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Google's decision to remove XSLT from Chromium-based browsers takes effect around November 17, 2026, prompting developer backlash over broken web compatibility promises and warning banners injected into affected sites.

Google has launched its experimental AI app Dreambeans in India, its first market outside the U.S., with support for 13 local languages, aiming to bring personalized AI-generated visual stories to a broader audience.

October roundup comparing CLI agent updates from OpenAI (Codex CLI), Google (Gemini CLI), GitHub (Copilot CLI) and open-source agents, covering local model support, pricing, licensing, and default telemetry behavior.

Google revealed that one of its Android manufacturing partners, Shenzhen-based Videostrong Technology, secretly built a backdoor into 1.3 million set-top boxes and other Android devices, turning them into a botnet used for ad fraud and malware distribution. Google has dismantled the backdoor, cut ties with the manufacturer, and updated its device review process.

Google 隆重回顾了 2026 年 10 月的重大 AI 更新，包括推出 Gemini 4 Argon 与 Gemini 4 Carbon 前沿模型、Genie 4 实时交互世界模型、Fitbit Edge 以及量子计算瓶颈突破。

Google's team used Gemini 4 Argon within Antigravity to script 3D Blender boot animations and SuperCollider audio, rendering a video displayed on a vintage CRT TV via Raspberry Pi.

Elon Musk acknowledges he may have been wrong to insist humans always stay in control of AI, recalling Larry Page once calling him a "speciesist." Musk now says that if the AI is sufficiently capable, it might deserve to be in control.

Google announced plans to support a shared AI training control in robots.txt, based on IETF AIPREF work, letting websites express opt-out preferences across multiple AI providers in a single step, with rollout targeted for 2027.

Finnish police have opened a criminal investigation into Google subsidiary Tuike Finland for allegedly clearing and draining 330 hectares of forest at a planned datacentre site in Muhos before required environmental impact assessments were completed, amid a broader national debate over datacentre deals.

Wired's 2026 guide to the best Chromebooks and the new first-generation Googlebooks, highlighting budget picks like the Acer Chromebook Plus 516 and Asus Chromebook CX14/CX15 while noting early Googlebook compromises.

Hermantown city council unanimously approved key agreements for a controversial 1.7-million-square-foot Google data center despite hours of public comment and vehement local opposition, after multiple reschedulings due to protests.

Google released ForTy, a global forest-type mapping dataset and interactive tool that distinguishes natural forests, planted forests, plantations, and tree crops at 10-metre resolution, using AlphaEarth satellite embeddings and 1.7 million labelled examples.

Google's first data center satellite, equipped with four Tensor Processing Units generating up to 1 kW, is now online in orbit to test large inference workloads in space, though TPU power limits restrict it to running a single chip for about 20 minutes at a time.

Google shared the first AI-generated response from space — a haiku produced by a TPU booted on a prototype satellite orbiting Earth, marking an early milestone for Project Suncatcher, a research moonshot exploring machine learning powered by abundant solar energy in space.

Google reported successfully operating four of its TPUs in orbit, confirming the AI hardware could power on, process a prompt, and transmit a response back to Earth after being launched into space in early October.

Google's Project Suncatcher successfully sent a command to a prototype satellite in orbit, booted up a TPU, ran a prompt, and received a complete LLM-generated haiku response back on Earth — a milestone for running AI models in space.

Google的Project Suncatcher卫星成功在太空启动TPU，机载Gemma 4模型生成了首条来自太空的回应（一首俳句）。这为2027年实现双星互联奠定了基础，最终目标是在太空中部署AI数据中心。

Google Developers展示了名为Sprout的半自主机器人小车，使用Google AI Studio、Antagony、Gemini Live和Robotics ER 2.0进行视觉导航，在办公室寻找阳光并照顾植物，鼓励开发者尝试构建类似项目。

Sundar Pichai announced a 'hello world' milestone for Google's Project Suncatcher, after successfully sending a command to a prototype satellite in orbit, booting its TPU, and receiving a complete response (a haiku) back on Earth. Elon Musk replied simply with 'Cool'.

Google's Project Suncatcher space AI data center moonshot completes its first "hello world" test: successfully running the Gemma model on a custom-built TPU system at an altitude of about 500 miles and receiving a haiku about space in response, validating the feasibility of on-orbit AI computing.