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Google’s NotebookLM can now make narrated slideshows with AI

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-26 14:41:54

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Google’s NotebookLM is getting a new Video Overviews feature that uses AI to create slideshows with narration. The feature is rolling out now in English, and Google says that support for “more languages” is coming soon. “You can think of these as a visual alternative to Audio Overviews: the AI host creates new visuals to help illustrate points while also pulling in images, di

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Google’s AI Mode gets new ‘Canvas’ feature, real-time help with Search Live, and more

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-12-26 14:00:00

Google announced on Tuesday that it’s adding new capabilities to AI Mode, its experimental feature that allows users to ask complex questions and follow-ups to dig deeper on a topic directly within Search. One of the new features, Canvas, helps you build study plans and organize information over multiple sessions in a side panel. For example, if you want to create a study plan for an upcoming test, you can click the new “Create Canvas” button to get started. From there, AI Mode will start putti

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Google Photos has a new look for its editor, and reactions are split

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-26 18:01:32

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR For its 10th anniversary, Google Photos announced it was overhauling its editor UI. The new editor was initially supposed to arrive in June, but Google later pushed that back to August. With August still a few days away, we’re already seeing the new interface roll out. Google Photos isn’t just a great solution for storing and organizing all your pics, but also a solid all-in-one tool for performing some edits. Back in May, while Google was celebratin

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Google ‘Magic Cue’ AI will read your screen to provide helpful suggestions

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-26 18:19:47

Google TL;DR New code in an Android Canary build corroborates previous leaks of a new on-device AI assistant, likely called Magic Cue. The assistant will proactively suggest info and actions relevant to what you’re doing on screen. Google is expected to debut the feature on the Pixel 10 series next month. The Google Pixel 10 series is launching in a little over three weeks, but as usual, a lot of information has already leaked about it. We previously reported on one of its biggest new featur

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Project Zero – Policy and Disclosure: 2025 Edition

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-26 18:03:40

News and updates from the Project Zero team at Google

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Google Workspace is rolling out a security update to stop token stealing attacks

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-26 23:00:00

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Google Workspace is launching a new security measure to help prevent the same type of account takeover attack that impacted Linus Tech Tips. The feature, which is rolling out in beta for Chrome users on Windows, is designed to block bad actors from remotely stealing the cookies that keep you logged into your Workspace account. Google calls the feat

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Dedicated Google Maps Local Guides have a chance at a free Google Fi plan

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 04:19:08

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Select contributors to Google Maps’ Local Guides program have received a free three-month Google Fi Unlimited plan (worth up to $195). As has been the case for a few years now, the offer is limited to first-time Google Fi users who port their existing number, vastly restricting eligibility. There’s no clear pattern for who gets the perk, though recipients typically have at least level four status in the program. Google Maps has a long-running Local G

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Google Photos could soon get a new “Help me edit” feature (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 16:10:24

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos is testing a new “Help me edit” feature that would leverage Gemini-powered AI for editing. This tool will use a text box allowing users to input specific edits they’d like applied to their images. Google Photos is a very handy app for photo management and editing. With its Gemini push, Google has also blessed Photos with several AI features, such as Magic Eraser, Magic Editor, and more. Google appears to be working on adding one more to

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Google says pick Maps or Waze in the car — here’s how I use both

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 18:30:28

Andy Walker / Android Authority Despite its litany of flaws, I love Android Auto. It makes driving more enjoyable by offering easy access to my music collection and putting important navigation information front and center. However, it does have some silly limitations that hamper the latter. Google Maps is my primary navigation platform. It’s what my Android Auto instance boots into, and I don’t necessarily have a problem with that. It’s relatively reliable for daily commutes and has an approa

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Google is working on AI-powered custom icon themes for your Pixel phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-27 21:00:03

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google may be working on new AI-powered icon customization features for Pixel phones. This feature could solve the inconsistent look of the current “Themed icons” feature, which many apps still do not support. Code discovered in a recent update points to new “AI icon” and “Create” style options. Google Pixel devices offer many unique software features, but they lag behind when it comes to basic customization options, at least out of the box. For insta

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Google Search's AI Mode is rolling out in the UK

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-27 20:00:11

Earlier this year, Google rolled out AI Mode to Search users in the US. Now, the notoriously inaccurate "tool" is coming to the UK. While Google's AI overviews have been available in the UK since last summer, AI Mode provides more conversational responses and fewer links to other pages. Google touts AI Mode as a more intuitive method for asking multi-part questions or follow-ups. It uses Google's Gemini 2.5 model to detail how-tos, compare products or plan a trip. Instead of searching for somet

