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Over 40 Million AI Videos Have Been Made With Google Veo 3 Since May: How My Expert Testing Went

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-04 22:05:04

Google's most advanced AI video model continues to be dominant. Veo 3 made a splash when it was released at Google I/O in May, boasting one big, audible difference from other AI video generators: It can create sound, synchronized to a scene's action. And people have been taking advantage of it -- more than 40 million Veo 3 videos have been created in the last seven weeks, across Gemini and its new filmmaker-focused tool called Flow, Google said in a blog post on Thursday. Upgrades like the ones

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Circle to Search has finally figured out landscape mode

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-05 02:50:27

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Circle to Search makes it incredibly easy to look up basically anything you see on your phone screen. So far, though, in landscape mode Circle to Search would often cover up the area you circled. Google has now started delivering results in a floating card that can be offset to the side in landscape view. What’s your favorite new Android feature of the past couple years? While we’re hugely impressed with what Google’s managed to do with Gemini, especi

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Perplexity's Comet AI browser is hurtling toward Chrome - how to try it

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-08-05 03:58:19

zuperia/Getty Images AI search start-up Perplexity has ramped up its competition with Google by releasing Comet, its new web browser, on Wednesday. Built upon Perplexity's proprietary search engine, Comet is compatible with "all of your usual extensions, settings, and bookmarks," according to a Perplexity blog, meaning it's "a seamless switch" to make it your new default browser. It's initially being launched for Mac and Windows, with support on other platforms expected to arrive in the coming

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Perplexity launches Comet, an AI-powered web browser

news.ycombinator.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-08-04 06:05:50

Perplexity on Wednesday launched its first AI-powered web browser, called Comet, marking the startup’s latest effort to challenge Google Search as the primary avenue people use to find information online. At launch, Comet will be available first to subscribers of Perplexity’s $200-per-month Max plan, as well as a small group of invitees that signed up to a waitlist. Here’s what a New tab looks like for me on Comet Image Credits:Screengrab/Maxwell Zeff / Perplexity Comet’s headline feature is

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You Asked, We Answered: All of Your AI Angst

wired.com Lauren Goode 2025-08-05 07:27:53

Paresh Dave: So my guess is something the size of a small calculator, like the ones that people used to fit into their shirt pocket or their patch pocket. Because I think Sam Altman has said he wants something sort of portable. But it'll be something that has a kickstand on the back, so you can lay it on the table and just have it sit there and kind of be around you wherever you are, whether it's the dining table or the kitchen counter or your desk at the office. It'll annoyingly require chargin

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Gemini can now transform your boring stills into lifelike videos

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-05 11:00:44

TL;DR Gemini will now let you generate videos from existing images using its Veo3 model. Google says you can also use actual photos to transform them into videos. Veo3 will limit the output to eight-second clips in 720p resolution. If you’ve recently come across any realistic-looking videos with bizarre tropes, chances are they were generated using Google’s Veo3 AI video generation in Gemini. Its outstanding continuity of video frames, the ability to automatically generate audio, and seamless

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Gemini lands on the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro as it expands to third-party earbuds

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-05 11:58:47

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google announced plans to bring Gemini to Samsung and Sony earbuds earlier this year. User reports suggest that the chatbot is now available on the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro when connected to a device running One UI 8. Google is steadily making good on its promise to bring Gemini to more devices. After sharing plans to replace Google Assistant with Gemini on Wear OS watches earlier this year, the company finally announced Gemini for Wear OS yesterday, confirming

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Google's Gemini app can now generate videos from static images

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-05 11:00:52

Starting today, Google is bringing image-to-video generation to the Gemini app. The feature comes courtesy of the company's Veo 3 model, which Google began rolling out more broadly to AI Pro users last week after it was initially only available to AI Ultra subscribers. Google To start using Gemini's image-to-video generation, click the "tools" option in the prompt bar and then select "video." Google is currently limiting Veo 3 to producing eight-second clips at 720p. Gemini will output your re

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Gemini can now turn your photos into video with Veo 3

