Chips
Meta Platforms Strikes Multibillion-Dollar Deal to Rent Google TPUs
In October, The Left Shift published an exclusive report on Meta's talks with Google about a potential multi-million-dollar deal for Google's TPUs.
Big Tech
Google DeepMind Debuts Project Genie, AI Tool for Creating Interactive Worlds
The tool is initially rolling out to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the United States.
Big Tech
Google Expands AI Plus Subscription to 35 New Countries, Including the US
The plan includes access to Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro within the Gemini app, AI filmmaking tools in Flow, and research and writing assistance in NotebookLM.
Partnerships
Apple Taps Google’s Gemini Models to Power Next Generation of Apple Intelligence and Siri
Apple said Apple Intelligence will continue to function within its tightly controlled ecosystem, running on Apple devices and through its Private Cloud Compute infrastructure.
Big Tech
Google Launches Universal Commerce Protocol to Power AI-Driven Shopping and Agentic Checkout
UCP establishes a shared language that allows agents, retailers, and payment providers to interact without requiring custom integrations for each platform.
Developer's Corner
Google Brings Vibe-Coding Tool Opal to Gemini, Letting Users Build AI Apps Without Code
Opal appears inside the Gems manager and includes a visual editor that breaks app creation into clear, connected steps.
Big Tech
Google Launches First-Ever Credit Card in India
India was chosen as the launch market due to its rapidly expanding digital payments ecosystem.
Big Tech
Big Tech’s New Love Story with India: Amazon and Microsoft Announce New Mega Billion-Dollar Investments
Microsoft kicked things off with a massive $17.5 billion commitment to supercharge India’s AI and cloud infrastructure over the next four years.
Developer's Corner
Google Cloud Now Offers Official MCP Support Across Its Services to Power Agentic AI
Under the new rollout, Google is launching fully-managed, remote MCP servers that let developers point their AI agents, including clients like Gemini CLI and AI Studio.
AI Models
Google Drops ‘Nano Banana Pro’ — Its Sharpest AI Image Generator Yet
It can draw on Google Search’s real-world data — for example, illustrating a recipe or visualising real-time weather.
Big Tech
Google Launches Scholar Labs, Promising a Smarter Way to Explore Academic Research
The tool analyses user queries to identify underlying topics, relationships, and nuances—and then searches across Google Scholar to find highly relevant academic papers.
Developer's Corner
Google’s New AI IDE “Antigravity” Promises Autonomous Coding with Gemini 3, GPT-OSS
Antigravity is launching in public preview for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and supports Gemini 3 Pro, as well as Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 and GPT-OSS.