The trade association backing some of the biggest news publishers in the US slammed Google’s newly expanded AI Mode, which trades traditional search results for an AI chatbot-like interface. In a statement on Wednesday, the News/Media Alliance said the new feature is “depriving” publishers of both traffic and revenue. During Google I/O on Tuesday, the…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai talking about Google Beam, formerly known as Project Starline, at Google … More I/O 2025 Anshel Sag Google used its annual I/O event this week to put the focus squarely on AI — with a strong dash of XR. While there’s no doubt that Google remains very committed to Android and…
Google has released the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 update for eligible Google Pixel users. Unlike early previews and beta versions of major Android updates, the Quarterly Platform Release builds are said to be stable and ready for everyday use. This update includes elements from the Material 3 Expressive design language, which was unveiled earlier this month. It…
Google’s new Material 3 Expressive design language includes a welcome surprise for Pixel owners: the mandatory At a Glance home screen widget has shrunk, leaving space for an extra row of apps. Enjoy more space for apps Good news! Your home screen has a new layout, which means there’s space for more apps & widgets…
Google I/O 2025 developer conference’s keynote on Tuesday was a packed one. During the session, company CEO Sundar Pichai and other executives announced a plethora of new artificial intelligence (AI) updates and features. Some of these include new capabilities in the Gemini 2.5 series of AI models, updates to AI Mode in Search, expansion of…
Google has announced new in-call scam protection features for Android devices, according to a blog post. The new protections will disable certain features and display alerts when a user is on a call with an unknown contact. On top of this, the US-based company will also roll out protections for banking apps and expand real-time…
Google on Tuesday unveiled its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive, at the Android Show ahead of Google I/O. The update is designed to make your phone more customizable and fluid, the tech giant says. Material 3 Expressive brings new springy animations that Google says will make your phone feel more fluid. For example,…
Google is bringing Gemini, its generative AI, to all cars that support Android Auto in the next few months, the company announced at its Android Show ahead of the company’s 2025 I/O developer conference. The company says adding Gemini functionality to Android Auto and, later this year, to cars that run Google’s built-in operating system,…
Microsoft researchers claim to have developed the first 1-bit large language model with 2 billion parameters. The model, BitNet b1.58 2B4T, can run on commercial CPUs such as Apple’s M2. “Trained on a corpus of 4 trillion tokens, this model demonstrates how native 1-bit LLMs can achieve performance comparable to leading open-weight, full-precision models of…
If you have ever wondered what dolphins, which most people find to be one of the cutest creations of nature, say to each other, then trust us when we say you are not an exception. In fact, their clicks, whistles and burst pulses have been a curious topic of scientific research for a long time….
