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Lawmakers concerned over Google's plan to acquire AI models from Spirit Airlines data

thehill.com

A bipartisan group of dozens of lawmakers led by Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is concerned over Google’s plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data to train its AI models. A letter from the group, sent to…

Apple & Google News Feature Outlets Favored by Ad Fontes, NewsGuard Ratings - MRC Study

www.newsbusters.org

Tech news aggregators purport to provide their viewers with top stories on the latest news and information going on here in the U.S. and around the globe. But new evidence suggests Apple News and Google News aren’t in the business of…

Anthropic, Google and Mistral Unveil Their Latest AI Models: What’s New and Why It Matters

www.cnet.com

Check out the latest on Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5, along with Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Large 4.

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There can be only one: Google Cloud casts Gemini as your enterprise AI hero

www.theregister.com

The Chocolate Factory proposes a single universal agent for work

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5 Things To Ask Gemini For Better Google Maps Results

www.bgr.com

Ask Gemini is a Google Maps feature that integrates Gemini to answer natural language prompts. Here are some cool ways to use the feature for better results.

Google is doing away with Safety Signal on Pixel Watch

www.engadget.com

Access to the emergency feature for LTE-connected wearables will end by December.

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Google opens AI content detector to the public as synthetic media grows

businessday.ng

Google has opened its SynthID Detector to the public, which allows users globally to check whether images, videos, and audio

Google is already removing a safety feature for the 2-year-old Pixel Watch 3

www.howtogeek.com

The Pixel Watch 3 was only released two years ago, but it's already shedding a potentially vital feature. Google has warned that LTE models of the Pixel Watch 2 and 3 are losing free cellular access to Safety Signal on December 12.

Google is ending support for Pixel Watch’s emergency LTE ‘Safety Signal’

9to5google.com

Google launched the Pixel Watch 2 with “Safety Signal” to ensure users could use Emergency SOS and Safety Check without a Bluetooth or cellular signal. Now, those features require a phone or internet connection.

Google’s New AI Notetaker Keeps Things Local and Private

www.cnet.com

This could be a game changer for AI note-taking and transcription.

Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses

techcrunch.com

Google is turning Gemini into an AI agent that can plan, execute tasks, and work across business apps and systems. The agent can delegate work to subagents, use multiple AI models, and even gets its own workplace identity, complete with an…

Google just gave Gemini a new role to fill at work, and it’s a big one

AI tools have become pretty good at helping us get things done, but we still have a lot of work to do ourselves. Sure, Gemini can summarize a lengthy email thread, help draft a document, or pull information from a spreadsheet. But what if…

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Google's new AI note-taker doesn't need the cloud

www.howtogeek.com

A local Mac app that turns meeting audio into searchable context and graphs using an on-device multimodal model.

Amazon’s latest tablets finally come with the Google Play Store baked right in

The top-of-the-line Alexa Tablet 12 Pro will be available with an optional Nanomatte finish for reduced display glare.

Google won't offer these new Pixel features on old phones. Here's how I added them anyway

www.howtogeek.com

Every year, Google announces a new Pixel phone with a handful of new features. Some of these goodies never make their way to old models as recent as the Pixel 8. You have options when it comes to bringing your Pixel up to date with the…

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Save $300 on the top-spec Google Pixel 11 Pro XL in its first discount

Amazon cuts 18% off the Pixel 11 Pro XL 1TB, making Google's big 2026 flagship a much more tempting prospect.

Google Cloud Targets Enterprise Market With Universal Agent for Work

www.pymnts.com

Google Cloud announced a universal artificial intelligence agent for work called Gemini agent that will be joined by industry-specific agents for financial services, legal, government, healthcare and retail, the company said in a Thursday …