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Google’s AI search summaries will now quote Reddit
You know, that thing many of us were already looking for manually.
Google’s new face unlock hardware reportedly not debuting in Pixel 11 after all
According to a Pixel 11 leak, Google’s next flagship smartphone lineup won’t be adopting the new “Project Toscana” face unlock...
Android phones could get this impressive under-display face unlock tech pretty soon
Right as it’s been revealed that Google’s upcoming Pixel 11 probably won’t have new face unlock hardware, a new name...
Google’s official cases for the entire Pixel 10 series are on sale right now
If you’re looking to pick up one of Google’s official Pixel 10 series cases, you can get a solid discount...
Inside Valley Politics: Developer with Google data center team speaks to Inside Valley Politics
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Liz Schwab, a Development Manager with Google’s data center team spoke to Inside Valley Politics about the growing concern around data centers coming to loc…
Google’s Gemini AI assistant is hitting the road in millions of vehicles
The move signals Google’s push to bring more advanced, conversational AI into the driving experience.
Samsung reportedly prepares Galaxy Book laptops running Android with One UI 9 skin
As Google’s “Aluminium” OS slowly makes it way to launch, a new report reveals that Samsung is preparing new Galaxy...
How Good Is Google’s Gemini AI at Making Travel Plans?
Gemini is a digital Swiss Army knife for planning flights, activities and routes, but it isn’t perfect. Why did it forget to put underwear on the packing list?
Google Cloud revenue is now 18% of Alphabet’s business. Is this the beginning of the end of Google’s search identity?
Search and advertising have been central to Google's identity and business from Day One. The booming demand for AI may be changing that.
Google’s ‘Pixel Glow’ might have several lights as laptop animation surfaces [Video]
Google's new "Pixel Glow" feature has shown up in code with a few more details, including how many lights it has.
Tensor G6 reportedly bringing latest ARM CPU cores but outdated GPU to Pixel 11
An early, limited leak around Google’s upcoming Pixel 11 series offers some limited details around the Tensor G6 chipset inside,...
Gemini app preps ‘Proactive Assistance’ and new Gemini voices
Google’s goal with Gemini is to build a personal, proactive, and powerful assistant. The Gemini app is now readying “Proactive Assistance.”
Someone recreated Google’s new Gmail, Drive, Workspace icons for you to use early
Over the weekend, 9to5Google published an early look at Google’s new icons for Workspace apps such as Gmail and Drive...
Google’s new gradient icon design is coming to more apps
So long to the boring “things in a circle” look.
Google’s new gradient icons for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and other apps are radical redesigns
9to5Google can now report on a complete gradient redesign for Gmail and other Google Workspace apps. So far...
Here’s a preview of Pixel 11 Pro Fold’s wallpapers, hinting at colors [Gallery]
Google’s Pixel 11 series is in the pipeline and, in the latest Android 17 beta release, we spotted a quick...
Morningstar eyes Google’s Thompson Center revamp for potential new HQ
Google's Thompson Center is among several future headquarters options the investment research firm has explored, according to people familiar with the search.
Google teases Gemini-powered Siri upgrade during Cloud Next keynote
Apple’s upcoming Siri overhaul got a moment of stage time during Google’s Cloud Next ’26 opening keynote today. Google highlights...
Fitbit Air reportedly launching May 16, could cost around $100 with several bands & colors
Over the weekend, we first reported the name of Google’s Whoop competitor as “Fitbit Air,” and now more details are...
What do you want Google’s ‘Pixel Glow’ lights to do?
We reported earlier this week that Google is working on a laptop revival, as well as new “Pixel Glow” lights...
Months-old start-up Recursive Superintelligence raises $500mn for self-teaching AI
Group founded by former engineers at DeepMind and OpenAI secures $4bn valuation in deal with Google’s venture arm and Nvidia
Google’s new Fitbit band has continued hiding in plain sight, software too [Gallery]
Google is working on a new Fitbit tracking band in the same vein as the popular Whoop band, and it’s...
