Google patched high-severity CVE-2026-0628 in Chrome 143 and added Push API rate limits to curb notification spam, with penalties up to 14 days.

Valuation expansion was responsible for 82% of the gain—the price-to-sales ratio escalated from 5.7x to 10.3x.

Google said Sunday that it is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.

Google will discontinue its 'Dark web report' feature from January 15, ending alerts for personal data leaks and shifting focus to other security tools that it said provide more actionable guidance

The search giant is making its first foray into the agentic commerce market with AI tools for retailers. Meanwhile, major chains are already preparing for the wave of AI agent-based shopping.

Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Monday became the fourth Big Tech powerhouse to be valued at $4 trillion, a once seemingly unfathomable milestone that’s become more like a rite of passage amid an artificial intelligence arms race.

This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries.

Google really turned the Pixel brand around after a rough start, hitting its stride with the Pixel 9, and offering further refinements with the Pixel 10. And for the past couple of years, sales have been good, even becoming the premium phone line with the most growth.