Google announced water stewardship commitments as scrutiny rises over AI data centers' water use and local impact.

UK regulators say publishers can opt out of Google AI search features while keeping regular search visibility.

Google began building its first Swedish data center, adding jobs and sustainable infrastructure for Search, Cloud, YouTube, and developers.

Business Insider reports that commencement speakers drew cheers, jeers, and laughs while discussing AI with 2026 graduates.

A TechCrunch hands-on review found Google's Gemini Spark useful for everyday tasks, though still limited in some integrations.

Google introduced Gemini for Science experiments for hypothesis generation, computational discovery, literature insights, and science skills.

Mashable reports Google Shopping is adding Universal Cart, agent commerce tools and AP2 limits for AI-driven purchases.

The Verge reports Google AI Overviews can respond like chatbots to search terms such as disregard or skip.

Google reported new Gemini education studies and expanded AI literacy initiatives for teachers and university faculty.

Google previewed AI-enabled smart glasses and Android XR hardware partnerships as it re-enters wearable computing.

Singapore announced AI partnerships with Google and OpenAI, including OpenAI commitments to the local AI ecosystem.

Google is expanding AI media provenance checks across Search, Gemini, Chrome, Pixel and Cloud using SynthID and C2PA.

Antigravity 2.0 adds a desktop app, CLI, SDK, subagents, scheduling and integrations for agent-first software development.

Google introduced Gemini Spark, a cloud agent for long-running tasks across Gmail, Docs, Slides and web workflows.

Gemini Omni Flash can generate and edit video from text, image, audio and video inputs, with rollout across Gemini, Flow and Shorts.

Google says Gemini 3.5 Flash is its fastest frontier model for agents, coding, Search, Gemini apps and enterprise workflows.

YouTube is making its AI likeness detection tool available to creators aged 18 and older to combat deepfake misuse.

The Verge reports Android Show updates including AI widgets and other Gemini-linked Android features.

Google says it stopped a likely mass-exploitation campaign using an AI-developed zero-day, raising alarms for cyber defense.

A policy group urged mandatory safety reviews for AI labs seeking U.S. government contracts, citing national security risks.