Google launches Gemini Mac app, here's what it offers
Google’s Gemini AI app is a constant top three iPhone app in the App Store. Starting today, Gemini is available...
How Meta’s little-known chip business fits in with Zuckerberg’s ‘superintelligence’ ambitions
Taking a page from Google’s and Amazon’s books, Meta is racing to vertically integrate its AI infrastructure with its Broadcom deal.
Walmart is updating its 4K streaming box with Gemini and Matter support
The new Onn 4K Pro could make it easier to search for something to watch using Google’s upgraded assistant.
Google’s chief technologist delivers talk at Rice on role of AI in math and computer science research
Prabhakar Raghavan, chief technologist at Google, was the featured speaker in the Ken Kennedy Institute Distinguished Lecture Series.
Google just unlocked 'Agent Mode' for Gemini 3.1 — here are 7 things it can now do for you
From "inbox zero" to full trip planning, here is how to unlock Google’s powerful new agentic workflows
Google’s Spotlight-like desktop search bar for Windows is available for everyone
Another way to google.
Google’s Latest Pixel Update Is Bad News For Android
Android has a serious problem — and it's now getting worse.
Google’s Gmail Upgrade Decision—2 Billion Users Must Act Now
You have been warned — do not lave this "overwhelming" decision until it's too late.
Pixel 11 Series to See Big Display Upgrade
Industry sources have confirmed that Google’s upcoming Pixel 11 series will utilize Samsung’s new M16 OLED panels. These are the same panels expected to be used by Apple for its... #Google #Pixel11
Google Pixel 11 reportedly gets Samsung’s new flagship display ahead of iPhone
According to a new report, Google’s upcoming Pixel 11 series will be among the first – perhaps even the first...
Google’s April 2026 Pixel update tackles some annoying bugs
Fixes game crashes and Quick Share issues
The MacBook Neo is proof that Google’s Pixel plan was right all along
Apple's MacBook Neo validates the Google Pixel strategy by emphasizing user experience and ecosystem growth over raw hardware benchmarks.
How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews?
The company’s A.I.-generated answers look authoritative, but they draw on an array of sources, from trustworthy sites to Facebook posts.
Gemma 4 and what makes an open model succeed
Having written a lot of model release blog posts, there’s something much harder about reviewing open models when they drop relative to closed models, especially in 2026. In recent years, there were so few open models, so when Llama 3 was released most people were still doing research on Llama 2 and super happy to get an update. When Qwen 3 was released, the Llama 4 fiasco had just gone down, and a whole research community was emerging to study RL on Qwen 2.5 — it was a no brainer to upgrade. Today, when an open model releases, it’s competing with Qwen 3.5, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-OSS, Arcee Large, Nemotron 3, Olmo 3, and others. The space is populated, but still feels full of hidden opportunity. The potential of open models feels like a dark matter, a potential we know is huge, but few clear recipes and examples for how to unlock it are out there. Agentic AI, OpenClaw, and everything brewing in that space is going to spur mass experimentation in open models to complement the likes of Claude and Codex, not replace them. Especially with open models, the benchmarks at release are an extremely incomplete story. In some ways this is exciting, as new open models have a much higher variance and ability to surprise, but it also points at some structural reasons that make building businesses and great AI experiences around open models harder than the closed alternatives. When a new Claude Opus or GPT drops, spending a few hours with them in my agentic workflows is genuinely a good vibe test. For open models, putting them through this test is a category error. Something else to be said about open models in the era of agents is that they get out of the debate of integration, harnesses, and tools and let us see close to the ground on what exactly is the ability of just a model. Of course, we can’t test some things like search abilities without some tool, but being able to measure exactly the pace of progress of the model alone is a welcome simplification to a systematically opaque AI space. Share The list of factors I’d use to assess a new open-weight model I’m considering investing in includes: Model performance (and size) — how this model performs on benchmarks I care about and how it compares to other models of a similar size. Country of origin — some businesses care deeply about provenance, and if a model was