Apple and Google ordered to purge ‘nudify’ apps from App Stores
In letters sent to Apple and Google, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said that both companies have long been aware that they are hosting apps in violation of state law.
Google Vids now lets you star in your own AI videos
Google is adding personalized AI avatars to Vids that let users create videos starring a digital version of themselves, alongside Gemini Omni-powered tools for generating and editing videos from prompts and reference images.
Google is better at playing the AI regulations game
Today, the European Union ordered Google to give its AI rivals greater access to Android, the open-source operating system that powers billions of devices worldwide. The demand is hardly surprising. It may look like a defeat on paper for Google, which has spent years resisting exactly this kind of access, but it is a regulatory […]
Google is renaming NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook
Google is giving its AI note-taking app a new name. The company announced on Thursday that NotebookLM is becoming Gemini Notebook, but will remain a standalone app even as it integrates more deeply across Gemini and Google Search. Google first revealed Gemini Notebook – then called Project Tailwind – in May 2023 before widely releasing […]
Google continues its renaming streak by turning NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook
Google said users can soon access their notebooks through AI Mode in Search.
Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe
Google must give rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to key parts of Android and Google Search after the European Union ordered the company to comply with the bloc’s digital antitrust rules. The two decisions, handed down Thursday, could weaken Google’s control over two of the tech industry’s most important platforms and have […]
Something’s glowing on the Pixel 11’s camera bar
A new teaser for Google’s upcoming Pixel 11 lineup reveals that the phones will feature some kind of glowing orb on the camera bar, as reported by 9to5Google. Google’s store page for the Pixel 11 has a short video that shows the glowing, color-shifting orb to the one side of the camera bar. The store […]
Google’s biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAI’s unpermitted gas power plant
Google’s biggest solar and battery project stands in sharp contrast with xAI’s nearby unpermitted power plant.
Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week
Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt to retroactively settle the lawsuit that’s changing how Android app stores work in the United States – and that means Google will be forced to carry rival app stores inside of its own. In fact, Google tells the court, it’s ready to begin carrying third-party […]