Google announces Gemini for Home, a Google Home voice assistant with Gemini Live, available in early access in October and eventually replacing Google Assistant
what you need to know Nickolas Diaz / Android Central : Google's AI surprise gave a sneak peek at an all-new smart speaker Stephen Schenck / Android Authority : Gemini for Home is coming to replace As...
Sources: Sonos has abandoned plans to release a streaming video player, which was set to be the company's major hardware launch in 2025
what's next? iClarified : Sonos Abandons Streaming Device That Aimed to Rival Apple TV [Report] Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Report: Sonos Cancels Set-Top Box Matthew Keys / The Desk : Report: Sonos aba...
iOS 18.2 public beta introduces Share Item Location, letting users share a link with the location of AirTags or Find My accessories with airlines and others
you can now share your AirTag location with other people and airlines is coming soon Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines : 15 Airlines will be able to use AirTag Location Sharing in iOS 18.2 Christia...
Google is testing AI overviews in the main Google Search results with some users, even if they do not opt in to the Search Generative Experience labs feature
even if you haven't opted-in. X: Rakesh Agrawal / @rakeshlobster : No tying here. This would me a much better case for DoJ. Company with 90%+ share using its distribution power to self preference.
Google's video demo of Gemini's multimodal AI capabilities wasn't carried out in real time or in voice; the model was shown still images and given text prompts
Attached: 1 image Just tried the new google Gemini model … Reethu Aaby / The Week : ChatGPT's challenger is here! Everything you need to know about Google's Gemini AI James Laird / Tech.co : Did Googl...
Twitter begins rolling out publicly visible tweet view counts, expanding on private analytics; Elon Musk says view counts will help show how “alive Twitter is”
We're getting close to the point in the year … Mehul Reuben Das / Firstpost Tech : Twitter starts showing how many views posts gets, Musk says Tweets read exponentially more than they are liked Gopola...
Firefox now offers a feature to strip some web trackers of Meta, HubSpot, and Marketo from URLs, following similar functionality in Brave
Release Notes tell you what's new in Firefox. As always, we welcome your feedback. Pieter Arntz / Malwarebytes Labs : Update now! Mozilla fixes security vulnerabilities and introduces a new privacy f...
Overview of Google's new dedicated search site for hotel listings, announced last week, that features an uncluttered, map-based interface, similar to Airbnb
Google has launched a full destination search site for hotel listings in a move that could seriously shake up online travel - again. Tweets: @rakeshlobster Tweets: Rakesh Agrawal / @rakeshlobster : Ho...
Inside the development of Amazon Echo: early Echo team members recount company's ambitions for the device and the challenges they faced
Eugene Kim / Business Insider : Tweets: @dannysullivan , @mgsiegler , @kevinctofel , @jess , @mdudas , @rakeshlobster , @jess , @mercenaryjack and @efeng Tweets: Danny Sullivan / @dannysullivan : Awe...