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Google Images turns 25: celebrate with a 'dynamic gallery,' Nano Banana in AI Overviews

By Nickolas Diaz Published 14 July 26

Celebrate Google Images celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary, and the company is rolling out two major updates to all users.

Chrome may be the default browser on Android, but more people are trying this instead

By Sanuj Bhatia Published 14 July 26

Chrome has competition Opera has quietly become the most popular alternative browser on Android, and the numbers are starting to reflect that.

Want Samsung Health cloud sync? You may have to agree to AI training first

By Jay Bonggolto Published 14 July 26

Health data dilemma Samsung is holding your health backups hostage, forcing you to feed your private medical data to its AI or lose cloud syncing entirely.

Gemini is officially rolling out to Google Chrome users in the UK

By Jay Bonggolto Published 14 July 26

Chrome's smarter sidekick Google is bringing Gemini in Chrome to more users in the UK, turning the browser into a smarter AI assistant that can summarize, compare, and handle tasks without leaving the page.

Meta pulls Muse Image AI from Instagram following huge privacy uproar

By Nickolas Diaz Published 13 July 26

Taken away Meta responds to user unrest over Muse Image by removing the AI from Instagram, as an uproar over a lack of privacy quickly surfaced.

You can now spot AI-generated Google ads, if you know where to look

By Jay Bonggolto Published 13 July 26

AI Labels Are Here Google is adding AI labels to ads across Search, YouTube, and Discover, but while it's a win for transparency, third-party AI disclosures still rely on advertisers playing fair.

'Video Remix' in Google Photos reimagines reality into your ideal scenario

By Nickolas Diaz Published 8 July 26

Remixed videos You don't have to imagine what could be different with videos, as Video Remix rolls out for Google Photos, bringing AI flair to recorded memories.

Meta's Muse Image can use public Instagram profiles for AI creations

By Nickolas Diaz Published 8 July 26

Just takes a prompt Meta AI introduced users to Muse Image, a new image generator that lets users create and share on Instagram and WhatsApp.

Meta's smart glasses will now disable the camera if you tamper with the privacy light

By Sanuj Bhatia Published 8 July 26

About time Meta is rolling out a mandatory update that disables the camera if the privacy light on its smart glasses is tampered with.

Your Android phone backup now counts against your Google storage — but the impact is smaller than you think

By Sanuj Bhatia Published 7 July 26

Quiet change Google giveth the free backup, and Google taketh it away.