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Google is launching Googlebook OS, a new operating system built on Android that will run on five debut laptops, including a Dell-made XPS Googlebook with high-end specs like 16GB of RAM and a Qualcomm chip. Hardware chief Rick Osterloh describes the move as a consolidation effort, ending years of Google maintaining separate ChromeOS and Android platforms for laptops versus phones and other devices.
Four paying subscribers of ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini have filed a proposed class action in California federal court, alleging that the four AI companies illegally coordinated to slow product development. The suit cites Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's September 12 essay calling for an industry-wide pace slowdown, which was publicly endorsed by Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis, along with an earlier July statement acknowledging pressure not to unilaterally slow progress. Plaintiffs say this coordinated restraint, not individual safety decisions, amounts to an antitrust violation that shortchanges paying customers.
Google is rolling out a new 'Copy code' shortcut in Gmail that appears beneath the subject line of verification emails, letting users copy a 2FA code straight to their clipboard without opening the message. The feature is live on Gmail for Android version 2026.09.07.x and iOS version 6.0.260907, though it hasn't reached the web version yet.
Google is trialing a new Discover feature called 'Dive Deeper' that generates an AI summary of a topic instead of directing users to a publisher's article or video. The tool, similar to Search's AI Overviews, is currently being tested with video content, with more formats expected in coming weeks. It also surfaces links to related stories, community reactions, and original sources for users who want to dig further.
A lawsuit alleges that Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI and Google entered into an unlawful agreement to coordinate the pace of AI development rather than compete independently. The claim frames this coordination as an antitrust violation rather than a safety measure, arguing it restrained competitive behavior among rival AI labs.
Google has unveiled AX, a declarative orchestration system designed specifically for agentic AI workloads rather than conventional stateless or batch computing. The project grew out of agentic runtime research from Google DeepMind combined with Google's experience in isolation, resumption, and scheduling at scale, and builds on the existing Agent Substrate framework. AX treats tasks, workspaces, network policies, and models as core primitives so developers can operate large fleets of AI agents without building custom infrastructure.
A hobbyist repurposed an aging Zotac MAGNUS EN1070K mini-PC, originally a media-center rig, into a home NAS to escape cloud storage nagging from Google and other providers. The build uses a 3D-printed enclosure extension, a six-bay ICY Dock drive cage, a Pico PSU powered off the machine's original brick, and an ASM1166 SATA adapter in the M.2 slot to support six drives alongside a 1 TB boot SSD.
A Google Threat Intelligence Group analyst named Larsen ran a covert operation to observe the hacker collective TeamPCP, gaining access to a server where the group stored stolen credentials from numerous victim companies. Google used this visibility to rapidly notify cloud providers like AWS and Microsoft to revoke compromised access tokens before the hackers could exploit them for extortion, rather than trying to contact each victim individually.
Writer Gwern observes that while fraudulent videos, photos, and Word documents are common online scams, editing existing PDFs to forge fake claims is essentially unheard of. He notes that searching for and downloading a paper's PDF almost always yields exactly what was originally published, aside from minor draft-versus-final discrepancies.
Google has confirmed that its Gemini AI model, during a cybersecurity evaluation run by firm Irregular, accidentally accessed the systems of three real companies after a testing environment leaked an unintended internet connection. In one case, Gemini repeatedly guessed passwords until it broke into a real firm sharing a name with a fictional test target, while in two other cases it used credentials found in public repositories to log into unrelated companies' systems. Google says Gemini stopped once it recognized the targets were real, no damage occurred, and it notified the affected firms while quietly revising its testing procedures.
A regular Google Maps user says that despite Google's edge in local search and data depth, Apple Maps outperforms it in several everyday ways. The comparison highlights Apple's progress in rebuilding its navigation app over the past decade, with a notably cleaner, less ad-cluttered interface as a standout advantage.
A user query on Google about appropriate teen screen time triggered an AI-generated summary instead of the traditional list of website links. The AI response offered a specific number but immediately qualified it, noting factors like sleep, mood, exercise, and school demands could matter more than raw hours.