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Pixel smartphones will get Adaptive Thermal feature to address overheating issues

Modern Android smartphones have built-in features designed to prevent overheating and the impact of high temperatures on the phone. Users receive warnings about heating issues, and Pixel smartphones slow down some functions, such as charging speed, a...

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Chrome on Android can now read web pages out loud

Google is starting to deploy a new feature in the Chrome mobile browser on Android called Listen to this page. As the name suggests, it can read out loud the web page opened in the browser. This feature has playback controls similar to those found in...

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Pixel Camera 9.4 is out - manual lens selection on Pixel 6 Pro and 7 Pro and Fold, improved HDR+

In the June release of Android features (Feature Drop), an update to the Google Camera app has been introduced. Among other things, the Pixel Camera 9.4 app for Pixel 6/7 Pro and Fold now has a lens section with manual settings. Like the Pixel 8 Pro,...

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YouTube is testing server-side ad integration to better counter ad blockers

The developer of the SponsorBlock extension, designed to skip sponsored video segments, has stated that YouTube is experimenting with server-side ad integration. This should mean that now the ad is part of the video being streamed to your device, rat...

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Google has opened registration for Kaggle machine learning competition

Google invites people interested in machine learning (ML) to participate in a two-week Kaggle competition, where they can practice their skills on real or real-world tasks. The competition starts on June 17 and will last for two weeks. The tasks on K...

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Renderings of the Google Pixel Watch 3 show smaller bezels and increased thickness compared to its predecessor

According to the latest rumors, the next model of Pixel Watch 3 smartwatches may be released alongside the Pixel 9 series, bringing significant changes. The Pixel 9 smartphone series is expected to debut in October. Insiders 91 Mobiles and OnLeaks p...

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Google no longer plans to keep Pixel devices that came to it for repair with "unauthorized parts"

Google's policy regarding the repair of Pixel devices was criticized when it was noticed that the company would not return the device to the owner if "unauthorized parts" were used in it. Now the company promises to remove this restriction from its r...

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The leaked Nintendo game was made by a Google contractor with YouTube admin privileges - just shared with a friend

Contractor Google used administrator rights to access private information on the Nintendo YouTube account. According to a copy of Google's internal database, leaked several years ago, in 2017, images of the trailer for the then unnamed and unannounce...

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Google suddenly increased the price of Gemini 1.5 Flash by 98% and claimed the previous one was a "typo"

Google quietly doubled the prices for using the API of their new Gemini 1.5 Flash model. Previously, a million tokens output costed 53 cents, but now it costs 1.05 dollars. Google raised the price of Gemini 1.5 Flash output by 98% without telling an...

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2,500 pages of Google search documents hit the web - data contradicts public statements

A leak of 2500 pages of internal Google documents reveals search algorithms. The authors of the leak believe that Google was not entirely honest when talking about it for many years. Rand Fishkin from SparkToro, who has been working in SEO for over t...

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YouTube immediately rewinds the video to the very end if the user has an ad blocker activated

It seems that YouTube continues to encourage users to disable ad blockers. The new restriction is quite strict - it does not allow users to watch videos at all if they have an ad blocker activated for YouTube. This week, many have noticed that YouTu...

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Pokemon, you're in for a treat: Google AI Overview search considers LGBT+ Pokemon characters

Recently released Google AI Overview search add-on leads to incredible discoveries of new data about many things, particularly about characters from the Pokemon universe. Some of them are now considered representatives of the LGBT+ community by artif...

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Google is building an internet cable that will traverse Africa and connect it to Australia

Google is building the first underwater fiber optic cable that will directly connect Africa to Australia, helping to strengthen access to the Internet in one of the least connected parts of the world. The cable, named Umoja, follows Google Equiano, w...

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'Will be housed on a military base': former Google CEO Eric Schmidt envisions government control of artificial intelligence

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes that extremely powerful artificial intelligence systems in the future will be strictly protected by governments. He talked about this in an interview with Noema. "I suspect that ultimately both in the US and in...

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Google's password manager will get Family Link's sharing feature

It is worth noting that Family Link will allow you to share your password only with people in your family group, not with anyone who has a Google account. The shared access tool for Google Password Manager will be available as part of the Google Play...

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