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Google Photos is testing two time-saving changes to sorting and album sharing (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 03:21:36

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos may be changing how you group your photos together based on a person’s face. Google is testing new ways to edit or remove the phone owner’s face in the Photos app. These changes are aimed at reducing the number of taps required to update your face or change the name linked to your photos. Google Photos does an excellent job of grouping photos of the same person, and even pets, based on their faces. Besides clubbing pictures of other peo

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Nomad’s Glow 2.0 Apple Watch bands is back – limited time

9to5mac.com Fernando Silva 2025-12-24 03:46:14

My absolute favorite limited-edition Nomad Apple Watch band is back in stock for a limited time. Last year, Nomad’s limited-edition Glow in the Dark Sport Band for Apple Watch sold out in just one day. The company followed it up with the improved Glow 2.0 Sport Band which improved on the product. Those also sold out quickly. Here is what you should know. Nomad Glow 2.0 for Apple Watch My go-to recommendation for a non-Apple Watch band has always been Nomad. They have the highest-quality Apple

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Why Perplexity is going after Google Chrome - and yes, it's serious

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-24 03:24:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Perplexity makes $34.5B bid to buy Google's Chrome browser. Deal would give Perplexity a gateway to the AI-driven web. Perplexity's bid could spark a bidding war. When the Wall Street Journal broke the news that AI company Perplexity made an unsolicited all-cash offer of $34.5 billion to buy Google's Chrome browser, some people asked me, "Are they serious?" Oh, yes, it is. Also: 5 reasons why I still prefer Perplexity over every other AI c

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Bezos-backed Perplexity AI makes surprise bid for Google Chrome

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-24 11:43:21

Bezos-backed Perplexity AI makes surprise bid for Google Chrome 2 hours ago Share Save Osmond Chia & Imran Rahman-Jones Business & technology reporters Share Save Getty Images Artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity AI has made a surprise $34.5bn (£25.6bn) takeover bid for the world's most popular web browser, Google Chrome. The three-year-old firm, whose backers include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and chip maker Nvidia, is headed by a former Google and OpenAI employee. But one technology i

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Gemini’s ‘bouncy’ makeover starts rolling out, and it’s kinda fun to watch

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 10:10:00

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out an updated overlay for the Gemini AI assistant with a more rounded design. The new interface features an animated circular entrance that expands into a pill-shaped form, complementing the rounded design to give the overlay a fun appearance. We previously spotted these changes, and they are now appearing for some users. Google has been making great progress with Gemini, to the point that it stands on par with its competitors. Its d

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We went hands-on with Google Translate’s Duolingo rival ahead of its launch (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 11:00:05

TL;DR We managed to activate and use the Practice feature in Google Translate. This feature is effectively Google’s take on Duolingo and lets you practice a desired language. The feature currently lets you practice French or Spanish in a variety of preset scenarios, but you can also create your own lessons. Earlier this year, we discovered evidence that Google was working on a new Practice feature in Google Translate. This would allow people to (surprise) practice a desired language. Now, we’

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I tested Preferred Sources, and it’s one of the best Google Search features in years

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 11:00:44

Joe Maring / Android Authority When we talk about Google Search in 2025, it’s usually not for a good reason. AI Overviews are more prevalent than ever, despite still not being particularly good. Google widely rolled out (the very flawed) AI Mode to users in May, and the traditional Google Search experience remains cluttered with ads and low-quality results. This has made me (understandably) hesitant when Google launches a new feature for Search, but the company’s latest one — Preferred Sources

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Gemini on Android may soon support the full range of Canvas creation options (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 12:00:02

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Earlier this year, Google Gemini introduced Canvas for working with documents. Canvas on the web allows you to create things like apps, Audio Overviews, and infographics straight from your docs. Now it looks like Google’s working to bring the same option to the Gemini mobile app. On-device AI models like Gemini Nano are very impressive for what they’re able to do within some serious hardware constraints, but when it comes to AI solutions capable of s

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Files by Google’s swanky Material 3 Expressive redesign is now rolling out for all

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 12:28:22

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Files by Google is starting to receive its Material 3 Expressive redesign. The new design brings bigger media thumbnails, flatter folder icons, and reorganized floating buttons. These changes are starting to roll out with the app’s stable version, suggesting a broader release in the coming weeks. Google is starting to drape an array of apps with the new Material 3 Expressive theme. It has already rolled out splashes of the latest design philosophy to

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Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $34.5B

news.ycombinator.com Emma Roth 2025-12-24 10:38:18

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The startup also offered to buy TikTok earlier this year. Google hasn’t indicated that it would sell Chrome at any price, and so far, the court hasn’t ordered a sale. Perplexity spokesperson Jesse Dwyer confirmed to The Verge that the WSJ’s reporting is accurat

