Google’s using AI to allow you to try clothes on before you buy
Wouldn’t you want to know how a dress or shirt will look on you before you buy it? (Yes, we do have stores for that.) But in the age of online shopping, Google is suggesting…
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The US DOJ officially wants to break up Google’s ad business, too
Google’s online advertising business has been ruled a monopoly, as determined by a United States federal judge at the tail end of a long antitrust case. And just like the Department of Justice wants Google…
Google’s search monopoly breakup could mean the death of Firefox
The US Department of Justice wants to break up Google’s search monopoly. But while this might seem like good news for Google’s competitors, it could actually be harmful to some. For example, Mozilla now warns…
Google’s ‘AI Mode’ search is ready to replace a list of links
Google said Thursday that it has begun migrating its “AI Mode” out of its experimental Labs effort and into the real world. Google said that a “small percentage of people” in the “coming weeks” will…
Google’s Discover feed is (finally!) coming to PCs soon
If you use Google Chrome on your mobile phone, or if you have a modern Android phone, then you’ve probably stumbled across the Discover feed at some point. The Discover feed is available on Chrome’s…
Google’s ‘Free TV’ button is everything wrong with streaming remotes
Anyone who owns a Roku streaming player is familiar with the Roku remote, the one with the four “shortcut” buttons in the bottom third of the device. The buttons are marked with a revolving door…
Google’s latest Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model is now free for all users
Last week, Google launched the new Gemini 2.5 AI model, the company’s “most intelligent AI model” that’s designed to tackle increasingly complex problems. At launch, Gemini 2.5 was only available to paying Gemini Advanced and…
Google’s AI race: A two-year run of crisis and chaos, recapped
Although Google was the first to develop the transformer architecture that underpins modern large language models, it was OpenAI who raised the bar and ushered in a new era with ChatGPT. Google has since been…
Farewell Photoshop? Google’s new AI lets you edit images by asking
Multimodal output opens up new possibilities Having true multimodal output opens up interesting new possibilities in chatbots. For example, Gemini 2.0 Flash can play interactive graphical games or generate stories with consistent illustrations, maintaining character…
Google’s new robot AI can fold delicate origami, close zipper bags without damage
On Wednesday, Google DeepMind announced two new AI models designed to control robots: Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER. The company claims these models will help robots of many shapes and sizes understand and interact with…