Google on Tuesday released Nano Banana 2 Lite, the fastest and cheapest model in its Nano Banana family of AI image generators. The model produces images in four seconds and costs under four cents per thousand images, making it the company’s most aggre…
Google’s NotebookLM is adding a new way to catch up on your notes: TikTok-style AI videos. The new feature is rolling out to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers, allowing NotebookLM to generate 60-second vertical AI clips based on the sources you upload to the app. The example shared by Google details Australia’s unsuccessful war […]
Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI content.
Amazon Web Services is committing $1bn to embed its own engineers inside customer companies. It is the first cloud giant to copy a playbook that Palantir built and that OpenAI and Anthropic have since adopted. Amazon Web Services said on June 30, 2026 …
The GIF-picking interfaces in some of your favorite online platforms might look different going forward, as Google prepares to shut down the Tenor API today. While the Tenor website, along with its searchable GIF library, will remain live, platforms like X, Discord, Bluesky, and WhatsApp that previously integrated the API are now having to migrate […]
The project ran under the internal name Cannes, and a Meta contractor called Covalen managed it. WIRED reported that hundreds of contractors created dummy under-18 accounts. They sent prompts and images to competitors’ chatbots, then logged the replies…
Amazon built Prime Day to keep shoppers inside its own marketplace. This year, AI shopping sent its best customers in from outside: a chatbot made the recommendation. US shoppers spent a record $26.4bn across retail sites during the four-day Prime Day …
Google has started testing Gmail Live, a voice-based search tool that answers spoken questions about your inbox and points back to the original email.
Google Play Store v52.1 is rolling out with performance changes aimed at smoother app installs across Android phones, watches, TVs, tablets, and car systems, plus AI labels and new game video tools.
The next major leap in wireless charging may not come from a flashy smartphone launch, but from behind closed doors where some of the biggest names in the tech industry are working together, according to an ITHome report. Apple, Google, Xiaomi, and sev…