built in China or not. Model license — if a model needs legal approval for use, uptake will be slower at mid-sized and large companies. Tooling at release — many models release with half-broken, or at least substantially slower, implementations in popular software like vLLM, Transformers, SGLANG, etc due to pushing the envelope of architectures or tools. Model fine-tunability — how easy or hard it is to modify the given model to your use-case when you actually try and use it. The core problem is that some of these are immediately available at release, e.g. general performance, license, origin, etc. but others such as tooling take day(s) to week(s) to stabilize, and others are open research questions — with no group systematically monitoring fine-tunability. In the early era of open models, the days of Llama 2 or 3 and Qwen pre v3.5, the architectures were fairly simple and the models tended to work out of the box. Some of this was due to the extremely hard work of the Llama, Qwen, Mistral, etc. developer teams. Some is due to the new models being genuinely harder to work with. When it comes to something like Qwen 3.5 or Nemotron 3, with hybrid models (either gated delta net or mamba layers), the tooling is very rough at release. Things you would expect to “just work” often don’t. I’ve been following this area closely since we released Olmo Hybrid with a similar architecture, and Qwen 3.5 is just starting to work well in the various open-source tools that need to all play nice together for RL research. That’s 1.5 months after the release date! This is just to start really investing more into understanding the behavior of the models. Of course, others started working on these models sooner by investing more engineering resources or relying on partially closed software. The fully open and distributed ecosystem takes a long time to get going on some new models. All of this is lead-in for the most important question for open models — how easy is it to adapt to specific use-cases? This is a different problem for different model sizes. Large MoE open-weight models may be used by entities like Cursor who need complex capabilities in their domain, e.g. Composer 2 trained on Kimi K2.5. Other applications can be built on much smaller models, such as Chroma’s Context-1 model for agentic search, built on GPT-OSS 20B. The question of “which models are fine-tunable” is largely background knowledge known by engineers across the industry. There should be a thriving research area here to support the open ecosystem model. The first step is to understand characteristics of different base and post-trained models to understand what they look like. The second step is to tune pretraining recipes for open models so they’re more flexible. Interconnects AI is a reader-supported publication. Consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe For The ATOM Project and other Interconnects endeavors, we’ve put in substantial effort to measuring adoption trends in the open ecosystem. Everything takes a long time to unfold after a model is first publicly available — and adaptability is why. What we know for sure now, when Qwen has been going from strength to strength with its releases, is that technical staff across the industry has gotten comfortable working with Qwen models. Countless research methods and datasets were made to work with Qwen. It’ll take patience for any other model family to get to this point — a patience I’m not sure many open model builders have. This takes us to Gemma 4, Google’s latest open models. Gemma 3 was released more than a year ago, in March of 2025, and is a bit underrated. Gemma 4 comes in 4 sizes for now, with a bigger, MoE model of over 100B total parameters rumored but not released yet. The models we have today come in sizes of ~5B dense, 8B dense, 26B total 4B active MoE, and 31B dense. I’m most excited that they’re finally adopting a standard Apache 2.0 open source license. This’ll massively boost adoption. The standard of better licenses for strong open-weight LLMs was set by mostly Chinese open model labs in the last 1-2 years, and now U.S. companies are following suit. I will personally be so happy if the horrible Llama licenses and Gemma terms of service were an ~18-month transient dynamic of the industry being nervous about releasing strong open models. The Gemma 4 scores look very solid, the small models have incredible benchmark scores (especially in general domains like LMArena) and the 31B model rivals the recent Qwen 3.5 27B, which is the leading member of that class. The ~30B size range is an important one, as it’s accessible both to researchers and to enterprises looking to deploy the model in real use-cases. Where the 7B