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Gemini 3.5 Pro delays due to coding performance, upgraded Flash model in testing
Google delayed its flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro model after internal testing found it fell short on coding and reasoning benchmarks.
// daily-digest · sat 18 jul 2026 · morning refresh · last 72h focus
Ten items on Google’s rough week, the AI infrastructure land grab, and Satya Nadella’s warning to enterprises, plus Denver’s cooling housing market and a wildcard from deep space.
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Google delayed its flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro model after internal testing found it fell short on coding and reasoning benchmarks.
EU regulators ordered Google to give rival AI assistants access to Android system features under the Digital Markets Act.
OpenAI launched a $230 mechanical keyboard designed to help users manage fleets of Codex coding agents.
AWS’s longtime compute and AI chief is reportedly leaving to help Meta build out its own AI infrastructure.
Microsoft’s CEO argues enterprises using AI models pay twice, in tokens and in the proprietary data those models absorb.
AI inference startup Fireworks raised a $1.5 billion round at a $17.5 billion valuation, backed partly by Nvidia.
Apple briefly overtook Nvidia as the world’s most valuable company as investors broadened bets beyond AI chipmakers.
Claude Code’s latest release fixes permission-system bypass bugs and adds an EndConversation tool plus OpenTelemetry tracing.
Falling Denver-area home listings haven’t translated into stronger buyer demand, according to new metro market data.
Astronomers found a lithium excess in a distant Sun-like star suggesting it engulfed one of its own planets.