TweakTown

It looks like Google plans to nag Windows 11 users to open its Chrome browser at bootup

TL;DR: Google is testing a new Chrome feature on Windows 11 whereby people can elect to have the browser automatically launch when the OS reaches the desktop on first booting. The browser opens in the ...
TechRepublic

Google Expands AirDrop-Style File Sharing to More Android Devices

Google Expands AirDrop-Style File Sharing to More Android Devices Your email has been sent Google confirms Quick Share’s AirDrop-style sharing is expanding beyond Pixel to more Android devices in 2026 ...
Android Authority

This is our first look at Google's Pixel-like camera app for Android PCs

Google has listed a Desktop Camera app on the Google Play Store. The app is described as a ‘camera app for desktop’ and takes some cues from the Pixel Camera app for phones. This app seems to be built ...
Search Engine Land

1/3rd of publishers say they will block Google Search AI-generative features like AI Overviews

Google announced yesterday that it is exploring ways for sites to opt out of Google using their content for its AI-generative search features, such as AI Mode and AI Overviews. I asked the SEO ...
MIT Technology Review

DHS is using Google and Adobe AI to make videos

Immigration agencies have been flooding social media with bizarre, seemingly AI-generated content. We now know more about what might be making it. The US Department of Homeland Security is using AI ...
Android

Google Search's New AI Update Makes Searching Feel Like a Conversation

Google is enhancing Search with deeper AI integration, making it easier to turn queries into natural conversations. AI Overviews are also getting an upgrade with Gemini 3, delivering more accurate and ...
Reuters

Google troubled by EU move to help AI, search rivals access services

BRUSSELS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google will be given guidance by European Union antitrust regulators on how to help online search rivals and artificial intelligence ...
BGR

You're Probably Using Your USB-C Ports Wrong - Here's How

For those who have used PCs for a sufficiently long time, you probably remember trying to insert a USB plug into a port, only to have to flip it upside-down to get it in there. The advent of USB-C in ...
Business Insider

With 'Personal Intelligence,' Google finally admits how much it knows about you. It's scary-good.

A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter. Sign up for the weekly Tech Memo here. Google rolled out a powerful new feature to AI Mode in Search this week. It's called ...
The Conversation

Will Google be third time lucky with new, AI‑powered smart glasses?

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Ars Technica

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

Elon Musk’s xAI recently weakened content guard rails for image generation in the Grok AI bot. This led to a new spate of non-consensual sexual imagery on X, much of it aimed at silencing women on the ...
TechCrunch

Google announces a new protocol to facilitate commerce using AI agents

Google on Sunday announced a new open standard called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for AI agent-based shopping, at the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference. The standard, developed ...