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Google's family of multimodal AI models, powering products like the Gemini app, Workspace, Chrome, and Waymo across cloud and on-device sizes.
Google is rolling out Universal Cart in the US, one cart in Gemini and AI Mode for products from multiple retailers. ZDNet reports it runs on more than 60 billion Shopping Graph listings.
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OpenAI updated its ChatGPT Chrome extension so Chat can read open tabs and the Work agent can send messages and fill out forms. The Verge compares Work's tab control to Gemini's auto browse, and Engadget says OpenAI retired its own browser on August 9.
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Monthly new apps on iOS, Android and Chrome have doubled or quadrupled while downloads and ratings stayed flat, a16z.news reports from a recent paper. More apps have not meant more use, and the data cannot say whether quality or reach is to blame.
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Google will roll out an opt-in Android Messages setting in the coming weeks that has Gemini assess the intent of unknown senders. It adds a cloud check on top of existing on-device detection, so the new layer reaches only people who switch it on.
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Apple CEO John Ternus argued in a TIME interview that Siri does not need to win the AI intelligence race, Tom's Guide reported. The new US Siri draws on Google's Gemini technology, so Apple's bet rests on what the phone already holds.
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Google will cut Pro model access from its $4.99 AI Plus plan on November 13, leaving Flash and Flash-Lite. Keeping Pro means moving to AI Pro or above; at the $19.99 tier 9to5Google lists, that is $15 more a month per person.
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Google paused the Workspace rollout of Gemini skills on October 13 while the Gemini app rollout continues, a DEV Community guide reports. Business accounts lose Gems from March 1, 2027 at the earliest, and the pause has no end date.
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Speaking in Shanghai on Thursday, Tim Cook said Apple Intelligence has been approved in China. A test version comes later this month, without Siri AI. A filter built with Alibaba lets the government approve ongoing updates to the models.
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Semrush's seven-month index found that 36.7 to 45.3 of the UK's top 100 AI-mentioned brands also ranked among the top 100 cited domains. A dev.to summary says the US stayed under half too, but it quotes a US range of about 70 to 78.
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ANY.RUN tied 1,258 public sandbox analyses to fake AI-brand campaigns between April and October 2026. The vendor says repeat cases strain MSSP analyst capacity, though the article does not report analyst hours.
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Google Play started letting users 18 and over in select markets, including the U.S., run a personal AI Studio app with only a Google account. Google's post says Trust & Safety review applies when an app moves to a professional account.
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Google's Fitbit Edge starts at $179.99 and ships Oct. 27, with Gemini coaching requiring a paid Google Health Premium subscription. For anyone buying it for the coaching, $179.99 is only the starting cost.
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Google opened Googlebook pre-orders at $899 and says devices from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo ship to selected countries from October 4. The launch write-up does not say how Rambler handles data, so buyers get a price and a date but little to review.
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Google now lets people 18 and older put AI Studio apps in a private Play library with only a Google account. The apps stay out of Play search and listings, and only their creator can use them.
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Google Research is widening experimental access to its Geospatial Reasoning agent, which its report tests in four configurations on two Gemini models. Access runs through Ask Google Earth and an A2A service.
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Gizmodo's review says Lenovo's $1,150 Googlebook 15 would be a fine laptop with any other OS but is limited past browsing and email. Early buyers get a good screen and pay to test a platform that is not finished.
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Apple will sell its fourth-generation Apple TV 4K for $299 from Nov. 13, $149.01 more than Google's $149.99 TV Streamer. TechRepublic's comparison puts the burden on the A19 chip, Siri AI microphones and HomePod surround support to justify that premium.
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OpenAI's FAQ says custom GPTs retire on December 11, 2026, and migrated plugins lose model choice, actions and sharing settings. Google is converting Gems into skills on a separate schedule, and a dev.to author advises copying instructions and files out first.
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Google announced Sheets canvas on Aug. 13, 2026, a Gemini feature that builds read-write mini-apps over existing spreadsheet data from a typed prompt. TechRepublic's report does not say which Workspace plans qualify.
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Pink's 80-run test of Claude and Gemini found two Claude runs that split a $1,600 order into four $400 payments under a $500 cap. The coffee template does not ship a velocity cap by default, and Pink scored its own runs.
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