Google’s AI search summaries will now quote Reddit
Google’s AI search summaries will now quote Reddit

Google is updating its AI Search features to make it easier for users to find information from sources they know and trust. One of the more notable changes introduces “a preview of perspectives” from firsthand sources like social media, Reddit, and other web forums, effectively linking your search queries with online conversations around similar topics. […]

Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage
Chrome’s AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage

Google Chrome may be taking up more of your storage than expected thanks to a large on-device AI model file that, in some cases, is being automatically downloaded to the browser’s system folders. Users who have noticed unexplained drops in their available desktop device storage are now discovering that Chrome is installing a 4GB weights.bin […]

Google’s top differential-privacy scientist tells the EU its data-sharing plan can be reversed in two hours
Google’s top differential-privacy scientist tells the EU its data-sharing plan can be reversed in two hours

Sergei Vassilvitskii, distinguished scientist at Google since 2012, has written to Brussels warning that the Commission’s proposed anonymisation scheme for forced search-data sharing is, by his red team’s own demonstration, breakable in 120 minutes. Th…

ChatGPT for Excel and Google Sheets is now out of beta, and it’s kind of a big deal

ChatGPT for Excel and Google Sheets is out of beta and now available globally. Build, edit, and ask questions about your spreadsheets using plain language.

Google is adopting a new framework to stop shady Android apps from raising hell

Google is expanding Binary Transparency for Android, using a public ledger to help verify official Google apps and spot unauthorized builds more easily.

Google Home’s Gemini AI can handle more complicated requests
Google Home’s Gemini AI can handle more complicated requests

Google Home users can now ask Gemini to complete more complex, multi-step tasks and combine multiple tasks in a single command. Google has updated Gemini for Home to Gemini 3.1, which it says will improve the smart home assistant’s ability to interpret and act on requests. The upgrade will also make Gemini for Home better […]

This Google Home update is all about smarter automation

Google Home update expands automation with new triggers, conditions, and actions, allowing smarter control across devices like locks, lights, appliances, and sensors.

Apple plans to make iOS 27 a Choose Your Own Adventure of AI models

With Apple’s latest operating system updates, users will reportedly have their pick of which third-party AI models they want to use for a host of tasks.

You can now win back a shred of privacy with approximate location sharing in Chrome

Chrome on Android now supports approximate location sharing, letting users limit how precisely websites can track them while still enabling essential features.

Google Pixel 11 series: Tensor G6, Pixel Glow, new cameras, and everything else leaked so far

The Google Pixel 11 series is still months away, but leaks have already revealed details about the new Tensor G6 chip, design changes, camera upgrades, and more. Here’s everything we know so far.