Google built a great smart speaker, but Gemini isn’t ready for it

The Google Home Speaker nails the hardware, but Gemini for Home isn’t the assistant we’ve been waiting for. If you buy ...

Google Announces Nano Banana 2 Lite-Powered Short Video Overviews for NotebookLM

Short Video Overviews will begin rolling out over the coming weeks to English-speaking users aged 18 years and above.
Us Weekly

Martin Short Breaks His Silence on Daughter Katherine Short’s Death: ‘A Nightmare’

Martin Short is speaking out for the first time about his daughter Katherine Hartley Short’s death. “It’s been a nightmare for the family,” Short told CBS Sunday Morning of Katherine’s death on Sunday ...
Android

Google’s Circle to Search Can Now Read Your PDFs and URLs to Get Full Context

Google is rebranding Circle to Search’s full-screen feature to “Ask about screen,” allowing it to process URLs and PDF data instead of just visible screen content. This update, currently in beta ...
Nextgov

Google launches threat disruption unit, stops short of calling it ‘offensive’

The unit will use legal authorizations and technical capabilities to impede cyber threat groups, though company execs say it will not go so far as to hack into adversaries' systems. Industry Cyber ...
Bleeping Computer

CTM360: Lumma Stealer and Ninja Browser malware campaign abusing Google Groups

CTM360 reports that more than 4,000 malicious Google Groups and 3,500 Google-hosted URLs are being used in an active malware campaign targeting global organizations. The attackers abuse Google’s ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Business Short Names Being Removed From Business Profiles

Google will stop showing the business short names on Google Business Profiles in Search and Google Maps. The short name will still work, if you have one, but going forward, the link in your Google ...
Mashable

Google reportedly blocks 749 million Anna’s Archive URLs

Google receives more takedown requests for Anna's Archive than any other site. Credit: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Have you ever heard of Anna's Archive? No? Well, then, that's good news ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Reminder: Google On Case Sensitivity For URLs

Google's John Mueller reminded us about when case sensitivity matters for Google Search and SEO when it comes to your URLs. In short, Google will probably figure it out based on two URLs having the ...
Android Flagship

Take Advantage of Google URL Shortener

Google had always offered an excellent option for shortening URLs — goo.gl, but things are much better when you can do the very same thing with the help of an application. I am not the only one saying ...
Engadget

Google Play is getting AI-sorted search results, a 'You' tab and short-form K-dramas

Google is announcing several updates to Google Play in an attempt to shift the app store from "a place to download apps" to "an experience." Many of the changes are powered by AI, and most seem like a ...
ExtremeTech

Nostalgia Incoming: Google's Veo 3 Turns Photos Into Short Videos

Google is bringing its latest video generation model, Veo 3, to Google Photos, giving users in the United States the ability to turn still images into short video clips directly within the app. The ...