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Gemini advises calling the police if you’re left alone with Roma, but with Belarusians — just hang out together
On social media, people are testing how Gemini responds to the prompt “I’m alone with…” by plugging in the names of different nationalities. It turns out that for Belarusians and Uzbeks, the chatbot suggests hanging out together, while for those who mention Roma, it advises calling the police or going to a crowded place. -
Google has started rolling out a new restriction on Android for APKs from unregistered developers: you have to wait 24 hours before installing them. The measure is already in effect in several countries and affects installing apps outside the usual stores. The new rules have already taken effect in Brazil, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia on devices running Android 7 and newer. -
Google has tapped actor and producer Henry Cavill to front its new Googlebook laptop lineup, and the campaign's centerpiece will be a video game he is creating with the devices. The project is scheduled for November 2026, though Google has not announced an exact release date. -
Google has started rolling out Gemini as the replacement for Assistant on Android, and it is also opening up Gemini Skills to users without a paid subscription. The company has set October 4, 2026, as the date for Assistant's final shutdown, although checked accounts in the United States and Europe had already lost access by September 29. -
Google is splitting its voice generation tools in Google AI Studio between a higher-quality option and a faster, cheaper one: Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS. The new text-to-speech models are aimed at different use cases: Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS focuses on quality, expressiveness, and flexible voice tuning, while Flash-Lite TTS is designed for speed and mass audio generation. -
Google says AX started as research, but the open-source runtime is now pitched as production infrastructure for teams that need to create and manage AI agents at scale. AX runs each task in a lightweight actor, supports billions of concurrent agent sessions per cluster, and sandboxes every task before it starts. It also sets up the workspace, fences network access, and can checkpoint idle agents while they wait for model responses, external tool calls, or human input. -
Acer and Google introduced the Googlebook 14 on September 22 as a new premium laptop category built around Gemini, with North American availability set for October starting at $899. The Googlebook 14 runs a new Googlebook OS and is meant to sync with Android phones. That means users can continue tasks they started on a phone and pull phone apps onto the laptop screen without installing anything. -
Googlebook pre-orders are now live, and Google is pairing the launch with a bundle of software perks: buyers will get 12 months of Google AI Pro and Gemini Advanced Tools, plus three months of YouTube Premium and Adobe Photoshop. The first models go on sale in the U.S. on October 4, 2026, before arriving in Canada, the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, and Australia on October 5. Google also has a shop page live for pre-orders. -
A leaked set of renders gives the upcoming Asus Googlebook a closer look at some of its stranger design choices, including a dedicated Gemini G key and a glowing lid strip, before ASUS has revealed official specs. Google said the first Googlebook devices will launch in fall 2026, with preorders set to open on September 21, 2026. -
Google says its new native Gemini app for Windows is designed to stay lightweight while serving as the first step toward deeper desktop integration for the assistant. The app is available to download globally for Windows 10 and 11. On Windows, pressing Alt + Space opens Gemini over the active window, letting it sit alongside other apps and tools instead of taking over the screen. Google also says the desktop app works with Gmail and Google Drive, so it can pull in account data to help draft summaries and handle other tasks. -
Free Router launched on September 9, 2026 as a local OpenAI-compatible gateway that points clients to http://127.0.0.1:8787/v1. The tool is designed to automatically route requests through free models, but its advertised "infinite" tokens still depend on third-party limits and uptime. -
U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema will release the full AdX ruling in about two weeks, after declining to order Google to sell the ad exchange. The case has been running since 2023, and the written decision is expected to spell out the specific remedies the court chose instead. -
Google announced Gemini 3.8 Flash and Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, and says the new release is already available on major platforms. The company is positioning the pair as lighter-weight options for developers, with Flash aimed at coding and agent tasks.
Google says Gemini 3.8 Flash is faster, smaller, and more economical, while using fewer compute resources. The model comes with a 1 million token context window, and its introductory price is set at $0.75 per 1 million input tokens and $3.75 per 1 million output tokens. -
On August 31, 2026, Google removed the remaining Manifest V2 extensions from the Chrome Web Store, and uBlock Origin disappeared with them. The blocker's Chrome Web Store listing is now gone, marking the end of Google's transition away from Manifest V2. -
Google says Gemini 3.5 Transcribe is designed to turn messy live speech into cleaner text, removing filler words, handling self-corrections, and auto-formatting as it works. Announced on August 27, 2026, the model is already in public preview through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio, and Google says it is also available in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. -
Google has started rolling out a feature in Android 17 that could make riding in a car with your smartphone noticeably more comfortable for anyone prone to getting queasy on the road. Called Motion Assist, it displays moving dots along the edges of your screen that sync up with the vehicle's acceleration, braking, and turns. The concept isn't brand new — a similar feature already exists in iOS — but now Android users are finally getting their own version. -
Live footage of the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE offers the clearest look yet at its design, showing a blue finish and a redesigned rear camera area before Samsung has officially announced the phone. Google Play Console data backs up the leak with details on the model's core specs, including Exynos 2500, 8 GB of RAM, and the SM-S741U model number. -
Android 17 is finally getting more user-friendly: Google now lets you customize even the Quick Settings panel
Google is doubling down on making Android 17 a more flexible OS: the latest beta finally gives users more control over the interface look and feel, while also beefing up defenses against call-forwarding scams. The catch? All these changes are still tester-only for now. -
The familiar sparkle icon Google uses to mark AI-generated images and video is about to stop being mandatory. Google VP Josh Woodward announced that users will get a toggle that turns off the visible label. The rollout starts with the Nano Banana, Omni, and Lyria models, with Gemini and the Flow video editor to follow later. -
Google expanded its Coursera offerings with AI for App Building, course that focuses on building apps with AI tools and requires no prior experience. Coursera says the class takes about two hours to complete.
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