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Coverage centers on Google-related product/support changes and AI controversies: Google publishes Chromium exploit code, Android/“Google System Updates” roll forward, and AI search/model plans are being criticized for reliability. At the same time, legal/privacy and platform-integration items (Chromecast security updates, Canada’s lawful-access bill) add risk-focused context.

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Google trims Gemini token use and quiets Gboard friction as Pixel chatter swirls

Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash (Low), a lighter variant meant to cut token usage on simple Antigravity tasks. The move comes after user complaints that tight usage limits were draining quotas too quickly, and Google says the Low model uses roughly 45% fewer tokens than the original Flash version. Google also reset Gemini quotas across paid and free plans to support software engineering work. androidauthority.com

The quota changes underline how much scrutiny Google’s AI rollout is drawing from power users. Google had already raised Antigravity limits by 9x across two increases, but that still was not enough to satisfy people using Gemini for coding and other simple tasks. The new model is another attempt to make the product usable without burning through limits so fast. androidauthority.com

Outside AI, Google may be preparing a small but welcome Android change: Android 17 could let Gboard users disable the globe icon entirely. The keyboard would still support language and keyboard switching through a long-press on the space bar, while Google is also working on a new keyboard switcher UI for Android 17. androidauthority.com

Google I/O also fed a fresh round of Pixel speculation, but the apparent “Pixel Glow” shot in the Gemini Omni segment does not look like a real tease. The scene was part of an AI-generated sequence, which makes the lit camera-bar image more likely a playful wink than an accidental reveal. 9to5google.com

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Google's latest attempt to fix token quotas is here: Say hello to Gemini 3.5 Flash Low

Google has launched Gemini 3.5 Flash Low to cut token usage by 45% on simple tasks in Antigravity after developers hit tight usage limits.

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Tracking: First chance to save 30% on the Pixelsnap Case for Google Pixel 10 and 10 Pro / Google’s latest attempt to fix token quotas is here: Say hello to Gemini 3.5 Flash Low

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Tracking: What’s new in Android’s May 2026 Google System Updates [U] / Google clarifies its slightly confusing pair of AI Ultra plans

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Ask HN: Is it just me or has Gemini enshittified in the last three weeks?

As someone who's been using the Gemini Pro plan for the past 9 months, I noticed a massive jump in the amount of rate-limiting I'm getting from Gemini since around the beginning of May.It seems to coincide with the updat…

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Show HN: Gemini Omni – A curated list of native multimodal guides and showcases

Show HN: Gemini Omni – A curated list of native multimodal guides and showcases

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Tell HN: Google slightly changed its wordmark logo

Google is doing some A/B testing where in their main site,[0] it will show a slightly modified version of the 2015 logo, as shown in the following Wikipedia article.[1]You can try this for yourself by opening a private/i…

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Show HN: Mneme – Open-protocol AI memory that lives on your device

Hey guys, so I use AI a lot, and I mean a lot, specially for my job and just as a hobby, I've got ADHD so creating is somethign I love, but I always got annoyed that every AI memory product wants to host my data on their…

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Gemini CLI's Short Life and Google's Antigravity Bait‑and‑Switch

Gemini CLI's Short Life and Google's Antigravity Bait‑and‑Switch

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In October 2025, Google finally announced that its smart speaker ecosystem was getting a new member. The Google Home Speaker was given a vague release date of spring 2026, and it would be equipped with Gemini, the AI model from Google, to provide more advanced smart home functionality. Well, if you haven't checked out your calendar in the last few months, it's currently spring 2026. In fact, we're more than halfway through spring 2026, with only one more month to go before it's officially summer 2026. Unfortunately, there has been no news, no release date, and no announcement of the Google Hom

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