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Google’s AI Mode Turns Search Into a Conversation
- Google's AI mode is revolutionizing search by turning it into a conversation.
- Users can now engage in a dialogue with Google starting from the search bar.
- This AI feature offers prompts and allows for more conversational search interactions.
- The AI mode provides extensive results, like a list of the best pizza places in New York City, making search experiences more personalized.
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Google at a Crossroads in AI-Driven Future: Is It the New Yahoo?
- Google, a dominant force in search, now faces challenges from AI-driven search alternatives.
- Despite its current market share, Google is encountering competition in the generative AI space.
- The company must reinvent itself to maintain its position and adapt to changing search trends.
- Google's future success will depend on its ability to evolve strategies in the evolving AI landscape.
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Google makes it easier to let friends and kids control your smart home
- Google has introduced a new feature in its Google Home update that allows users to assign 'Admin' and 'Member' roles for controlling smart home devices.
- Admins have full control over devices, services, and users, while Members have limited control over basic device functions.
- Admins can grant Members additional privileges such as 'Settings' access and 'Activity' access to monitor device history.
- Google is simplifying the process of adding children under 13 to the Home app by allowing parents to invite them as Members directly through the app.
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The best smartwatches for Android
- Android smartwatch market is growing with more options for Samsung, Google, and OnePlus users.
- Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, Google Pixel Watch 3, and OnePlus Watch 2 stand out.
- Key features include rotating bezel, fitness improvements, and platform-agnostic options for consumers.
- Wear OS updates, battery life, and processor details are crucial for smartwatch buyers.
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Google’s data center energy use doubled in 4 years
- Google's data centers doubled electricity use in four years, reaching 30.8 million megawatt-hours.
- Data centers now make up 95.8% of Google's electricity consumption, pushing for carbon-free sources.
- Efficiency improvements have slowed electricity growth, prompting investments in geothermal, nuclear fusion, and renewables.
- Google aims for 24/7 carbon-free energy globally, facing regional challenges in data center operations.
- Investments in stable, carbon-free sources like geothermal, nuclear fusion, and renewables are crucial.
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Gemini’s colorful new look is now as good as official
- Google has introduced a new rainbow-colored star logo for Gemini, part of its colorful rebranding this summer.
- The new rainbow Gemini look has been adopted by Google's X account.
- Google, known for embracing colorful displays, continues to add more color to its product offerings.
- Gemini previously had red, blue, and purple hues, but the new rainbow design aims to give it a fresher look.
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Google Maps lets you blur your house – here’s why you should do it
- Google Maps, used by over 1 billion people monthly, offers a feature to blur homes on Street View to enhance privacy and security.
- Security experts warn that Street View can be exploited by criminals to plan burglaries and assess property value.
- Blur your house on Google Maps to prevent revealing specific details like security features, number of floors, and valuable items.
- To blur your home, find your property on the map, click 'Report a problem,' and submit a request specifying the area to be blurred.
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Google releases Calendar for Apple Watch, but removes Keep from your wrist
- Google Calendar is now available on the Apple Watch, allowing users to view upcoming events for the next week with integrated Google Tasks.
- The Google Calendar app for Apple Watch includes complications for the watch face and the Smart Stack, but event creation is only possible on the iOS version of Google Calendar.
- Google has discontinued the Apple Watch app for Keep, its note-taking service, due to limited engagement and lack of new features. The removal does not affect the functionality in the iPhone and iPad versions of Keep.
- While Google is discontinuing some Apple Watch apps like Keep, other developers like Snap are still investing in Apple Watch apps, with Snap recently releasing an app that allows users to respond to snaps directly from the watch using various input methods.
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Level up your game: Google Play's Indie Games Fund in Latin America returns for its 4th year
- Google Play's Indie Games Fund in Latin America returns for its fourth year with a $2 million commitment to empower 10 indie game studios in the region.
- The total investment in Latin American indie games through the Indie Games Fund will reach $8 million USD after this round of funding.
- Selected small game studios will receive funding and support from the Google Play team to help them advance their games and expand their reach globally.
- The program is open to indie game developers who have launched a game on various platforms, and applications for the fund will close on July 31, 2025.
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Google kills its Keep app on Apple Watch
- Google has discontinued its Keep app on Apple Watch after neglecting it since its 2019 introduction.
- The removal of the Keep app reduces Google's Apple Watch offerings to just three apps: Google Calendar, Maps, and YouTube Music.
- Despite being outdated, Keep was functional on Apple Watch, allowing users to create lists or notes conveniently on the go.
- Apple Watch users will need to wait for a native version of Notes app in watchOS 26 after the removal of Google Keep.
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Google Keep’s Material 3 Expressive makeover is starting to roll out
- Google Keep's Material 3 Expressive makeover has begun rolling out to users, introducing visual changes for various UI elements like the search bar, toolbar, and search filters.
- The redesign, aligned with Android's Material 3 Expressive design language, is not widely available currently but is expected to reach more users in the near future.
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Cloudflare to block AI bot crawlers by default and let websites demand payment for access
- Cloudflare will block Big Tech AI bot crawlers by default to protect content creators' work.
- Cloudflare introduces Pay Per Crawl, allowing creators to charge AI giants for content access.
- The move addresses concerns of AI companies exploiting content without consent or compensation.
- Major publishers like Gannett, Time, BuzzFeed, and others support Cloudflare's default blocking of AI bot crawlers.
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AI giants win big in the copyright fight. Here's what happens now.
- Big Tech wins legal battles, allowing AI to use copyrighted content for free.
- Training AI with copyrighted material ruled fair use by judges, impacting internet future.
- Generative AI giants like Google, Meta, and OpenAI benefit from legal certainty.
- AI's ability to scrape, copy, and use online content without payment raises concerns.
- Content creators seek compensation as Cloudflare launches 'pay per crawl' service.
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OpenAI Says No Plans To Deploy Google AI Chips
- OpenAI is testing Google's Tensor Processing Unit AI chips but has no active plans to deploy them at scale.
- Nvidia AI accelerators are primarily used by OpenAI, creating a barrier to adapting workloads to run on other GPUs like AMD's.
- OpenAI is utilizing Google Cloud data center infrastructure to meet increased demand, while also developing its own in-house chip set to be finalized for manufacturing this year.
- Amazon, a major player in the cloud services sector, is notably absent from the cloud providers being used by OpenAI, which spans across Google, Microsoft Azure, Oracle, and CoreWeave.
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Gemini may soon let you send images in texts, thanks to RCS (APK teardown)
- Gemini on Android currently only sends text messages through Google Messages.
- New code suggests Gemini may soon support RCS through Google Messages, potentially enabling image sharing.
- Gemini can be used to send creative text messages but currently does not support image sharing through MMS.
- The recent findings indicate that Gemini could allow users to send multimedia messages through Google Messages in the future.
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