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Android 16 on Snapdragon Laptops: Google and Qualcomm Plan a Windows-Free Future
Google and Qualcomm are laying the groundwork for a new kind of PC—one that drops Windows 11 in favor of Android 16 and a full suite of on-device AI capabilities, including Gemini. The companies...
Google’s Experimental Windows App Puts AI Search on Your Desktop—Here’s How It Works
Google has quietly started testing a native Windows application that places a powerful, AI-infused search bar directly on the desktop, summonable from anywhere with Alt + Space. The experiment,...
Google's Alt+Space Overlay Brings Lens, AI Search to Windows. Here's How It Works and What to Watch For.
What’s New Google has released an experimental Windows app that places a compact, floating search bar at your fingertips. The tool, hosted in Google’s Search Labs, can be summoned anytime by...
From Scrabble Cheating to Minivan Packing: 6 Gemini Live Hacks That Show Multimodal AI’s Promise and Perils
Pointing your phone’s camera at a Scrabble board to get real-time word suggestions, asking it to identify a Barred Owl’s call, or even demanding it tally golf scores as you play — these...
Alphabet Shares Jump as Judge Spares Chrome and Android from Sale, Mandates Data Sharing
Alphabet’s stock surged nearly 9% in a single trading session after a federal judge handed down a remedies ruling that steered clear of the most feared outcomes—a forced sale of the Chrome...
ICMP Dossier Exposes AI's Copyrighted Music Heist: Google, Microsoft, Meta Implicated
The International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) has compiled a damning dossier that accuses the world's largest AI companies of harvesting tens of millions of copyrighted songs without...
U.S. Judge Forces Google to Open Search Data and End Exclusive Android Deals, Giving Microsoft a Path to Boost Bing and Copilot
A federal judge has ordered Google to share key search infrastructure with rivals and dismantle exclusive distribution agreements, while sparing the company from a forced breakup of Chrome and...
Missouri AG Demands AI Giants Hand Over Chatbot Ranking Secrets in Trump Bias Probe
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has launched an unprecedented legal broadside against artificial intelligence developers, sending formal demand letters to OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta...
AI Chatbots Now Train on Your Conversations by Default – Here’s How to Protect Your Privacy
Anthropic’s decision to switch Claude’s default settings and begin tapping consumer chat data for model training has jolted the AI world, forcing users to take immediate steps if they want to...
Big Tech’s $250 Billion AI Infrastructure Gamble: How Microsoft, Google, and Meta Are Building Unbreachable Moats
In 2025, the world’s largest technology companies are not just experimenting with artificial intelligence—they are wiring it into the very foundations of global computing. Microsoft, Alphabet,...
Samsung to Supply OLED-on-Silicon Panels for Microsoft’s Gaming-Focused Mixed Reality Headset
Samsung Display has reportedly secured a deal to supply advanced OLED-on-silicon (OLEDoS) microdisplays for a new Microsoft mixed reality device, aiming squarely at gaming and media consumption. The...
Google's $19.99 AI Plan Just Got Smarter—and It's Part of a Much Bigger US Monetization Play
Google has quietly folded its upgraded AI note-taking tool, NotebookLM Plus, into the $19.99-per-month Google One AI Premium plan, giving U.S. subscribers immediate access to advanced features like...