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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Gemini Intelligence automates multi-step tasks across apps. * It also powers new Rambler and Create My Widget features. * Gemini Intelligence will roll out first to Galaxy and Pixel phones. At I/O 2026, Google announced something
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Almost exactly 15 years since Google introduced Chromebooks and ChromeOS—which ushered a wave of cheap, functional, web-based laptops that would come to dominate the US education market—the company has announced a new laptop platform called Googlebook. It's built around artificial intelligence and Android, and while it
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The Google I/O annual developer conference is around the corner—May 19—but in what is quickly becoming a tradition, Google announced new features for Android and Gemini a week early. The news came on Tuesday via the second-everAndroid Show on YouTube. This livestreamed presentation helps Google spread out
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Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Panasonic has announced a new addition to its Lumix camera line with a compact body and fixed lens that’s
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It is, once again, Gemini season. Google is announcing a host of new Gemini features during its pre-I/O Android showcase, many of which aim to help use your phone for you. You’ll find Gemini in more places, like Chrome on Android, in your autofill suggestions, and all up
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Would it shock you to hear that Android 17 is filled with new AI-enabled features, like improved dictation and vibe-coded widgets? Fortunately, that’s not all. The platform is getting non-AI updates too, from an emoji overhaul to a new screentime tool that helps you avoid distracting apps. Google has
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Google is announcing a new line of laptops coming in the fall called Googlebooks. Details are sparse for now, as the tease is just a small part of various Android announcements during Google’s Android Show. But we do know this is a major new initiative in the laptop space
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This week at I/O, Google rolled out a series of major updates for Android Auto that include better sizing for unconventionally shaped screens, video streaming through YouTube, widget support, and of course, more AI-powered Gemini features. The company also announced some updates for cars that run on Google’s
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Waymo is recalling 3,791 robotaxis in the United States after federal regulators identified a software flaw that could send the vehicles into flooded roads at higher speeds, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday. The recall covers vehicles running both the fifth- and sixth-generation Waymo Driver, the
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The new platform pairs GPT-5.5 variants with Codex Security and a roster of enterprise security partners, all aimed at defenders. OpenAI has unveiled Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative aimed at finding software vulnerabilities, generating patches, and validating fixes inside enterprise codebases. The launch positions OpenAI directly against Anthropic’s Mythos,
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. A hot potato: Meta is expanding how it monitors employee computer use as part of its push to improve artificial intelligence systems, a move that is drawing internal resistance. In an update shared with
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* Vodafone launches 5G home broadband * The move opens up 'full fibre-like speeds' to 3.7 million more homes, and over 26 million homes in total * Renters can benefit from a one-month rolling contract option If you’re living in short-term accommodation or somewhere without access to full fibre,
