Devices still enrolled in the Android Beta Program will automatically receive Android 17 Beta 1.

A lawyer for YouTube insisted Feb 10 that the Google-owned video platform was neither intentionally addictive nor technically social media, as a landmark US trial targeting tech giants entered its second day

'Claude DXT's container falls noticeably short of what is expected from a sandbox' LayerX, a security company based in Tel Aviv, says it has identified a zero-click remote code execution vulnerability in Claude Desktop Extensions that can be triggered by processing a Google Calendar entry

tech companies and data center developers. It could bind OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook parent Meta and other AI giants to a broad set of energy, water and community principles

Google keeps tinkering ahead of QPR3s full release.

Google on Tuesday expanded its "Results about you" tool to let users request the removal of Search results containing government-issued ID numbers -- including driver's licenses, passports and Social Security numbers -- adding to the tool's existing ability to flag results that surface phone numbers, email addresses, and home addresses

Learn more about Google Photos new Ask button as well as other functions of its Ask Photos feature.

The Results About You tool is getting an upgrade.

The UK is demanding that Apple and Google improve fairness on their app stores.

Apple and Google have agreed to a set of commitments to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority that will prevent them from giving preferential treatment to their own apps and require greater transparency around how third-party apps are approved for sale

Google announced in its Q4 earnings call this week that it expected to more than double its capital expenditure in 2026 over 2025's already sky-high numbers, to up to $185 billion

The internet is ripe with horrible violations of people's privacy, including non-consensual explicit images . A new tool from Google won't do much in the way of prevention, but can help you remove this media from Search

What took you so long, Google?

Users will have to opt into this experimental feature, and spots may be limited.

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You can now easily remove government IDs and explicit images from Google Search results about yourself.

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

Last year the UK declared that Apple and Google were a duopoly with " strategic market status " in the mobile platforms market, making them subject to special regulations

Google kini memaklumkan para pelabur mereka berkenaan perubahan persekitaran dan gaya penggunaan di internet disebabkan kecerdasan buatan janaan

The UK's markets regulator says the proposed commitments "will boost the UK's app economy".

Competition watchdog secures promises on approvals, rankings, and platform access Apple and Google have pledged to change how their app stores operate in the UK following scrutiny from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is trying to curb their control over the app distribution pipelines feeding UK phones

The House Judiciary Committee wants the US Department of Justice to turn over all its communications with both Apple and Google regarding the companies decisions to remove apps that shared information about sightings of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers

Nvidia and Google are among a handful of major tech giants developing models for robotics and so-called "phyiscal AI."

Google may be prepping Personal Intelligence for Gemini Live.

By letting you ask more specific questions

At the second Google for Singapore event, Google announced new AI investments in the nation.

Home Brief might be in for a visual refresh, ditching lengthy text summaries for AI-generated highlight reels.

Your favorite YouTube Music feature is now behind a $10.99 monthly subscription.

The Advanced Mode of the app seems to be going beyond its remit.

TotalEnergies PPA to supply 28TWh of electricity over next 15 years, weather permitting of course Let's hope it's always sunny ... in Texas, at least for Google's sake

House Judiciary Committee member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has asked the US Department of Justice to turn over all its communications with both Apple and Google regarding the companies' decisions to remove apps that shared information about sightings of US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers

After a lengthy test, YouTube Music is making lyrics a premium feature

Love YouTube TV but hate how expensive it is? Google is offering some temporary relief.

Features can change, timelines can move and some ideas may never make it beyond internal testing. That said, recent reporting from supply-chain sources, analysts and leakers gives us a clearer picture of how Apple might approach its first foldable and how it could try to set itself apart from rivals like Samsung and Google

We visited Google's largest hardware R&D labs outside of the US, where everything Pixel is made and tested.

Do you have a Google TV box? Are you happy with its performance or does it leave you wanting?

Download lantern-filled streets, night markets, and more.

The custom ROM is also switching to a less frequent release cadence, thanks to Google.

In our review of the iPhone 16e , we weren't particularly sold because of its limited camera capabilities, particularly when compared to the iPhone 17 's release a few months later. However, for the same $599 price, Apple's iPhone 17e is getting a few notable upgrades and will compete with Google's Pixel 10a

Trying to quit Google News only made me appreciate it more.

