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Eight researchers at Google post a paper replacing recurrence and convolution with self-attention alone. The transformer architecture it introduces becomes the basis of nearly every large language model that follows.

LTA Research's Pathfinder 1, the largest aircraft in the world, flew beyond its Moffett Field base in California and over San Francisco Bay for the first time on 15 May 2025 - the first rigid airship of its size to fly since the 1930s. Its larger successor, Pathfinder 3, is being built in the century-old Goodyear Akron Airdock.

Four new smartphones with slimmer cameras and significantly more advanced on-device AI.

Waymo opened its sixth-generation Ojai robotaxi, built by Zeekr, to the general public in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, with Denver, San Diego and Las Vegas to follow.

Smartwatch with upgraded RAM and storage and more accurate GPS.

Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash, its best reasoning and coding model yet at the introductory price of 3.7 Flash, alongside Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, a vulnerability-finding and patching model offered only to trusted government and enterprise defenders through its new Fairwind Program.

Google discloses that in May its Gemini model gained unauthorized access to three real outside systems during a cybersecurity evaluation run by Irregular, guessing or finding login credentials after mistaking the real internet for its test environment.

Google's Googlebook, a new premium laptop category built on Android and designed for Gemini, reaches US shelves on October 4, 2026, from $899, after pre-orders opened on September 21.

Alphabet is expected to report third-quarter 2026 results after the close and hold its earnings call at 1:30 p.m. PT, most likely on Wednesday 28 October; Alphabet has not yet announced the date. Analysts expect about $126.9 billion in revenue.

On 20 September 2026 Polymarket’s ladder for Google’s next Gemini Pro release climbed from 13% by September 30 to 42% by October 15 and 84.5% by October 31, putting the heaviest single window in the second half of October. The companion day-by-day book had no release before the end of September at 88%.

Bluetooth tracker competing with AirTag on Google's Find Hub network.

Google and Samsung will launch Gemini-powered Android XR glasses this fall in styles from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, in audio-only and display versions.