Google Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an ‘all-knowing copilot’

Google Maps Is Getting More Hands-Free for When You're Driving

4 months / cnet / Macy Meyer

So long, Assistant—Gemini is taking over Google Maps

Google Maps' Gemini integration will make hands-free navigation more conversational

4 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

Google Maps bakes in Gemini to improve navigation and hands-free use

4 months / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Google Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an ‘all-knowing copilot’

4 months / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

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Gemini AI To Transform Google Maps Into a More Conversational Experience https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/05/2254235/gemini-ai-to-transform-google-maps-into-a-more-conversational-experience?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

4 months / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

Epic v Google ends in deal expanding Android app freedom

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Epic Games and Google agreed to settle their antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday evening, averting a potential Supreme Court decision. The settlement expands prior U.S.-only court orders into global changes to Android’s app ecosystem, allowing third-party app st…

#mobile #google #android #antitrust #business #apps #digitalmarketsact #litigation #developertools #regulation

Reforms cut fees and open Android app freedom. (8)
Settlement finalized; litigation chapter closes. (8)
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Reforms cut fees and open Android app freedom.

Google Agrees to Make Major Play Store Changes to Settle Epic Games Antitrust Lawsuit

4 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Epic and Google Settle Antitrust Case With Global Fee Cuts and Easier Third-Party Store Access

4 months / slashdot / msmash

Google settlement with Epic caps Play Store fees, boosts other Android app stores

Epic and Google Agree to Settle Their Play Store Lawsuit, Pending Approval From Judge

4 months / theverge / John Gruber

Epic Games CEO calls Google’s antitrust settlement a win for Android’s ‘vision as an open platform’

4 months / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Google and Epic Games reach settlement for antitrust lawsuit

4 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

Epic v Google ends in deal expanding Android app freedom

4 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Epic Games and Google Propose Landmark Global Settlement to Reshape Android App Store

Google and Epic end their feud with a deal that changes how Android works

Settlement finalized; litigation chapter closes.

4 months / fastcompany / Taylor Hatmaker

Epic and Google Strike Landmark Deal to ‘Open Up Android’, Ending War

4 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Epic and Google Agree to Settle Antitrust Case

4 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Google Settles App Store Case With Fortnite Maker Epic

4 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Google settles with Epic Games after losing antitrust battle

4 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Google and Epic Games reach settlement in long-running Play Store antitrust case

4 months / techspot

Epic and Google agree to settle their lawsuit and change Android’s fate globally

4 months / theverge / Sean Hollister

Epic vs. Google settlement: Opening up Android

4 months / twitter

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Google Agrees to Make Major Play Store Changes to Settle Epic Games Antitrust Lawsuit

4 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Say what you will about Epic, but they may have just made mobile development better for everyone on the planet. www.theverge.com/policy/81399...

4 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

4 months / bsky / @crecente.bsky.social / crecente.bsky.social

This is huge: Epic Games and Google reached a settlement in which the search giant agreed to Android app store reforms that include lowering fees and enabling more competition. techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/e...

4 months / bsky / @socialmedialab.ca / socialmedialab.ca

Google's Next Moonshot Is Putting TPUs In Space With 'Project Suncatcher'

BeauHD / slashdot - Google's new "Project Suncatcher" aims to launch Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) into space, creating a solar-powered, satellite-based AI networkcapable of scaling machine learning beyond Earth's limits. Google says a "solar panel can be up to 8 times more…

#cloud #google #space #gpu #aiethics #datacenter #alphabet #aerospace #satellite

Google's AI space moonshot

4 months / therundown / Zach Mink

AI Data Centers in Space by 2027

4 months / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Meet Project Suncatcher, Google’s plan to put AI data centers in space #arstechnica

4 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

4 months / bsky / @techit.bsky.social / techit.bsky.social

Google to launch satellites equipped with its TPU AI chips in 2027

4 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Google has a ‘moonshot’ plan for AI data centers in space

4 months / theverge / Justine Calma

Google's Next Moonshot Is Putting TPUs In Space With 'Project Suncatcher'

4 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Google imagines out of this world AI - running on orbital datacenters

4 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

Meet Project Suncatcher, Google’s plan to put AI data centers in space

Google’s Project Suncatcher Aims to Build TPU Powered AI Data Centers in Space

Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space - https-//www.semafor.com

4 months / google

Chrome Autofill Now Supports Passport, Driver's License and Vehicle Info

Imad Khan / cnet - Soon, you'll never need to remember anything ever again.

