Google’s Pixel 10a brings Tensor G4, AI-powered camera tools, IP68 durability, and seven years of updates for $499. It checks a lot of boxes, but it still is not an iPhone.
Android 17 Beta 1 has arrived with mandatory large screen support for tablets and foldables, performance upgrades, stricter app behavior rules, and deeper privacy changes.
Google is warning that quantum computing could crack today’s encryption, and attackers may already be planning for that future.
Google Cloud is bringing AI powered motion analysis to elite athletes, using smartphone video and real time feedback to refine performance on the mountain. As Team USA experiments with advanced training tools, it raises an uncomfortable question. Is AI simply smarter preparation, or is it starting to look like a digital version of steroids?
Google has retired the ZetaSQL name and consolidated its SQL dialect under the GoogleSQL brand, aligning open source and product documentation at last.
Google is celebrating Black History Month with new features, curated content, and creator highlights across its products, from Search and YouTube to Google Play and TV.
Google is now bringing Gemini into walking and cycling navigation in Maps, adding AI help to activities humans already do just fine. The update is useful in some cases, but it also feels a little unnecessary.
Apple has confirmed that future Apple Intelligence models will rely on Google Gemini, marking the most surprising strategic pivot in years. After falling behind rivals in AI and failing to evolve Siri, Apple has partnered with the very company it spent a decade competing against. The announcement reads like a quiet admission that Apple lost the AI race it helped start.
Gmail gets pumped with Gemini AI features in 2026, including summaries, suggested replies, and a new AI Inbox, but it is fair to ask whether regular users really need all this automation or whether Google is simply pushing AI because it invested too heavily to slow down.
Samsung is taking AI out of phones and laptops and placing it directly into the kitchen. At CES 2026, the company plans to unveil refrigerators and other appliances powered by Google Gemini, using cameras and cloud intelligence to track food, manage inventory, and suggest actions. While some design upgrades solve real problems, the deeper push toward cloud based AI inside everyday appliances raises new questions about control, longevity, and whether consumers actually want this level of intelligence watching what they eat.
Google is suing SerpApi over alleged unlawful scraping, but the case raises deeper questions about web data ownership, licensed content, and whether Google can credibly position itself as a defender of publisher rights.
Google’s Gemini Live API is not just improving support. It is quietly dismantling the customer service industry and the jobs that came with it.