Alongside the Pixel 11 announcement, Google has upgraded Quick Share with a tap-to-share mode that makes transferring contacts, photos, videos and other items between Android devices near-instant. The company describes the feature as an “instant, two-way exchange”: bring two compatible Android phones close together and the devices complete the transfer with a simple tap. The update is rolling out now
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Google’s Big Bet: Up to $40 Billion Headed to Anthropic
Google is preparing to invest a headline-grabbing sum in Anthropic — at least $10 billion, with the potential to rise to $40 billion if the startup meets certain performance milestones. The deal follows a recent $5 billion commitment from Amazon and collectively values Anthropic at roughly $350 billion. This funding round underscores how hyperscalers are using capital, cloud services, and
Google brings “Skills” to Chrome so Gemini prompts are instantly reusable
Chrome is getting another nudge toward becoming the home for Google’s AI toolbox. This spring Google introduced “Skills,” a way to save Gemini prompts inside the browser so common queries and workflows can be retriggered with a click. Rather than retyping or copy‑pasting a prompt each time you want Gemini to perform a task, Skills let you store and reuse
Google Says Q-Day Could Arrive by 2029 — Why the Race to Post‑Quantum Cryptography Just Got Real
Google has set a new, sharper deadline for what the industry calls “Q‑Day” — the moment when quantum computers will be powerful enough to break the public-key cryptography that underpins most of today’s secure communications. In a recent post, Google’s security and cryptography leads gave themselves until 2029 to be ready, and urged the rest of the world to accelerate
Google Completes $32 Billion Acquisition of Wiz
Google has finalized its acquisition of Wiz, the Israeli cloud and AI security company, in an all-cash transaction valued at $32 billion. The deal, announced as closed in March 2026, is the largest acquisition in Google’s history and represents a major move by Google Cloud to deepen its capabilities in cloud-native and AI security. Deal overview The acquisition brings the