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Alphabet Inc. made its SynthID Detector website available to everyone, allowing users to check images, videos, and audio for SynthID watermarks.
Source:Oct 18, 2026, 13:25 UTC
Donald Trump said at a rally in Highland Heights, Kentucky, that he had called Alphabet Inc. about its maps and claimed the company now responds to him.
Source:Oct 18, 2026, 10:52 UTC
The Aachen Regional Court held Alphabet Inc. liable after its AI Overview falsely attributed criminal offenses involving another person to a doctor.
Source:Oct 17, 2026, 21:30 UTC
The Delhi High Court decreed Arjun Kapoor’s personality-rights suit, protecting his identity from unauthorised commercial use and directing the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Department of Telecommunications to remove specified infringing links.
Source:Oct 17, 2026, 18:00 UTC
Alphabet Inc. donated $22 million in settlement funds from Donald Trump's lawsuit against Google/YouTube to the Trump White House ballroom project, according to a leaked donor list reported by The Washington Post.
Source:Oct 17, 2026, 17:00 UTC
OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceXAI is reportedly offering Blackstone Inc.-managed funds junior debt with a 10% coupon and a total yield above 10% to help finance a proposed USD 60 billion AI-chip purchase.
Source:Oct 17, 2026, 16:45 UTC
Alphabet Inc. began replacing Assistant with Gemini on mobile in September 2026.
Source:Oct 17, 2026, 08:18 UTC
Alphabet Inc. released Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7.1 for eligible Pixel devices, including a fix for severe interface stuttering and freezes under memory pressure.
Source:Oct 17, 2026, 00:34 UTC
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, National Security Agency and Department of Commerce’s Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence issued voluntary guidance recommending cybersecurity controls, independent testing and shutdown policies for frontier AI systems.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 23:59 UTC
Alphabet Inc. announced a new SynthID detector that can identify AI-generated content from Alphabet Inc. and other companies.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 23:59 UTC
U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman reduced David Scott’s hourly rate to $1,600 when calculating legal fees in the Alphabet Inc. voice-assistant privacy settlement, while approving more than $22.6 million in fees overall.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 22:15 UTC
Megan Garcia finalized a settlement with Character Technologies, Inc. in her wrongful-death lawsuit over her son’s use of Character.AI; the terms were not disclosed.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 22:15 UTC
Regional School Unit 9 voted unanimously to join multidistrict litigation against social media companies and signed a retainer agreement to participate.
Oct 16, 2026, 16:30 UTC
Waymo LLC announced plans to launch its first Canadian robotaxi service in Toronto in 2028, following local mapping and testing.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 15:02 UTC
A fake WhatsApp LLC app attributed to developer Agment Assets sallu appeared in a sponsored Alphabet Inc. Play Store slot above the genuine app and had more than 500,000 downloads.
Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 UTC
Alphabet Inc. began rolling out the October 2026 software update for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, including security patches and fixes for several device issues.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 11:30 UTC
Alphabet Inc. announced $15 million in funding through Alphabet Inc..org for The/Nudge to help Indian micro, small and medium enterprises access formal credit, markets and compliance support.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 11:03 UTC
Waymo LLC expanded its partnership with Element Fleet Management Corp. to support its planned 2028 launch of an autonomous ride-hailing service in Toronto, with Element Fleet handling fleet operations, maintenance, charging and vehicle preparation.
Oct 16, 2026, 09:15 UTC
Alphabet Inc. expanded access to its Agricultural Understanding models through a public preview for developers and researchers.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 09:15 UTC
Alphabet Inc. introduced free, self-paced online training aligned with India's National Education Policy 2020.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 08:31 UTC
Alphabet Inc. released Gmail Live, an AI-powered conversational voice search feature, to Alphabet Inc. AI subscribers after its beta period.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 08:00 UTC
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. plans to launch the first overseas vehicle model equipped with the Alphabet Inc. services in the second half of 2027.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 07:13 UTC
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. plans to launch the first vehicle equipped with the related Alphabet Inc. services in the second half of 2027.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 07:13 UTC
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. announced a global strategic partnership with Alphabet Inc. to build a digital cockpit ecosystem for eligible Geely brands in overseas markets where Alphabet Inc. services are available.
