The best budget smartphone you can buy
The best budget smartphone you can buy

Some of us take a kind of “I eat to live” rather than an “I live to eat” approach to gadgets. They’re tools that help you get things done, not something you want to invest a lot of time or money in. If that’s you — and there’s no judgment here from a certifiable gadget […]

This Pixel 10 Pro XL sale is ideal if you’re ready to replace an aging phone

Flagship phones have gotten expensive enough that a small discount barely moves the needle. This one does. The Google Pixel 10 Pro XL (unlocked, 256GB) is down to $949.00, which is $250 off the $1,199.00 compared value. If you’ve been sitting on an old…

You can now use Gemini’s Thinking model without worrying about Pro model limits

Google has split the shared limit for Gemini’s Thinking and Pro models and increased the daily quota for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.
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‘Get Grok Gone’: Advocacy groups demand Apple and Google block X from app stores
‘Get Grok Gone’: Advocacy groups demand Apple and Google block X from app stores

X is awash with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes that blatantly violate Apple’s and Google’s policies, yet it and xAI’s Grok remain on both companies’ app stores. In open letters published Wednesday, a coalition of 28 advocacy groups, including women’s organizations and tech watchdogs, are demanding CEOs Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai grow spines and evict them. […]

Google revamps Gemini’s My Stuff hub to make your creations easier to find

Google recently refreshed Gemini‘s web interface, introducing a new “My Stuff” hub to make it easier for users to find their images, videos, and other creations. Now, the company is rolling out an update for this hub that reorganizes items into two sep…

Google Pixel 10a could be right around the corner

The Pixel 10a could arrive a month earlier than expected, marking another shift in Google’s A-series launch strategy.
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Google’s Trends Explore page gets new Gemini capabilities 

The Trends Explore page for users to analyze search interest just got a major upgrade. It now uses Gemini to identify and compare relevant trends.

Gemini is winning
Gemini is winning

If you want to win in AI – and I mean win in the biggest, most lucrative, most shape-the-world-in-your-image kind of way – you have to do a bunch of hard things simultaneously. You need to have a model that is unquestionably one of the best on the market. You need the nearly infinite resources […]

The Atlantic, Penske, and Vox Media have all sued Google for antitrust violations
The Atlantic, Penske, and Vox Media have all sued Google for antitrust violations

Lawsuits seeking damages from Google’s illegal ad tech monopoly are piling up following the Justice Department’s successful antitrust case. Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company, is the latest in a wave of media companies that have filed suit against Google, seeking to be reimbursed for the monopoly profits the tech company allegedly made at publishers’ […]

Google Meet now uses ultrasound to get you into meetings faster

Google Meet is rolling out a smart mobile feature that uses silent ultrasound signals to detect when you enter a conference room, automatically prompting your phone to join the right meeting in Companion mode.
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