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Jan 15 • 4 months ago

Many Bluetooth devices with Google Fast Pair vulnerable to “WhisperPair” hack

Even Google's own earbuds are vulnerable to the Fast Pair hack. ...

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Jan 14 • 4 months ago

Gemini can now scan your photos, email, and more to provide better answers

The feature will start with paid users only, and it's off by default. ...

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Jan 13 • 4 months ago

Google’s updated Veo model can make vertical videos from reference images with 4K upscaling

Google has also added the updated Veo tools to YouTube creator tools. ...

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Jan 13 • 4 months ago

Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers

Company responds to community concerns over electricity bills and water use. ...

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Jan 12 • 4 months ago

Apple chooses Google’s Gemini over OpenAI’s ChatGPT to power next-gen Siri

Apple goes with Google's tech despite using OpenAI's ChatGPT elsewhere in iOS. ...

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Jan 12 • 4 months ago

Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store?

Google describes apps exactly like Grok and says they are banned from Google Play. ...

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Jan 10 • 4 months ago

Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank

Google says creating for people rather than robots is the best long-term strategy. ...

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Dec 31 • 4 months ago

From prophet to product: How AI came back down to earth in 2025

In a year where lofty promises collided with inconvenient research, would-be oracles became software tools. ...

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Dec 30 • 4 months ago

I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret

Swapping SIM cards used to be easy, and then came eSIM. ...

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Dec 20 • 5 months ago

Google lobs lawsuit at search result scraping firm SerpApi

Google says the lawsuit is its last resort. ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers

Google loves AI content, except when it doesn't. ...

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Dec 18 • 5 months ago

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT image generator makes faking photos easy

New GPT Image 1.5 allows more detailed conversational image editing, for better or worse. ...

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