Google adds Nano Banana-powered image generation to Gemini’s Personal Intelligence
The feature will be initially available to paid users in the U.S.
Google is now targeting bad ads over bad actors
Google blocked 8.3 billion ads in 2025 but suspended fewer advertisers.
Google launches a Gemini AI app on Mac
Google is launching a new Gemini app on Mac that allows you to interact with the AI assistant without switching windows on your desktop. With the app, you can use the Option + Space shortcut to pull up a floating chat bubble, where you can ask Gemini questions and share your window. Before sharing your […]
Nothing makes it easy to share files between any Android phone and a Mac
I test Android phones for a living, but I write about them using a company-supplied MacBook Air. Both platforms are great in their own right, but they’re not so great at talking to one another. On a handful of Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy phones you can now AirDrop files directly to Apple machines; Nothing’s […]
Google’s Spotlight-like desktop search bar for Windows is available for everyone
Last year, Google announced that it was testing a Google desktop app for Windows that resembles macOS’s Spotlight feature, and now the app is available globally in English. You can download the app from Google’s website, and it works with PCs with Windows 10 or newer. By pressing the Alt + Space shortcut, you can […]
Chrome now lets you turn AI prompts into repeatable ‘Skills’
Google is launching a new Chrome workflow feature that allows you to reuse your favorite Gemini commands across multiple webpages. Any AI prompts can now be saved as “Skills” in the Chrome desktop browser, letting you instantly run them across any tabs you select. “Until now, repeating an AI task – like asking for ingredient […]
Google adds AI Skills to Chrome to help you save favorite workflows
Google is adding “Skills” to Chrome, letting users save and reuse AI prompts across websites. The feature builds on Gemini’s browser integration.
Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?
A software developer claims to have reverse-engineered Google DeepMind’s SynthID system, showing how AI watermarks can be stripped from generated images or manually inserted into other works. A claim that, according to Google, isn’t true. The developer, going by the username Aloshdenny, has open-sourced their work on GitHub and documented his process, claiming all it […]