Joint statement from Google and Apple
Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google's Gemini models and clou…...
Google launches Universal Commerce Protocol to let AI shop for you
Google is intensifying its focus on the future of retail with the launch of the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), a new open standard designed to accelerate “agentic commerce.” This framework aim...
Google Cloud launches Gemini Enterprise shopping agents
Google Cloud launched Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience at NRF 2026, introducing AI shopping agents that manage tasks from product discovery to post-purchase support. Major retailers Kroger, L...
Google co-founders are out of California ahead of wealth tax vote
Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google co-founders, are reducing their presence in California where they started the company, by terminating or relocating business entities and acquiring out-of-state prop...
Google removes AI Overviews for some health queries
Google removed AI Overviews from search results for specific liver blood test queries after a Guardian investigation revealed misleading health information that ignored key factors.
The Guardian exami...
No waitlist: Claude Health arrives for U.S. Pro and Max users
Anthropic announced a suite of health-care and life-sciences features for its Claude AI platform on Sunday, allowing U.S. Pro and Max subscribers to share health records and fitness-app data, includin...
Legacy Business Models Break
Bezos popularized “your margin is my opportunity” to capture Amazon’s strategy of using technology, scale and obse...
Walmart Teams With Google to Promote ‘Agent-Led Commerce’
Walmart has launched an agentic commerce partnership with Google.
The collaboration, announced Sunday (Jan. 11), is built around Google’s new Universal Commerce Protocol and pairs Google�...
