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  Google Celebrates Star Wars Day With Themed Confetti: "May The Fourth Be With You"

  Google is also celebrating the day by throwing confetti around the search page when a user types the term "Star Wars" or "May the Fourth be with you".

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  Google Search’s AI Mode Rolls Out to More Users With New Features

  Google announced an expansion of its AI Mode feature in Search, alongside new features, on Thursday. The Mountain View-based tech giant first released this artificial intelligence (AI) search mode in March, making it available to the Google One AI Premium subscribers in the US on an invitational basis.

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  Gemini App to Get Improved Personalisation Features; Gemini Ultra Plan Said to Be in the Works

  Gemini app will get new personalisation features to make users’ experience more immersive. A Google executive revealed that the company is working to upgrade the chatbot app with enhanced memory and the ability to draw upon information from users’ Google accounts. The AI app might also get new agentic capabilities similar to the Deep Research t...

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  Google Drive Gets Gemini AI-Powered Conversation Feature for Uploaded Files

  Google is adding a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature in Google Drive that will allow users to converse with Gemini about their files. The Mountain View-based tech giant began rolling out the feature to eligible account holders on Thursday. The new feature is similar to NotebookLM, where users can add a source and then chat with the AI about ...

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  Google Makes Setting Up a New Google TV Easier with Faster Onboarding, More Features

  Google is strealining the setup process for Google TVs, making it faster and easier for users to ready up their devices and start watching. The company announced new features that speed up Google TV setup, including adding a new way to quickly set up the device through Android and iOS smartphones.

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  Google Is Adding Native Image Editing Capability to the Gemini App

  Google is expanding the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered native image editing feature to the Gemini app. Announced on Wednesday, this new capability will allow users to make specific changes to images without leaving the AI chatbot. This new capability was first unveiled in March within the Google AI Studio platform.

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  Meta AI App With Voice Conversations, Social Discover Feed Launched

  Meta released a standalone app for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Meta AI, on Tuesday. The new Meta AI app is available on Android via Google Play and iOS via the App Store. The Menlo Park-based tech giant has added a social element to the app where users can see others' posts and images in a Discover feed.

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  Google Preparing to Roll Out Gemini AI for Younger Users With Parental Controls: Report

  Google is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini to younger users. Last month, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced allowing users younger than the age of 13 years (or the applicable age in the respective country) to access its AI chatbot across Android, iOS, and on the web. The company is also letting parents and school ...

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  WhatsApp Begins Testing Sticker Reactions for Messages and Media

  WhatsApp launched emoji reactions on the platform long ago, which lets users express their feelings toward a message with six different emojis. Now, the Meta-owned instant messaging service appears to be taking a step ahead with message reactions to express yourself with stickers. WhatsApp is reportedly adding sticker reactions for messages and med...

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  ChatGPT Adds Shopping Help, Intensifying Google Rivalry

  OpenAI announced Monday that ChatGPT is now helping users find products online, enhancing its challenge to Google amid regulatory pressure on the search giant's market dominance.

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  Google Photos Has a Hidden Shortcut That Switches from Ask Photos to Classic Search

  Google Photos has a hidden shortcut that allows users to switch to the classic search experience from Ask Photos-driven search. Ask Photos was first unveiled at Google I/O last year and started rolling out to users in September 2024. The artificial intelligence (AI) feature allows users to make natural language queries to find relevant images from ...

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  Google's Gemini AI Will Come to Tablets, Smartwatches and Replace Google Assistant on Older Devices

  Google announced last week that it is planning to bring Gemini to devices such as tablets, smartwatches, headphones, and Android-powered in-car infotainment systems. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that it is currently working on replacing Google Assistant with Gemini on mobile devices, and the focus on other form factors will begin after t...

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  YouTube Testing AI Overviews in Search Results With Video Carousel Format

  YouTube announced on Wednesday that it is testing a version of Google Search’s AI Overviews on its platform. The video streaming giant is experimenting an implementation of the artificial intelligence (AI) feature to show users clips from videos in a carousel which could be most relevant or helpful to the searched query.

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  Adobe Releases Firefly Image Model 4 Ultra, Integrates Third-Party Models from Google, OpenAI

  Adobe announced a slew of new features and improvements at its annual Adobe Max conference on Thursday. The software giant announced new Firefly artificial intelligence (AI) models, support for third-party models, new Adobe Express features, a new Firefly mobile app, and more. The company also introduced a new Adobe Boards tool for storyboard creat...

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  Google Upgrades Gemini 2.0 Flash With a Collaborative, Natural-Sounding Conversation Style

  Google updated the Gemini 2.0 Flash artificial intelligence (AI) model last week. The new update refines the model’s conversational capability and makes it better suited for creative tasks, the Mountain View-based tech giant said. The company claims that users will notice the difference when talking to the AI about certain topics and tasks.