Google won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines’ emails, chats and documents, paying $10 million for the materials. The records are associated with Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings. The available information identifies the purchased materials as emails, chats and documents. It does not specify the date range of the records, the number of files involved, how Google plans to use them, or whether the materials include customer, employee or operational data.

HEIR is an open-source compiler in Google's Private Computing Toolkit that enables cryptographically-secure private AI inference using homomorphic encryption. This tool addresses the balance between privacy and security in AI applications.

Pixel 11 Pro Fold features a durable design, a new camera visor with HiLight, and is approximately 10% lighter and 1mm thinner than its predecessor, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. Unique features are included to enhance daily usability.

Many users rely on Google Search for accurate sunset times, which can vary based on geographical location. Recent AI-generated summaries from Google have been providing incorrect sunset times, leading to frustration among users.

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced changes within Google DeepMind, including new roles for Demis Hassabis and Koray Kavukcuoglu. Pichai emphasized the company's progress in delivering a comprehensive AI stack, highlighting its talent, computing power, and widespread AI product offerings.

Google holds $94.1 billion in SpaceX shares, representing approximately a 6% stake in the company. Of this amount, $80 billion is subject to short-term sale restrictions and $14.1 billion is subject to long-term restrictions until the third quarter of 2027.

Google will shut down the Custom Search API on January 1, 2027. The shutdown notice was issued in January 2026, and the API is currently still operational.

The European Court of Justice upheld a fine of approximately 4.1 billion euros ($4.67 billion) against Google for anti-competitive practices related to its Android mobile operating system. The fine was originally imposed by the European Commission in 2018 for abusing its market dominance to favor its own apps through pre-installation agreements with smartphone manufacturers.

Two months ago I was fired by Google for creating the Google Workspace CLI. It went viral, hit #1 on Hacker News, gained thousands of GitHub stars and many thousands of actual users in just a couple days. It was an incredible, confusing journey, from directors and leaders asking what they could learn from the tool to getting grilled by legal about why the Google logo and brand colors are on the Go...

I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining OpenAI and look forward to working with the exceptional team there. It was a difficult decision to move on. I’m incredibly proud of the amazing team at Google and everything we’ve built together. It has been an honor and a pleasure to work with all of you.