Google has rechristened NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook, and the rebrand comes with an expansion of the upgrades that debuted on the Ultra tier last month.
Google AI Mode now connects with Calendar, letting Search create events and deliver responses tailored to your schedule and availability.
Harvard researchers created programmable knitted fabric that changes shape, acts as electronic switches, and could power the next generation of wearable technology.

XPeng used the global launch of its new L03 in Munich to announce that the electric SUV coupe is the first vehicle from any Asia-Pacific automaker to ship with Google Maps’ Auto SDK built in.
The integration replaces XPeng’s overseas navigation stack w…

Android has always let people install apps from outside Google’s store. Next week it goes much further. Google will start carrying rival app stores from inside Google Play itself. Google told a California court it is ready to begin on Wednesday 22 July…

Google must give rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to key parts of Android and Google Search after the European Union ordered the company to comply with the bloc’s digital antitrust rules. The two decisions, handed down Thursday, could weaken Google’s control over two of the tech industry’s most important platforms and have […]
Google disputes a child-safety assessment of AI Overviews and AI Mode, arguing that its testing was unrealistic. The report documents troubling responses and questions whether parents have enough control over Search.
A new Common Sense Media report says Google’s AI Overview and AI Mode fail kids in crisis, hand out deepfake tips, andcan’t even agree with themselves half the time.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled in a case that turns on a deceptively small question: whether a platform that shares advertising revenue with a creator is still merely hosting what that creator uploads. The dispute began on 19 July…