What's next for Google's AI team? Sundar Pichai says he hopes they 'get a bit of rest.'

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  • Google CEO Sundar Pichai talked about the company's AI strategy in a recent podcast interview.
  • He said Google's AI-first strategy began in 2016, and now, it's paying off with the release of its Gemini 3 model.
  • Pichai said he and Google staffers need "a bit of rest" after the release, which has been well received.

Google's engineers have been on an AI sprint in recent weeks. Now, with a

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Oregon brewery founded by former Nike execs files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after abrupt shutdown

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The parent company of Oregon's Rogue Ales & Spirits has filed for bankruptcy.

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  • Oregon Brewing Company, parent of Rogue Ales, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.
  • The brewery abruptly closed all Oregon locations after years of declining revenue and rising debt.
  • Founded by former Nike executives, Rogue Ales was a top US craft brewery with global distribution.

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The US Air Force just war-gamed how pilots would fight if they lost communications in a high-intensity future war

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The Air Force's Agile Combat Employment concept has been a focus for years as it prepares for the potential of a conflict where it can't fully operate out of its major air bases.

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  • The US Air Force spent weeks testing how pilots and technicians would operate without communication.
  • Scenarios included losing communications and keeping aircraft
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Campbell's exec is out after rant mocking 'poor' customers, '3D-printed chicken' goes viral

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Campbell's is weathering a firestorm over a recording that includes a person, who the soup maker now says it believes to be Martin Bally, insulting the company's products and customers.

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  • A Campbell's VP accused of calling the company's chicken "3D-printed" is no longer at the company.
  • Campbell's said it believes Martin Bally is the voice in a secretly recorded conversation
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OpenAI denies allegations in teen death lawsuit

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OpenAI vigorously denied allegations against the company that it was responsible for the suicide death of Adam Raine, according to a new response filed in court Tuesday.

Raine died in April 2025, following heavy engagement with ChatGPT that included detailed discussions of his suicidal thinking. The 16-year-old's family sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in August, alleging that ChatGPT validated his

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