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Google is bringing a new twist to how users interact with Search results… by letting them listen instead of read. Yes, really. The company has announced an experimental feature called “Audio Overviews” that offers short, spoken summaries of certain search queries using its latest Gemini models. It is limited to English language for US users … Read more
Google is taking a swing at hurricane forecasting with a new tool called Weather Lab. The project, developed by Google DeepMind and Google Research, uses artificial intelligence to better predict tropical cyclones. And it’s not just for show – the U.S. National Hurricane Center is already testing it during the 2025 storm season. At the … Read more
Android 16 has officially launched, with supported Pixel phones getting the update first and other devices expected to follow later this year. This early rollout is one of the fastest we’ve seen in recent memory, and while that sounds impressive on paper, the actual update doesn’t deliver much in the way of excitement. Let’s be … Read more
Writing good documentation is hard. It takes time, effort, and often gets pushed aside in favor of more exciting coding work. Google knows this, and now it’s trying to make things easier for open source maintainers who are strapped for time and resources. This week, the search giant introduced two new open source tools meant … Read more
Google is turning up the pressure on Europe to get serious about artificial intelligence. Speaking this week at the EU Digital Summit, Karan Bhatia, Google’s VP of Global Government Affairs and Public Policy, laid out a blunt vision for Europe’s future — and warned that the region’s slow AI adoption could jeopardize its global standing. … Read more