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-05 11:02:08

wGoogle's Veo 3 videos have propagated across the Internet since the model's debut in May, blurring the line between truth and fiction. Now, it's getting even easier to create these AI videos. The Gemini app is gaining photo-to-video generation, allowing you to upload a photo and turn it into a video. You don't have to pay anything extra for these Veo 3 videos, but the feature is only available to subscribers of Google's Pro and Ultra AI plans. When Veo 3 launched, it could conjure up a video b

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Gemini AI can now turn photos into videos

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-05 11:00:00

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Google just launched a new Gemini AI feature that lets you transform photos into video clips. The new photo-to-video capability is powered by Google’s Veo 3 video model, and it can transform reference images into eight-second videos complete with AI-generated audio, including background noises, environmental sounds, and speech. The Gemini v

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OpenAI’s next big launch could be an AI web browser

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-05 11:33:07

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. OpenAI is planning to launch an AI web browser in the “coming weeks,” according to a report from Reuters. Sources tell the outlet that OpenAI could build its Operator AI agent into the browser, allowing it to book reservations, fill out forms, and complete other tasks on a user’s behalf as it moves toward an “agentic” future. As noted by Reuters, t

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Google adds image-to-video generation capability to Veo 3

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-08-05 11:00:00

Google said on Thursday it’s adding an image-to-video generation feature to its Veo 3 AI video generator through its Gemini app. The company had already rolled out this feature in its AI-powered video tool called Flow, which was launched in May at Google’s I/O developer conference. After launching Veo 3-powered video generation in May, Google made the feature available in over 150 countries as of last week. At the moment, only Google AI Ultra and Google AI Pro plan users can generate videos wi

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This new Gmail tool lets you declutter your inbox in seconds - here's how to use it

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-08-05 15:30:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET A few months ago, Google rolled out a new feature for Gmail on Android that makes it easier to clean out your inbox by showing a single list of all your subscriptions and providing a simple way to unsubscribe from these lists. Also: Run out of Gmail storage? How I got another 15GB for free and without losing any files Google officially expanded the feature today, making the announcement in a blog post that "Manage Subscriptions" is now showing up on Gmail for desk

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It’s not too late to catch the record $415 price drop on the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-05 18:00:09

Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority Massive discounts on the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold are here, and it’s a chance you don’t want to miss. You can now save $400 on this foldable beauty, with the price slashed to $1,384. This is a 23% reduction relative to the retail price of $1,799 and marks its lowest cost since it launched. Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold for $1,384 (23% off) The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold shines with its top-notch display technology. It features a 6.3-inch Actua cover display and an impres

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It’s not to late to catch the record $415 price drop on the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-05 23:00:09

Ryan Whitwam / Android Authority Massive discounts on the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold are here, and it’s a chance you don’t want to miss. You can now save $400 on this foldable beauty, with the price slashed to $1,384. This is a 23% reduction relative to the retail price of $1,799 and marks its lowest cost since it launched. Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold for $1,384 (23% off) The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold shines with its top-notch display technology. It features a 6.3-inch Actua cover display and an impres

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The Galaxy Z Flip 7 still doesn’t fix the worst thing about Samsung’s flip phones

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-06 06:00:17

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority I have a long history with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip line. Our revisit of the Galaxy Z Flip 3 was my first experience with a modern flip phone, and it instantly hooked me. I started slipping my SIM back into a Galaxy Z Flip anytime I was between review cycles, and the summer Unpacked event became my favorite of the year, Sydney Sweeney cameos and all. And yet, as much as I’ve loved the overall Galaxy Z Flip experience, I’ve always had one issue: The cover scree

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Google Phone app has more Material 3 Expressive changes in the works (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-06 06:11:32

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority TL;DR Google has already rolled out many Material 3 Expressive changes to the Google Phone app, but more changes are in the pipeline. Within the app, the Keypad will likely get its own permanent tab replacing Contacts, while Recents will be renamed Home. There will be a new sidebar that replaces the three-dot menu. Material 3 Expressive brings some of the most noticeable changes to the Android platform in recent times. While it’s not a ground-up reimaginati

