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Google Labs leaders use ominous meeting invites to surprise and thank top staff. It's a "secret society" ritual for the most valuable employees, Google Labs chief Josh Woodward said.

Alphabet's self-driving car unit, Waymo, is expanding into Canada after receiving approval to participate in Ontario's automated vehicle pilot program.

Waymo is preparing to bring its autonomous ride-hailing service to Toronto, with the Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)-owned company targeting its first passenger trips in Canada in 2028.  The California-based company said Ontario has approved its participation in the province's Automated Vehicle Pilot Program, allowing it to begin preparing for operations in the city.

Alphabet's sales of AI chips could generate 35% of cloud revenue in 2027 in a boost for Google stock, says Evercore ISI.

Alphabet's Waymo ‌said on Friday it plans to bring its autonomous ride-hailing service to ​Toronto in 2028, marking ​the self-driving company's first planned deployment ⁠in Canada and its latest ​move to expand beyond the US.

Google warned on Thursday that organizations should prepare for "potential widespread ​exploitation" after a new bug was ‌found in US cybersecurity firm BeyondTrust's remote support appliances.

Google began rolling out its Universal Cart in the United States Thursday (Oct. 15), making it available in Google Search and in the Gemini app, the company said in a Thursday blog post. Google unveiled the Universal Cart in May at the Google I/O event.

CNN said that it had reached a multi-year partnership with Google to experiment with AI products using the network's content. The network “will provide enhanced content rights enabling experimental features in Google products to help explore how generative AI can further drive engaged audiences across CNN's journalism,” per an announcement.