Google reported that searches for 'home decor inspo' are up 300% in the past month, with 'bathroom inspo' and 'living room inspo' as breakout searches, and introduced five ways to use Google Search to…
Google is offering eligible US college students a free year of Google AI Pro, valued at $19.99 per month, and international students a free year of Google AI Plus, as part of a back-to-school push tha…
Google is offering US college students one free year of its AI Pro plan, normally $19.99 per month, and one free year of AI Plus (normally $4.99/month) to students in more than 160 other markets, excl…
Google is launching a dedicated student hub in Gemini, offering tools for research, flashcards, practice quizzes, and study notebooks with graph and image support, plus the ability to add test dates t…
Google is rolling out new study tools across Gemini and Search, including Deep Research integration in Gemini Live, Notebooks in AI Mode, and interactive learning in Google Lens. College students in t…
A man in India used ChatGPT to locate a single lost clog among more than 1,000 pairs of footwear, a feat captured on video and shared on Instagram by user Shubhang Borkar, drawing over 2 million views…
A developer's comparison of seven AI-powered OCR tools in 2026 evaluates them across three use cases: web tools, APIs, and self-hosted solutions. The analysis highlights Google Vision API, Mistral OCR…
Google is redesigning the voice search button on Android home screens into a swipeable toolbar with four modes—Search, AI Mode, Search Live, and Song Search—currently in beta testing on the Google app…
Google is redesigning the voice search button on Android, adding a bottom toolbar with Search, AI Mode, Search Live, and Song Search options, similar to Google Lens. The redesign, spotted in the Googl…
The Verge reports that Google has rolled back its AI image generator in Google Earth after it was used to create realistic satellite images of a bomb crater near a hospital in Gaza, which could be mis…
Google's Gemini AI chatbot collects prompts, files, recordings, and more to personalize responses, and now uses search uploads for AI training by default. Users can protect privacy by disabling search…
Google is marking the 25th anniversary of Google Images by adding AI image generation powered by its Nano Banana model, allowing users to create images from plain-English prompts when a desired image …
Laura Horton, 53, was bitten by a bat on holiday in Lesbos, Greece, in May 2026 and credited Google Lens with saving her life after the AI tool identified the animal as a pipistrelle bat and warned he…
Users on social media are falsely claiming that a photo of Senator Mitch McConnell released by his team is AI-generated, with AI tools like Grok incorrectly labeling the real image as fake. The skepti…
Google has rolled out a new default setting called Search Services History that saves user-uploaded media, including images, audio recordings, and files, to train its generative AI models. The setting…
Google is rolling out a new privacy setting called Search Services History that can save users' images, voice recordings, and other media from Search interactions, which may be used to train and impro…
Google quietly updated its privacy settings in June to automatically opt all search users into allowing the company to store uploaded media—including photos, audio, and video—for training its AI model…
Google updated its privacy policy to allow using media uploaded to its search tools—including images, audio, and video—for AI training, automatically opting in all users. Users can opt out by adjustin…
Google updated its privacy settings to automatically opt users into AI training using their uploaded media, including images, audio, and video from Search, Maps, and other services. Users can opt out …
Google is expanding data collection from its services—including Search, Maps, Translate, and Photos—to train its Gemini AI models, with most users unaware of the practice. The company is rolling out a…