The artificial intelligence and high performance computing sector continues to boom, with Google set to acquire warrants to buy roughly 24 million shares of Cipher Mining (CIFR), equal to about 5.4% equity ownership, as part of a 10-year AI hosting deal with Fluidstack. The agreement underscores Google’s deeper push into AI infrastructure while boosting Cipher’s … Read more
Google announced several new features and updates for Google Play this week, all of which start from a new “You” tab that brings everything together into a single place. That new “You” tab will show curated content, rewards, subscriptions, recommendations, stats, updates, and so much more. It’ll be the place you go on Google Play … Read more
The transition from the Nest online and app experience over to Google Home has been a lengthy one. It has only been since last year that Google widely rolled out a web-based experience for Google Home controls, even if they were limited at first. Today, Google announced that they are finally bringing more device controls … Read more
When the Pixel 10 series launched a few weeks ago, it had exclusive access to a new Google Photos feature that would let you edit your photos by talking to it. Starting today, that exclusivity is over and your current Android phone will soon get access. We’re talking about “Help me edit” in Google Photos, … Read more
There’s a fresh Google Play services update this week, labeled as v25.37. Inside, there are assorted bug fixes, as well as new features that you might come across if you use Android on various types of hardware. Looking over the changelog, which you can view below, Google highlights stability improvements and bug fixes for account … Read more
Google announced that the rollout of Gemini for Google TV begins today. It will first be available on select TCL TVs, but will soon come to plenty more devices, including the Google TV Streamer. This was first teased early in the year, and finally, things are happening. Google highlights real conversations with your television set … Read more
We are only weeks away now from the scheduled release of Gemini for the Google Home app/service. I don’t know about anyone else here, but this is something I have been waiting for quite impatiently, as Google Assistant has become what feels to be what I’d describe as insolent when requesting to turn lights off … Read more
Google Discover is one of the reasons news outlets like this one still exist. When Google determines stories from us (and all of the other news publishers you read regularly) meet a certain set of standards, it sends it to Discover and we get traffic that helps keep the lights on. Since the rest of … Read more
Google has unveiled an open-source protocol that allows AI applications to send and receive payments, including transactions using stablecoins — highlighting the growing role of dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies in the emerging AI-driven web. The initiative is being launched in partnership with Salesforce, American Express and more than 60 other companies, Fortune reported Tuesday. Stablecoin functionality was … Read more
Google has unveiled an open-source protocol that allows AI applications to send and receive payments, including transactions using stablecoins — highlighting the growing role of dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies in the emerging AI-driven web. The initiative is being launched in partnership with Salesforce, American Express and more than 60 other companies, Fortune reported Tuesday. Stablecoin functionality was … Read more