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Oct 5, 2026, 15:30 UTC
Democrats are divided over how aggressively to pursue oversight of corporations with ties to President Donald Trump and his family if they regain power in the midterms, according to a Politico report.
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- alternet.org
Oct 5, 2026, 14:00 UTC
Australia's parliamentary committee on artificial intelligence opened four-day federal inquiry hearings in which OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google are to appear, with the committee chair demanding OpenAI explain how it will prevent its models from inappropriately accessing Australian data.
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Oct 5, 2026, 11:30 UTC
Google raised the price of its Pixel 10a smartphone, citing surging memory prices, though the increase does not apply everywhere.
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- t3n.de
Oct 5, 2026, 09:30 UTC
UK education software provider Bromcom notified customers of a personal data breach in which an unauthorized third party accessed email addresses and limited information tied to legacy single sign-on registrations in its Communication Server environment.
Source:
- theregister.com
- theregister.com
Oct 5, 2026, 07:15 UTC
The Government Communications Office of Qatar and the Embassy of Qatar in the United States organised a promotional event in Washington, D.C. to build US participation in Web Summit Qatar ahead of its fourth edition in Doha from January 31 to February 3, 2027.
Source:
- thepeninsulaqatar.com
Oct 5, 2026, 07:00 UTC
Pointer Strategy's Pointer Index found that seven security vendors in its top 100 technology employers posted 180 unique job advertisements in Australia and New Zealand in the 90 days to 22 September, 43% more than the previous quarter.
Source:
- itwire.com
Oct 5, 2026, 06:44 UTC
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor shared a chart showing Bitcoin's 30-day historical volatility at 39%, matching Nvidia, while Strategy's common stock (MSTR) registered 94% and its Stretch (STRC) preferred stock logged 9%, as of the October 2 market close.
Source:
- beincrypto.com
Oct 5, 2026, 06:38 UTC
OpenAI and Google reduced usage quotas or the number of available models for their existing AI subscription tiers while keeping subscription prices unchanged, effectively raising the cost of maintaining the same level of service.
Source:
- finance.sina.cn
Oct 5, 2026, 04:07 UTC
Google announced a connectivity hub on Christmas Island amid reports of a proposed data center there.
Source:
- digitimes.com
Oct 4, 2026, 18:55 UTC
Apple and Google are lobbying state lawmakers to adopt kids' online safety bills featuring self-attested age checks and no private lawsuits, while Meta backs bills that place age verification duties on app stores rather than platforms.
Source:
- techmeme.com
- biometricupdate.com
Oct 4, 2026, 13:30 UTC
UK-based Blue Whale Capital boosted its Alphabet position by 230% in Q2 2026.
Source:
- financial-news.co.uk
Oct 4, 2026, 13:30 UTC
Baillie Gifford increased its Alphabet stake by 44% in Q2 2026, buying 862,000 shares, as disclosed in its 13F filing dated 8 August 2026.
Source:
- financial-news.co.uk
Oct 4, 2026, 13:30 UTC
Stanley Druckenmiller's Duquesne Family Office opened a fresh stake of 336,000 Alphabet Class A shares valued at approximately $120 million in Q2 2026, after selling its entire position in Q1 2026.
Source:
- financial-news.co.uk
Oct 4, 2026, 13:30 UTC
Duan Yongping cut his Alphabet GOOG stake by 47% and Atreides reduced its GOOGL holding by 12%.
Source:
- financial-news.co.uk
Oct 4, 2026, 13:30 UTC
Berkshire Hathaway's Q2 2026 13F showed it held approximately 106 million Alphabet shares worth $37.77 billion, with its Class A holding rising 45% to 78.79 million shares and its Class C position growing more than sevenfold.
Source:
- financial-news.co.uk
Oct 4, 2026, 12:30 UTC
Google rolled out Motion Assist, an Android feature that helps reduce motion sickness while using a phone in a moving vehicle, to devices running Android 17 or higher with updated Google Play Services.
Source:
- engadget.com
Oct 3, 2026, 23:00 UTC
US President Donald Trump announced a voluntary AI safety pact with Nvidia, SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Alphabet's Google, describing it as 'morally binding' though not legally enforceable, and directed his administration to rename AI as 'Super Intelligence' or SI.
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Oct 3, 2026, 19:00 UTC
President Trump hosted top tech leaders at the White House, who signed a voluntary AI safety accord Trump called an 'AI constitution'.
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Oct 3, 2026, 17:11 UTC
Google launched Omni 1.1, an update to its Google Vids platform, adding extended scenes, specific duration settings, and high-definition AI video generation.
Source:
- smallbiztrends.com
Oct 3, 2026, 16:15 UTC
Google is pushing to increase use of its Gemini AI on school-issued Chromebooks in U.S. classrooms.
Source:
- naturalnews.com
Oct 3, 2026, 16:08 UTC
Google updated its search guidelines to explicitly forbid fake bylines and AI-generated headshots, saying it will no longer prioritize sites that use such deceptive practices.
Source:
- futurism.com
Oct 2, 2026, 00:03 UTC
Google issued guidance telling websites to manually fact-check AI-generated content, including titles, alt text, and other metadata, before publishing.
Source:
- searchenginejournal.com
Sep 29, 2026, 21:29 UTC
Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, Elon Musk and Nvidia signed a White House artificial intelligence agreement.
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Sep 23, 2026, 19:02 UTC
Google expanded open access to its Google Vids product.
Source:
- finance.sina.cn
- blog.google
Sep 22, 2026, 18:00 UTC
Google expanded its Motion Assist anti-motion-sickness feature beyond Pixel phones to Android 17 or newer devices via Google Play services v26.37.
Source:
- androidcentral.com
Sep 16, 2026, 14:15 UTC
Alphabet dropped out of Hazeltree's list of most-crowded long positions in August as the number of funds shorting the stock overtook the number of funds with long positions for the first time this year.
Source:
- theglobeandmail.com
- ksl.com
Sep 16, 2026, 13:00 UTC
Hedge fund long participation in the Magnificent Seven declined in August 2026, with no company seeing an increase and Amazon, Tesla, Meta, Alphabet and Apple posting meaningful reductions, while short participation rose in Amazon, Alphabet and Apple, according to Data Insights' August 2026 Crowding Report.
Source:
- finanznachrichten.de
Sep 15, 2026, 17:26 UTC
Berkshire Hathaway built Alphabet into a core holding on Warren Buffett's recommendation.
Source:
- nasdaq.com
- nasdaq.com
Sep 2, 2026, 18:20 UTC
Google announced five new Android accessibility and personalization features, including Motion Assist, Guided Vision, and Gemini's remembered items in Find Hub.
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Aug 8, 2026, 16:45 UTC
Berkshire Hathaway added $10 billion to its existing investment in Alphabet, making it one of its largest stock holdings.
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GOOGL

