Google’s New Chrome Shortcut Aims to End Form-Filling Frustration

Google is testing a new "@@" shortcut in Chrome to trigger Gemini-powered autofill, a searchable memory system to simplify ...
Android Police

Google Gemini is testing a potentially controversial design revision

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade for multiple publications, including Times Internet, Guiding Tech, Android ...
Engadget

Google is testing Search Live in more markets

Update, 4:05PM ET: A few hours after this story was published, Google reached out to retract the news. The company provided Engadget with the following statement: "Search Live has not rolled out ...
Retail TouchPoints

DoorDash, Uber Test Out True Agentic Ordering in Google Gemini

Imagine if your weekly grocery shop was as simple as pressing one button? The word “agentic” has been thrown around a lot this past year, but AI-driven commerce experiences that are truly agentic — ...
The Boston Globe

Form Energy to back Google data center with giant iron battery

Somerville-based Form Energy says it’s found the biggest customer yet for its iron-based battery technology. Form will build a massive battery system in partnership with electric utility Xcel Energy, ...
TechRepublic

Leak Hints at Google Testing Face ID-Style Unlock for Pixel 11

Leak Hints at Google Testing Face ID-Style Unlock for Pixel 11 Your email has been sent Google may be preparing its most serious challenge yet to Apple’s Face ID. A new leak suggests the company is ...
ProPublica

Colorado Marijuana Regulators Consider Major Changes to How Labs Test for Contaminants

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Denver Gazette. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Colorado marijuana ...
Mashable

Google Maps adds Gemini to a major feature in new test

A new Gemini-powered AI upgrade is coming to an integral part of Google Maps. Credit: Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google looks to be adding AI to yet another popular ...
Bleeping Computer

Google Chrome tests Gemini-powered AI "Skills"

Google is testing "Skills" for Gemini in Chrome, which will allow AI in Chrome to perform tasks automatically. Gemini in Chrome on desktop has been rolling out in the US for a while now. Right now, ...
CNBC

Google is rolling out a new feature allowing users to change their Gmail address

Google is quietly testing a way to change Gmail addresses without losing data. Updated guidance appears only on Hindi support pages so far. Old email addresses remain active as aliases after the ...
Sixth Tone

China Busts Fetal Sex Testing Rings Smuggling Blood Samples

Blood-filled test tubes hidden under clothing and in false-bottom suitcases led Chinese authorities to smuggling rings that shipped more than 100,000 blood samples from pregnant women for fetal sex ...