ChatGPT Pro replaced Gemini Notebook as my favorite research app, and I didn’t see it coming

I never expected to stop using Gemini Notebook, but ChatGPT Pro gradually became the one app I opened for almost everything.

Google just canceled its AI Studio mobile app, and it’s not all bad news

Google AI Studio was on track to make its way to Android and iPhone, giving developers and AI enthusiasts a dedicated place to build prompts and experiment with Google’s latest models from their phones. That’s no longer happening. In a post shared by t…

Google’s AI is digging up Chrome bugs that humans missed for years

Chrome’s new AI-powered security system found a 13-year-old vulnerability and helped fix over 1,000 security bugs in just two recent updates, Google says.

Former Perplexity engineer launches new Polar AI browser which aims to automate repetitive tasks

Polar has raised $5.7 million to build an AI browser that automates workplace tasks, reflecting a broader industry shift away from AI-powered search and toward browser agents.

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 gets Google’s Gemini Intelligence before the Pixel 11

Alongside Samsung’s Unpacked reveals, Google unveiled Gemini updates for the new Galaxy foldables, including wake-word-free Watch 9 activation and a built-in iPhone data transfer tool.

Gemini Notebook’s new Collections arrive just as Google turns it into a bigger workspace

Gemini Notebook’s new Collections help users organize growing research libraries as Google expands the former NotebookLM across Gemini and Search, although the feature remains more limited than a proper folder system.

The future of AI may depend on this one behind-the-scenes change

You probably won’t notice the next Model Context Protocol update, but it could make AI assistants much better at connecting to the apps and services you use every day.

Google’s AI just recreated the best goal ever by Pele that was never actually filmed

Google used live stadium capture, and combined it with archival material to bring Pele’s legendary goal to life. The Veo video engine, Gemini Omni, and Nano Banana Pro AI tools tagged alongside in the journey to revive a lost marvel.

Gemini could finally let you choose how friendly it sounds

Google is testing voice customization for Gemini, letting users adjust energy, warmth, formality and speaking speed for a more personalized AI assistant.

Gemini can make sense of the world around you, but don’t let it observe your children just yet

Researchers tested Gemini 2.5 Pro on parent-child interaction videos and found AI is reliable at observation but falls short when making expert-level judgments about child communication.