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AI start-up Perplexity makes surprise bid for Google Chrome

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-24 16:06:51

AI start-up Perplexity makes surprise bid for Google Chrome The BBC has contacted Google for comment. The firm has not announced any plans to sell Chrome - the world's most popular web browser with an estimated three billion-plus users. But one technology industry investor called the offer a "stunt" that is a much lower than Chrome's true value and highlighted that it is not clear whether the platform would is even for sale. Moving Chrome to an independent operator committed to user safety wo

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Warner Bros. Wants a ‘Weapons’ Prequel About That Character

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-24 17:52:58

Weapons hasn’t been in theaters a week, but the studio already wants more. The Hollywood Reporter says it has talked to writer-director Zach Cregger about doing some sort of prequel centering on Aunt Gladys, a crucial, instantly iconic character in the film played by Amy Madigan. Cregger revealed to io9 recently that he had, at one point, written a chapter centered on Gladys, but eventually cut it. “In an earlier draft of the script I had given her her own chapter,” Cregger told io9. “It was a

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Google Searches for 'Taylor Swift' Summon This Dazzling Easter Egg

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-24 21:41:00

If there's one thing Taylor Swift loves, it's an Easter egg, and Google Search is getting in on the fun. Swift announced her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, soon after midnight ET on Tuesday, leading to an anticipated frenzy all over social media. But Google also clearly wants in on the excitement. Doing a Google Search for "Taylor Swift" summons not only the standard slate of results -- mostly articles about the upcoming album -- but also a flurry of swirling orange confetti and sparkles

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Google posts an official look at the Pixel 10 Pro Fold

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-24 22:14:45

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google’s next Pixel launch event doesn’t happen until next week, but the company has already announced the Pixel 10 Pro Fold with a brief video teaser published on Tuesday. Based on the video, the new Fold will closely resemble the Pixel 9 Pro Fold — though that’s not a huge surprise, base

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OpenAI rolls out Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts integration in ChatGPT

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-25 03:12:39

OpenAI wants ChatGPT to know more about you, including your emails, calendar events in Google Calendar, and even your Google contacts, to reference everything in a conversation. In a new support document update, OpenAI confirmed it’s rolling out support for Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts Connectors in ChatGPT (Pro). For those unaware, Connectors allow you to connect third-party services to ChatGPT. Once a service has been connected, ChatGPT can reference it in the chat. For examp

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Now That Google Is Trash, It Will Let You Pick Your Own News Sources

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-25 02:25:04

Google seems to have destroyed the quality of its search results (and its reputation) by loading its feed with sponsored results, pages boosted by SEO black magic, and AI-generated slop. So it’s putting the control back in your hands, for better or worse. The company announced today via blog post a new feature called Preferred Sources that will let users select their own favorite news outlets to appear at the top of their personalized search feed. According to Google, the feature has already st

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AI Startup Perplexity Offers to Buy Google's Chrome Browser for $34.5 Billion

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-25 10:56:00

Perplexity, the AI startup responsible for the eponymous chatbot and LLM-powered search engine, has made a formal bid to purchase Google's Chrome browser. The proposed $34.5 billion deal would eclipse Perplexity's current valuation. In July, the company was valued at $18 billion -- just over half the amount of the proposed bid. The company has said that several interested investors are willing to back the Chrome deal. Perplexity's bid comes after Google lost an antitrust suit initiated by the

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Pixel 10 Pro Fold takes center stage in Google’s latest teaser

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-25 17:21:26

TL;DR Google’s got a new official video teaser out ahead of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold launch. The Pro Fold, alongside the rest of the Pixel 10 lineup, is set to debut next Wednesday, August 20. This latest teaser is a little less direct with its criticism of Google’s smartphone competition. It’s coming: Just over one week from now, the Pixel 10 series is set to launch at the Made by Google event. And if you’ve been following Android Authority over the last several months, it probably feels like y

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Chrome isn’t for sale, but Perplexity just offered $34.5 billion anyway

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-25 17:55:10

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Perplexity AI has made a $34.5 billion cash offer for Google’s Chrome browser. Google isn’t selling Chrome and is appealing a court ruling that could one day force its sale. Perplexity says it has funding lined up and would keep Chrome open source with no search engine changes. Google might be forced to sell its Chrome browser in the future, thanks to a US court ruling that found it held an unlawful monopoly in online search. But while the case is st

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AI Startup Perplexity Offers To Buy Google's Chrome Browser for a Whopping $34.5 Billion

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-25 16:56:59

Perplexity, the AI startup responsible for the eponymous chatbot and LLM-powered search engine, has made a formal bid to purchase Google's Chrome browser. The proposed $34.5 billion deal would eclipse Perplexity's current valuation. In July, the company was valued at $18 billion -- just over half the amount of the proposed bid. The company has said that several interested investors are willing to back the Chrome deal. Perplexity's bid comes after Google lost an antitrust suit initiated by the

