Gemini can now create documents, slides, meetings and more in chat

Google has integrated Gemini into Chat, allowing users to create documents, slides, and manage tasks directly within conversations.

Google just launched its agentic enterprise play, and it runs from chip to inbox
Google just launched its agentic enterprise play, and it runs from chip to inbox

Summary: Google rebranded and consolidated its AI platform at Cloud Next 2026, renaming Vertex AI to the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and absorbing Agentspace into a unified Gemini Enterprise product. The announcements include Workspace Studio (no-…

Google splits its next TPU in two, and the AI chip war just became a design philosophy fight
Google splits its next TPU in two, and the AI chip war just became a design philosophy fight

Summary: Google made Ironwood, its seventh-generation TPU, generally available at Cloud Next 2026 while previewing its eighth-generation architecture: TPU 8t (Sunfish), a Broadcom-designed training chip, and TPU 8i (Zebrafish), a MediaTek-designed infe…

Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multi-billion-dollar deal

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia’s latest GB300 chips, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI

Generative AI is being infused into Google’s popular feature within Maps.

You can finally have human-like conversations with Google’s smart home Gemini

Google is adding Continued Conversation to Gemini for Home, letting Nest and Google Home users ask follow-up questions without repeating the wake phrase every time.

Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in seven new countries

Google is rolling out Gemini in Chrome in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam.

Google is building a four-partner chip supply chain to challenge Nvidia in AI inference
Google is building a four-partner chip supply chain to challenge Nvidia in AI inference

Summary: Google is building the AI industry’s most diversified custom chip supply chain, with four design partners (Broadcom, MediaTek, Marvell, Intel) and a roadmap stretching from the Ironwood TPU now shipping in the millions to TPU v8 chips at TSMC …

Google Photos adds new touch-up tools for ‘quick’ fixes

You can use the new tools to remove blemishes, refine skin texture, brighten eyes, or whiten teeth in photos.

Gemini Live gets a minimalist app redesign that lets you do more

Google has redesigned Gemini Live with a cleaner interface, making AI conversations more seamless and easier to access within the main app.