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Google Quietly Retires Pixel Studio App

Google has started shutting down its Pixel Studio app and directing users to the Gemini app for AI image creation. The latest Pixel Studio update produces a single prominent "Open Gemini" button, which either opens the Gemini app or takes users to the Play Store to install it.

Pixel Studio launched alongside newer Pixel phones and offered prompt‑based AI image generation, custom stickers, and quick edits for screenshots and photos. As a Pixel user, I never found it particularly useful; online, many people report using the tool for more casual tasks, like AI zoom and generating memes.

Google's June Pixel Studio update completely blocked new image generation in the app. Existing Pixel Studio creations remain accessible for now; users can still view, share, and export their old projects, but they cannot start new ones.

In light of its other AI image tools, Google now plans to push users toward Nano...

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Nintendo is playing things too safe

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Should I use a VPN to watch the World Cup?

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Spatial Reframing in iOS 27 might finally turn me into a photo pro — here’s how it works, and why it could be your iPhone’s secret storage weapon

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Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models?

The AI boom has been built on a basic assumption: bigger models are more powerful, and the most powerful models win. Now, the industry is about to learn what happens if that assumption starts to break. Mounting costs have already pressured users to give smaller and cheaper models a second

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Nintendo is playing things too safe

Should I use a VPN to watch the World Cup?

Spatial Reframing in iOS 27 might finally turn me into a photo pro &mdash; here&rsquo;s how it works, and why it could be your iPhone&rsquo;s secret storage weapon

Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models?

Spatial Reframing in iOS 27 might finally turn me into a photo pro — here’s how it works, and why it could be your iPhone’s secret storage weapon