NEWS/24 OCT

AI news for small business, Saturday, 24 October 2026

10 stories worth five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it.

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Google now says it may use your Gmail, Drive and Photos to target ads if you let Gemini and Search see them

If you switched on Gemini's Personal Intelligence, Google's own policy now lets that data shape the ads you see.

GOOGLE PRIVACY POLICY|23 OCT
That is sat 24 oct, all of it.

These are short summaries of other people's reporting, with our own commentary. Each story names its source and links to the original. How we source and credit

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