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technology56 minutes ago•4 min saved

Google Acknowledges Lag in Agentic Coding as Antigravity Pushes to Close the Gap

Pichai said Google is ‘a bit behind’ in agentic coding and long-horizon tasks due to a lack of developer-facing coding data, but the company is closing the gap with Antigravity 2.0 (a standalone desktop app for agent-based coding) whose internal usage is doubling weekly, plus the launch of Gemini 3.5 Flash and plans for Gemini 3.5 Pro for internal use, signaling progress in building a data-driven loop to improve coding-enabled AI.

via Search Engine Journal|

#agentic-coding #ai #antigravity

technology5 hours ago•15 min saved

Seven-Year Android Updates: Marketing Hype or Real Benefit?

Android Authority argues that Samsung and Google’s seven-year update promises are mostly marketing; despite the long-supply appeal, battery life declines, flagship features get withheld on older hardware, and update cadence quality varies, so most users won’t experience seven years of parity—faster, more consistent updates matter more.

via Android Authority|

#android #google #samsung

technology6 hours ago•7 min saved

Billion-Dollar AI Showdown: Musk, Altman, and the IPO Frenzy

Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s high-stakes AI rivalry spills into a mega-IPO season as SpaceX unveils plans for a $1.75 trillion flotation tied to its xAI unit and OpenAI eyes a public listing this year, while Google debuts Gemini Spark and moves Search toward an AI-first interface. A court ruled in OpenAI’s favor in Musk’s lawsuit, clearing the path for these mega-IPOs and prompting questions about how much control a tiny group of tech leaders should wield over transformative AI and its impact on workers and society.

via The Guardian|

#ai #google #ipo

news11 hours ago•9 min saved

Gemini's Five-Hour Cap Sparks Outcry Over Single Prompt

Google’s new compute-based Gemini limits use a credit-style system that reportedly drained a user’s entire five-hour allowance after a single failed video-generation prompt. Google acknowledged the issue and said it’s looking into the complaint, as users push back against tighter caps despite some Antigravity plans getting higher quotas. The change makes predicting usage harder and has spurred calls for more transparency or looser limits.

via Android Authority|

#ai #gemini #google

technology13 hours ago•5 min saved

Google’s AI-Driven Search Overhaul Introduces Agents and Multimodal Capabilities

Google unveiled a sweeping AI-powered redesign of Search, adding a longer, more conversational interface, multimodal inputs (photos, videos, documents), and autonomous “agents” built on Gemini 3.5 Flash to monitor topics automatically. A new Gemini Spark integrates AI into Gmail and Docs, while a revamped shopping experience surfaces discounts. The changes aim to boost usage and ad-targeting but raise concerns about transparency, user choice, and potential reductions in traffic to third-party sites, fueling debate about the future of the open web.

via Indian Defence Review|

#ai #autonomous-agents #google

authority-insights-news18 hours ago•9 min saved

Android 17 could let you hide Gboard's globe icon

Android 17's QPR1 beta 3 introduces a toggle to hide Gboard's globe icon even when multiple languages are enabled, while still allowing language switching via long-pressing the space bar; Google is also redesigning the keyboard switcher UI, but it's unclear if these changes will reach the stable release, and some third-party keyboards (like SwiftKey) may not support the space-bar switch feature.

via Android Authority|

#android-17 #android-os #authority-insights

technology1 day ago•6 min saved

Google’s AI Mode: Is It Rewriting How We Find Information?

