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Google unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, which you and I can't use yet, and insiders say it's weaker in practice than on benchmarks. Amazon refreshed the Kindle, Samsung quietly hiked Galaxy S26 prices, and McDonald's AI-priced your Big Mac, location by location.
Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon to trusted cyber defenders through Fairwind and says it is participating in the US government's voluntary pre-release process (Axios)
Google announces Gemini 4 Argon, claiming industry-leading coding, knowledge work, and cybersecurity performance, with 1 million token output and $2/$10 API pricing, but it's still limited to trusted testers (Ars Technica)
Google grapples with employee skepticism about Gemini 4: insiders say it shines on benchmarks but struggles with coding and front-end design, after Google abandoned Gemini 3.5 Pro (Bloomberg)
Amazon updates the Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Colorsoft with new colors and up to 32GB of storage, and unveils the $35 Kindle Click page-turning remote (The Verge)
Hands-on with the new Kindles: the $34.99 Kindle Click Bluetooth remote, plus a $79.99 Page-Turn Cover that gives the Signature Editions of the Paperwhite and Colorsoft physical buttons (Gizmodo)
Samsung quietly raises US prices for most of its Galaxy S26 lineup by $100 and the 1TB Galaxy S26 Ultra by $200; the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8 are unchanged (Phone Arena)
Investigation: McDonald's is utilizing an AI pricing engine across nearly 14,000 restaurants to generate location-specific “optimal prices” for menu items (Reuters)
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