The name Google is synonymous with online searches, but over the years the company has grown beyond search and now builds multiple consumer products, including software like Gmail, Chrome, Maps, Android, and hardware like the Pixel smartphones, Google Home, and Chromebooks. Its name can also be found on internet services such as Google Fi, Flights, Checkout, and Google Fiber. Here is all of the latest news about one of the most influential tech companies in the world.
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Google defends AI search results after they told us to put glue on pizza
Google blames ‘data voids’ and edge cases for its bad AI-generated search results.
Google I/O 2024: all the news from the developer conference
It’s Google’s most AI-focused developer conference yet, presenting a faster Gemini, more capable Search, and a scam call detector.
Google’s Pixel 8A is a midrange phone that might actually go the distance
It’s still $499, but this time, it comes with seven years of software updates.
Despite Google’s AI expertise, it drastically overestimates how good its tech is — as anyone can see in its search results. And that’s with expertise. This doesn’t bode well for everyone else’s use of AI!
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The Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Promoter Group, will work to create an open standard to help AI accelerators “communicate more effectively” within data centers and boost performance. Other members include AMD, HP, Broadcom, and Cisco — but not Nvidia, which has AI chip-linking tech of its own.
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Pixel 8 and 8 Pro review: in Google we trust?
These might just be the Pixel phones we’ve been waiting for, but it all depends on how much trust you’re willing to put into Google.
Google confirms the leaked Search documents are real
Until today, the company refused to comment on the authenticity of the trove of documents.
The people who ruined the internet
SEO experts got very rich filling the web full of garbage. But are they to blame, or is Google?
The Apple TV app is available in Apple’s ecosystem, Windows, and some smart TV platforms, and that’s about it.
But now Apple is seeking an Android engineer to “help build an application used by millions to watch and discover tv and sports.” Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman believes company is preparing to bring Apple TV Plus to Android phones.
Google won’t comment on a potentially massive search leak
A purported leak of 2,500 pages of internal documentation from Google sheds light on how Search, the most powerful arbiter of the internet, operates.
Why Microsoft bet on Surface
On The Vergecast: a 12-year laptop journey, what’s new in the smart home, and why Google Zero matters.
The magic word is udm=14. Here’s how to use it. It’ll even purge your Google search results of other annoyances, too.
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Google Pixel Fold review: closing the gap
The Pixel Fold is a powerful device with an entertainment-friendly inner screen, but it feels like it’s at least one generation away from greatness.
We have no problem recommending the Pixel 7 Pro now Woot is selling the unlocked 128GB model for $399 ($500 off) through May 31st.
It’s an amazing value, but not guaranteed to get newer Android versions beyond October 2025. The Pixel 8a promises updates through May 2031.
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Emails like airline mileage updates or account confirmations will now go to the Updates tab in Gmail, leaving the Primary tab for very important messages.
Those who want all their emails in the same tab or who still want to see ‘low-priority’ emails can go into settings to change the inbox categories.
After Google’s new AI Overview feature told users to put glue on their pizza to help the cheese stick, I wrote that someone would surely do this soon because “that’s the nature of the internet.”
Leave it to the legend Katie Notopoulos, a tech correspondent at Business Insider, to make our dreams come true. Not only did she eat it, she blogged it.
Google waves around a cashier’s check in an attempt to avoid a jury trial
Weirdly, experts say the DOJ’s demand for a jury trial in the Google ad antitrust lawsuit is just as strange.