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Google has released Gemini 4 Carbon to paying developers and enterprises, with a multi-agent swarm feature in preview.1 Introductory API pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with costs doubling at the end of November.1 Google also unveiled the TPU 8tx, designed with AMD, and the TPU 8i Max, and expanded its Gemini Robotics 2.5 model.1 Alphabet shares closed down over 12% on Thursday, 29 October 2026, after third-quarter results showed weaker search advertising revenue and negative free cash flow.2 A power-related fault at Google Cloud's europe-west2 region near London disrupted services at Revolut, Lloyds and HSBC on Tuesday, 20 October 2026.3
- 13h ago
Child sexual abuse material cases in Barcelona rise almost 60% in 2025
Barcelona's provincial prosecutors opened 132 child abuse material procedures in 2025, almost 60% more than the year before, and platform complaints now drive half or more of them.
- yesterday
Google launches Gemini 4 Hydrogen, a cheaper model for coding, agents and Search
Google released Gemini 4 Hydrogen on 12 November 2026 as a faster, lower-cost model for everyday tasks, and it is now the default model in Search's AI Mode.
- 2d ago
Google and Samsung open preorders for Gemini smart glasses from $395, shipping 10 December
Google and Samsung opened preorders on 12 November for smart glasses made with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. The frames carry a 12-megapixel camera and the Gemini assistant, and Google is stressing privacy safeguards as it takes on Meta's Ray-Ban glasses.
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Advocate General urges Court of Justice to reverse annulment of Google's €1.49B AdSense fine
Advocate General Juliane Kokott recommended on Thursday, 12 November 2026, that the EU Court of Justice overturn the General Court's annulment of Google's €1.494 billion AdSense fine. Google says the General Court ruled correctly and wants the case closed.
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Spain's Thursday draws on 12 November 2026: Bonoloto jackpot rolls over, Lotería Nacional 39430
No Bonoloto ticket matched all six numbers on Thursday, 12 November 2026, so the pot moves to the next draw. Lotería Nacional, La Primitiva, EuroDreams, the ONCE daily coupon and Triplex also drew numbers that day.
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Güstrow murder case: defence files appeal against life sentence for 30-year-old woman
The defence of a 30-year-old woman sentenced to life imprisonment in Rostock has filed an appeal on points of law. The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe will now test the verdict for legal errors.
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Objects on the track halt five Berlin S-Bahn lines at Hackescher Markt
Train services between Alexanderplatz and Friedrichstraße were interrupted on Thursday morning, 12 November, by objects on the track. The S-Bahn said five lines were affected, and a spokesperson later identified one item as a shopping trolley.
- 3d ago
United Airlines bars AI agents from booking its flights and accessing customer accounts
United Airlines says unauthorized AI assistants may no longer book or manage its flights, citing data exposure and FAA and DOT rules. The restriction was announced on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, and extends to bookings made through travel agencies and aggregators.
- 3d ago
German Council of Economic Experts raises 2026 growth forecast to 1.3% and warns on budget gap
The council now expects GDP to grow 1.3 percent in 2026 and 1.0 percent in 2027, while inflation is projected to climb to 2.8 percent and then 3.3 percent, and it warns of a widening federal budget gap.
- 4d ago
Anthropic adds Claude Meetings, Sheets and Whiteboards to take on Microsoft and Google
Anthropic presented Claude Meetings, Claude Sheets and Claude Whiteboards in San Francisco on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, and made Claude Data broadly available. The tools put Claude in direct competition with Excel and Google Sheets, weeks before the company's planned Nasdaq listing.
- 4d ago
Berlin Left moves to expel MP Vanessa Emde from its parliamentary group
The Berlin Left faction leadership decided on Tuesday, 10 November, to draft a motion expelling Vanessa Emde, who won a Neukölln seat with 46.2% of first votes. A faction vote can take place no earlier than 24 November and needs two-thirds of its 44 members.
- 4d ago
Adobe puts AI agents into Creative Cloud and Firefly and previews local MCP access for 2027
At its MAX conference in Miami Beach, Adobe unveiled agent features for Photoshop, Premiere and Firefly, and expanded its Google partnership so Acrobat opens in Gmail and Google Drive.
- 4d ago
Google releases Gemini 4 Carbon to paying users and unveils two new TPU chips
Carbon is now open to paying developers and enterprises, with a multi-agent swarm feature in preview. Google also unveiled TPU 8tx and TPU 8i Max chips for confidential training and memory-heavy inference, and expanded its Gemini Robotics 2.5 model.
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Anthropic's seven co-founders sell $1.75bn of stock as IPO nears pricing on 18 November
Orders for Anthropic's share sale have reached several times the shares on offer, and pricing is set for 18 November at a valuation that could top the $1.4tn ceiling the company set on 10 November.
- 4d ago
Patricia Schlesinger goes on trial in Berlin over alleged breach of trust at RBB
Prosecutors allege the broadcaster lost almost 1.8 million euros through bonuses paid without the supervisory board's approval. The Berlin regional court has planned 56 trial days through 29 June 2027.
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Rostock court gives life sentence for murder of eight-year-old in Güstrow
The court found the especially grave nature of the 30-year-old defendant's guilt, which makes parole after 15 years practically excluded. Her defence counsel said an appeal will be filed, so the judgment is not yet final.
- 5d ago
California voters reject a 5% tax on billionaires' net worth in Proposition 40 vote
Proposition 40, a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of Californians worth more than $1 billion, was defeated after a count that stretched for nearly a week. Opponents heavily outspent supporters, and backers say they will try again in 2028.
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Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2, cutting Fable price 20% before IPO
Fable 5.2 is open to all users from Monday, 9 November 2026, while Mythos 5.2 goes only to vetted organisations, and Fable's input price falls from $10 to $8 per million tokens.
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Fewer Syrians move to Germany as departures nearly match arrivals
Federal Statistical Office figures for January to September 2026 show about 23,800 Syrian arrivals against 23,700 departures, while first asylum applications fell about 65%.
- 5d ago
Berlin Left chair concedes rents would still rise after housing takeover
Ines Schwerdtner said on 3sat that she cannot promise any tenant lower rents, while the Linke, SPD and Greens coalition paper allows rent increases of up to 2% a year at state-owned housing companies.
