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Google Opens $899 Googlebook Preorders for Gemini Laptops
Google is moving Gemini from an optional app to a built-in part of a new premium laptop category sold by five hardware partners.
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Google’s CC Turns Family Logistics Into an AI Test
Google’s family-focused CC agent moves Gemini beyond answers and into calendars, forms, meal plans and the everyday logistics that shape consumer trust.
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Google Raises Pixel 11 Prices as AI Moves Deeper On-Device
Google’s Pixel 11 lineup raises U.S. starting prices by $100 while using new camera, translation and notification tools to put Gemini deeper into everyday phone use.
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Updated Aug. 5, 2026
Google Reshuffles DeepMind Leadership as Jeff Dean and Senior AI Researchers Exit
Demis Hassabis will become chair of Google DeepMind and Alphabet’s chief scientist, while Koray Kavukcuoglu assumes day-to-day leadership and four veteran researchers launch Discovery Loop.