Google is letting social media stars customize their search result page
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 profiles online. But this feature won’t be available to most people or organizations; Google is limiting it to people with at least 100,000 YouTube subscribers, 100,000 followers on Instagram or X, […]

Google eases how you pay for stuff online and it’s an impulse shopper’s nightmare

Google is rolling out Google Pay direct checkout and a faster biometric authentication system, while bringing Google Wallet digital ID support to select EU member states.

UK forces Google to let publishers opt out of AI search results without losing their ranking
UK forces Google to let publishers opt out of AI search results without losing their ranking

For months, publishers have faced a binary choice with Google: let AI Overviews summarise your content at the top of the search page, sending less traffic to your site, or disappear from Google entirely. As of Wednesday, that choice no longer applies i…

Google wants your app code so badly, it’s willing to pay for it

Google is offering to pay Android developers for access to their code through a “confidential content offer pilot.” The program is framed as a revenue opportunity, but the link in the email tells a different story.

This Google Photos update has saved your digital photo frame
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. Aura is now rolling out a full migration to Google’s new Ambient API, allowing your Aura frame slideshows to be automatically updated with new photos, instead of requiring owners to manually add them […]

Google Photos on Android finally gives your custom stickers a home

Google Photos on Android is rolling out a dedicated Stickers folder in the Collections tab, automatically saving every custom sticker you create. The update brings the Android app to feature parity with iOS, which received the folder in January.

Google wants to kill your expensive voice transcription subscription

Google AI Edge Eloquent is a free dictation app for Mac that transcribes and polishes your speech on-device, no subscription, no cloud, and no privacy concerns.

Leaked Pixel 11 wallpapers hint at what color options you’ll likely get to choose from

Leaked wallpapers for the Pixel 11 lineup reveal a more muted color direction for Google’s next smartphone lineup, with soft greens, beiges, and pinks replacing the bolder tones of recent years.

Google’s new AI app wants to replace endless scrolling with stories about your own life

Google’s new Dreambeans app works while you sleep and delivers a small collection of AI-illustrated stories about your life each morning.

Alphabet just raised $85 billion for AI, smashing the largest equity offering in history
Alphabet just raised $85 billion for AI, smashing the largest equity offering in history

The public markets have been asked whether they believe in AI, and they have answered with $85 billion. Alphabet’s record-shattering equity offering, which priced on 2 June, is not just the largest stock sale in tech history. It is the largest equity o…