Habit beats novelty every time.

Hundreds of Google workers signed an open letter urging the company to cut its ties with ICE and CBP after rising violence.

Link previews, which show key points before you open a link. AI chatbot in the sidebar, which lets you use your chosen chatbot as you browse, including options like Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Le Chat Mistral

The change marks a strategic shift for Apple, which until now has only allowed its own Siri assistant as a voice-control option within its popular vehicle infotainment software. With the move, AI providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic PBC and Alphabet Inc.'s Google will be able to release CarPlay versions of their apps that include a voice-control mode..

Plus: Dexcom updates its app, Fitbit founders create a new family caregiving app, and Blink has a new outdoor security camera.

Samsung, Nothing, OnePlus, and others have this security feature, so why doesn't Google?

AI-generated content hasn't fared any better. Darren Aronofsky executive-produced On This Day...1776, a YouTube web series that uses Google DeepMind video generation alongside real voice actors to dramatize the American Revolution

The website launch is being paired with a Super Bowl ad that will air this Sunday. AI.com's main offering is an AI agent that "operates on the users behalf organizing work, sending messages, executing actions across apps, building projects, and more." It's a similar concept to what companies like OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are promising with their own agents and agentic features, and notably lacking in hard details

Google Photos may not delete pics the way you think it would what to know

Google shares an update on its work and suggestions for how policymakers can help everyone be more secure in the Quantum Era.

More than 900 Google employees signed a letter opposing company links to federal immigration actions

Siri is the default voice assistant for things like controlling music and looking up directions, but future AI apps in CarPlay could handle the complicated, open-ended requests Siri can't answer. The expanded support would let developers like OpenAI or Google offer versions of their ChatGPT and Gemini apps for CarPlay

Huang's comments come after key Nvidia customers Meta, Amazon, Google and Microsoft reported their latest earnings over the past two weeks

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft eye $635B in infrastructure spend Four tech megacorps intend to collectively fork out roughly $635 billion this year on capex, much of it for datacenters and AI infrastructure more than the entire output of Israel's economy and well beyond all global cloud infrastructure services revenue generated last year.

Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products

An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft each reported hundreds of billions in RPO (remaining performance obligations) -- signed contracts for cloud computing services that can't yet be filled and haven't yet hit the books

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The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.

Google says that weird November Play system update is just a 'display-only' issue.

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One of the more surprising tech developments in 2025 was Google bringing two-way support for Apples AirDrop functionality to its Pixel 10 series of phones

Google has also been spotted working on refreshing more parts of the Phone app with Material 3 Expressive.

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Continue reading. Surprise! Google teases the Pixel 10a Pre-orders open later this month

Juries will soon hear arguments in a case against Meta and Google that could reshape social media protections for kids.

Google has confirmed that Androids AirDrop-style sharing capability will be expanded to more devices…

Accessing your full pass library will require navigating through two screens.

When it comes to choosing a smartphone with the best camera, most people instinctively look at the iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, or Google Pixel

Google's Quick Share-AirDrop interoperability, which has been exclusive to the Pixel 10 series since its surprise launch last year, is headed to a much broader set of Android devices in 2026

When Google introduced the Pixel 10 series, it had an interesting feature that enabled it to Quick Share files directly with Apple devices via the AirDrop system

Eric Kay, Vice President of Engineering at Google, says the Airdrop feature will be rolled out to all Android devices this year

Ia adalah ciri yang lama diminta sekaligus memudahkan perkongsian fail rentas platform seperti yang diminta oleh RUU DMA Kesatuan Eropah (EU). Tetapi semasa dilancarkan ia hanya disokong pada peranti siri Google Pixel 10 sahaja

Yesterday, Google finally confirmed that the Pixel 10a is coming soon - on February 18, to be precise

Google delighted its Pixel users last year by introducing an updated version of Quick Share that worked with Apple's AirDrop, but it has remained exclusive to the Pixel 10 series with a promise to bring it to older Pixel phones as well

No more text fading into the background!

A new subreddit offers the ideal hub for Canary announcements and community feedback.

Google randomly dropped a video revealing the Pixel 10a.