Google said the fake messages are part of a massive criminal network called "Lighthouse" that has stolen information through phishing and smishing scams.

Google is adding Deep Research and more file types to NotebookLM. Google is pairing up two of its research products: NotebookLM and Gemini’s agentic AI tool Deep Research. On Thursday, the company announced that all users will have access to Deep Research in NotebookLM within a week.

Google is turning Gemini into a personal shopper with new tools that search, compare, call stores and buy gifts for you.

Apple is inking a deal with Google to make a custom Gemini AI model to power the next version of its virtual assistant Siri for spring 2026, according to a Nov. 2 report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. A subsequent report on Wednesday states Apple will pay $1 billion a year for this new 1.2 trillion parameter model.

For instance, the Google Pixel 10 comes in two versions, one with 128GB storage, one with 256GB. The sneak peek at the prices promises up to £200 ($264) off the price. It looks like this refers to the 256GB model, which costs £899 ($1,185) and will drop to £699 ($921).

Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it plans to invest €5.5 billion ($6.4 billion) into computing resources and operations in Germany over the next four years, joining a wave of spending pledges from technology companies in recent months.

Google’s total electricity demand more than doubled from 2020 to 2024, according to its latest Environmental Report. As for that goal of 24-7 carbon-free energy? The company is basically treading water. While it was at 67% for its data centers in 2020, last year it came in at 66%.

As for the additional support for more file types, you can now upload Google Sheets, Drive files as URLs, PDFs from Google Drive, and Microsoft Word Documents. The tech giant says this change will allow users to do things like generate summaries from spreadsheets and quickly copy-paste multiple Drive files as URLs.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is partnering with Turkey’s largest mobile operator to build the first hyperscale data center in the country, giving the tech giant an opportunity to expand its footprint in a fast-growing market.