Google's giving Chromebooks a glow up of sorts by creating a new category of laptops called Google Books. Chrome OS and Chromebooks have been around for about 15 years now, and that was a very different time in tech. And Google Books are a recognition of that, a rethinking of what an operating system is and where AI fits in and how all of your devices should be working together at this point with a more cohesive look and feel.Details are still a little thin, but we got our first look at it ahead of Google I ...

Give Gemini your passport and it'll book your flight for you. Could it be that easy. Let's break down Google's big AI makeover for Android.It's that time of year when Google unveils its latest Android refresh. And this update is going allin on Gemini. This new set of features is called Gemini Intelligence.Hm, that sounds a lot like Apple Intelligence, doesn't it. Google is pitching this as a more intuitive assistant that can do things you don't want to do. It can work across apps, so you don't have to pop i ...

GOOGLE DISCOVERS FIRST AI-DEVELOPED ZERO-DAY EXPLOIT IN THE WILDGoogle's Threat Intelligence Group said Monday it discovered the first known zero-day exploit it believes was developed using artificial intelligence, intercepting a threat actor planning what @Google called a "mass exploitation event."The unnamed target company has been notified and patched the vulnerability. Google said it does not believe its own Gemini models were used but is confident an AI model was involved in both discovering the flaw a ...

RT Bloomberg Live (@BloombergLive)@business' @markgurman sits down with President of the Android Ecosystem at @Google @ssamat, to unpack Android’s shift from a traditional OS to an AI-first engine.Join the conversation June 3-4 📱https://t.co/pNam18dgHQ https://t.co/VZPIa7EMjn ...

GOOGLE AND PAYPAL SAY AI COMMERCE WILL RUN ON CRYPTOExecutives from Google Cloud and PayPal say crypto rails are becoming essential for AI driven commerce.Google said autonomous agents cannot access traditional bank accounts. The company launched the Agentic Payments Protocol with over 120 partners including PayPal.PayPal also positioned PYUSD as a programmable payments layer for AI commerce.Source: CoinDesk Consensus Miami ...

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Alphabet was an AI afterthought a year ago. Now it's on the verge of overtaking Nvidia as the most valuable company in the world. https://t.co/w4H6sRUTUl ...

Google actually launched a sort of AI e-gadget this week. It's called the Fitbit Air, and it is a screenless Fitbit. It connects to a bunch of Google's AI stuff.They've rebranded the Fitbit app as Google Health, which I think is just a horrifically bad idea. And the idea is it's it's this Gemini-powered health and fitness thing that can collect all of this data and give it back to you in a sort of AI coach kind of way. Uh the thing is $99.I will say personally, I am very enthusiastic about the idea of a pre ...

Google Found a Way to Make Local AI Up to 3x Faster—No New Hardware Requiredhttps://t.co/4qpIdf43zD ...