Would you let robots spend your money? Google is betting on it
Would you let robots spend your money? Google is betting on it

Google is going all in on AI-driven shopping even as some competitors back off. At Google I/O, the company unveiled the latest iteration of its AI commerce tools: a “Universal Cart” that works across different retailers and Google products like Gemini – and eventually YouTube and Gmail, too. Users can add products to Google’s universal […]

Agentic app coding gets an upgrade with Google’s release of Android CLI

Google is embracing the rise of AI coding agents with new Android tools designed to work with platforms like Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, allowing developers — or their AI assistants — to build Android apps faster from the command line.

Google can now vibe-code you an Android app
Google can now vibe-code you an Android app

Google is announcing a major upgrade to one of its vibe coding platforms: Beginning today, you can now use AI Studio to build native Android apps. With Google AI Studio, you can prompt your idea for an app and preview it with an embedded emulator of Android. When you want to try it out on […]

Google updates its Gemini app to take on ChatGPT and Claude

The updates signal Google’s push to turn its Gemini app into an all-purpose AI hub rather than a stand-alone chatbot.

Google just declared itself a contender in AI design at IO 2026

Google says it’s designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.

Google’s AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes

Google unveiled new web-based AI tools that can generate native Android apps in minutes, as the company expands its push into AI-powered software development.

You can now talk to your Gmail inbox, as seen at Google IO 2026

Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.

OpenAI is making it easier to check if an image was made by their models

OpenAI announced two new measures to help detect AI generated imagery: joining the open C2PA standard and adding Google’s SynthID to its products.

Google Pics is a new app that tries to fix AI image editing
Google Pics is a new app that tries to fix AI image editing

Google is launching a new AI image generation app to Workspace that it’s calling Pics, and it has a new feature to try and reduce the hassle of iterating on AI images: Instead of having to write an entire prompt just to change one small aspect of an image, you’ll be able to click on […]

Google I/O 2026 live blog: On the ground at Google’s keynote
Google I/O 2026 live blog: On the ground at Google’s keynote

We’re back at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, for this year’s edition of Google I/O. These days, Silicon Valley is buzzing about the future of AI search, agents, vibe coding, and e-commerce, so you can bet we’re expecting to hear tons of news on these fronts. And who knows, we might get a […]