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How to get rid of AI Overviews in Google Search: 4 easy ways

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-12-27 20:42:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Do me a favor and Google something. Anything. Drawing a blank? Try, "how to clear iPhone cache." I bet, instead of getting a lineup of trusty blue links for you to click and read through (including ZDNET's own definitive guide on the subject), you're greeted by an AI-generated paragraph at the top that answers your question before you even scroll. That's Google's AI Overviews, and while it does often give you handy summaries meant to save you time, it also steers y

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Google launches new AI search feature in UK

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-27 23:01:34

Google launches new AI search feature in UK 59 minutes ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman • @zsk Technology editor Share Save Getty Images Google is rolling out a new tool in the UK that will generate results using artificial intelligence (AI), in a significant shake-up to the world's most popular search engine. Instead of a list of search results showing links to other websites in blue type, people who choose "AI Mode" will be given an answer written in a conversational style, containing far fewer

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Google Revises Android Earthquake Alerts After Major Miss in Turkey

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-28 02:45:44

Google says it has updated its Android Earthquake Alerts System after the tool failed to deliver its most urgent warnings to millions of people during the devastating earthquakes in Turkey in 2023. The system, which turns Android phones into "mini seismometers," is designed to detect earthquakes quickly and push alerts to people nearby seconds before strong shaking hits, according to Google. But when two massive quakes struck southern Turkey and Syria in February 2023, the alerts system didn't

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Chrome Now Shows You AI-Generated Store Reviews

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-28 03:06:00

Google's Chrome web browser will now show you AI-generated reviews of stores online, using a mix of data from partners and verified users, the company said in a blog post Monday. When you click on the icon on the left of the address bar, Google will use AI to tell you what the product quality is like, customer service quality, shipping times, pricing and return metrics, all at a glance. The feature pulls data from sites such as PowerReviews, Reputation.com, TrustPilot and others. It'll also inc

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Forget the Pixel Buds 3, Google Should Make an AirPods Max Killer

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-12-28 09:08:30

Google has a lot in store for us starting next month. I know this, not because of some insider knowledge or gadget-centric ESP, but because last week all of its upcoming announcements were leaked in succession, leaving precious little up to the imagination. Among the upcoming Google drops is a whole family of Pixel 10s, a Pixel Fold, another Pixel smartwatch, and a minor update to Google’s Pixel Buds Pro 2, which are getting a new color. Some of those product drops may be exciting to someone, bu

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Google breaks into the US top 4 for smartphone shipments, but don’t call it a comeback

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-28 11:09:32

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has become the fourth-largest smartphone shipper in the US, according to Q2 data. Shipment figures are being skewed by manufacturers racing to stockpile amidst volatile US tariff policies. India now supplies 44% of US-bound phones as brands shift production away from China due to higher trade risks. Google has edged into the top four US smartphone vendors, which might normally suggest a surge in consumer interest. But these aren’t normal times, and

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Sign in with Google in Chrome

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-28 14:24:38

Sign in with Google in Chrome July 28, 2025 By Jeff Johnson of Underpass App Company Many websites such as Yelp show an annoying “Sign in with Google” banner when you visit. This is what Google calls the One Tap user experience. Fortunately, my web browser extension StopTheMadness Pro hides “Sign in with Google” banners. What you may not realize if you use Safari or Firefox is that the banners are never displayed in Google Chrome! You can see this in macOS Safari by spoofing the Chrome User

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Yet another Pixel 6A caught fire

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-28 14:23:32

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Another user has reported their Pixel 6A catching fire — but this time, it appears to have occurred after applying Google’s recent battery performance update that was intended to prevent overheating issues, as spotted by Android Authority. In a post on Reddit, a Pixel 6A user says they awoke to a “horrible smell and a loud noise,” which is when they

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Google’s Linux Terminal plays a big part in turning Android into a true desktop OS

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-28 18:02:23

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google has revealed that it’s developing a Linux Terminal app to transform Android into a platform for on-device app development and eventually gaming. The app runs a Debian Linux environment in a virtual machine on select Android devices. Recent Android builds can already run graphical Linux apps, paving the way for Android to become a true desktop computing platform. When Google released a Linux Terminal app earlier this year, it generated a lot of

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Pixel Weather’s AI-powered forecasts expand beyond the Pixel 9 series

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-28 18:58:11

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s new Pixel Weather app launched last year with the Pixel 9 series. While Pixel Weather availability has since expanded to other Pixel models, that hasn’t included AI forecasts. Now Pixel 8 and Pixel 8a users with Gemini Nano report that AI forecasts have started working. Almost all of us rely on weather forecasts to help plan our days, and while you’ve got no shortage of weather apps to chose from on Android, Google’s own Pixel Weather has got

