Google keeps finding new ways to crash the stock market's AI party

Just as attention around the looming SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI IPOs was peaking, Alphabet entered the ring with an offering of its own.

Google Is Letting Anyone Make Their Own Fitbit Air Bands

Google is doing something it has never done before: letting anyone create an accessory for its new screenless Fitbit Air wearable. The company released full device measurements and accessory guidelines earlier this week.

Google could make AI Mode the default way to search in Chrome (Update: Google says 'no')

A new flag in Chrome Canary redirects searches made from the Chrome address bar directly to AI Mode, bypassing Google Search completely.

Google will comb through your Gmail inbox if you ask it while working in Drive

Google is expanding Ask Gemini in Drive by letting users add Gmail threads as sources for AI-powered answers, summaries, and cross-referenced workplace insights.