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Interview with Rishi Chandra, Google's VP for health and home, about shutting Google Fit by year's end, the rebranded Google Health app, Health Coach, and more (www.wired.com)
2026-5-8 Google Interview

Google launches the $100 Fitbit Air, a Whoop-like screenless wearable, with Gemini-powered features like Google Health Coach, available May 26 (www.engadget.com)
2026-5-8 Google

Google rebrands Fitbit Premium as Google Health Premium, adding Gemini-powered coaching and other features, and raises its annual price from $79.99 to $99.99 (www.androidauthority.com)
2026-5-8 Google

Google's AI Search Results Will Now Turn To Reddit For 'Expert Advice' (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-5-7 Google AI Reddit

Hackers abuse Google ads for GoDaddy ManageWP login phishing (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-7 Google

Google Chrome silently installs a ~4GB Gemini Nano model on desktop devices; Google says it has been offered since 2024 and users can remove it via settings (9to5google.com)
2026-5-7 Google Chrome

Google releases Multi-Token Prediction drafters for its Gemma 4 models, which use a form of speculative decoding to guess future tokens for faster inference (arstechnica.com)
2026-5-7 Google

Google DeepMind takes a minority stake in the maker of Eve Online, a multiplayer role playing game set in outer space, and plans to train its tech on the game (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-7 Google

Google updates AI Mode and AI Overviews to add “a preview of perspectives” from firsthand sources like social media and Reddit, presented as “Expert Advice” (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-6 Google AI Reddit

Google has quietly shut down Project Mariner, its Chrome-browsing AI agent for completing tasks on users' behalf, after highlighting it onstage at I/O 2025 (x.com)
2026-5-6 Google AI Chrome Google I/O

Doc and sources: Google is testing an agent in the Gemini app, internally named Remy, that can integrate with Google services to take actions on a user's behalf (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-5-6 Google

Google DeepMind Workers Vote To Unionize Over Military AI Deals (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-5-6 Google AI

Source: Anthropic plans to spend about $200B on Google's cloud and chips over five years, representing 40%+ of the “revenue backlog” Google disclosed last week (www.theinformation.com)
2026-5-6 Google

The US Commerce Department's CAISI says Google, Microsoft, and xAI join OpenAI and Anthropic in granting early access to evaluate models prior to public release (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-5 Google Microsoft

Google now offers up to $1.5 million for some Android exploits (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-5 Android Google

Letter: UK-based Google DeepMind workers voted to unionize with the Communication Workers Union and Unite in April, representing 1K+ staff, amid the US DOD deal (www.theguardian.com)
2026-5-5 Google

Nearly 20 US state-run health insurance exchanges include ad trackers that send user data like race and citizenship info to Meta, TikTok, Google, and others (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-5 Google Insurance

OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill To Fund 'AI Literacy' In Schools (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-5 Google Microsoft AI

Nearly 20 US state-run health insurance exchanges include ad trackers that send user data like race and citizenship info to companies like Meta, TikTok, Google (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-5 Google Insurance

Ask.com shutters, as its owner IAC “continues to sharpen its focus”; a dot-com era icon, Ask Jeeves launched in 1997, a year before Google (mashable.com)
2026-5-3 Google

A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some US states, where player “whales” spend tens of thousands via IAP on Apple, Google, and Meta platforms (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-3 Google Apple

Google is rolling out Gemini to cars that have Google built-in, replacing Google Assistant, starting with English in the US (www.theverge.com)
2026-5-1 Google

Digital advertising is booming for Google and Meta, helped by AI tools used for creating ads, translating copy, targeting, bidding, measuring results, and more (www.nytimes.com)
2026-4-30 Google AI

Memo: Google told employees that it “proudly” works with the US military and will continue to do so, amid opposition from some staff over US DOD contracts (www.ft.com)
2026-4-30 Google

Digital advertising is booming for Google and Meta, helped by AI tools used for language translation, real-time changes to ad copy, and easier ad targeting (www.nytimes.com)
2026-4-30 Google AI

Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $109.9B, vs. $107.2B est., and Google Cloud revenue up 63% to $20B, vs. $18.05B est.; GOOG jumps 6%+ after hours (s206.q4cdn.com)
2026-4-30 Google Alphabet

Google says paid subscriptions reached 350M in Q1, up 25M QoQ, driven by YouTube and Google One, while Gemini Enterprise paid MAUs grew 40% QoQ (techcrunch.com)
2026-4-30 Google YouTube

Google has told employees in a memo that it “proudly” works with the US military and will continue to do so, amid opposition from some staff over DOD contracts (www.ft.com)
2026-4-30 Google

Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $109.9B, vs. $107.2B est., Google Cloud revenue up 63% to $20B, vs. $18.05B est., net income up 81% to $62.58B (www.cnbc.com)
2026-4-30 Google Alphabet

Alphabet reports YouTube's Q1 ad revenue rose 10.7% YoY to $9.88B, vs. $9.99B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $77.25B, up from $66.89B in Q1 2025 (variety.com)
2026-4-30 Google YouTube Alphabet

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