The name Google is synonymous with online searches, but over the years the company has grown beyond search and now builds multiple consumer products, including software like Gmail, Chrome, Maps, Android, and hardware like the Pixel smartphones, Google Home, and Chromebooks. Its name can also be found on internet services such as Google Fi, Flights, Checkout, and Google Fiber. Here is all of the latest news about one of the most influential tech companies in the world.
Instagram has rolled out an update to address the problem.
Google gave us room for infinite email. What did we get? Infinite email.
Joanna Stern’s new video for the Wall Street Journal combines several AI tools, like Google Veo 2, the just-launched Veo 3, Midjourney, Runway, Suno, and ElevenLabs, to make this “My Robot and Me” short.
Beyond just seeing what they’re capable of in the hands of a skilled producer, Joanna also digs into how much all this would’ve cost (about $1,000), and shows off a few of the misfires created by the generators.
You can see the new metric by selecting a video in your Drive, clicking the three-dot menu, and then hitting “Details.” From there, you’ll find a new “Analytics” section that shows how many times the video has been opened.
The head of Google discusses the next AI platform shift and how it could change how we use the internet forever.
Google’s yet to say anything official about the Pixel 10, but it was recently caught mid commercial shoot on a Vancouver beach by @MarksGonePublic on X. Separately, Mystic Leaks says we should expect color options for the Pixel 10 to include a black Obsidian, blue, purple Iris, and yellow Limoncello, and the 10 Pro and XL models to come in choice of white Porcelain, black Obsidian, green, and gray Sterling.
The Justice Department is investigating whether Google crafted its agreement to skirt regulatory scrutiny, Bloomberg reports. The deal brought Character.AI’s co-founders back to Google and didn’t technically involve an exchange of shares, though investors were set to receive a payout, The Verge previously reported. Google spokesperson Peter Schottenfels told Bloomberg that Google is “always happy to answer any questions from regulators,” and added that Character.AI remains separate, with no ownership stake by Google.
The Find My Device rebrand announced during last week’s I/O Android Show has rolled out to the Play Store, and with it Google has taken the “beta” tag off the people-tracking half of the app.
If you’re a Moto Tag owner, lower your hopes right now — the promised activation of UWB support still isn’t included, but Google says it’s coming this month.
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The cheaper subscription, which cuts ads on “most” videos, but not music, is expanding to Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil too, after launching in the US in March. It’s rolling out gradually, so check the Premium Lite site to see if you’re eligible to sign up — I’m still not, but my colleague Tom apparently is.
Premium Lite costs CAD$7.99 / £7.99 per month, compared to CAD$12.99 / £12.99 for YouTube Premium.
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The last question during the AI fireside chat at I/O 2025 was an invitation to make headlines, and the Google co-founder did his best, saying... something about reality and our existence. Listen in for yourself.
Brin showed up to crash Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis’ fireside chat at I/O 25, where he laid out what he does all day when asked by host Alex Kantrowitz.
The answer? “I think I torture people like Demis, who is amazing, by the way.” ”...there’s just people who are working on the key Gemini text models, on the pretraining, post training. Mostly those, I periodically delve into some of the multi-modal work.”
You can now have NotebookLM make you Audio Overviews that are short (around 5 minutes) and long (around 20 minutes) in addition to the default length of around 10 minutes.
The Google co-founder has said he was “pretty much retired right around the start of the pandemic,” but came back to the company to experience the AI revolution.
This afternoon, we spotted him troubleshooting problems with this demo of Google Flow, which the company announced today as “the only AI filmmaking tool custom-designed for Google’s most advanced models — Veo, Imagen, and Gemini.”
[Insert Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme here, which I should really have saved last time!!!]
