From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Taylor Swift has released the music video for her latest single, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” the country-inflected original song she contributed to “Toy Story 5.” The video is entirely made up of footage ...

The video features Swift's new country song for 'Toy Story 5,' playing alongside a compilation of footage of Woody and Jessie from the previous films. By Ethan Millman Music Editor The music video is ...

Google used its I/O 2026 developer conference to signal a major shift from AI chatbots to so-called “agentic” AI systems, tools that can act on a user’s behalf across apps, devices, and the web. The ...

Two years ago, an AI tool won Google DeepMind a Nobel. Researchers are now climbing toward a new goal. During Tuesday’s Google I/O keynote, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, proclaimed that ...

OpenAI would be one of the most highly anticipated potential initial public offerings, in what is set to be a major year of I.P.O.s for Silicon Valley. By Mike Isaac and Cade Metz Reporting from San ...

At its I/O 2026 conference on May 19, Google unveiled an expansive suite of AI-powered products, models, and hardware aimed at advancing autonomous agents across consumer and enterprise applications.

Google’s annual developers event, the I/O 2026, kicked off on May 19 with major announcements around artificial intelligence (AI), Gemini upgrades, Search, and other platforms. However, the key ...

Google I/O 2026 is in the books and the company has dropped a slew of announcements. Most of them pertain to Google Gemini AI. However, the company also announced Wear OS 7 and new Google and Samsung ...

Google has introduced a new world model called Gemini Omni. The new model combines the reasining abilities of other generative media models from Google including Veo, Nano Banana, and Genie. While ...