How OpenAI and Google see AI changing go-to-market strategies
AI is changing how investors and startups bring their products to market. Three experts offered their insights at TechCrunch Disrupt.
How to help your parents with their tech over the holidays
Going home for the holidays isn’t all turkey, holiday decorations, and political arguments discussions. It also comes with requests for tech support and questions like “Why does my computer do this?” and “I read about this AI – what is that?” Think of it as an opportunity rather than a burden. If you’re like many […]
My AI shopping assistants are stuck in the past
All I wanted was a new smartwatch. I had a couple in mind, like the Google Pixel Watch 4 or the Garmin Vivoactive 6, but my AI shopping buddies seemed really convinced watches from a couple years ago were the way to go. Over the past month, OpenAI, Google, Perplexity, and Microsoft have all introduced […]
Aluminium OS will be Google’s take on Android for PC
We know a little more about Google’s long-gestating plans to combine the best parts of Android and ChromeOS into a single OS thanks to a job listing for a product manager to work on “Aluminium OS.” The job ad describes it as “a new operating system built with Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the core.” Android […]
Google teams up with Accel to hunt for India’s next AI breakouts
Google and Accel will jointly invest up to $2 million in each startup through their new partnership.
‘Holy shit’: Gemini 3 is winning the AI race — for now
When an AI model release immediately spawns memes and treatises declaring the rest of the industry cooked, you know you’ve got something worth dissecting. Google’s Gemini 3 was released Tuesday to widespread fanfare. The company called the model a “new era of intelligence,” integrating it into Google Search on day one for the first time. […]
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google is pushing back on viral social media posts and articles like this one by Malwarebytes, claiming Google has changed its policy to use your Gmail messages and attachments to train AI models, and the only way to opt out is by disabling “smart features” like spell checking. But Google spokesperson Jenny Thomson tells The […]
Judge wants to fix Google’s ad tech monopoly before it’s too late
Google and the Justice Department had their last chance to make their case before Judge Leonie Brinkema Friday before she decides whether Google needs to be broken up to remedy its ad tech monopoly. Brinkema expects to issue her ruling next year, but understands that “time is of the essence,” as Reuters reported. While the […]
AirDropping stuff from a Pixel phone rules so much
It’s pretty rare when a cool new gadget feature gets announced that you can try right away on your own devices. But that’s exactly what happened yesterday when, out of the blue, Google announced it had engineered a way to bring AirDrop interoperability to Pixel 10 phones – all without Apple’s involvement. After the news […]
Google’s Nano Banana Pro generates excellent conspiracy fuel
It was really easy getting Google’s Gemini app to make an image of a second shooter at Dealey Plaza, the White House ablaze, and Mickey Mouse flying a plane into the Twin Towers. We asked and it complied. There were few filters or guardrails, another sign that the battle over generative AI content moderation and […]