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Google says it has worked with Meta and Apple to add creator-focused video-editing tools to Android 17, expand AirDrop connectivity, and more

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.

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Exaforce Raises $125 Million for Agentic SOC Platform

Agentic security operations firm Exaforce announced on Tuesday that it has raised $125 million in a Series B funding round, bringing the company’s total to $200 million. The latest investment came from HarbourVest, Peak XV, Mayfield, Khosla Ventures, Seligman Ventures, and AICONIC. Exaforce has developed an agentic SOC platform

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Google's Android-powered laptops are called Googlebooks, and they're coming this year

Google’s AI-generated widgets from Android phones will also come over to Googlebooks. The widgets are more limited than you might expect, though. They can collect data from the web, as well as certain content from your Google apps, to create a “personalized dashboard” for your home screen. The format

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Google announces a new laptop lineup called Googlebook, with a unified OS that merges ChromeOS and Android, a “Glow bar” rainbow LED design element, and more

Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.

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Everything Announced At The Android Show: I/O 2026 Edition

Google I/O, the company's big annual developer conference, is almost upon us. But the company isn't waiting until then to reveal what it has in store for Android. There was just far too much news on that front to squeeze into the I/O keynote,

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Android will hang up on banking scammers for you - how its new anti-spoofing feature works

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * This Android feature aims to protect you from banking scams. * It will detect and hang up calls from spoofed numbers. * The feature will expand to more banks later this year. Scammers love to impersonate businesses

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I'm a devoted iPhone user but Android 17 is tempting me with its new video and social features

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET key takeaways * Google partnered with Meta and Apple to improve Android. * Adobe Premiere is launching on Android soon. * Android 17 adds more creator-focused video-editing tools. Android is better than iOS in numerous ways, but day-to-day app interactions aren'

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First look at Googlebook: A premium Chromebook alternative for Android users

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Googlebook is a new device line coming this fall. * It merges Android and ChromeOS for smoother phone-to-laptop use. * Chromebooks aren't going away anytime soon. Google has announced an all-new laptop lineup, called Googlebook.

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Your Android phone is getting agentic powers with Gemini Intelligence - here's how and when

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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Googlebook Is Google's New AI-Powered Laptop Platform Built on Android

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 Top New Features in Google’s Android 17—and Gemini Intelligence—Coming This Summer

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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Panasonic’s new Lumix L10 is a compact camera with a focus on photography

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