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The New Internet Sheriff Takes a Shot at Google

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-06 08:43:02

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince didn’t make his biggest AI announcement in a press release or earnings call. He made it one X reply at a time. Earlier this month, Cloudflare launched what it called “Content Independence Day,” a policy change that blocks AI companies from scraping the websites it protects unless they compensate content creators. The move challenges the decades-old web economy where companies like Google could freely index content in exchange for traffic, and replaces it with a new

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Garmin's new Google Maps app puts your phone where it belongs: your pocket

zdnet.com Matthew Miller 2025-08-06 09:30:16

The big screen of the Venu X1 is perfect for Google Maps. Matthew Miller/ZDNET It's summer in New York, and I'm currently navigating around the city, phone in-hand for navigation. Like everyone else, I use Google Maps religiously when I travel: going from the airport to the hotel and to various destinations around town. But I don't actually like being glued to my phone the whole time to check turns, train transfers, and directions. Also: The best Garmin watches you can buy: Strong tracking tec

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Google brings its AI-powered marketing tools to India after ‘Google tax’ repeal

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-08-06 08:30:00

Google has launched a suite of its AI-powered advertising tools in India, which debuted in the U.S. in May, as the repeal of the so-called “Google tax” has made the South Asian market more attractive to global tech firms selling online ads. In March, the Indian government scrapped its 6% levy on digital advertisements, effective in April, as a move to address some of the trade concerns raised by the Trump administration. The United States Trade Representative had criticized the levy by calling

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The End of the Internet As We Know It

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-06 11:53:52

The internet as we know it runs on clicks. Billions of them. They fuel ad revenue, shape search results, and dictate how knowledge is discovered, monetized, and, at times, manipulated. But a new wave of AI powered browsers is trying to kill the click. They’re coming for Google Chrome. On Wednesday, the AI search startup Perplexity officially launched Comet, a web browser designed to feel more like a conversation than a scroll. Think of it as ChatGPT with a browser tab, but souped up to handle y

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Samsung’s New Foldables Give the Keys to Google AI and Say, ‘Here, You Drive.’

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-08-06 19:17:47

Samsung’s newest generation of Fold and Flip folding phones is here, and this year, it has quite a bit to parade around. The Galaxy Fold 7, for example, is hella thin and almost as slim as a Galaxy S25 Ultra when it’s folded up, while the Galaxy Z Flip 7 has a bigger front-facing screen that spans 4.1 inches. However much the foldables have going on in the hardware department, there’s even more going on inside with AI. The only difference is that Samsung has almost nothing to do with those AI de

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An OpenAI Web Browser Is Imminent, Report Says. That Would Really Shake Up the Web

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-06 18:41:18

OpenAI is working on an AI-powered web browser that could make its debut in the coming weeks, according to a report from Reuters on Wednesday. That would be a major incursion by OpenAI, which makes the dominant AI chatbot, ChatGPT, into a realm where Google is top dog. Google Chrome is the world's most popular web browser, with a global market share of 68%, according to Statista. Google also has its own generative AI technology, called Gemini, which it has been integrating across its range of

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Cloudflare wants Google to change its AI search crawling. Google likely won’t.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-06 19:00:00

After Cloudflare started testing new features that would allow websites to block AI crawlers or require payment for scraping, the tech company immediately faced questions over the logistics of the plan. In particular, website owners and SEO experts wanted to know how Cloudflare planned to block Google's bot from scraping sites to fuel AI overviews without risking blocking the same bot from crawling for valuable search engine placements. Last week, a travel blogger raised questions about the bl

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I'm a Samsung User and Almost Never See Galaxy AI on My Phone

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-06 22:14:00

At Samsung Galaxy Unpacked this year, company president TM Roh took the stage in Brooklyn, NY, to tout the transformative nature Galaxy AI. The presentation talked about how Samsung's AI tech customizes information and systems to become your personal companion. It gives you morning briefs, synthesizes your health information and can integrate across different form factors, like foldables, VR and wearables. I am an active user of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 phone, but I've never once seen any of