#software #google #android #browsers #alphabet #security #technology #automotive #digitalprivacy

Google Chrome’s Enhanced Autofill Now Handles Passports, Driver’s Licenses, and More

Google Chrome can now fill in passport and driving license details and more

4 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Google turns Chrome into a full identity manager with expanded autofill

4 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Chrome Autofill Now Supports Passport, Driver's License and Vehicle Info

4 months / cnet / Imad Khan

Google Expands Chrome Browser’s Autofill to Include Passport, Driver’s License

4 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Google Chrome Autofill Now Supports Passport, Driver’s Licence, and Vehicle Info

4 months / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

Waymo To Expand Robotaxi Service To Las Vegas, San Diego and Detroit Next Year

BeauHD / slashdot - In its largest rollout yet, Waymo said it will launch its driverless robotaxi service to Las Vegas, San Diego, and Detroit in 2026. The Alphabet unit will also debut new Zeekr-built vehicles developed with Geely to complement its existing Jaguar I-PACE fl…

#ai #robotics #automation #smartcities #google #selfdriving #robotaxis #alphabet #technology #automotive

Waymo To Expand Robotaxi Service To Las Vegas, San Diego and Detroit Next Year

4 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Waymo’s robotaxi expansion accelerates with 3 new cities

4 months / techcrunch / Kirsten Korosec

Waymo is launching in three new cities next year

4 months / engadget / Andre Revilla

Next version of Apple's personal assistant Siri will be powered by Google Gemini

techspot - Bloomberg's Apple guru Mark Gurman notes that the new Siri will "lean on Google's Gemini model" for features such as AI-powered web search. Apple expects Gemini to make Siri more capable than ever, though some employees reportedly question whether iPhone …

#ml #voice #apple #google #aiethics #genai #alphabet #assistant #gemini

Apple Plans to Use a Custom Model of Google's Gemini AI to Power Siri, Report Says

4 months / cnet / Imad Khan

Apple To White-Label Google's Gemini Model for Next-Generation Siri, Report Says

4 months / slashdot / msmash

Next version of Apple's personal assistant Siri will be powered by Google Gemini

4 months / techspot

Gurman Suggests That Next-Gen Siri Will Be Powered by a White-Label Version of Google Gemini Running on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute

4 months / bloomberg / John Gruber

Apple's New Siri Will 'Lean' On A Custom Gemini Model

4 months / bgr

Google & Bing Are Indexing Grokipedia - AI Generated Wikipedia / Encyclopedia

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - Grokipedia, an AI-generated online encyclopedia launched a week ago with over 800,000 AI-generated pages, and both Google and Bing have already indexed hundreds, if not thousands, of those AI-generated pages.

#ai #ml #google #aiethics #alphabet #internet #wikipedia #contentmoderation #algorithm

In this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we run through the top stories of the week and dive into why the promise of a tech-forward school in Texas with software instead of teachers fell apart. www.wired.com/story/uncann...

4 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

WIRED Roundup: Alpha School, Grokipedia, and Real Estate AI Videos

4 months / wired / Brian Barrett, Leah Feiger

Elon Musk’s Grokipedia is one of many experiments designed to replace human-generated writing with LLMs. But Ryan McGrady says its defining feature is its use of technological power to re-exert top-down authority over information and knowledge. Who is Gro

4 months / bsky / @justinhendrix.bsky.social / justinhendrix.bsky.social

4 months / bsky / @techpolicypress.bsky.social / techpolicypress.bsky.social

With Grokipedia, Top-Down Control of Knowledge Is New Again

4 months / techpolicy

Google & Bing Are Indexing Grokipedia - AI Generated Wikipedia / Encyclopedia

4 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation

Robert Hart / theverge - Google says it has pulled AI model Gemma from its AI Studio platform after a Republican senator complained the model, designed for developers, “fabricated serious criminal allegations” about her. In a post on X, Google’s official news account said the com…

#ai #google #aiethics #genai #politics #alphabet #privacy #technology #regulation

Google Removes Gemma Models From AI Studio After GOP Senator's Complaint

4 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Google yanks Gemma after US senator says model ‘hallucinated’ her committing crimes

4 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

4 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Google removes Gemma models from AI Studio after GOP senator’s complaint

Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation

4 months / theverge

Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation

4 months / theverge / Robert Hart

Google pulls Gemma AI after senator says it fabricated a rape story

4 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Monzo CEO Passes Torch to Google Vet Diana Layfield

PYMNTS / pymnts - U.K. digital bank Monzo is getting a new chief executive from the ranks of Big Tech. Diana Layfield, former general manager of search international and growth at Google, will become Monzo’s CEO in February, the company’s current head said in a memo sent t…

#startups #fintech #digitaltransformation #google #banking #business #uk #jobs #technology

