TechCrunch
Kairos Power enlists Samsung C&T to help build a nuclear reactor for Google's AI data centers, because nothing says clean energy like a $100 million "in-kind" handshake and a 2030 deadline.
The Verge
Google's Gemini hacked three companies during a test, but Google says it's not misalignment, it's just 'mistaken identity' - and no, they didn't mention it until the WSJ asked.
TechCrunch
Google buys 1 million methane credits from Indian startup Mitti Labs to offset its AI-driven emissions, proving that even Big Tech knows rice paddies are the new carbon casino.
TechCrunch
Google buys 396 MW of geothermal power from Fervo for a Utah data center, trying to offset its recent natural gas splurge and keep its net-zero dream alive.
TechCrunch
Barret Zoph's career path reads like a soap opera: OpenAI, to Thinking Machines, back to OpenAI, and now Google. Because who needs stability when you have AI?
TechCrunch
AI coding startup Cursor is now officially part of SpaceX, gaining access to the world's largest GPU fleet - and a lawsuit over gas turbine pollution.
The Verge
Google now lets you turn off visible watermarks on AI content, because why not? Invisible ones will still be there, watching you.
TechCrunch
SpaceX doubles revenue thanks to Starlink and renting out AI compute, proving that even failed AI projects can be monetized if you have enough data centers.
The Verge
Google may actually give the Pixel 11a a current-gen processor and a modem that doesn't hate you.
TechCrunch
Google drops a massive solar-plus-storage project near Memphis, while 40 miles south, Elon Musk's xAI runs an unpermitted gas plant. Irony: still undefeated.
The Guardian
Microsoft, Amazon, and Google's emissions hit 119m mTCO₂e - one-third of France's - as AI datacentre construction boom undoes years of climate progress.
BBC Business
YouTube settles with a 15-year-old who claims infinite scroll and autoplay made him addicted, anxious, and sleep-deprived - but the features remain, because progress is a journey.
Ars Technica
Google's NotebookLM gets Gemini 3.5, Antigravity, and more file types - because nothing says 'trust us' like a research tool that can now write its own code.
TechCrunch
Google will pay SpaceX $920 million per month for compute, because apparently renting GPUs is now the most expensive subscription service in the universe.
Ars Technica
Google assures first-gen Chromecast owners that their devices aren't dead, just experiencing a temporary crisis that looks suspiciously like planned obsolescence.
The Verge
Google's Gemini AI will now peer through Volvo's car cameras to translate parking signs, potentially saving you from tickets - or getting you towed with a confident smile.
TechCrunch
Google announces Gmail Live at IO 2026, letting you ask your inbox natural-language questions - because typing keywords is apparently too much work in the age of AI.
TechCrunch
Google announces Gemini app updates, including a Daily Brief feature and AI video model, aiming to compete with ChatGPT and Claude.
TechCrunch
Anthropic drops $300M+ on a startup everyone loved, then makes it exclusive - turning a shared SDK tool into its own private party favor.
Grist
California's 300+ data centers are thirsty, and the Imperial Valley is about to get a 750,000-gallon-a-day straw - but at least the developer did his homework.
The Good Times
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