Google Just Paused Part of Its Bug Bounty Program Because AI Keeps Lying About Vulnerabilities
Google paused product vulnerability submissions to its open source bug bounty program on October 1 after a "significant rise" in…
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Google Just Downgraded Free Gemini Users to Its Cheapest Model
Starting October 9, free Gemini app users lose access to the Flash and Pro models and get routed to Flash-Lite…
Google Is Paying Some Publishers for AI Overviews, and Most Are Getting Pennies
Google's AI Contribution pilot pays about 100 publishers when their content shapes an AI Overview or Gemini answer, but reported…
Google’s Latest Spam Update Is Taking Twice as Long as Usual, and Google Won’t Say Why
Google's September 2026 spam update is taking roughly two weeks to roll out, far longer than the one-to-three-day rollouts of…
Google Put a TPU in Orbit, and It’s Not Just a Stunt
Google's Project Suncatcher prototype satellite reached orbit on October 1, testing whether its AI chips can survive launch forces, radiation,…
A Federal Judge Just Spared Google’s Ad Business From a Breakup, With Strings Attached
Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected the Justice Department's push to force Google to sell off its ad exchange, ordering behavioral fixes…
Google Just Told Website Owners: Fact-Check Your AI Content or Else
Google updated its help documentation on AI-generated content, adding language calling it "critical" for site owners to manually fact-check and…
A Federal Judge Just Told Publishers Their Google Traffic Was Never Promised to Anyone
A federal judge dismissed Penske Media's antitrust lawsuit against Google over AI Overviews, ruling that publishers never had an actual…
Google Ads API v25.2 Hands Agencies the Competitive Data They Used to Guess At
Google Ads API version 25.2 shipped September 23 with a new BenchmarksService for percentile competitive data, automated Performance Max draft…
Google Just Put a Buy Button Inside Its Chatbot, and Only Flipkart Gets It
Google is testing direct Flipkart purchases inside Gemini and AI Mode for select Indian shoppers, with a wider rollout planned…