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May 20, 2026
Buckle up: Google is set to remake search with agentic AI in 2026
Google's AI search evolution is accelerating at I/O 2026.
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May 19, 2026
Google's SynthID AI watermarking tech is being adopted by OpenAI, Nvidia, and more
AI content is getting good, but SynthID might be able to help tell truth from fiction.
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May 19, 2026
Google announces agent-optimized Gemini 3.5.Flash and a do-anything model called Omni
Google says its more efficient Gemini 3.5 Flash is the key to your agentic AI future.
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May 14, 2026
Motorola Razr Fold review: Fits neatly in your pocket but not your budget
The Razr Fold has a lot going for it, but like all foldables, it's wildly expensive.
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May 12, 2026
Google's Android-powered laptops are called Googlebooks, and they're coming this year
Google has revealed its vision for the AI laptop of tomorrow.
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May 12, 2026
Android is getting a big AI overhaul in 2026
Google has big plans for Android in 2026, and most of it is AI.
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May 8, 2026
Course correction: Google to link more sources in AI Overviews
Google's AI search will start citing its sources in several new ways.
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May 8, 2026
Chrome's 4GB AI model isn't new, but you're not wrong for being confused
You can stop Chrome from taking up 4GB of storage for local AI, but that shouldn't be your problem.
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May 7, 2026
Google unveils screenless Fitbit Air and Google Health app to replace Fitbit
The $100 Fitbit Air is available for preorder today.
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May 6, 2026
Google's Gemma 4 AI models get 3x speed boost by predicting future tokens
Up to 3x the speed with no loss of quality—is it too good to be true?
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May 5, 2026
Google Home gets upgraded Gemini voice assistant and new camera controls
Google's smart home ecosystem is getting its biggest update since the AI-fueled 2025 revamp.
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April 30, 2026
The hidden cost of Google's AI defaults and the illusion of choice
Google says it respects user privacy in AI, but the reality is not so black and white.
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April 29, 2026
Motorola reveals 2026 Razr lineup with modest upgrades and higher prices
Motorola's foldable lineup is bigger and more spendy than ever.
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April 27, 2026
EU tells Google to open up AI on Android; Google says that's "unwarranted intervention"
Gemini gets preferential treatment on Android, but maybe not for long (in Europe).
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April 24, 2026
Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time
The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung's bottom line.
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April 22, 2026
Google unveils two new TPUs designed for the "agentic era"
Google's new generation of Tensor AI chips is actually two chips, one for inference and one for training.
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April 20, 2026
Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent
AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.
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April 16, 2026
Gemini can now create personalized AI images by digging around in Google Photos
Google is making it easier to feed your photos into Nano Banana for more personal image generation.
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April 15, 2026
Google releases new apps for Windows and MacOS
Google mostly creates products for the web, but it has some new desktop apps today.
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April 14, 2026
Google introduces "Skills" in Chrome to make Gemini prompts instantly reusable
You can save custom prompts you find useful or grab a premade Skill from Google's library.
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April 14, 2026
Google will begin punishing sites for back button hijacking in June
Google says it could penalize back button hijacking by demoting websites in search ranking.
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April 13, 2026
Google shoehorned Rust into Pixel 10 modem to make legacy code safer
Cellular modems are complex black boxes of legacy code, but Google is making them safer with Rust.
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April 10, 2026
YouTube increases Premium price again, says 90-second unskippable ads are a bug
An individual plan now cost $15.99 per month, and the free tier comes with buggy ads.
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April 8, 2026
Motorola's budget phones are now up to 50% more expensive as memory shortage drags on
Motorola's budget phones are much less budget-friendly today.
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April 7, 2026
Testing suggests Google's AI Overviews tells millions of lies per hour
Is 90 percent accuracy good enough for a search robot?
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April 6, 2026
Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing
LG almost released a rollable smartphone in 2021, and this is what it looked like inside.
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April 2, 2026
Google Vids gets AI upgrade with Veo and Lyria models, directable AI avatars
Google Vids brings together Google's most capable AI creation tools.
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April 2, 2026
Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license
Gemma 4 brings the first major update to Google's open models in a year.
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March 31, 2026
You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago
All your data remains intact, and you can go back to your original address at any time.
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March 26, 2026
The debut of Gemini 3.1 Flash Live could make it harder to know if you're talking to a robot
Google's new conversational audio AI is rolling out in search, Gemini, and developer tools today.
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