Google uses AI to help predict hurricanes with Weather Lab

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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 brings practical upgrades to Pixel phones but still fails to excite

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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

Google wants to help open source projects write better documentation with new tools

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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