Walmart and Alphabet's Wing announced plans to bring drone delivery to the Denver and Seattle metro areas starting in 2027, part of a broader rollout covering more than 270 Walmart stores nationwide. The service currently operates in five metro areas including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth and Orlando, with 14 more markets such as Miami, Los Angeles and the Bay Area planned. The drones fly up to 60 mph carrying payloads up to five pounds, with orders placed through Walmart's app or Wing's own app.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-05
Google has launched Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model it says excels at defensive cybersecurity work, including autonomously finding, validating and patching software vulnerabilities. The model is being made available initially only to select partners through Google's Fairwind security program, while Google staff are already using it internally for coding tasks like debugging and codebase migrations. Google says Argon also handles video and chart analysis and outperforms rival models from OpenAI and Anthropic on benchmarks cited from the startup Vals.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-30
Alphabet introduced Gemini 4 Argon, describing it as its most capable AI model to date, with gains in software engineering, cybersecurity and professional tasks like finance and legal work. Google says the model is already reducing memory needs at its data centers and being used by quantum computing researchers, and it will first go to trusted cybersecurity partners and the U.S. government for safety testing before wider release.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-30
A new ranking of the Fortune Global 500's 30 largest companies shows Nvidia converting $55.60 of every $100 in revenue into profit, the highest margin in the group. Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta also each keep more than $30 per $100, while retailers, health care firms, and energy companies such as Walmart, CVS, and Sinopec keep less than $5.
visualcapitalist.com
· 2026-09-29
YouTube automatically plays follow-up videos after a selected clip ends, choosing them based on a viewer's watch history. The setting is enabled by default for adult accounts, but users can toggle it off or back on in the app or website settings within a few steps.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-28
Waymo now runs commercial robotaxi service in 15 U.S. cities, up from three in September 2024, and logs about 500,000 paid rides weekly. Fleet data shows roughly 80% of its 4,000 vehicles are registered in California and Texas, with Texas registrations up 49% in three weeks to 1,102 vehicles as of September 24, partly driven by a new Zeekr-based minivan called 'Ojai'.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-24
Lowe's has launched a drone delivery pilot at a store in Matthews, North Carolina, in partnership with DoorDash and Alphabet's Wing. The service offers over 100 products with delivery in as fast as 20 minutes, carrying orders up to about 2.5 pounds within a 5-mile radius, ordered through the DoorDash app.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-24
Waymo is expanding its teen account program, launched in Phoenix last year, to Nashville, letting riders aged 13-17 use its robotaxis with a parent or guardian linked to the account. Teens can hail rides anywhere within Waymo's Nashville service area and bring up to three friends aged 13-17 along. A company spokesperson said this is the first of many such launches planned across additional markets in coming months.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-22
CNET's daily Wordle guide confirmed that the solution for puzzle #1916, released Sept. 17, is THETA, the Greek letter often used in Greek life symbols. The site also provided hints beforehand, noting the word starts with T, ends with A, contains two vowels and one repeated letter. Wednesday's answer, WISPY, and other recent solutions were listed for reference.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-17
Research led by former SEC chief economist Susan Wachter finds that hyperscalers—Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Oracle—must boost their own productivity nearly threefold by 2030 to cover the cost of the roughly $5 trillion they're projected to spend on AI infrastructure over four years. Current AI revenues sit around $150-200 billion annually, far short of the buildout's scale, according to former SEC chair Gary Gensler.
technologyreview.com
· 2026-09-15
Waymo has started letting select members of the public hail rides from its self-driving fleet in Las Vegas, weeks after Nevada regulators granted final approval. The service launches with dozens of its new Ojai minivans covering part of the Strip and Boulder Junction, with riders needing an access code before wider rollout in coming months.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-14
Fast Company named Google a winner in its 2026 Innovation by Design Awards for the way it is shaping AI-powered interfaces. The recognition points to Google's role in redefining user interaction patterns beyond the classic search box it introduced decades ago.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-14
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