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Google rolled out Pics, an AI image generator and editor built natively into Workspace, powered by its Nano Banana model and aimed at Canva- and Adobe Express-style design tasks.

A Google engineer's commit adds an experimental enable_flatpak build flag to Chromium's Linux installer code, explicitly not a commitment to official Flatpak support.

Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash posts sharp coding and web-dev benchmark gains at half its predecessor's launch price, and lands in GitHub Copilot immediately.

A Google study finds AI agents that first write a semi-formal specification before generating tests catch 9.8 percentage points more real bugs than agents that generate tests directly.

HEIR compiles pre-trained AI models to run inference on fully homomorphic encrypted data, letting servers process private data without decrypting it.

Google says Go's built-in formatting, static typing, and compatibility promise suit an era where AI agents write code and humans mainly review it.

Google says the entire Pixel lineup will see price "adjustments" after RAM costs jumped sixfold, with specifics due August 12.

Alphabet's quarterly filing values its SpaceX stake at $94.1 billion, an estimated 6% stake rooted in a 2015 bet, mostly locked up until Q3 2027.

Alphabet's Q2 2026 net income hit a record $112.1 billion as its SpaceX and Anthropic equity stakes generated a $98.0 billion investment gain.

Google's flagship AI model missed its promised June rollout after coding performance fell short internally, and Alphabet shares dropped 4.4% on the report, erasing about $200 billion in market value.

A D.C. federal judge let Sensory's antitrust claims over Google's voice assistant restrictions proceed while dismissing its broader search and advertising claims.

Intrinsic, folded into Google's core operations in February, debuted the Intrinsic Intelligence Cell at Automate 2026; Foxconn will pilot a customized version for electronics assembly later this year.