On March eleventh twenty twenty six, Alphabet announced a strategic plan to merge its GFiber unit with Astound Broadband. Formerly known as Google Fiber, this high speed internet initiative originally launched with monumental ambitions to disrupt the telecommunications industry with lightning fast gigabit speeds. By spinning off GFiber into an independent entity, Alphabet is transferring heavy operational costs associated with last mile residential broadband infrastructure to external capital. Stonepeak, the investment firm that acquired Astound Broadband for eight point one billion dollars in twenty twenty one, will become the majority shareholder. Alphabet retains a significant minority stake reflecting its confidence in expanding gigabit connectivity. This transition fundamentally changes the financial trajectory of GFiber, allowing Google to refocus capital on data center infrastructure and artificial intelligence while giving the internet service provider the dedicated private equity backing it needs to accelerate national expansion.

Google Sheets has become much more accessible, especially for users who never enjoyed formulas. With its recent AI update, the Sheets team gave its built-in assistant, Gemini, the ability to explain, diagnose, and even fix formulas. The facelift extends beyond just skin: the feature aims to make incomprehensible spreadsheet logic comprehensible—even to individuals who never liked math class.

If you live somewhere with slow or unreliable internet — perhaps far from fiber-optic cables, or in an area where wiring is prohibitively expensive — you may soon have a new, dramatic option: high-speed internet beamed directly from space. That's the promise of Amazon Leo, the recently rebranded satellite internet initiative from Amazon. As of late 2025, Amazon is rolling out a new terminal, "Leo Ultra," capable of delivering up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) download speeds — a milestone for space-based internet.

Game Awards 2025 helped to understand that the visual palette of the gaming industry is much bigger than photorealism and the latest ray tracing. While this year's reveals spanned from claymation magic to graphic body horror, they all represent an incredible variety of artistic styles pushing the limits of what games can look and say. Such reveals not only remind us of the infinite varieties of gorgeous game art but each have a different story to tell.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, or just PUBG, is a pioneering game of the battle royale genre. But its crossplay situation, something most multiplayer players take for granted these days, remains surprisingly convoluted. The rules shift dramatically depending on the platform you’re playing on.

The Summer Game Fest operates from June 5 to June 8 as the most punctual gaming event which unites gamers from different countries to witness its worldwide stream of game announcements. This four-day event schedule establishes an organized timetable for announcements and gameplay demonstrations and interviews and developer presentations which are broadcasted to audiences worldwide. Geoff Keighley established the event through his vision to create a unified platform which would replace traditional expo-based reveal methods that developed after the fall of conventional show formats. The festival operates entirely through digital channels by streaming its content on YouTube and Twitch and X while conducting limited in-person events to bring live audiences into its online presentations. The structure provides a single presentation period during which publishers and independent studios and platform holders can present their content to the audience.