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AI Helped Chrome Close 1,072 Vulnerabilities Across Two Releases
Google claims that language models have dramatically sped up the discovery and patching of holes in the browser: versions 149 and 150 fixed more bugs than the previous 23 releases combined.
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Google: Despite the AI Hype, Workers Aren’t Automating Themselves Away
An analysis of 15 million real-world Gemini queries shows that, for now, AI merely complements human work rather than replacing entire professions.
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Court Dismisses Google's DMCA Suit Against Web Scraper SerpApi
Google and Reddit are trying to use copyright law to block the scraping of search results, but the court offered a reminder: search results aren't protected by copyright, and the platforms themselves don't own the internet.
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Claude's public links pushed users' chats into Google search
Claude users are creating public links to their conversations without realizing that their chats and the projects they've built become accessible to anyone through Google's search results.
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Android May Restrict Local ADB and Cripple Shizuku
One of the ADB developers has proposed limiting the daemon to accepting connections only over the Wi-Fi interface. This could break the “local” ADB that an entire ecosystem of tools like Shizuku depends on.
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Google Posts Its First-Ever Negative Cash Flow Quarter on AI Spending
In the second quarter of 2026 Google earned a record $119.8 billion, but its investments in AI infrastructure were so vast that the company's free cash flow turned negative for the first time.
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Google fined €890M for DMA violations in Search and the Play Store
The European Commission has fined Google's parent company Alphabet roughly $1 billion for two breaches of the Digital Markets Act — favoring its own services in search and imposing restrictions on Android developers.
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Google Unveils Gemini 3.6 Flash and a Cybersecurity Model, While Gemini 4 Is Already in Training
The company has released three new models, including the first version of Gemini built for cybersecurity tasks — but the promised Gemini 3.5 Pro is once again nowhere among them.
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Google Is Building a Frozen v2 Chip to Run Gemini More Efficiently
According to The Information, Alphabet is developing a new server chip that could prove 6–10 times more energy-efficient than the company's current solutions. It's expected to arrive in 2028.
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Apple and Google Ordered to Remove “Nudify” AI Services from Their App Stores
San Francisco's city attorney has sent Apple and Google letters demanding that they pull “nudify” apps from the App Store and Google Play. According to him, both companies have long known that the apps break state law.
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The European Commission Orders Google to Open Access to Android's Microphone and Camera to Competitors
The European Commission has ordered Google to grant third-party AI assistants the same capabilities on Android that Gemini already enjoys. The changes are due to appear in Android 18 and to take effect no later than August 1, 2027.
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Golf for Birds: An Ironic Recipe for Saving Data-Center Water
Blogger Simon Willison has proposed a tongue-in-cheek way for tech giants to offset criticism over data-center water use — buy up golf courses and turn them into birdwatching parks.
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EU Orders Google to Open Up Android and Search to Competitors
The European Union has directed Google to grant competing AI assistants and search services broader access to key components of Android and Google Search. The decision was made as part of enforcing the bloc's antitrust legislation.
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Google Pays $250K for a Linux Vulnerability Allowing Guest VM Escape
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Linux that grant unprivileged users root access. For one of them, which allows escaping a guest virtual machine, Google paid the researcher $250,000.
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Google Sues Chinese Scammers Who Used Gemini for Phishing
Google has accused a group called Outsider Enterprise of running phishing-as-a-service through Telegram using the Gemini AI model. The scammers built fake sites impersonating Google, YouTube and government agencies.
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Google Has Expanded Its Use of User Data to Train AI — Here's How to Opt Out
Google has changed its privacy settings, allowing more user data to be used to train its AI models. Here's how to opt out.
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Google Helps Take Down NetNut Proxy Network Built on 2 Million Infected Devices
A joint operation involving Google disrupted the NetNut residential proxy network, which provided access to millions of compromised Android devices. Among those affected were smart TVs and streaming boxes.