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Ex-Google employees charged for ‘stealing trade secrets’ around Pixel’s Tensor chip

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US courts have charged three individuals, including two ex-Google employees, regarding the theft of trade secrets in regards to Google’s efforts with Tensor chips in Pixel phones.

Android malware is now using Gemini AI to adapt in real time (Updated: Google statement)

Update: February 20, 2026 (05:12 PM ET): Following our request for comment and the publication of the original article below, a Google spokesperson provided us with the following statement:

Google's 'America-India Connect' is filling in the last gaps for a truly global subsea cable network

www.techradar.com

Google’s America-India Connect strengthens subsea networks across continents and enables high-capacity AI infrastructure.

Android Circuit: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Details, Pixel 10a Launch, Google I/O Dates

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This week’s Android headlines: Galaxy Unpacked details, the Galaxy S26 Ultra performance, Pixel 10a launched, new e/OS/ powered tablet, Google I/O dates announced and more...

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Engineers charged with stealing Google secrets, sending data to Iran

thehill.com

Three former engineers were charged Thursday with stealing trade secrets from Google and other tech companies and sending the information to Iran. Two sisters, 41-year-old Samaneh Ghandali and 32-year-old Soroor Ghandali, and 40-year-old…

AI apps on the Google Play store are leaking customer data and photos

mashable.com

An investigation has uncovered unsecured AI apps hosted on the Google Play store have been slowly leaking customer data, including emails, IDs, and personal videos and photos.

Google needs to take notes from Samsung and fix this Android setting

www.pocket-lint.com

Samsung has the upper hand over Google when it comes to customizing what happens when you double-press the power button.

Thinking about getting the Google Pixel 10a? I've looked through every network's deals and these are the biggest discounts

www.techradar.com

I've looked through all of this week's initial preorder promotions for the brand new Google Pixel 10a — here are the biggest discounts from all the usual suspects.

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3 Good Reasons to Buy Google Right Now

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GOOG stock has been down, but it has potential for long-term growth. Its AI offerings are improving, business is growing, and management is ambitious.

Google confirms YouTube Music issue with Premium users hearing surprise ads

YouTube Premium users say their Google Home speakers started playing ads and random music, with Google investigating.

Google Pixel 11's Tensor G6 SoC is rumored to bring an enhanced security chip

www.gsmarena.com

Google introduced its Titan M2 security chip with the Pixel 6 devices back in 2021, and it's still present in the Pixel 10 family, but it's obviously getting a little bit long in the tooth after more than four years.

Google Bans 80,000 Developer Accounts, Blocks 1.75M Harmful Apps in 2025

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Google has shared new details about how it is strengthening security across the Android ecosystem, focusing on AI-driven protections, stricter developer policies, and expanded real-time defenses to protect users from malware, fraud, and…

Web scraper sued by Google claims Google is the one scraping the web

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SerpApi, a company that offers tools to scrape content on the web, is fighting back against Google's copyright lawsuit that accuses it of vacuuming up search results "at an astonishing scale." In a motion to dismiss filed on Friday,…

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Gemini is getting a dedicated Google Maps section — here's everything you'll be able to do

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A new teardown has revealed more details about how Google Gemini will be integrating Google Maps data, including being able to create prompts with direct map data.

Calling Cards made Google Contacts too busy, but a fix is in the works

Contacts is cooking up a fix for its recently created too-many-photos problem.

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Google Introduces WebMCP to Give Browser Access for AI Agents

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Google is taking a step toward formalizing how artificial intelligence (AI) agents interact with the web, introducing WebMCP as an early preview feature inside Chrome. WebMCP, short for Web Model Context Protocol, enables websites to…

As Google Home Speaker reboot nears, OpenAI reportedly launching smart speaker with camera

9to5google.com

OpenAI is apparently working on a new smart speaker due to launch in 2027, according to a new report.