But more piles of fascinating research are only useful to Google if they generate that most important of outputs: profit. Most customers generally aren’t yet willing to pay for AI features directly, so the company may be looking to sell ads in the Gemini app. That’s a classic strategy forContinue Reading
In September 2021, Jim Lanzone took over a company whose name once embodied the go-go spirit of the internet but had, over the years, become a joke: Yahoo. He accepted the CEO post from the new private-equity owner Apollo Global Management, which had bought the property from Verizon, the mostContinue Reading
Law enforcement requests for user data from Apple, Google, and Meta mean that these companies can decide whether government authorities have access to your personal information, including location data. This means the companies with the most insight into our lives, movements, and communications are frontline arbiters of our constitutional rightsContinue Reading
Battery life has historically been a weak point on Google’s Pixel A-series phones, so Google has stuffed a 5,100-mAh cell into the Pixel 9a. That’s the biggest battery capacity we’ve seen on a Pixel yet, and Google claims 30-plus hours on a single charge. Also in tow is wireless charging,Continue Reading
We’re living in chaotic times. The stock market is unpredictable, and the political landscape resembles a minefield. For anyone who is seeking a little more sanity, there is a way to stay more organized even when your brain is scattered—at least when it comes to Google Chrome. The browser’s bookmarksContinue Reading
In sci-fi tales, artificial intelligence often powers all sorts of clever, capable, and occasionally homicidal robots. A revealing limitation of today’s best AI is that, for now, it remains squarely trapped inside the chat window. Google DeepMind signaled a plan to change that today—presumably minus the homicidal part—by announcing aContinue Reading
The US Department of Justice wants Google to sell off its Chrome browser as part of its final remedy proposal in a landmark antitrust case. The proposal, filed Friday afternoon, says that Google must “promptly and fully divest Chrome, along with any assets or services necessary to successfully complete theContinue Reading
Researchers from multiple firms say that the campaign seems to come from a loosely connected ecosystem of fraud groups rather than one single actor. Each group has its own versions of the Badbox 2.0 backdoor and malware modules and distributes the software in a variety of ways. In some cases,Continue Reading
It chose a restaurant, but then couldn’t complete the process as the spot it chose required a credit card to confirm a reservation, at which point the user had to take over. You can be flexible in your query—in another example, asking it to book a “highly rated” restaurant meantContinue Reading
Pour out a little liquor. Microsoft has announced that Skype, the popular video-calling app of the early 2010s, will finally be laid to rest on May 5. Microsoft acquired the app in 2011 for a staggering $8.5 billion—some 40 percent higher than its internal valuation and the largest acquisition byContinue Reading