Democrats are divided over how aggressively to pursue oversight of corporations with ties to President Donald Trump and his family if they regain power in the midterms, according to a Politico report.

Australia's parliamentary committee on artificial intelligence opened four-day federal inquiry hearings in which OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google are to appear, with the committee chair demanding OpenAI explain how it will prevent its models from inappropriately accessing Australian data.

Google raised the price of its Pixel 10a smartphone, citing surging memory prices, though the increase does not apply everywhere.

UK education software provider Bromcom notified customers of a personal data breach in which an unauthorized third party accessed email addresses and limited information tied to legacy single sign-on registrations in its Communication Server environment.

The Government Communications Office of Qatar and the Embassy of Qatar in the United States organised a promotional event in Washington, D.C. to build US participation in Web Summit Qatar ahead of its fourth edition in Doha from January 31 to February 3, 2027.

Pointer Strategy's Pointer Index found that seven security vendors in its top 100 technology employers posted 180 unique job advertisements in Australia and New Zealand in the 90 days to 22 September, 43% more than the previous quarter.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor shared a chart showing Bitcoin's 30-day historical volatility at 39%, matching Nvidia, while Strategy's common stock (MSTR) registered 94% and its Stretch (STRC) preferred stock logged 9%, as of the October 2 market close.

OpenAI and Google reduced usage quotas or the number of available models for their existing AI subscription tiers while keeping subscription prices unchanged, effectively raising the cost of maintaining the same level of service.

Google announced a connectivity hub on Christmas Island amid reports of a proposed data center there.

Apple and Google are lobbying state lawmakers to adopt kids' online safety bills featuring self-attested age checks and no private lawsuits, while Meta backs bills that place age verification duties on app stores rather than platforms.

UK-based Blue Whale Capital boosted its Alphabet position by 230% in Q2 2026.

Baillie Gifford increased its Alphabet stake by 44% in Q2 2026, buying 862,000 shares, as disclosed in its 13F filing dated 8 August 2026.

Stanley Druckenmiller's Duquesne Family Office opened a fresh stake of 336,000 Alphabet Class A shares valued at approximately $120 million in Q2 2026, after selling its entire position in Q1 2026.

Duan Yongping cut his Alphabet GOOG stake by 47% and Atreides reduced its GOOGL holding by 12%.

Berkshire Hathaway's Q2 2026 13F showed it held approximately 106 million Alphabet shares worth $37.77 billion, with its Class A holding rising 45% to 78.79 million shares and its Class C position growing more than sevenfold.

Google rolled out Motion Assist, an Android feature that helps reduce motion sickness while using a phone in a moving vehicle, to devices running Android 17 or higher with updated Google Play Services.

US President Donald Trump announced a voluntary AI safety pact with Nvidia, SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Alphabet's Google, describing it as 'morally binding' though not legally enforceable, and directed his administration to rename AI as 'Super Intelligence' or SI.

President Trump hosted top tech leaders at the White House, who signed a voluntary AI safety accord Trump called an 'AI constitution'.

Google launched Omni 1.1, an update to its Google Vids platform, adding extended scenes, specific duration settings, and high-definition AI video generation.

Google is pushing to increase use of its Gemini AI on school-issued Chromebooks in U.S. classrooms.

Google updated its search guidelines to explicitly forbid fake bylines and AI-generated headshots, saying it will no longer prioritize sites that use such deceptive practices.

Google issued guidance telling websites to manually fact-check AI-generated content, including titles, alt text, and other metadata, before publishing.

Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, Elon Musk and Nvidia signed a White House artificial intelligence agreement.

Google expanded open access to its Google Vids product.

Google expanded its Motion Assist anti-motion-sickness feature beyond Pixel phones to Android 17 or newer devices via Google Play services v26.37.

Alphabet dropped out of Hazeltree's list of most-crowded long positions in August as the number of funds shorting the stock overtook the number of funds with long positions for the first time this year.

Berkshire Hathaway built Alphabet into a core holding on Warren Buffett's recommendation.

Google announced five new Android accessibility and personalization features, including Motion Assist, Guided Vision, and Gemini's remembered items in Find Hub.

Berkshire Hathaway added $10 billion to its existing investment in Alphabet, making it one of its largest stock holdings.