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Perplexity launches Comet, its AI-based web browser

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-07 03:40:13

Busy day for AI-based browsing. Just as Reuters reported that OpenIA is just weeks away from releasing a browser, Perplexity, the company behind the famous AI-powered “answer engine,” launched Comet, its own take at what browsing looks like in the age of AI. Here’s what it looks like. Built on Chromium, Comet obviously uses Perplexity as its default search engine. It comes with a sidebar assistant that can summarize pages, answer questions, and even take actions on the user’s behalf (booking ho

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Here’s how Material 3 Expressive might impact Google Docs (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-07 07:28:15

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s updating apps across Android to incorporate Material 3 Expressive design elements. We’ve identified some tweaks to the UI in Docs that aren’t yet live, but we can preview in the latest release. Docs should be getting the same sort of high-contrast backgrounds and more rounded screen elements we’ve already seen on other Google apps. App by app, screen by screen, Google’s slowly bringing a fresh look to its Android ecosystem. This summer, we’v

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Google’s Sergey Brin Calls U.N. Report on Big Tech’s Relationship With Israel ‘Antisemitic’

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-08-07 07:35:03

Last month, the United Nations released a report alleging that many major global corporations, including several Big Tech companies, have profited off of Israel’s ongoing genocidal assault on Gaza because of their insistence on continuing to do business with the Israeli government and military. In response, according to internal messages seen by the Washington Post, Google co-founder Sergey Brin told employees that the U.N. is “transparently antisemitic.” Cool. Brin’s response came in an intern

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OpenAI is reportedly releasing an AI browser in the coming weeks

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-08-07 07:48:06

In Brief Hot on the heels of Perplexity’s Comet launch, OpenAI is planning to release an AI-powered web browser of its own to challenge Google Chrome, according to a report from Reuters on Wednesday. The ChatGPT maker reportedly aims to release its browser in the coming weeks. Much like Perplexity’s Comet and The Browser Company’s Dia, OpenAI’s browser is said to use AI to rethink how users browse the web. Supposedly, the browser keeps some user interactions inside ChatGPT instead of linking o

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The Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 are the first phones to launch with Android 16

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-07 08:00:25

Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 are the first phones to ship out of the box loaded with Android 16. Similarly, the company's new Watch 8 Series will be the first to launch already running Google's Wear OS 6. That means Watch 8 is the first wearable to have Google's Gemini LLM ready to go the moment you switch it on, allowing you to ask the AI questions straight from your wrist. Samsung Google and Samsung are also upgrading Gemini Live so that it can be accessed on the external scree

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Over 40 Million AI Videos Have Been Made With Google Veo 3 Since May: How My Expert Testing Went

Circle to Search has finally figured out landscape mode

Perplexity's Comet AI browser is hurtling toward Chrome - how to try it

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Gemini can now transform your boring stills into lifelike videos

Gemini lands on the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro as it expands to third-party earbuds

Google's Gemini app can now generate videos from static images

Gemini can now turn your photos into video with Veo 3

Gemini AI can now turn photos into videos

OpenAI’s next big launch could be an AI web browser

Google adds image-to-video generation capability to Veo 3

This new Gmail tool lets you declutter your inbox in seconds - here's how to use it

It’s not too late to catch the record $415 price drop on the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

It’s not to late to catch the record $415 price drop on the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

The Galaxy Z Flip 7 still doesn’t fix the worst thing about Samsung’s flip phones

Google Phone app has more Material 3 Expressive changes in the works (APK teardown)

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Garmin's new Google Maps app puts your phone where it belongs: your pocket

Google brings its AI-powered marketing tools to India after ‘Google tax’ repeal

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Perplexity launches Comet, its AI-based web browser

Here’s how Material 3 Expressive might impact Google Docs (APK teardown)

Google’s Sergey Brin Calls U.N. Report on Big Tech’s Relationship With Israel ‘Antisemitic’

OpenAI is reportedly releasing an AI browser in the coming weeks

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 are the first phones to launch with Android 16

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