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Google Home Speaker Makes Gemini a Smart Home Product
Google’s $99.99 Home Speaker is available for preorder and ships June 25, bringing Gemini for Home, Matter and Thread support, Google TV Streamer pairing, and subscription-gated Gemini Live features into the smart home.
Android 17 Starts Rolling Out With Bubbles, Tighter Permissions and Delayed Gemini Tools
Google has started rolling out Android 17 to Pixel devices, with floating app Bubbles, Screen Reactions, stronger permission controls, anti-theft protections, and gaming updates. The more ambitious Gemini Intelligence features are still due later this summer on select advanced devices.
Google’s $1.5B Alabama Data Center Expansion Puts AI Power Costs on Display
Google is spending $1.5 billion to expand its Jackson County, Alabama data center campus while promising to cover its own power and infrastructure costs. The deal shows how AI infrastructure growth is becoming a fight over electricity bills, grid upgrades, nuclear power, and local energy programs.
Google and Kaggle’s Free AI Agents Course Starts Today
Google and Kaggle’s free five-day AI Agents Intensive starts June 15, 2026. Here’s what the vibe-coding course covers, who should join, and how to get the most from it.
Google Targets Outsider Enterprise as AI Scam Texts Become Infrastructure
Google says the Outsider Enterprise used phishing kits, fake sites, Telegram coordination, and mass text campaigns to turn scam messages into a repeatable criminal business.
ChromeOS Flex in 2026: When It Makes Sense for an Old Laptop
ChromeOS Flex is a useful post-Windows-10 option for older PCs and Macs, but only after checking certification, app needs, hardware health, and USB test results.