Google — Volume 343, Issue 4

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Volume 343, Issue 4 · 15 articles from 2 issues

In This Issue

Gemini 4 Carbon: Our Next Frontier Model (Google, Wednesday, October 28th, 2026)

Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon, ranked #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5.0 with strong cybersecurity benchmark results. Read more

7 Free Google Courses and Certifications (Analytics Insight, Wednesday, October 28th, 2026)

Analytics Insight lists seven free Google courses and certifications covering analytics, ads, generative AI, cloud, education and development. Read more

Announcing Genie 4, A New World Model for Real-Time Interactive Simulation (Google, Tuesday, October 27th, 2026)

Google DeepMind announces Genie 4, a world model for real-time interactive simulation with native audio and natural language control. Read more

Grounding Agents in One Context Graph Connecting Semantic Models You Already Trust (Google, Thursday, October 29th, 2026)

Google's Knowledge Catalog now generally ingests semantic models from Looker, dbt, Snowflake, Databricks and SAP into one context graph for agents. Read more

Behind the Scenes, Two Months Later: How We Ship Google Agent Skills Like Products (Google, Wednesday, October 28th, 2026)

Google describes the automated quality gates and AI review agent it uses to ship Google Agent Skills, now 170-plus skills and 21,000 GitHub stars. Read more

You Can Now Generate, Preview, and Edit Documents, PDFs, Presentations, Spreadsheets, and More Directly in Gemini (Google, Thursday, October 29th, 2026)

Gemini can now generate, preview and edit documents, PDFs, slides, spreadsheets and code directly in chat. Read more

How GKE Networking Scales to Support High Densities of Concurrent AI Agents (Google, Wednesday, October 28th, 2026)

Google explains how GKE Dataplane V2 handles network identity scaling to support very large numbers of concurrent AI agent sandboxes. Read more

You Can generate and Edit Google Docs files directly in Gemini chats now (The Verge, Thursday, October 29th, 2026)

Google Gemini can now generate, preview and edit PDFs, Docs, Sheets, slides, Markdown and code files inside the chat, available to all users. Read more

What's New with Google Data Cloud (Google, Thursday, October 29th, 2026)

Google Data Cloud update: Knowledge Catalog adds self-learning context enrichment and Knowledge Studio in preview. Read more

Build and Manage Connected Apps in One Place (Google, Wednesday, October 28th, 2026)

Google previewed a Connected Apps Platform for building apps once and reaching users in both Search and the Gemini app. Read more

Querying Databricks Apache Iceberg Tables with the Borderless Lakehouse (Google, Thursday, October 29th, 2026)

Google's borderless Lakehouse lets BigQuery query Databricks-managed Apache Iceberg tables in place without copying data. Read more

When the Kubernetes API Went Silent: A Three-Layer Networking Mystery (Google, Friday, October 30th, 2026)

Google details a GKE support case in which three separate bugs, ending in a Linux kernel patch, blocked pods from reaching the Kubernetes API. Read more

What's New with Google Cloud (Google, Friday, October 30th, 2026)

Google Cloud's roundup page highlights new items including the AlloyDB Omni Web UI and a November 12 Apigee semantic routing TechTalk. Read more

Innovate on Your Own Business Terms: Google Cloud Spend Caps Now Generally Available (Google, Friday, October 30th, 2026)

Google Cloud spend caps on Budgets are generally available, with a new API, live cost reports and automated guardrails. Read more

Our Latest Defenses Against Evolving Web Scams (Google, Tuesday, October 20th, 2026)

Google details new 2026 features in Chrome's Enhanced Protection mode of Safe Browsing to counter phishing and social engineering scams. Read more