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Google is launching a big new feature for Gmail called Gmail Live, a new AI-powered voice mode that’s basically the Gemini Live experience but built specifically for your inbox. To use Gmail Live, tap an icon that will appear in your search bar and just start talking. In a
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Google Search is entering the next phase of its AI evolution. During Google I/O 2026, the company showed off a reimagined search box that makes it easier to flow between AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries that appear at the top of search results, and AI Mode, Google’s chatbot-like
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Google is going all in on AI-driven shopping even as some competitors back off. At Google I/O, the company unveiled the latest iteration of its AI commerce tools: a “Universal Cart” that works across different retailers and Google products like Gemini — and eventually YouTube and Gmail, too. Users can
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Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Google is announcing a major upgrade to one of its vibe coding platforms: Beginning today, you can now use AI Studio to build native Android apps. With
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Hayden Field is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Google is making a big push into cybersecurity. At I/O, the company announced that it was
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Google’s I/O 2026 keynote today was once again full of AI-related announcements including a new family of Gemini 3.5 AI models, new features for Search and Gmail, and updates about its Project Aura smart glasses. If you weren’t able to tune into the event’s livestream
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* Google has announced a new feature called 'Ask YouTube' * This lets you ask lengthy and detailed questions when looking for a video * It uses Gemini, and makes the service a bit more like a chatbot Google I/O 2026 is now underway, and among the many announcements emerging
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* Watch Falling for free on Channel 4 (UK only) * Use NordVPN to watch Channel 4 when abroad * Boxset lands Tuesday, May 19 After co-writing last year’s smash hit drama Adolescence, Jack Thorne pens Falling, a contemporary romantic drama following two members of the church who find themselves, well, falling
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With AI image generators widely available online and more sophisticated than ever, it’s never been harder to tell if an image is authentic. But on Tuesday, OpenAI announced two new measures to help fight the problem. The company has committed to an open standard called C2PA (Coalition for Content
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When Google launched Gemini three years ago, the goal was to build a multimodal large language model — a single neural network that was trained on text, image, audio, and video and could generate content in any of those formats. Today, at its Google I/O developer conference, the company took
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Google is introducing a new version of its agentic coding app, Google Antigravity 2.0, with an updated desktop app, a CLI tool, and an SDK for custom workflows. The company launched its Antigravity tool last year as a response to agentic coding software such as Cursor. The company said