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Chrome will now display AI reviews of online stores

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-28 18:00:32

Google just announced a neat little feature for its Chrome web browser. It'll now show AI-generated reviews of online stores , to make buying stuff "safer and more efficient." The feature is available by clicking an icon just to the left of the web address in the browser. This creates a pop-up that spills the tea about the store's overall reputation, with information on stuff like product quality, pricing, customer service and return policy. The AI creates these pop-ups by scanning user reviews

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Trump’s AI Action Plan is a distraction

technologyreview.com Asad Ramzanali 2025-12-24 06:15:00

Today’s generative AI is based on the transformer model (the T in ChatGPT), first described by a team at Google in 2017. Six of the eight researchers on that team were born outside the US, and the other two are children of immigrants. This isn’t an exception. Immigrants have been central to American leadership in AI. Of the 42 American companies included in the 2025 Forbes ranking of the 50 top AI startups, 60% have at least one immigrant cofounder, according to an analysis by the Institute for

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Chrome gives you another reason to use it for online shopping

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-29 04:00:56

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google has announced a new Chrome feature that allows users to easily gain insights into a store’s reputation and product quality. The tool provides an AI-generated summary that pulls data from Google Shopping and other review sites. The feature is limited to users in the US. Even if you’re a prolific online shopper, it can be difficult to figure out exactly which stores you should and shouldn’t trust. One way to do this is to check the store’s revie

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Google Search Live is getting a UI upgrade to match Gemini Live (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-29 04:42:34

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Google recently introduced Search Live, letting you chat with Google AI to search your screen. The tool has a lot of functionally in common with Gemini Live. Now it looks like Google’s working to give Search Live the same sort of overlay it’s building for Gemini Live. All the biggest players in tech are absolutely scared to death right now at the prospect of being left behind by the current wave of AI-driven advancements, so everyone’s racing to stay a

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Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-29 04:05:32

The Pixel 6a was a widely beloved phone when it launched in 2022, offering almost all the capabilities of the more expensive Pixel 6 phones at a much lower price. Just a few years into their Pixel love affair, though, owners have been dismayed to learn that a new software update will destroy the phone's battery life. Google says the update is necessary to limit the risk of battery failure, but it would seem that in at least one case, even this heavy-handed update wasn't enough—a user has reporte

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Google Chrome adds AI-powered store summaries to help US shoppers

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-29 04:00:00

Google on Monday announced an update to its Chrome web browser that will introduce AI-generated store reviews to U.S. shoppers with the aim of helping to determine the best places to make a purchase. The feature, which will be available by clicking an icon just to the left of the web address in the browser, will display a pop-up that informs consumers about the store’s reputation for things like product quality, shopping, pricing, customer service, and returns. The feature, which is currently a

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This Reddit user's Pixel 6a reportedly caught fire, after Google's update - what you need to know

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-12-29 09:24:25

A little more than a month after Google released an update to prevent the Pixel 6a from overheating and possibly catching fire, a Reddit user reports that it's happened again. Last month, Google issued a software update that purposefully limited the 6a's charging capacity and performance. Over the weekend, a Reddit user posted a somewhat harrowing account of how they were woken up that morning by a horrible smell and loud noise. Their Pixel 6a, less than two feet from their face, was on fire.

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Here’s how Samsung is speeding up software updates for Galaxy devices

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-29 14:13:53

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung managed to release its Android 16-based One UI 8 update so quickly by adopting Google’s new “Trunk Stable” development model. Instead of using separate branches for new versions, all development now happens on a single, stable codebase with features hidden behind flags until ready. This trunk-based approach avoids the time-consuming “merge conflicts” of the old model, enabling a much faster release schedule for Google and Samsung. While Google

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Google Assistant Is Basically on Life Support and Things Just Got Worse

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-12-29 18:55:11

Voice assistants are… not perfect. That’s me being nice. But if I were to cease being nice, I’d probably say something more like “voice assistants suck,” and I think most would agree I’d be justified in saying so. While no voice assistant really manages to escape that criticism, I usually opt for Google Assistant, which—in my experience—is the least sucky. Or it used to be, but after some recent hiccups, I may have to start rethinking that dishonorable distinction. Last week, Google Assistant u

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Google’s NotebookLM can now make narrated slideshows with AI

Google’s AI Mode gets new ‘Canvas’ feature, real-time help with Search Live, and more

Google Photos has a new look for its editor, and reactions are split

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Google Workspace is rolling out a security update to stop token stealing attacks

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Google breaks into the US top 4 for smartphone shipments, but don’t call it a comeback

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