model scale is the default for tinkering and research, a 30B model is the default for seeing if an open model can unlock substantial value in your specific workflow — a good mix of intelligence, low price, tractability for downstream training, etc. This takes us back to the above adoption criteria I mentioned for open models and the bigger question — do I think Gemma 4 will be an overwhelming success? Previous Gemma models have been plagued by tooling issues and poorer performance when being finetuned. Gemma 4’s success is going to be entirely determined by ease of use, to a point where a 5-10% swing on benchmarks wouldn’t matter at all. It’s strong enough, small enough, with the right license, and from the U.S., so many companies are going to slot it in. I’m cautiously optimistic that Gemma 4 is going to work better here. Winds are shifting for open models built in America. We saw GPT-OSS go through a bumpy launch to become an overwhelming success. There’s a collective energy around the likes of Reflection, Arcee, Nemotron, Gemma, Olmo, and peers that show substantial demand for building new stacks around open models. There’s capital to be spent on AI stacks across the economy by those who want more ownership of everything, including the model. After launching The ATOM Project 240 days ago, the conversation is shifting into the next stage. Summer of 2025 was a crisis moment where the U.S. AI scene realized it can’t wait and figure out open models after building AGI. The two markets will capture different areas and proceed in parallel. Now that more companies in the U.S. are releasing strong models, we need to improve the ecosystem so that these models are easy to use, understand, and build value around. It’s the hard work to build another inflection point in these adoption plots I’ve been updating consistently, but that’s the work to be done. Join me in it. More data coming soon! Here’s a sneak peek:
Google making screen-less Fitbit band & here’s Steph Curry wearing it
Steph Curry is Google’s “Performance Advisor” and the basketball player today teased a screen-less Fitbit band.
DDR5 RAM prices show rare drop amidst memory shortage after TurboQuant announcement
U.S. buyers are starting to see memory prices level off at major retailers. Amazon shoppers will find that some Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM is now slightly more affordable. Google’s TurboQuant algorithm may allow AI data centers to use fewer modules, increasing supply for gamers.
DDR5 Memory Prices Just Took a Noticeable Dive for the First Time in Months, and Google’s TurboQuant Might Be Behind It
DDR5 memory prices have been rising for several months now, but according to our tracking, there has been a widespread drop this week.
Google’s Android Automotive is moving from the dashboard to the ‘brain’ of the car
Better voice assistants and more predictive vehicle maintenance alerts
Google’s new Pixel 10 ads made me go ‘wait, WHAT are they trying to sell?’
Confusing and a bit creepy.
The MacBook Neo proves Apple is leaving a door wide open for Google’s ‘Aluminium OS’
Apple recently did something that, on paper, seems to make no sense. They launched the MacBook Neo; a $599 laptop powered by the A18 Pro chip that, in a previous life, powered the iPhone 16 series....
Square Enix announces it will integrate Google’s generative AI Gemini into popular online game Dragon Quest X
Square Enix has found a use for Google’s generative AI Gemini and will be putting it to use in the popular online game, Dragon Quest X. Gemini will be used in-game as a feature that allows players to…
Samsung confirms Galaxy S26 will get AirDrop support via Quick Share ‘soon’
As expected, Samsung has just confirmed plans to launching AirDrop support via Google’s Quick Share on its Galaxy S26 series...
Now everyone in the US is getting Google’s personalized Gemini AI
Suggestions based on what’s in your Gmail inbox or YouTube viewing history.
Google Is Not Ruling Out Ads in Gemini
WIRED spoke with Nick Fox, Google’s SVP of knowledge and information, about how AI is changing the company’s advertising business.
These smart glasses are similar Meta Ray-Bans, but support Google’s Gemini
As smart glasses continue to grow in popularity, we’re seeing more options and more features. Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses are...
Google’s AI-powered workspace is now available to more users in Search
All users in the US can access Canvas in AI Mode.
Google’s latest Pixel drop allows Gemini to order groceries for you and more
New features are coming to older Pixel phones as well.
Apple might use Google servers to store data for its upgraded AI Siri
The new Siri may rely on Google’s cloud.