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Perplexity offers more than twice its total valuation to buy Chrome from Google

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-25 17:49:15

In the wake of its big antitrust loss, Google could soon find itself forced to sell one of its crown jewels. Among the government's proposed remedies in the search case is a requirement that Google divest its market-leading Chrome browser, and Perplexity is already throwing its proverbial hat into the ring with a whopping $34.5 billion offer. The problem, however, is that Perplexity doesn't have nearly that much cash. Perplexity has ridden the AI hype wave, with its AI-powered search appearing

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Pixel 10, AI capabilities, and everything else we expect out of the Made by Google 2025 event

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-12-25 21:33:20

As anticipation builds for the Made by Google 2025 event, there’s a buzz around the Pixel 10 series, arriving notably before the iPhone 17. Apple’s hardware event is expected to take place in September. The tech giant has made its intentions clear to grow the Pixel line, likely incorporating more generative AI capabilities with Gemini. Made by Google will be at 10 a.m. PT on August 20. Get ready for a Gemini boost Image Credits:Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images Google alre

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Perplexity offers to buy Chrome for billions more than it’s raised

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-12-25 22:14:08

In a moonshot move, AI search engine Perplexity has offered to buy Chrome from Google for $34.5 billion cash in an unsolicited offer, Reuters reported and Perplexity has confirmed to TechCrunch. Perplexity tells TC the terms of the offer include a commitment to keep Chrome’s underlying engine, Chromium, open source and continue to invest in it. Perplexity’s offer includes a promise to invest $3 billion into the open source project. Perplexity is also promising not to change the user defaults o

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Perplexity offers to buy Google's Chrome browser for $34.5 billion

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-12-26 03:24:02

Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google's Chrome browser, CNBC confirmed on Tuesday. That figure is higher than Perplexity's current valuation, but the company said several investors have agreed to back the deal. In July, Perplexity was valued at $18 billion as part of an extension that valued the company at $14 billion months earlier. Google did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. The Wall Street Journal was first t

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Android's pKVM hypervisor earns SESIP Level 5 security certification

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-26 03:00:00

Google announced that its protected Kernel-based Virtual Machine (pKVM) for Android has achieved SESIP Level 5 certification, the highest security assurance level for IoT and mobile platforms. The pKVM is the hypervisor underpinning the Android Virtualization Framework (AVF), providing an isolated, high-assurance environment for executing critical workloads. These include Google's AI models like Gemini Nano for local personal data processing, biometric authentication (face, fingerprint), DRM co

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I found a Google Maps alternative that won't track you or drain your battery - and it's free

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-26 03:23:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Every month, Google sends me a report about where I've been, and I have to say that I'm not a fan. In fact, the idea that Google is following me around, via Maps, disturbs me. That's not the only issue I have with the default Maps app. It seems every time I have to depend on the app, my Pixel 9 Pro battery gets drained faster than when using any other app. Those two issues alone are enough to make me question why I use such an app. That's why, when I heard about CoMaps, I imme

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Enlisting in the Fight Against Link Rot

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-26 00:52:54

11 August 2025 "… all of this ended up in storage rooms, and everything became rotten and full of holes, and he himself finally turned into some kind of hole in humanity." ✪ ✪“…все это сваливалось в кладовые, и все становилось гниль и прореха, и сам он обратился наконец в какую-то прореху на человечестве.” — Google Gogol, Dead Souls Vol. 1, Chp. 6 In December 2009, Google launched a URL shortening service alongside an update to their toolbar and FeedBurner. TechCrunch heralded the new service

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Perplexity Wants to Buy Google Chrome for $34.5 Billion: Report

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-26 03:20:02

AI company Perplexity has offered to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The offer is being characterized as a “longshot,” especially since Perplexity itself is only valued at about $18 billion, according to the newspaper, but the idea is rooted in a very real problem for Google: A judge is currently considering whether Google’s parent company Alphabet should be forced to sell Chrome over antitrust concerns. Perplexity told the

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Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-26 03:50:26

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The startup also offered to buy TikTok earlier this year. Google hasn’t indicated that it would sell Chrome at any price, and so far, the court hasn’t ordered a sale. Perplexity spokesperson Jesse Dwyer confirmed to The Verge that the WSJ’s reporting is accurat

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Quick fixes: bring back Google Photos classic search instead of ‘Ask Photos’ Gemini AI

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-12-26 03:58:40

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Issue You just want to search your archived photos, instead of interacting with an AI assistant. Quick fix Inside the app, tap the Google account button at top-right, then go to Photos settings > Preferences > Gemini features in Photos, and turn off

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