Alphabet’s Google, already facing an unprecedented regulatory onslaught, is looking to shape public perception and policies on artificial intelligence ahead of a global wave of AI regulation.

Google will reportedly open its seventh Google Store location at 11701 Domain Blvd., as part of the Domain Northside, in Austin. The Google Store website lists the new address, though it's unknown when the Google Store will open.

Google says the new multimodal Gemini feature is available to all Gemini users on the web, Android and iOS. Google does have a paid AI subscription tier and Samsung has teased charging for Galaxy AI at the end of this year. For now, though, these AI updates are free and accessible to most smartphone users.

New Play Store warning. NurPhoto via . Google’s new updates have made Android safer and more secure than ever before. This week’s identity check update, protecting

If you have a Google Drive account, you know emails, photos, videos and other digital documents can eat up the 15GB of free storage your account has. Google Drive is a popular digital storage service with over 2 billion active monthly users, according to Google partner Patronum, and many of those accounts are likely full or close to it.

Google has agreed to acquire part of HTC's extended-reality (XR) business for $250 million, expanding its push into virtual and augmented reality hardware The deal involves transferring some of the HTC VIVE engineering staff to Google and granting non-exclusive IP rights.

Google is bringing smart home controls in Gemini to everyone. The Google Home extension in the Gemini app is adding a few new features, in addition to letting you adjust your smart lighting, thermostat, speakers, and other compatible devices as long as they’re connected to your Google account.

One of the most important changes in Samsung’s new phones is a simple one: when you long-press the side button on your phone, instead of activating Samsung’s own Bixby assistant by default, you’ll get Google Gemini .

After the search giant welcomed more ads from small rivals like Ask.com, Google ad costs for some nonprofits ballooned.

If you were looking closely at the new Galaxy S25 series (more on that later), you might have noticed the phones — which come with Gemini preinstalled — sported a new UI for Google's AI assistant. Almost immediately after Samsung's Unpacked presentation concluded, a wave of users on other Android devices started noticing the new UI.

Fitbit recalls its defective smartwatch after years of multiple serious injury reports. It wasn't until March 2022, nearly four years later, that Fitbit announced a recall of appr