An anti-doomscrolling feature is now built into Android. (Yes, things have gotten that bad.) On Tuesday, Google announced Pause Point, which is designed to keep users from engaging with addictive apps on Android, the mobile operating system that powers Google’s Pixel smartphones, Samsung devices, and others. Pause Point works by requiring a 10-second pause after…
Google is rolling out a new opt-in feature in Android that aims to help security researchers investigate spyware attacks. The feature is called “Intrusion Logging” and is part of Android’s Advanced Protection Mode, which Google launched last year, an opt-in special security mode that enables certain features with the goal of making the device harder…
Anthropic announced Tuesday that it is launching a host of new chatbot features designed to provide automated assistance to law firms. The new features expand Claude for Legal — the law-focused plug-in that launched earlier this year — offering users a new set of legal plug-ins and MCP connectors designed for specific areas of law….
Google announced Rambler, a new AI-powered voice dictation feature for Gboard — its widely used Android keyboard app — at its Android Show: I/O Edition 2026 event on Tuesday morning. The launch puts Google in direct competition with the likes of Wispr Flow and Typeless, a growing crop of AI-powered dictation apps that have built…
Google on Tuesday unveiled Googlebook, its new line of laptops built around Gemini, Google’s flagship family of AI models. The tech giant is working with partners like Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo to make the first Googlebooks in a variety of shapes and sizes. The company says the Googlebook, set to launch this fall,…
Google on Tuesday unveiled a new “Create My Widget” feature for Android that allows users to vibe-code their own custom widgets. The feature will first launch on the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones this summer. To create a widget, users will be able to describe what they want using natural language. For example,…
Google announced a number of new Gemini Intelligence-branded AI features at its Android Show: I/O Edition event on Tuesday. These include the ability for AI to complete tasks across apps, browse the web, fill out forms, dictate speech, and even allow you to vibe-code your own Android widgets. Gemini gets more powerful The company had…
At Google’s virtual Android Show: I/O Edition event on Tuesday, the tech giant announced a series of upcoming updates and features, including improved Gemini Intelligence features; new hardware called Googlebook; and other Android improvements, like vibe-coded widgets, Gemini in Chrome, and new emoji. The features are arriving ahead of Google’s annual developer conference this month,…
Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building a healthcare company that most of the tech industry has never heard of and that serves a patient population most of Silicon Valley ignores. But last month, that work put him at the center of something much bigger. His company, Pair Team, announced on April 30 it had…
Google and SpaceX are in talks to launch orbital data centers in space, reports The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter. The potential deal comes as SpaceX gears up for its $1.75 trillion IPO later this year, selling investors on the idea that data centers in space will be the cheapest place…