Google is transforming Chrome into an AI-native browser

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Google LLC has long used its Chrome web browser as a way to boost the popularity of its products and services, notably to strengthen its dominance in search, and now it’s trying to do the same for artificial intelligence. The company today revealed it’s e…

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Lyft shares pop on Waymo deal to bring robotaxis to Nashville next year

cnbc - Waymo has teamed up with Uber to launch robotaxis in several U.S. markets, and is now joining forces with Lyft to launch in Nashville.

Back to Top / Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 14631 / 5 stories in 5 months

Waymo obtains permit to test robotaxis at San Francisco International Airport

cnbc - Alphabet's Waymo has obtained a permit to test its robotaxis at San Francisco International Airport.

Back to Top / Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:23 pm / permalink 14592 / 3 stories in 5 months

Gmail gets a dedicated place to track all your purchases

Ryan Whitwam / arstechnica - Gmail reorganizes its order-tracking and promotion filters ahead of the holiday season.

Back to Top / Thursday, September 11, 2025, 12:20 pm / permalink 14372 / 5 stories in 5 months

Google acknowledges rapid decline in open web ad ecosystem

Google has admitted that its traditional open web advertising ecosystem is rapidly waning, as market dynamics shift in favor of proprietary platforms. This candid acknowledgment highlights the increasingly challenging landscape for open, competitive online advertising in an era dominated by walled gardens.

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Google Cloud CEO sees sunny days ahead thanks to AI demand

Thomas Claburn / theregister - We're making billions on AI, how about you? Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says the Chocolate Factory's rental computing business has $106 billion of unfulfilled contracts, and he expects Google Cloud will be able to realize about half of that in revenue …

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Google AI Mode Now Supports Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese & English

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) / seroundtable - Since Google launched AI Mode back in March, it has only supported the English language. Google has been releasing it in more countries and expanding it quickly, and now, finally, AI Mode supports more than just English. AI Mode now also supports Hindi, I…

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Google Clarifies Gemini AI Daily Usage Limits for Free and Paid Tiers

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google has officially detailed its daily usage limits for the Gemini AI platform, providing concrete numbers that clarify what users of its free, Pro, and Ultra tiers receive. In a support page published on September 6, the tech giant replaced vague descr…

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Waymo cleared to offer robotaxi rides at San Jose airport

Sean O'Kane / techcrunch - It's the first airport in California that Waymo will offer rides to and from. The company's been active at the Phoenix airport for nearly two years.

Back to Top / Thursday, September 4, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 13830 / 2 stories in 6 months

Google's Circle to Search can now translate text as you scroll

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Google's Circle to Search tool just got a bit more useful, as it can now continuously translate text while scrolling. Until now, people had to restart the process every time the content on the screen changed. The update ensures the translation feature wil…

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Apple lines up Google to power Siri’s AI search by spring 2026

Maria Garcia / implicator - Apple's turning to Google to power Siri's AI search overhaul after losing key talent to competitors. The spring 2026 launch targets ChatGPT and Perplexity, but reveals how platform owners extract AI value without building everything in-house.

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Google will not be forced to sell Chrome – but it has work to do

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - A judge has ruled that Google will not have to sell its Chrome browser after the Department of Justice proposed this last year. But as part of the ruling, the court says that the company will have to change some things about the way it operates. The short…

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Waymo starts testing in Denver, Seattle in bid to expand robotaxi service across U.S.

cnbc - Waymo is moving into new markets as it seeks to expand its lead in the nascent U.S. robotaxi industry.

Back to Top / Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 13620 / 4 stories in 6 months

FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms”

Jon Brodkin / arstechnica - FTC chairman revives GOP claims previously rejected by judge and election agency.

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Gemini AI lands on Google Distributed Cloud for secure on-premises adoption

Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Google LLC today announced the general availability of its Gemini artificial intelligence models on Google Distributed Cloud, extending its most advanced AI capabilities into enterprise and government data centers. The launch, which sees Gemini now availa…

Back to Top / Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 13213 / 3 stories in 6 months

Google Translate Can Translate Conversations In Real Time And Help You Practice A New Language

bgr - The Google Translate app now has two new AI-powered features: Support for live conversation translation and a practice mode for learning new languages.

Back to Top / Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 13118 / 6 stories in 6 months

Google's Nano-Banana AI Image Generator Is Officially Available In The Gemini App

bgr - Google released the Gemini 2.5 Flash Image model in the Gemini app, confirming it's the same AI image generator model that went viral online as Nano-Banana.

Back to Top / Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 13100 / 15 stories in 6 months

NotebookLM Brings Video Summaries in 80 Languages

Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - NotebookLM has added narrated video summaries in 80 languages and richer full length audio overviews for improved learning across languages.The post NotebookLM Brings Video Summaries in 80 Languages first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

Back to Top / Monday, August 25, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 13041 / 4 stories in 6 months

Google Drive now offers in-browser video editing

Kris Holt / engadget - Google is now offering a way to edit videos right in Drive via Google Vids in a compatible browser. Whenever you're previewing a video in Google Drive, you may see an "Open" button in the top right of the screen. Clicking this opens the clip in Google Vid…

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