Apple Discusses Google Hosting New Siri as Need for Cloud Help Grows
In January, when Apple announced an agreement to use Google’s Gemini models in Apple products, it was an admission that the iPhone maker hasn’t been able to compete in AI on its own over the past couple years. But the deal also showed that Apple is again relying on an outside company to help it ...
Hands-On With Nano Banana 2, the Latest Version of Google's AI Image Generator
Google’s latest image model, Nano Banana 2, is a powerful AI photo editor that punctures reality. Well, sometimes.
Google’s Nano Banana 2 brings advanced AI image tools to free users
Nano Banana 2: Electric Boogalo
Google teases ‘amazing things’ in Android 17
Google’s Sameer Samat took the stage at Galaxy Unpacked today and teased “amazing things” coming to Android 17.
Google brings full AI Mode prompt box to Chrome address bar
Following last month’s big Gemini in Chrome update, AI Mode in Google’s desktop browser is getting its own upgrade in the address bar.
‘Very dangerous’: a Mind mental health expert on Google’s AI Overviews
Information content manager Rosie Weatherley says harmful inaccuracies are presented as uncontroversial facts
Galaxy phones are suddenly getting Google Play system updates again
Google’s Play system updates haven’t touched Samsung Galaxy devices in some time, dating back to mid-2025. According to more than...
Google’s AI search results will make links more obvious
It’s adding more descriptive and prominent link icons, too.
Video game experts say Google’s Project Genie isn’t an industry killer. Investors don’t seem convinced.
Analysts and company execs are trying to dispel fears around AI’s impact on gaming, but Wall Street is still wary....
Pixel 10a carrier leak confirms some core specs ahead of this week’s launch
Google’s Pixel 10a is set to launch on February 18 – just a couple of days from now – and...
Google’s AI Overviews Can Scam You. Here’s How to Stay Safe
Beyond mistakes or nonsense, deliberately bad information being injected into AI search summaries is leading people down potentially harmful paths.
App ‘Handoff’ coming to Android 17 for cross-device continuity
Besides what was detailed in Google’s blog post, another new "cross-device continuity" feature coming to Android 17 is “Handoff.”
NotebookLM app adds slide and infographic customization
Google’s work to make the NotebookLM mobile app as full-featured as the website continues with Slide Deck and Infographic customization.
Google’s full lineup of Pixel 10a colors leak, including vibrant ‘Berry’
Google surprised us all yesterday with an official confirmation of the Pixel 10a ahead of its February 18th preorder date,...
Google finally announced the launch of the Pixel 10a
The Pixel 10a looks a lot like its predecessor in Google’s teaser.
The Big ChromeOS and Android Merger May Be Google’s Last Walled Garden
The Google-pilled ChromeOS may die so that ‘Aluminum’ will live.
Aluminium: Why Google’s Android for PC launch may be messy and controversial
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Google’s new ‘Desktop Camera’ app gives us a new peek at Android on the desktop
While we all continue to speculate on the long-term convergence of ChromeOS and Android, a new piece of the puzzle has quietly appeared on the Play Store. Thanks to a cool find by 9to5 Google, we...
Google’s Project Genie Experiment Causes Video Game Stocks to Suddenly Crash as Investors Believe Games Will Be Made Solely with AI
The public release of Google's Project Genie experiment, capable of creating virtual worlds from a prompt, caused video game stocks to crash.
Galaxy S26 could save you from spam calls with Google’s help
Are you getting tired of spam calls? Well, the Galaxy S26 could help you stop them, thanks to Samsung's partnership with Google.
Unity, Video Game Stocks Fall as Google’s AI Tool Sparks Fears
Unity Software Inc. and video game stocks plunge Friday on fears of possible artificial intelligence disruption after Google began to roll out Project Genie.
Video game stocks nosedive as Google's 'Project Genie' allows virtual world creation
Video game stocks plunge after Google’s Project Genie reveal.
