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Travel agency Fora announced a $60 million Series D round led by Forerunner and Tactile Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion. Fora, founded in 2021, is a two-part platform: it lets people easily become travel agents by providing the infrastructure to support client communication and travel planning; it also
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Have you run into problems migrating your products from one model to the next? Upgrading to the latest AI models is rarely simple. For engineering teams, model updates whether migrating to an entirely new model or updating to a newer checkpoint within the same model family, like moving from an
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Data scientists and data engineers often find themselves caught between two worlds: SQL and Python. Some find SQL more intuitive, especially when combined with a powerful engine like BigQuery to process data at scale. Others find it easier to work in Python with its rich ecosystem of libraries and runtimes.
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Can teams of AI agents collaborate to create a short film? As part of an internal Google generative media hackathon, we put this question to the test – specifically, to uncover whether AI agents could work collaboratively in a domain less innately familiar than software development. We gave each crew three
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Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for July 2026. Today, Francis deSouza, COO, Google Cloud and President, Security Products, explains the crucial role that deep context plays in creating an AI advantage for defenders. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the
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The Pixel 11 Pro XL in "Canyon," if Amazon's premature listings are to be believed.Credit: Android Authority Premature Amazon listings have revealed Google's full 2026 Pixel 11 phone lineup and its US prices. The pages briefly went live on Google’s official Amazon
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Right now is a great time to buy a phone, beacause because nearly every single Google Pixel 10 Pro model is on sale. Among all the discounts, the best deal belongs to the 128GB Pixel 10 in Obsidian (black), which
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You’ll soon be able to access your notebooks in AI Mode, too. by Emma Roth Jul 16, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC Image: Google Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and
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* We have a first look at Mike Flanagan's upcoming Carrie series, which arrives in autumn 2026 * In addition to this, Flanagan confirmed that the horror series has a modern setting * Summer H. Howell is playing the iconic role of Carrie White, leading a great cast including Scream'
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9:00 AM PDT · July 16, 2026 Google might launch an AI product with one name during its experimental phase, but it will eventually tie it all to Gemini. In the latest example of this trend, the company is renaming its AI-powered research product NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook. The company
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Google announced on Thursday that it now allows users to link and interact with some of their go-to apps right in AI Mode, the tech giant’s conversational search experience. At launch, supported apps include Instacart, Canva, and YouTube. With this new update, Google is expanding AI Mode beyond answering
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Hey Hackers! We tend to think of TV shows, movies, and video games as pieces of art. They are, but people tend to forget that the creative, entertainment business is still a business. It still needs money to keep things running, it still needs to turn a profit, etc. And
