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• EA closes BioWare and cancels the next Mass Effect in a 400-job cut
• Gemini reaches Apple CarPlay almost 12 months after Android Auto, minus personal data access
• OpenAI's models now sit on all three big US clouds as Google joins AWS
• OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud, the third major US cloud to host them
• Gemini in Android Auto can now pull Gmail and Calendar data, but not in the UK or EEA

EA closes BioWare and cancels the next Mass Effect in a 400-job cut

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BioWare said on Oct. 21 that it is closing "after more than three decades" and that early development of the next Mass Effect is ending.

Gemini reaches Apple CarPlay almost 12 months after Android Auto, minus personal data access

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Google Maps users on Apple CarPlay in the US can now talk to Gemini while navigating, as of Oct.

OpenAI's models now sit on all three big US clouds as Google joins AWS

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OpenAI said on Oct.

OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud, the third major US cloud to host them

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OpenAI said its GPT models will be available to developers through Google Cloud's Model Garden and Google's Antigravity coding tool "in the coming weeks," per CNBC.

Gemini in Android Auto can now pull Gmail and Calendar data, but not in the UK or EEA

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Google began rolling out Personal Intelligence for Gemini in Android Auto on October 20, 2026, letting the assistant draw on linked Gmail, Calendar and Photos data to answer

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