Google News & Updates
Last updated October 25, 2026
President Trump says Google CEO Sundar Pichai refused his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps, so he’ll probably drop it
Google faces backlash in Finland after clearing an estimated 250,000 trees for a data center without environmental reviews
Google adds a small business hub to Gemini with connections to Shopify, Wix, Canva, and Xero, plus brand-matched marketing images
Google DeepMind staff resign over Google’s AI contracts with the US and Israeli militaries, saying it can’t control Pentagon use
OpenAI brings GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna to Google Cloud, where customers can pay for them with existing spending commitments
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt owns about 1% of Anthropic from a 2021 Series A bet, worth up to $20 billion at a $2T IPO
Google open-sources TorchTPU so PyTorch AI apps can move onto its TPU chips without a rewrite, a day after Amazon’s TorchNeuron
Google starts replacing its help center articles with Gemini AI summaries, putting the full support pages behind an extra click
Google publishes a holiday When to Buy Guide showing which product categories hit their best prices before or after Black Friday
Google loses its Supreme Court bid to overturn a USPTO rule that shields patents older than six years from validity reviews
Citi hires Google engineering director Sebastian Gnagnarella to lead agentic AI development as head of applied AI and agents
Google search clicks cost 4% more in Q3 after a year of flat prices that followed Amazon’s Shopping ad exit, per Tinuiti
Judge gives final approval to Google’s $68 million Google Assistant recording settlement, with lawyers taking a third of it
US sanctions Lu Qi’s MiraclePlus, formerly YC China, for seed-funding a startup run by a convicted Google AI secrets thief
Google starts testing ads in AI Mode for Personal Intelligence users, using insights from connected apps like Gmail to pick ads
Google extends financial services ad verification to the US and Canada, requiring proof of regulator authorization in early 2027
Google launches Universal Cart, a single cart for products from multiple retailers, but is it good for merchants?
President Trump says Google wouldn’t take his calls in his first term but now kisses his ass, pointing to the Gulf of America name change
Google puts links higher in AI Mode and AI Overviews, but Search Console still won’t show site owners the clicks they send
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