Monzo CEO Passes Torch to Google Vet Diana Layfield

4 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Monzo CEO steps down after 5 years

4 months / sifted

Monzo CEO TS Anil to exit, replaced by former Google executive

4 months / tech / John Reynolds

Alphabet/Google Earnings Jump 16 Percent to $102.3 Billion

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Alphabet/Google reported that it earned a net income of $35 billion on revenues of $102.3 billion in the quarter ending September 30, 2025.The post Alphabet/Google Earnings Jump 16 Percent to $102.3 Billion appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#ai #cloud #techpolicy #google #aiethics #earnings #business #finance #alphabet #technology

Rampant cloud growth propels Alphabet to $100B quarterly revenue milestone

4 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Pichai Says Alphabet is ‘Firmly in the Generative AI Era’

4 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Google expects 'significant increase' in capital expenditure in 2026, execs say

4 months / cnbc

Alphabet/Google Earnings Jump 16 Percent to $102.3 Billion

4 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Alphabet quarterly revenue tops $100 billion for first time

4 months / qz / Niamh Rowe

Google Revenue Soars to Record as AI Boom Lifts Cloud Business

4 months / wsj / Katherine Blunt

Tech results live: Alphabet quarterly revenue tops $100bn for first time - Financial Times

4 months / google

Google Ad Revenue Up 13% & Bing Ads Revenue Up 16%

4 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

GitHub Opens Up to Multiple Third Party Agents

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - On the opening day of GitHub Universe 2025, GitHub announced Agent HQ, its vision for the future of the platform.The post GitHub Opens Up to Multiple Third Party Agents appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#ai #software #google #anthropic #openai #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #technology #api #developertools

GitHub tackles vibe coding chaos with a control center for AI coding agents

4 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

GitHub Opens Up to Multiple Third Party Agents

4 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

GitHub unites OpenAI, Google and Anthropic AI agents in one place to bring 'order to the chaos'

4 months / cnbc

GitHub is launching a hub for multiple AI coding agents

4 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Gemini Can Now Create Presentations Among Other Features As Part Of Gemini's October Drops

bgr - Google's Gemini AI can now create presentations for you with a single prompt, among other features that are part of the October feature drop.

#ai #software #google #genai #alphabet #apps #creativity #productivity #updates #gemini

Gemini Can Now Create Presentations Among Other Features As Part Of Gemini's October Drops

4 months / bgr

Gemini can now generate full presentations from text or files

4 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Google and Anthropic announce cloud deal worth tens of billions of dollars

cnbc - While Google is powering Anthropic's next phase of compute expansion, Amazon remains its most deeply embedded partner.

#ai #vc #cloud #ml #google #anthropic #aiethics #alphabet #semiconductor #technology

Billion-dollar deals spotlight high-stakes AI investments (5)
Expanding AI training capacity and strategic partnerships (2)
Securing one million TPUs for next-gen AI models (2)
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Billion-dollar deals spotlight high-stakes AI investments

Google and Anthropic Solidify ‘Tens of Billions’ Cloud Deal

Anthropic inks multibillion-dollar deal with Google for AI chips

4 months / techxplore

Anthropic strikes multibillion-dollar deal with Google to access a million TPUs

4 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Google and Anthropic wave hands about mega TPU deal worth 'tens of billions'

4 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Google and Anthropic announce cloud deal worth tens of billions of dollars

4 months / cnbc

Expanding AI training capacity and strategic partnerships

Anthropic and Google Cloud strike blockbuster AI chips deal - Financial Times

4 months / google

Google and Anthropic Partner on Future AI Model Training at Scale

4 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Securing one million TPUs for next-gen AI models

Anthropic plans to secure up to one million Google TPUs by 2026 to expand its AI infrastructure

4 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Anthropic Expands Google Cloud Partnership to Access 1 Million Chips

4 months / wsj / Katherine Hamilton

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1.21 GigaWatts www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/a...

