ZDNET's key takeaways Google Gemini can now create a slide show presentation for you.You can base the presentation on a text prompt or an uploaded file.You can then export the file to Google Sheets. Have you ever struggled to create a slide show presentation in PowerPoint or Google Slides?

The breakthrough, confirmed in Nature, pushes quantum computing from theory to real-world validation. Alphabet stock rose 1.8%, adding nearly $35 billion in market value, as investors priced in Google’s evolving quantum edge. Following Google’s latest breakthrough, quantum computing is starting to look a lot more like a business.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin are this year's biggest wealth gainers after Oracle's Larry Ellison thanks to Alphabet's stock surge.

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Google is offloading a key career resource program for supporting women in tech, another sign the search giant is unwinding its diversity programs following political pressure over diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

In the meanwhile, on October 29th, Google will have to change its Android app store in big ways. “While we will comply, it forces us to weaken vital security protections, jeopardizing user safety and the open Android model that supports millions of developers,

Google has announced Privacy Sandbox, which removed tracking cookies in Chrome, is being discontinued in a major update.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google ran an algorithm on its “Willow” quantum-computing chip that can be repeated on similar platforms and outperform classical supercomputers, a breakthrough it said clears a path for useful applications of quantum technology within five years.

Google says it has agreed to purchase “most” of the power that the new 400MW-capacity power plant at Broadwing produces once it starts operating in 2030. “Our goal is to help bring promising new CCS solutions to the market while learning and innovating quickly,” Google says in its announcement today.

Using a technique called Quantum Echoes, Google says its latest chip has delivered results that outperform traditional computers and can be mathematically checked for accuracy.

Researchers from Google Quantum AI report that their quantum processor, Willow, ran an algorithm for a quantum computer that solved a complex physics problem thousands of times faster than the world's most powerful classical supercomputers.

Two big tech firms unveiled the Galaxy XR this week. It costs $1,799 and runs on Android XR, Google’s new spatial operating system. It features Gemini (Google’s most advanced AI ), boasts immersive visuals, and is redesigned to help users navigate 3D space.