Oct 16, 2026, 07:00 UTC
Alphabet Inc. removed Discover-Tech from its advertising platforms for systematically violating its policies.
Source:Oct 16, 2026, 01:04 UTC
Discover-Tech used its Controlium platform and online advertising access to profile and de-anonymize users and automatically infect devices with zero-click spyware, according to The Citizen Lab.
Source:Oct 15, 2026, 22:00 UTC
Alphabet Inc. contributed USD 22 million to the planned White House ballroom project.
Oct 15, 2026, 22:00 UTC
Alphabet Inc., Iab Europe, Beeswax, Vungle and Eskimi severed Discover-Tech’s access to their digital advertising systems after the investigation was disclosed.
Oct 15, 2026, 19:15 UTC
The Trump administration received donations for a planned White House ballroom, including $7.5 million from COMCAST CORP, $25 million from Apple Inc., $22 million from Alphabet Inc. through a settlement, and $5 million from AMAZON COM INC; total donations were reported at $333 million.
Source:Oct 14, 2026, 23:00 UTC
The Rockingham County School Board voted unanimously to authorize litigation seeking damages from Meta, Bytedance, Inc., Snap Inc and Alphabet Inc. over alleged harms from social media use by students.
Source:Oct 14, 2026, 10:48 UTC
A fake Chrome app appeared as a sponsored search result above the genuine app in Alphabet Inc. Play, using matching branding and reportedly exceeding 100,000 downloads.
Oct 12, 2026, 08:22 UTC
The Hon High Court of Delhi granted Vijay Sai Deverakonda an interim injunction against unauthorised commercial use of his personality attributes and directed platforms, marketplaces and government authorities to remove or act against specified content and listings.
Source:Oct 9, 2026, 21:00 UTC
Alphabet Inc. released Android 17 QPR2 Beta 7 for supported Alphabet Inc. devices, including fixes for battery drain and failed HTTPS downloads.
Source:Oct 9, 2026, 13:05 UTC
Alphabet Inc. is developing content-verification features for Alphabet Inc. Search to help users investigate whether digital images were generated or modified using AI.
Source:Oct 9, 2026, 06:39 UTC
The Delhi High Court issued summons in personality-rights suits filed by Kangana Ranaut and Vijay Deverakonda and notices on their interim-injunction applications, requiring defendants to respond; it issued no interim orders.
Source:Oct 6, 2026, 18:00 UTC
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/, CITIGROUP INC and MORGAN STANLEY began syndicating a $42 billion Class A senior-secured tranche within a $60 billion debt package intended to finance Anthropic PBC's access to Alphabet Inc.'s Tensor Processing Units.
Source:Oct 6, 2026, 05:50 UTC
Wall Street banks began selling part of a new $60 billion debt package to finance Anthropic's leasing of Google semiconductors, partly guaranteed by Broadcom, with proceeds earmarked for Anthropic's 2027 chip orders.
Source:Oct 1, 2026, 23:59 UTC
The McCracken County Board of Education voted to join a multi-district social media lawsuit against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Google and other platforms over alleged harms to students.
Source:Sep 29, 2026, 16:50 UTC
Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are planning to form a new AI safety-focused standards body by early 2027, tentatively titled the Standards Authori.
Source:Sep 27, 2026, 12:00 UTC
Anthropic and OpenAI called for regulation and independent testing of their advanced AI models before release, arguing the systems are powerful and dangerous.
Sep 24, 2026, 23:24 UTC
Waymo expanded its commercial robotaxi service to 15 U.S. cities and now averages 500,000 paid rides per week, with about 80% of its roughly 4,000 robotaxis concentrated in California and Texas.
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