4 months / bsky / @durumcrustulum.com / durumcrustulum.com

Gemini Now Supercharges Google Earth, Turning Maps into a Conversational AI

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google has integrated its Gemini AI into Google Earth, creating a 'geospatial reasoning agent' that lets users ask complex questions about the planet.The post Gemini Now Supercharges Google Earth, Turning Maps into a Conversational AI appeared first on Wi…

#climate #ai #dataviz #google #aiethics #genai #alphabet #technology #gemini

Google Earth's new AI tools let users ask questions about the planet

4 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

Google Earth AI expanding access around the globe

4 months / blog

Gemini Now Supercharges Google Earth, Turning Maps into a Conversational AI

Google Earth’s expanded AI features make it easier to ask it questions

4 months / theverge / Elissa Welle

Google's New Earth AI Doesn't Just Predict Storms. It Determines Who's in the Path

4 months / cnet / Macy Meyer

Google Earth Gets an AI Chatbot to Help Chart the Climate Crisis

4 months / wired / Boone Ashworth

The Willow chip marks a new milestone in Google’s quantum race

Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Google researchers announced the first verifiable quantum advantage, using their Willow processor to map a molecule’s features 13,000 times faster than a modern supercomputer by employing a technique called “quantum echoes.” The experiment utilized Google…

#hardware #quantum #chips #google #science #deeptech #supercomputers #compsci #algorithm #research

Google claims quantum breakthrough as Willow chip runs algorithm 13,000× faster than supercomputers

4 months / techspot

The Willow chip marks a new milestone in Google’s quantum race

4 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Google's Quantum Echo algorithm shows world's first practical application of Quantum Computing — Willow 105-qubit chip runs algorithm 13,000x faster than a supercomputer

4 months / tomshardware

Google Achieves Verifiable Quantum Advantage With New ‘Quantum Echoes’ Algorithm on its Willow Chip

#innovation #quantum #google #science #supercomputers #technology #research

Google claims to have quantum advantage with a potentially useful algorithm

John Timmer / arstechnica - An approach it calls "quantum echoes" takes 13,000 times longer on a supercomputer.

Google demonstrates verifiable quantum simulation that reveals molecular shapes

4 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

4 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Google says it made a breakthrough toward practical quantum computing

4 months / engadget

Google claims to have quantum advantage with a potentially useful algorithm

4 months / arstechnica / John Timmer

Google claims ‘quantum advantage’ that promises drug discovery breakthroughs - Financial Times

4 months / google

Google demonstrates 'verifiable quantum advantage' with their Willow processor

4 months / blog

UK designates Apple and Google as having ‘strategic market status,’ opening door for more regulation

Sarah Perez / techcrunch - The U.K.’s competition regulator has designated Apple and Google with “strategic market status” in their mobile platforms, giving the regulator new powers to enforce competition in areas like app stores, browsers, and operating systems.

#mobiletech #techpolicy #apple #google #antitrust #uk #regulation

The U.K.’s competition regulator has designated Apple and Google with “strategic market status” in their mobile platforms, giving the regulator new powers to enforce competition in areas like app stores, browsers, and operating systems.

4 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

U.K. designates Apple and Google as having ‘strategic market status,’ opening door for more regulation https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/22/u-k-designates-apple-and-google-as-having-strategic-market-status-opening-door-for-more-regulation/

4 months / bsky / @sarahp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy / sarahp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Apple Could Be Forced to Open Up App Store in the UK

4 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

UK unsurprisingly copies Europe, says Apple should be regulated

4 months / appleinsider

UKA CM Designates Apple and Google with with Strategic Market Status in Mobile

4 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

UK designates Apple and Google as having ‘strategic market status,’ opening door for more regulation

4 months / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Apple Could Be Forced to Open Up App Store in the UK

4 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Google and Apple face extra UK scrutiny over 'strategic' role in mobile platforms

4 months / techxplore

UK competition cops brand Apple, Google with 'strategic market status' for mobile

4 months / theregister / Lindsay Clark

Google Courts Anthropic for Multi-Billion Dollar Cloud Deal in Major Challenge to Amazon

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google and AI startup Anthropic are in talks for a multi-billion dollar cloud deal, a strategic move that challenges its long term partner Amazon.The post Google Courts Anthropic for Multi-Billion Dollar Cloud Deal in Major Challenge to Amazon appeared fi…

#ai #cloud #google #anthropic #amazon #aiethics #alphabet

Anthropic and Google circle a cloud pact measured in tens of billions

4 months / implicator / Robert Brown

Anthropic in Talks with Google for Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Deal: Report

4 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Anthropic and Google Negotiating Multibillion-Dollar Computing Partnership

4 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Google in talks with Anthropic for a cloud deal worth tens of billions

4 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Google Courts Anthropic for Multi-Billion Dollar Cloud Deal in Major Challenge to Amazon

#ai #mobiletech #google #aiethics #alphabet #telecommunications #instantmessaging

Google Fi is getting a big AI upgrade

John Kanellakos / pocket-lint - Google is bolstering its cellular Fi service with several new additions, including AI-powered billing summaries, RCS, and cross-device call and text.

The tech giant says calls will now use AI-enhanced audio to reduce background noise and improve voice clarity, even when speaking to someone on a landline or older device.

4 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com