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Google’s Gemini nears billion-user milestone

Google is about to add another name to its long list of products with more than a billion users, a list that already includes Search, Gmail, Drive, Android, YouTube, and Chrome. The company said during its Q2 2026 call that the AI assistant Gemini now has over 950 million monthly users.

Startups

Syria’s startup ecosystem reaches milestone as Labby raises $10 million

Syrian super app Labby has secured a $10 million investment from a consortium of investors from the UAE and Saudi Arabia, in what Syrian officials have described as the country’s first direct foreign investment in a technology startup. The transaction marks a significant milestone for Syria’s nascent startup ecosystem as international investors begin backing locally…