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US Treasury

2026-10-03 17:08:42

Bessent says higher Treasury yields track global trend, backs openness to similar aid

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said the recent rise in U.S. Treasury yields is in line with a broader global trend and does not warrant excessive alarm. He also praised U.S. financial intervention in Argentina and said he is open to similar assistance in the future. On technology markets, Bessent pushed back on concerns about an AI bubble, saying companies including Microsoft, Google, and Meta are generating meaningful revenue growth. The remarks, cited by ChainCatcher, touched on bond markets, international financial support, and the earnings case behind current AI-related investment enthusiasm.

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Google

2026-10-03 14:18:43

Google Adds Claude 5.5 to Antigravity, With Older Models Set for Removal on Nov. 2

Google has added Claude Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 to its AI coding tool Antigravity, expanding the model lineup but limiting access to paying tiers. The two models are now available to Google AI Ultra users and to Google AI Pro users with full paid subscriptions. Pro users still in a free trial cannot use them, and neither Free nor Google AI Plus users have access for now. Antigravity also lets users choose among Low, Medium, and High thinking intensity settings when running the models. At the same time, Google is phasing out older options. Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, and GPT-OSS-120b will be removed on Nov. 2. Based on the current model list, if no replacements arrive before then, Free and Google AI Plus users would be left with Gemini models only, with no Claude or GPT-OSS option. Google has not disclosed specific usage quotas for Claude 5.5. It only said Pro quotas refresh every five hours and are also subject to weekly limits. Gemini usage is counted separately from Claude and GPT.

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Google

2026-10-03 12:10:46

Google Gemini to change model access for personal accounts in October 2026

Google will change which Gemini models are available to personal-account users starting in October 2026, according to information from the Gemini app Help Center cited by IT Home and relayed by ChainCatcher. Beginning on Oct. 9, 2026, free personal users on both the web and app versions of Gemini will no longer receive default access to the full Flash model or the Pro model. Their access will be shifted to the smaller, lighter Flash-Lite model. After the change takes effect, non-subscribers will only be able to use Flash-Lite. AI Plus subscribers will retain access to Flash-Lite and Flash, but Pro model access will be removed. Google will send emails to AI Plus subscribers explaining when the change will apply to their accounts. Users on the AI Pro and AI Ultra plans will continue to have access to Flash-Lite, Flash, and Pro.

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digital footp

2026-10-03 02:31:37

PCMag guide says reducing your digital footprint starts with old accounts and data broker opt-outs

PCMag has published a practical guide on how people can reduce their digital footprint and limit the amount of personal data exposed on the public internet. The guide says the first step is to identify and manually close forgotten subscriptions and rarely used social media accounts, while backing up personal data before permanently deleting any profile. It also points readers to Google’s three-dot search result menu for privacy or legal removal requests, and notes that copyright holders can file DMCA takedown requests. Beyond search results, the guide recommends clearing browser cookies and site data on a regular basis, sharing less personal information when signing up for new accounts, rejecting non-essential cookies, limiting website permissions such as location and camera access, using HTTPS connections, and setting social accounts to private when needed. PCMag also highlights the role of data brokers, which collect and sell personal information from public records and other sources. Users can contact sites directly or use services such as Incogni, DeleteMe, and Optery to send opt-out requests, though the report says these services do not permanently erase personal data because brokers keep refreshing their databases. In California, the guide notes, residents can use the state’s free DROP platform to submit deletion requests to more than 600 brokers.

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Google

2026-10-02 17:41:21

Google SVP James Manyika says AI safety should not be decided by a single company

Google Senior Vice President James Manyika said AI safety requires a collective effort and should not be decided by any one company alone. The remark was cited by Techub in a brief update and attributed to Bloomberg. The statement centered on how responsibility for making artificial intelligence safe should be shared rather than concentrated in the hands of a single corporate player. No additional details were provided in the source brief beyond Manyika’s comments and the attribution to Bloomberg.

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Google

2026-10-02 06:27:39

Google sends TPU prototype satellite into orbit on SpaceX rideshare for first Project Suncatcher test

Google said on Oct. 1 that its Project Suncatcher prototype satellite, built with satellite company Planet, has reached orbit aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission and is operating normally after initial contact. The satellite carries Google’s in-house AI chip, the Tensor Processing Unit, or TPU, and will be used over the coming weeks to collect data on how the hardware handles radiation, extreme temperatures, and other physical stresses in space. Google executive Travis Beals described the mission as the first step in a long-term research effort aimed at testing whether space could eventually host scalable machine learning infrastructure. CNBC reported that Google had previously tested TPU AI workloads at a University of California, Davis facility, though performance in low Earth orbit remained unknown. Google has also published a peer-reviewed paper on the mission in Joule. The broader Project Suncatcher effort was first disclosed in November 2025 and is focused on solar-powered AI computing in orbit. SpaceX, meanwhile, has separately outlined its own orbital data center ambitions, with COO Gwynne Shotwell saying in September that the company plans to deploy “space supercomputing” in 2027.

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Google

2026-10-02 10:41:45

Google Gemini agent finds new proofs for five unsolved math problems

Google’s Gemini AI agent has found new proofs for five long-unsolved mathematical problems, according to Techub, citing Crypto Briefing. The reported results span fields including combinatorics and quantum optics. While the brief did not disclose the specific problems, it said the work points to growing use cases for AI in basic scientific research. The development also suggests AI could take on a stronger supporting role in research workflows, especially in areas that rely on formal reasoning and proof discovery. The report frames the advance as a sign that AI systems are moving beyond consumer and productivity tools into more specialized academic and scientific settings.

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Google

2026-10-01 01:16:09

Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon with a 1 million-token output limit

Google has introduced Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier model aimed at complex, long-running workflows in software engineering, legal work, finance, enterprise knowledge tasks, and cyber defense. Unlike earlier public-facing rollouts, Argon is being released in stages. The first group of users will get access through the Fairwind Program, which is initially focused on trusted cyber defenders. The headline change is output length. Google raised Argon’s single-response cap from 64,000 tokens to 1 million tokens, a figure it distinguished from context window size. The company said the larger output budget is designed for tasks such as large-scale code migration, deep research, and multi-step enterprise processes. Google also disclosed API pricing at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input tokens priced 95% below standard input rates. Google paired the launch with benchmark claims and internal deployment examples. It said Argon scored 77.9% on DeepSWE v1.1, ranked first on Vals Index, posted 51.3% on AutomationBench, and reached 91.7% on LVBench. The company also said thousands of employees are already using the model internally across debugging, algorithm design, codebase migration, quantum computing research, memory optimization, and security testing, while Bloomberg reported that some employees still question how reliably Gemini 4 performs on real coding work.

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