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The U.S. Department of Energy under the Trump administration has provided Constellation Energy with a conditional loan commitment of $5 billion to increase the capacity of 11 reactors at eight nuclear plants. Most of the additional energy has already been reserved by Google, Amazon, and Meta for AI data centers.
Aziz KarimovGoogle is expanding autofill features in Chrome: with the help of AI, the browser will be able to pull data from Gmail emails — order numbers, addresses, and card details. The feature is available to users in the US and is part of the Personal Intelligence ecosystem.
Aziz KarimovGoogle has introduced the Connected Apps Platform — a platform through which any developer can connect their apps to Gemini and Google Search. The public beta is currently available only to developers in the US; no timeline for expansion has been given.
Otabek YusupovAt the Android Developer Summit, Xreal, Google's partner in smart glasses, announced the wired Aura glasses running on Android XR and Snapdragon Reality Elite platforms. Sales begin in the US, Canada, Japan and South Korea at prices starting from $1,099 with an introductory discount.
Aziz KarimovSouth Korea's regulator issued the companies a combined fine of 63.7 billion won for forcing payment methods on developers. The companies must submit compliance plans within one month and make changes within three months, but they disagree with the decision.
Madina UsmonovaAccording to Anthropic's S-1, no venture fund owns 5% of the company, while Amazon — through $6.2 billion in convertible notes and $10 billion in preferred shares — has become the largest financial beneficiary of the upcoming offering. Google also expects a substantial gain.
Aziz KarimovUkraine's language ombudswoman Olena Ivanovska has officially contacted Google's head office to find out why the search engine returns results in Russian for Ukrainian-language queries. Verkhovna Rada member Oleksiy Honcharenko announced this. Earlier, Ivanovska stated that correspondence in residential building group chats should be conducted in Ukrainian.
Aziz KarimovMalaysia banned civil servants from using Waze over the app's Israeli ties, citing a data leak threat. Waze called these claims completely false. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim allowed for a full ban once an alternative appears.
Javlon TursunovAccording to The Guardian, US President Donald Trump told a rally in South Carolina that he called Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking him to rename the Atlantic Ocean after himself or America, but was refused. Trump said he decided to keep the original name. Earlier, Google made two renamings: the Gulf of Mexico became the American Gulf, and Lake Ontario became America Lake.
Javlon TursunovDonald Trump, at a midterm election rally in the US, jokingly suggested renaming the Atlantic Ocean the 'American Ocean.' According to him, he discussed the idea with Google head Sundar Pichai, who, Trump claims, reacted to it without enthusiasm. Trump also joked about the possible reaction of European leaders, including European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen.
Sevara AzamovaSeveral Google DeepMind employees have resigned in protest against the company's military contracts, including an agreement with the Pentagon allowing AI use in classified military tasks. They doubt the sufficiency of human oversight and the reliability of AI on the battlefield. Google says it complies with its AI principles and acceptable use policies.
Sevara AzamovaGoogle announced the launch of the 'Personal Intelligence with Gemini' feature for cars: the assistant will be able to use data from Gmail, Calendar, YouTube, Maps, and search history. The feature launches in Android Auto on October 20, 2026, and will arrive in cars with Google Built-in in the coming months. Connection is only with the user's consent.
Bekzod NazarovGoogle released TorchTPU — an open-source version of PyTorch for its TPU chips, allowing AI applications to be moved to Google Cloud without rewriting code. A day earlier, Amazon introduced a similar TorchNeuron for Trainium chips. Both companies are challenging Nvidia's dominance in the AI hardware market.
Sevara AzamovaA regional court in Hesse upheld the claim of a Frankfurt resident against Google over the publication of aerial images of his house on Google Earth and Google Maps. The court found that the publication violates the right to privacy, and Google cannot invoke freedom of information.
Sevara AzamovaGoogle announced the availability of the Universal Cart tool for users in the US. The feature, first shown at Google I/O in May, allows users to collect items from Search and the Gemini app into a single cart, track prices and availability, account for card rewards and promo codes. Checkout is tied to the open Universal Commerce Protocol standard.
Sardor QodirovGoogle announced broad access to the Gemini 4 Argon model, first introduced in late September. From October 13, the model is available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, via API and in AI Studio. The current API price is $2 per million input and $10 per million output tokens; from December 1 it will rise to $4 and $20.
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