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Google has activated Health Guardian on the Pixel Watch 3, Watch 4, and the new Watch 5, adding blood pressure trend detection, insulin resistance trends, and sleep breathing quality analysis. These join the Breathing Emergency detection feature already available on the Watch 4 and 5 in limited European markets. The features are free for Pixel Watch owners, while Fitbit Ace users must pay to access them.
Google has expanded Gemini in Chrome so it can process video and audio content from websites outside YouTube, letting users get key takeaways and ask questions about that media. Unlike YouTube, where Gemini reads transcripts instantly, non-YouTube content must be played through fully before Gemini can analyze it. Google also added quiz generation from notes, webpages, or YouTube videos, plus a feature that preserves scroll position and partially filled forms when tabs are sent between devices.
A Tipalti-backed analysis argues that many companies still handle payouts to freelancers, creators, vendors and affiliates using outdated, manual infrastructure built for an earlier era. It cites survey data showing 81% of business leaders consider these partner networks important or critical to revenue, while payment systems supporting them have not scaled accordingly. The piece frames fragmented, non-compliant payout processes as an operational risk as companies expand into new markets with varying tax and regulatory rules.
Google is deploying its Health Guardian features—blood pressure trends, insulin resistance trends and sleep breathing quality metrics—to the Google Health app this week, with initial trend reports available starting in early October. The rollout covers Pixel Watch 3, 4 and 5 owners for free, while Fitbit Air owners with a Google Health Premium subscription will get insulin resistance and blood pressure trends later this year.
Google is rolling out a new Redact feature within Google Photos' Markup tools, letting users pixelate license plates or other sensitive content in images. The update also brings new fonts and thickness sliders for pens and highlighters, and is available to all Android users globally. Google separately expanded Wardrobe, Gemini Spark image editing, Moods filters, and 15 new Remix templates to more users in select countries.
Google has expanded its AI-powered virtual closet feature in Google Photos to all iOS and Android users in the United States, Brazil, and India, after first launching on Android in June. The tool scans photos of outfits to build a digital wardrobe that users can sort by category and mix into new combinations. Google also rolled out related Photos updates, including Gemini Spark prompts, an upgraded Markup tool, and new AI photo filters called Moods for Android.
A trailer for 'You Can See Everything,' a documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes directed by Nathan Fielder, garnered roughly 4 million views within a single day of release. The project was unveiled at a surprise screening and is scheduled to premiere next month.
A writer described how Anthropic's Claude chatbot became a constant presence during a family vacation with his parents, sparking discussion about generational AI use. Readers responded with a range of reactions disputing the notion that older adults are uniquely dependent on AI tools.
Kaspersky researchers report a new variant of the MacSync info-stealing malware that hides commands inside public iCloud calendar event descriptions to fetch additional payloads onto infected Macs. The malware, which evolved from the AMOS stealer family, has been spread via ClickFix-style social engineering, fake Homebrew and disk-analyzer tools, and a bogus crypto wallet app called Toria. A newly discovered Objective-C backdoor module disguises itself as Finder to maintain persistence.
Copper has released an updated version of its Charlie induction stove, boosting the broiler to 3,000 watts, increasing induction zone power to 3kW, and cutting oven preheat time to 3:50 for 350°F. The new model also adds compatibility with 240-volt outlets in addition to 120-volt, and Copper has partnered with Miele to manufacture the ranges at a factory in Alabama.
A data analysis by Basin Data comparing escalator speed regulations across 139 cities in 58 countries found LA Metro's specified escalator speed of 90 feet per minute falls below the legal maximum allowed in every city examined. Among 42 cities with confirmed operating speeds, LA Metro and New York run among the slowest at roughly 0.46 meters per second, while Hong Kong and Singapore run escalators at about 0.75 meters per second, roughly 64% faster.
Google Home users reported receiving repeated motion-detection notifications even while present in their own homes, according to a Reddit thread with multiple similar complaints. One affected user posted screenshots showing several alerts within minutes of each other, and later said the issue appeared to resolve itself, though it's unclear if others saw the same fix.