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Google / Alphabet / DeepMind
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21 October 2026
AI is paying for news, but at what price?
An analysis of CNN's multi-year agreement giving Google expanded rights to its content for experimental AI features, and what such licensing deals mean for news publishers.
How AI data centres are reshaping America's ageing grid
Google's proposed deal with Xcel Energy for its 780-megawatt Pine Island data centre would add more wind, solar and battery capacity than the site is expected to use, with Google paying for it even if it does not use…
Gemini Personal Intelligence comes to cars
Google is rolling out hands-free personalised Gemini help on the road for Android Auto and cars with Google built-in.
Google Public Sector launches Gemini for government services
Unveiled at Google Public Sector Summit '26, the agentic solution includes skills for government staff, data connectors to common systems and third-party partner agents, initially in preview.
20 October 2026
Websites are closing their doors to AI agents
OpenAI, Meta, Google and others pitch agents as personal assistants that act online, but sites are increasingly hostile to them, which limits their usefulness.
Google and Amazon back nuclear plant upgrades
Deals with Constellation Energy support nearly 1.1 GW of extra capacity in PJM through uprates, which raise output by upgrading turbines and generators.
AdaniConneX's Vizag data centres to use air cooling (India)
The Visakhapatnam sites, built with Google, will use air cooling to cut freshwater use.
Is Visakhapatnam ready for a hyperscale data centre?
Google has broken ground on a proposed 1 GW site, but questions about resources and funding remain.
19 October 2026
WIF India × Google Flow Filmathon (India)
Indian filmmakers aged 18+ make AI-assisted shorts of up to 5 minutes in Flow. Submissions close on 24 Oct, and the top five will be showcased at IFFI Goa.
Google DeepMind and ICRISAT plan an open sorghum genetic atlas
Google DeepMind and Google.org will work with ICRISAT, HudsonAlpha and the University of Washington on an open atlas built from ICRISAT's genebank of 44,000+ samples from 90+ countries. It comes with a three-year…
Google Antigravity speeds antimicrobial peptide search
Agentic tools speed up antimicrobial discovery.
18 October 2026
Google Universal Cart launches
Now live in the US, it offers a cart that works across stores, price alerts and Google Pay checkout.
Google News AI pilot passes 400 publications
The pilot has expanded to more than 400 publications, including local US outlets.
Google's own announcement of the 400-publisher pilot.
Google and Constellation: 890 MW new nuclear
The 20-year agreement adds 890 MW of new nuclear capacity to the PJM grid. It also includes 2.7 GW of supply and a Gemini 'AI for energy' partnership.
Google expands AI Educator Series in India
The free programme has trained more than 80,000 teachers since May and is adding new state partnerships.
An experimental platform to create, play and remix games from prompts, with no coding, for users 18+.
Google and Unity partner on AI gaming
Unity Spark is due to come to Playground later this year.
Google: magic state cultivation
The technique breaks open a bottleneck on the road to fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Alphabet's Porat pegs 2026 AI capex near $200B
Above the $180–190bn guidance, with 2027 expected to 'increase significantly'. Check before posting: secondary summary of a Fortune report.