Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features
Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, introducing new multitasking features, parental controls, security tools, and smartwatch upgrades. The l…
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Google Chrome is closing the loopholes that let old ad blockers keep working
Google Chrome version 150 and 151, expected in late June and July, respectively, will cut off support for the last remaining workarounds for running o…
Google Launches Colab CLI for Developers, Automation, and AI Agents
Google has announced the Google Colab CLI, a command-line tool that allows developers and AI agents to interact with remote Colab runtimes directly fr…
Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training
Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, au…
Apple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of, here
Apple kicked off its annual developer conference with bold promises about AI. The company, CEO Tim Cook said, would be "introducing new technologies a…
Apple’s AI pitch will live or die by its privacy promise
As expected, yesterday's WWDC keynote was mostly about AI. And also as expected, Apple tried to turn its late arrival into its sales pitch: it didn't …
NotebookLM’s new update will help you build source repository from chat
Google is making Gemini 3.5 the default model in NotebookLM
NotebookLM’s Gemini 3.5 upgrade adds a cloud computer and help finding sources
Google is rolling out "across the board" updates to NotebookLM. The AI-powered note-taking app now uses Google's upgraded Gemini 3.5 model, which will…
Gemma 4 12B Enables On-Device, Multimodal Agentic Workflows with an Encoder-free Architecture
Google says Gemma 4 12B is "designed to bring agentic, multimodal intelligence directly to your laptop", further noting that the new model can be comb…
Google is letting social media stars customize their search result page
Google now lets big creators and publishers in the US claim dedicated profiles in Search to highlight things like videos, articles, and their other pr…
This Google Photos update has saved your digital photo frame
Aura's digital photo frames will continue to automatically sync with your Google Photos albums, after API changes threatened to remove the feature. Au…
Google ordered to put clearer links in AI search and let UK publishers opt out
Google must change AI Overviews after claiming users don't want "lots of sources."
Publishers will be able to opt out of AI Search, thanks to new regulation
U.K. regulators are requiring Google offer a tool allowing website publishers to opt-out of generative AI search features. The option will be tested i…
AI has a water problem. Google thinks it has a fix
In the face of widespread backlash to the AI data center buildout throughout the US, Google is touting its efforts to minimize the environmental impac…
Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK
Online publishers are getting more control over whether their websites appear in Google's AI Search features, thanks to a UK regulatory ruling. The ne…
Gemini Spark is the most impressive and terrifying AI experience I’ve had yet
According to every product demo from the last four years, planning a trip is a killer use case for AI. Just tell it where you're going, they all promi…
Google Workspace CLI: Unified Command-Line Tool Built for Humans and AI Agents
Google has released a new CLI for Google Workspace, offering a unified interface for various services like Drive, Gmail, and Calendar. Built in Rust, …
The Google Pixel Watch 5 may have been spoiled by… the creator of Borderlands
We may just have gotten an early look at the Google Pixel Watch 5 - and from an unusual source. Randy Pitchford, the creator of the Borderlands game f…
Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo
Google's new "24/7" AI agent, Gemini Spark, can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf. But I'm not sure it's worth the financial cost and …
DuckDuckGo makes its ‘no-AI’ search engine easier to access as its traffic booms
Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo launches 'no AI' web extensions for Chrome and Firefox users.
Making sense of the debate over AI psychosis
On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether tech CEOs are "uniquely prone to AI psychosis."
Google Cloud Suspends Railway's Production Account, Causing Eight-Hour Platform-Wide Outage
Google Cloud's automated systems suspended Railway's production account without notice, triggering an eight-hour platform-wide outage affecting 3 mill…
FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket
FBI: Googler who knew outcome of bets in advance made $1.2M profit on Polymarket.
Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket
According to the complaint, a Google engineer risked over $2.7 million on wagers related to Google's 2025 Year in Search campaign.
A Google employee allegedly used inside information to win $1.2 million on Polymarket
Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud after he allegedly made $1.2 million on Polymarket bets related to Search-related trends in 2…
DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search
Google overhauled Search at I/O 2026, replacing blue links with AI agents. The backlash has been swift. DuckDuckGo app installs spiked 30% as users se…
Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web
Today, I’m talking with Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, in a conversation we recorded just after the Google I/O developer conference. This is t…
Gemma 4 Multi-Token Prediction Delivers Up to ~3x Faster Token Generation
Gemma 4 can be paired with multi-token prediction (MTP) drafters that use speculative decoding to generate multiple tokens in parallel, allowing the m…
Google Introduces Middleware Architecture for Genkit Applications
Google has introduced Middleware for Genkit, its open-source framework for building AI-powered and agentic applications. The update adds a programmabl…
Google appeals search monopoly ruling, says it won business ‘fair and square’
Google officially filed its appeal of the federal ruling deeming it an illegal search monopolist, arguing the decision "crashed" through legal guardra…