Google Maps is getting dangerously good at planning your day

Your next meal, hotel stay, or night out could soon start with a single question in Google Maps.

Google Assistant finally has a shutdown date, and it’s only weeks away

Google will begin phasing out Assistant on eligible mobile devices from September 4, replacing it with Gemini while leaving some unsupported devices, cars, and smart-home hardware temporarily unaffected.

ChatGPT Pro replaced Gemini Notebook as my favorite research app, and I didn’t see it coming

I never expected to stop using Gemini Notebook, but ChatGPT Pro gradually became the one app I opened for almost everything.

Google just canceled its AI Studio mobile app, and it’s not all bad news

Google AI Studio was on track to make its way to Android and iPhone, giving developers and AI enthusiasts a dedicated place to build prompts and experiment with Google’s latest models from their phones. That’s no longer happening. In a post shared by t…

Google’s AI is digging up Chrome bugs that humans missed for years

Chrome’s new AI-powered security system found a 13-year-old vulnerability and helped fix over 1,000 security bugs in just two recent updates, Google says.

Former Perplexity engineer launches new Polar AI browser which aims to automate repetitive tasks

Polar has raised $5.7 million to build an AI browser that automates workplace tasks, reflecting a broader industry shift away from AI-powered search and toward browser agents.

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 gets Google’s Gemini Intelligence before the Pixel 11

Alongside Samsung’s Unpacked reveals, Google unveiled Gemini updates for the new Galaxy foldables, including wake-word-free Watch 9 activation and a built-in iPhone data transfer tool.

Gemini Notebook’s new Collections arrive just as Google turns it into a bigger workspace

Gemini Notebook’s new Collections help users organize growing research libraries as Google expands the former NotebookLM across Gemini and Search, although the feature remains more limited than a proper folder system.

The future of AI may depend on this one behind-the-scenes change

You probably won’t notice the next Model Context Protocol update, but it could make AI assistants much better at connecting to the apps and services you use every day.