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GitLab slashes jobs, shrinks its country footprint by 30%, and reorganises R&D into 60 autonomous teams as CEO Bill Staples bets on AI agents building software.

Google unveils Pics at I/O 2026, an AI-powered design tool built into Workspace that generates graphics from text prompts, challenging Canva and Claude Design.

Google unveils Daily Brief, Neural Expressive redesign, and Spark AI agent for Gemini's 900 million users at I/O 2026, sharpening its fight with ChatGPT and Claude.

Google's stable Android CLI 1.0 gives AI agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Antigravity direct access to Android Studio's toolchain from the command line.

Google unveiled Universal Cart, an AI shopping hub spanning Search, Gemini, YouTube, and Gmail, alongside updates to its Agent Payments Protocol for autonomous purchases.

Google unveiled Gemini Spark at I/O 2026, an always-on AI agent that takes tasks via Gmail, browses through Chrome, and runs 24/7 on cloud VMs for AI Ultra subscribers.

Google unveiled voice-based AI features for Docs, Keep, and Gmail at I/O 2026, letting users create documents and search their inboxes by speaking instead of typing.

Google unveils Antigravity 2.0 at I/O 2026 with multi-agent orchestration, a new CLI tool, an SDK for custom agents, and a $100/month AI Ultra plan.

Google's new Gmail Live feature uses Gemini AI to let you ask your inbox questions by voice. It rolls out this summer alongside an expanded AI Inbox for more subscribers.

Google unveiled its biggest Search redesign in 25 years at I/O 2026, introducing information agents, generative UI, and mini-apps powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash.