TCL has released the TAB A1 Plus Android tablet featuring a 12.2-inch 2.4K 120Hz display, Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 processor, quad speakers, and Google Gemini AI features. The tablet is already discounted on Amazon to $229.99.
Google is making it easier to switch AI assistants. Gemini can now import your chat history, preferences, and memories from other AI apps so you can pick up right where you left off.
Quest Diagnostics has launched Quest AI Companion, a Google Gemini-powered feature inside MyQuest that analyzes up to five years of lab results and helps patients better understand trends, terminology, and potential risks before speaking with their healthcare provider.
Security researchers have uncovered PromptSpy, the first known Android AI malware to abuse Google’s Gemini model for on screen UI manipulation. The malware uses generative AI to keep itself pinned in recent apps, block removal attempts, and deploy a built in VNC module that gives attackers full remote access to infected devices. Android is no longer just fighting scripts and hardcoded taps. It is now facing adaptive AI driven threats.
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 has rolled out a brighter gradient “G” logo to represent its AI era, but critics may view it as little more than a cosmetic update.
Salesforce has released Agentforce 3, the latest version of its AI-powered agent platform, and it is clearly trying to solve one of the biggest pain points for businesses using artificial intelligence. Companies want to adopt AI agents, but they struggle to see what those agents are doing and how to make them better. Agentforce 3 … Read more