fight to AI rival ChatGPT with the launch of Gemini 3, the search giant's new flagship AI model built to handle complex reasoning, interpret multiple types of media and power new agent features across Search, the Gemini app, developer…
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Google Releases Gemini 3, Calling It Most Powerful AI Model Yet
Jon Swartz / techstrong - Gemini 3 has landed. Just seven months after the release of its predecessor, Gemini 2.5, Google released what it claims is its most-advanced foundation model boasting a "massive jump" in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Release of the new model,…
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Google boss sounds the alarm over trillion-dollar AI bubble
mashable - Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai sounds the alarm over trillion-dollar AI bubble, saying that "no company is going to be immune, including us" if the bubble bursts.
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Waymo is coming to five more cities
engadget - Waymo is launching in five new cities across Texas and Florida. Autonomous vehicles in Miami, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando will begin accepting rides next year.The Alphabet-owned company said operations (sans passengers) will begin on Tuesday…
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Gemini 3 is live and ready to show the next leap in AI
digitaltrends - Gemini 3 marks Google’s biggest leap in AI yet, offering sharper reasoning, smoother multimodal performance, and stronger Pro-tier capabilities. From everyday answers to advanced workflows, it promises faster, smarter, more reliable assistance across Sear…
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Google Releases Gemini 3 in Preview
Paul Thurrott / thurrott - In a broadside to Microsoft on the opening day of Ignite 2025, Google announced the release of Gemini 3, its most advanced AI model yet. The post Google Releases Gemini 3 in Preview appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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