Hank Green's Focus Friend is Google Play's app of the year |

8:05 AM PST · November 18, 2025 Focus Friend, the screen time assistant from YouTuber and entrepreneur Hank Green, is Google Play’s app of the…

Gemini 3 Is Here—and Google Says It Will Make Search Smarter

Google has introduced Gemini 3, its smartest artificial intelligence model to date, with cutting-edge reasoning, multimedia, and coding skills. As talk of an AI bubble…

Use Google Gemini and ChatGPT to Organize Your Life With Scheduled Actions

The developers of the big generative AI chatbots are continuing to push out new features at a rapid rate, as they bid to make sure…

Google Photos adds new AI features for editing, expands AI-powered search to over 100 countries |

9:00 AM PST · November 11, 2025 Google Photos has rolled out a series of new AI-powered features, including a way to edit objects and…

Google Pixel update adds battery-saving maps mode, AI photo remixing, and smarter notifications |

Google announced its November software update for Pixel phones, called Pixel Drop — a quarterly feature release that brings new capabilities to existing devices —…

Google Maps bakes in Gemini to improve navigation and hands-free use |

6:00 AM PST · November 5, 2025 Over the last year, Google has added multiple AI-powered features to Maps to improve discovery and enable users…

Google gets the US government's green light to acquire Wiz for $32B |

In Brief Posted: 6:58 AM PST · November 5, 2025 Google’s $32 billion acquisition of cloud security company Wiz has moved a step closer toward…

Google makes it easier to access AI Mode in Chrome on iOS and Android |

9:00 AM PST · November 5, 2025 Google announced on Wednesday that it’s making it easier to access AI Mode on mobile. Users will now…

Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending

While Microsoft didn’t offer a specific forecast for its AI capital expenditures for the next quarter or coming year, the company’s chief financial officer, Amy…

WIRED Roundup: AI Psychosis, Missing FTC Files, and Google Bedbugs

In today’s episode, Zoë Schiffer is joined by senior editor Louise Matsakis to run through five stories that you need to know about this week—from…