Google’s NotebookLM now lets you customize the tone of its AI podcasts
When generating an Audio Overview, users can now choose whether they want their AI podcasts to be formatted like a “Deep Dive,” “Brief,” “Critique,” or “Debate.”
Google’s best-ever 4K streamer is within $1 of its lowest price
It’s rare to find a gadget that can handle two totally separate tasks very well, but Google’s TV Streamer 4K pulls it off. The 4K set top box allows you to stream your favorite TV shows and movies, and is also an impressive smart home hub, with support for Matter and a built-in Thread radio. […]
My brief hands-on with Acer’s new convertible Chromebook has me cautiously optimistic
Acer’s new Chromebook Plus Spin 514, announced at IFA 2025 in Berlin, is the company’s first laptop to use the Arm-based MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 processor. That chip was used in the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 that launched earlier this summer, and it was key to delivering excellent performance and marathon battery life in that […]
Google will reveal its Gemini smart home plans (and hardware) next month
Google is overdue an update to its smart home setup, and now we know when it’ll come: October 1st. The company has teased some sort of launch or announcement for that day, promising that “Gemini is coming to Google Home.” The company announced Gemini for Home at last month’s Made by Google event, promising early […]
Google critics think the search remedies ruling is a total whiff
The remedies ruling in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google finally landed on Tuesday. Last year, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google was a monopolist in the search and advertising markets, but while today’s ruling says that Google will have to share some search data with competitors, Google doesn’t have to spin off […]
Google and Apple’s $20 billion search deal survives
Google will be able to keep making search deals like its $20 billion agreement to be the default option in Apple’s Safari browser, a federal district court judge ruled in the US v. Google antitrust case on Tuesday. Executives from both Apple and Firefox-made Mozilla have defended their search deals with Google, with Mozilla’s CFO […]
Google gets to keep Chrome, judge rules in search antitrust case
Google will not have to sell its Chrome browser in order to address its illegal monopoly in online search, DC District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Tuesday. Over a year ago, Judge Mehta found that the search giant had violated the Sherman Antitrust Act; his ruling now determines what Google must do in response. […]
Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in antitrust trial
U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta outlined remedies on Tuesday that would bar Google from entering or maintaining exclusive deals that tie the distribution of Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or Gemini to other apps or revenue arrangements.
Google avoids breakup, but has to give up exclusive search deals in antitrust trial
U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta outlined remedies on Tuesday that would bar Google from entering or maintaining exclusive deals that tie the distribution of Search, Chrome, Google Assistant, or Gemini to other apps or revenue arrangements.
Google is having ‘productive discussions’ with Trump lawyers about his deplatforming suit
Critics of Big Tech and President Donald Trump are on high alert as Google and President Donald Trump’s legal teams are engaged in what look like potential settlement discussions. Lawyers for Trump and Google’s YouTube recently told a federal judge they “continue to engage in productive discussions regarding next steps” in a lawsuit Trump filed […]