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Big Tech's AI Purchase Commitments Near $1.5 Trillion As Off-Balance Risk Grows — Aug 16, 2026 — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Oracle and Meta have piled up nearly $1.5 trillion in AI infrastructure purchase commitments, layered on top of a...Google Gemini App Crosses 1 Billion Monthly Users, Pichai Says — Aug 15, 2026 — Google's Gemini app has crossed one billion monthly active users, CEO Sundar Pichai said, calling it the fastest-growing product in the company's hist...Waymo Wins California OK To Expand Robotaxis Across 18 Counties — Aug 15, 2026 — The CPUC signed off on Waymo's biggest state expansion yet, clearing driverless rides across 18 California counties from Sonoma to San Diego.Sundar Pichai Says Gemini App Has Crossed 1 Billion Monthly Users — Aug 13, 2026 — Sundar Pichai says Google's Gemini app now has more than 1 billion monthly active users, catching ChatGPT's mark and generating 150 million images a d...Demis Hassabis Steps Aside as DeepMind CEO to Chase AGI as Alphabet Chief Scientist — Aug 6, 2026 — Demis Hassabis is handing day-to-day control of Google DeepMind to Koray Kavukcuoglu and becoming Alphabet’s chief scientist, while veterans Jeff Dean...Waymo Opens Robotaxi Rides To Every Rider In Dallas — Aug 5, 2026 — Waymo opened its driverless robotaxi service to the general public in Dallas after clearing roughly 150,000 riders from its interest list since Februa...Waymo Restarts Freeway Robotaxi Trips In Phoenix After May Recall — Jul 31, 2026 — Waymo said it is gradually resuming freeway rides across its service area starting with Phoenix, two months after pulling robotaxis off highways over...Wing And Walmart Take Nation's Largest Drone Delivery Network Into Florida — Jul 31, 2026 — Alphabet's Wing and Walmart flew their first Florida drone deliveries on July 29, opening Wing's first market in the state from two Orlando-area Super...Waymo Goes Driverless in Las Vegas With Denver, San Diego and Tampa Next — Jul 30, 2026 — Alphabet's Waymo has activated fully driverless operations in Las Vegas and confirmed Denver, San Diego and Tampa are next, pushing the robotaxi unit...DoorDash Wins FAA Part 135 To Launch In-House DoorDash Air Drone Fleet — Jul 29, 2026 — DoorDash secured FAA Part 135 air-carrier certification and launched DoorDash Air, an in-house drone delivery program that will operate custom-built q...Waymo Weighs Exit From Uber Robotaxi Partnership, FT Says — Jul 26, 2026 — Alphabet's Waymo has held internal talks about ending its robotaxi supply deal with Uber and going independent in Austin and Atlanta from January 2028...Waymo Signals Break From Uber, Plans Own App In Austin And Atlanta By 2028 — Jul 25, 2026 — Alphabet's Waymo has notified Uber it plans to end their exclusive robotaxi arrangement in Austin and Atlanta, launching its own consumer app in Janua...Alphabet Lifts 2026 AI Capex To $205B After Record Q2 Cloud Growth — Jul 23, 2026 — Alphabet reported Q2 2026 revenue of $119.8B with Google Cloud growing 82% to $24.8B, and raised full-year AI capex guidance to $195B-$205B, sending s...Waymo Turns Off Safety Driver In Las Vegas As Denver, San Diego, Tampa Line Up Next — Jul 17, 2026 — Alphabet's Waymo activated fully driverless service in Las Vegas on July 8, 2026, with Denver, San Diego and Tampa queued behind as the fleet chases 1...Google DeepMind Launches Gemini 3.5 Pro With 2M Token Context And Ultra-Tier Deep Think — Jul 17, 2026 — Google DeepMind shipped Gemini 3.5 Pro on July 17, 2026 with a 2-million-token context window, an Ultra-tier Deep Think reasoning mode, and a rebuilt...Takeda Bets Up To $600M On Insilico's Pharma.AI For AI Drug Discovery — Jul 12, 2026 — Insilico Medicine signed a strategic collaboration with Takeda worth up to $600 million to use its generative AI Pharma.AI platform to discover clinic...NHTSA Orders Robotaxi Operators to Fix First-Responder Interference — Jul 9, 2026 — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on July 8 issued a call to action to autonomous vehicle developers, demanding they present solution...Waymo Launches Driverless Rides In San Diego, Las Vegas, Tampa And Denver — Jul 8, 2026 — Alphabets Waymo is starting rider-only autonomous trips in San Diego, Las Vegas, Tampa and Denver for its own employees, using the sixth-generation Oj...Wing And Walmart Take Drone Delivery Network To Seven More U.S. Metros — Jun 10, 2026 — Wing and Walmart on June 9 added Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area and Salt Lake City to their drone...Flourish Raises $500M At $2.5B Valuation For Brain-Inspired AI Models — Jun 5, 2026 — Jeff Bezos, GV, Lux Capital and Catalio backed Flourish's $500M round at a $2.5 billion valuation as the Reardon-led startup chases a power-efficient...