I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator

Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini. 

Google’s AI helped me make bad Nintendo knockoffs
Google’s AI helped me make bad Nintendo knockoffs

This week, a new generative AI tool from Google let me create bad knockoffs of 3D Nintendo worlds. Check out my version of something like Super Mario 64: I didn’t like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, but it’s better than my version of a Metroid Prime experience: Or how about my take on The Legend of […]

India is teaching Google how AI in education can scale

With the highest global usage of Gemini for learning, India is emerging as a key market shaping Google’s approach to AI in education.

Google Maps now lets you access Gemini while walking and cycling

When you’re walking around and navigating with Maps, you can now ask Gemini questions like “What neighborhood am I in?” or “What are top-rated restaurants nearby?”

Google agrees to $135 million settlement for collecting Android users’ data
Google agrees to $135 million settlement for collecting Android users’ data

Android users could get a recovery payout of up to $100 each in a proposed settlement Google filed in San Jose, California on Tuesday night. As Reuters reports, the $135 million settlement is for a class action lawsuit claiming that Google collected users’ cellular data without their permission, even while Google apps were closed, location […]

Google disables Take a Message on older Pixel phones amid audio leak bug
Google disables Take a Message on older Pixel phones amid audio leak bug

Google is disabling some Phone app features on older Pixel devices after acknowledging a bug that inadvertently leaked audio to callers. The issue has specifically been linked to the Take a Message feature released last year, which automatically answers and transcribes voicemails when you miss a call, with a handful of Pixel 4 and 5 […]

Google adds Gemini AI-powered ‘auto browse’ to Chrome
Google adds Gemini AI-powered ‘auto browse’ to Chrome

Google is launching a new “auto browse” feature inside Chrome that can perform multi-step tasks on your behalf. The Gemini AI-powered capability is coming to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US, and can do things like research hotel and flight costs, schedule appointments, fill out online forms, manage subscriptions, and more. The […]

Chrome introduces AI-driven auto browse to handle multi-step online actions

Google is testing Gemini-powered Auto Browse in Chrome, allowing the browser to navigate websites, compare options, and complete multi-step tasks automatically with user oversight.
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Chrome takes on AI browsers with tighter Gemini integration, agentic features for autonomous tasks

Google Chrome is adding Gemini in sidebar and is rolling out an agentic feature for AI Pro and Ultra users

My favorite folding phone is the one that doesn’t exist yet
My favorite folding phone is the one that doesn’t exist yet

A book-style folding phone is a gadget that poses one radical idea: What if you always had a computer in your pocket? When you’d like to be writing a blog while your plane is taking off, and large electronics (Computer) must be stowed? When you’re sitting on the couch putting together a grocery order, and […]