At Google I/O 2026, Google promotes AI Mode as the end-to-end AI search experience, but the piece argues it risks cannibalizing the open web by steering traffic to Google-owned properties, embedding AI-generated answers with citations, and potentially diminishing external referrals and source visibility, raising questions about user choice and accountability.

via The Register|

#ai-mode #ai-overviews #google

technology1 day ago•31 min saved

Google's AI Push Could Reshape the Web, Critics Warn

A panel discusses Google’s I/O AI announcements, arguing that AI overlays, in-line ads, and closed-source tools risk burying traditional search results, steering users toward products and ads, and undermining the open web and open-source ecosystems, with potential to fragment the internet and provoke a shift toward privacy‑preserving, locally run AI options.

via The Register|

#ads #ai #google

technology2 days ago•3 min saved

Google AI Search Glitch: 'Disregard' Triggers Odd Responses

A bug in Google's new AI-powered search shows up when users search the word 'disregard' (and 'ignore'), returning instructive messages like 'Message ignored' instead of standard results. The glitch, observed on both desktop and mobile, underscores growing pains in Google's AI-driven search following the I/O 2026 reveal, and prompts calls for a fix.

via Wccftech|

#ai-overview #ai-search #glitch

tech2 days ago•316 min saved

AI Rewires the Internet: Smarter Searches, Virtual Influencers, and AI-Powered Shopping

AI is reshaping the internet, from Google’s 25-year upgrade to its search experience (bigger search box, AI-generated visuals, media integration, and an AI Mode for longer, interactive queries) to a surge in AI-generated influencers and AI-driven shopping tools. The shift means people increasingly start searches in AI apps like ChatGPT, and AI-enabled commerce tools from Google and Amazon are changing how we shop online. Early 2026 data show a spike in AI-related traffic and ads, while still needing quality human-generated websites for reliable information.

via CNN|

#ai #ai-generated-influencers #ai-shopping

technology2 days ago•4 min saved

Chromecast update scare proves to be a false alarm

A Reddit post claimed Google had moved multiple Chromecast models to a status of no longer receiving critical security updates. A follow-up check of Google's support page shows most Chromecast devices still list as receiving critical updates (with only the original Chromecast 1st gen outside that list). The author suggests a mistaken status change or cache issue, and there’s no confirmed change from Google about ending updates for these devices.

via Droid Life|

#chromecast #end-of-life #google

technology2 days ago•17 min saved

Google One AI Pro: A bargain today, but is the price sustainable?

Android Authority’s Brady Snyder argues that Google’s AI Pro bundle—now including 5TB cloud storage, Home Premium Standard, Google Health Premium, and YouTube Premium Lite—for $19.99/month looks like strong value, but rising prices for individual Google services and questions about whether AI Pro’s perks will stay at that price cast doubt on whether the deal can last in the long run.

via Android Authority|

#ai-pro #google #google-one

technology3 days ago•10 min saved

Google’s Gemini AI Glasses Go Cross‑Platform with Audio-First Wearable

Google revealed its first consumer AI smart glasses at I/O 2026, powered by Gemini AI on Android XR with an audio-first design and cross‑platform iPhone support, targeting a fall 2026 launch; partners include Warby Parker, Gentle Monster, and Samsung, with Gucci joining later. The glasses emphasize hands-free AI tasks (navigation, translation, messaging, photo/video editing) without an in‑lens display, and sit to compete with Meta’s Ray‑Ban while hinting at future display glasses and broader competition from Apple in 2027.

via Memeburn|

#android-xr #gemini-ai #google

technology3 days ago•11 min saved

Google Appeals Antitrust Ruling, Argues Apple’s Default Search Was Earned

Google has appealed the 2024 antitrust ruling, contending the court erred by attributing its search dominance to non-merit factors and that Apple chose Google for sound business reasons, i.e., competition on merit. The company seeks to undo remedies like data-sharing and search-result syndication, while noting oral arguments aren’t scheduled and that broader remedies the DoJ sought were not imposed; the Apple-Google deal remains central to the case.

via MacRumors|

#antitrust #apple #default-search

technology3 days ago•8 min saved

Google's AI Search Misreads 'Disregard' as Command, Prompting a Bug Fix

Google's Gemini-powered AI search misinterprets the word 'disregard' as an instruction rather than a query, yielding an AI Overview with whitespace that hides results while standard results remain visible below; similar behavior occurs with words like 'ignore' or 'remember' and on mobile. Google says this is a bug in AI Overviews (not tied to the I/O announcements) and a fix will roll out soon.

via MacRumors|

#ai #bug #google