Google gives Pixel Tablet another two years of Android OS updates
Google’s mostly-forgotten Pixel Tablet is getting a new lease on life, as the company is giving its one and only...
Two New Pixel Buds 2a Colors Reportedly Leak Online
Two fresh color options for Google’s budget earbuds appear to be on the way, with leaked renders pointing to a lighter gray tone and a vivid pink or red
I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator
Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini.
Google’s New Chrome ‘Auto Browse’ Agent Attempts to Roam the Web Without You
Google’s latest addition to its Chrome browser puts generative AI behind the wheel and you in the passenger seat.
Google Pixel’s Tensor chip said to help weather a rocky smartphone market in 2026
A new report forecasts the smartphone chipset market through 2026, and claims that Google’s efforts in building Tensor for Pixel...
Apple to Turn Siri Into AI Chatbot Powered by Google’s Gemini
Apple reportedly plans to increase the capabilities of Siri, turning the digital assistant into an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot later this year.
Pixel 10a Gets Unofficial Launch Date and Price
The Pixel 10a might launch on March 5 with prices that match last year’s Pixel 9a. That’s the latest word anyway. With Google’s Pixel 10a starting to make headlines last week... #Google #Pixel10a
Pixel 10a price won’t change after all as latest leak reveals true release date
Another new Pixel 10a leak spills Google’s launch plans while also confirming that prior pricing information wasn’t giving the full...
Google’s Gemini Sees Skyrocketing Business Sales
Google’s improvements to its Gemini AI models are boosting the company’s top line. Over the past year, Google’s business selling access to its Gemini AI models has skyrocketed, reflecting the improving quality of those models, according to three people with knowledge of Gemini’s sales. That’s ...
Google’s Nano Banana is actually named after a person!
Google has finally revealed the full story behind the name of its image generator, Nano Banana, and it's as silly as you probably expected.
Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking
Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers.
What Apple and Google’s Gemini deal means for both companies
They’re putting up a united front against AI newcomers.
Google Pixel 10a releasing in ‘mid February’ with ‘Berry’ color, leak claims
Google’s Pixel 10a might be releasing much earlier than anyone expected, with a February release date in the works and...
Google’s AI Inbox could be a glimpse of Gmail’s future
It’s more AI than I need right now.
Google’s Free Offer For 2 Billion Gmail Users—Should You Upgrade?
You will now be upgraded unless you change your settings — what you need to know.
Samsung Confirms New Options For Android Users After Gmail Issues
Decision time for Android users as Google’s AI completely takes over your smartphone.
Google’s Ex-CEO Backs Start-Up Approach to Big Telescopes for Space and Astronomy
Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground observatories.
Samsung Confirms New Options For Android Users After Gmail Issues
Decision time for Android users as Google’s AI completely takes over your smartphone.
Google Is Adding an ‘AI Inbox’ to Gmail That Summarizes Emails
New Gmail features, powered by the Gemini model, are part of Google’s continued push for users to incorporate AI into their daily life and conversations.
There’s finally another new Android phone with Qi2 coming, but will there be more in 2026?
Proper Qi2 support on Android has been rather elusive thus far, with only Google’s Pixel 10 series bringing the feature...
'Putting the servers in orbit is a stupid idea': Could data centers in space help avoid an AI energy crisis? Experts are torn.
Google’s proposal to explore space-based AI infrastructure raises fundamental questions about energy, physics and feasibility – and whether Earth has really run out of options.
Google's top 5 people searches of 2025: Politics, popes and tragedy
Google’s end-of-year wrap includes the people you searched for most this year.
Want to link from Google’s app store to your app? That’ll be $2–4 per install
Epic claims it’ll fight the fees.
Google’s Gemini app can check videos to see if they were made with Google AI
Incremental deepfake detection.
Google releases Gemini 3 Flash, promising improved intelligence and efficiency
Google’s Gemini 3 family is now complete with release of Gemini 3 Flash.