Google I/O 2026 live blog: On the ground at Google’s keynote
Google I/O 2026 live blog: On the ground at Google’s keynote

We’re back at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, for this year’s edition of Google I/O. These days, Silicon Valley is buzzing about the future of AI search, agents, vibe coding, and e-commerce, so you can bet we’re expecting to hear tons of news on these fronts. And who knows, we might get a […]

Google I/O 2026: All the news and announcements
Google I/O 2026: All the news and announcements

Google I/O 2026 kicks off today, with the event’s keynote presentation slated for 10AM PT / 1PM ET on May 19th.  Gemini is expected to be front and center once again at this year’s developer conference, with Google potentially introducing new versions of AI models and more agentic AI features. Google already showed off a […]

Google I/O 2026: How to watch and what to expect
Google I/O 2026: How to watch and what to expect

Google’s annual developer conference has arrived. We’re expecting plenty of updates to Gemini, Search, and every other product that Google has stuffed AI inside of. The keynote kicks off later today – here’s what to expect. When Google I/O will happen and where you can watch it Google I/O starts at 10AM PT / 1PM […]

Gemini is in danger of going full Copilot
Gemini is in danger of going full Copilot

Gemini has a creep problem. A few years ago, that little sparkle icon started showing up in all of our Google apps. Gemini in your inbox! Gemini in your Google Drive! It was slow at first, and easy enough to tune out, but something has changed in the past few months. Gemini is creeping. It’s […]

SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Claude — no PhD in computing required

Other venture-backed companies like Chai Discovery and Isomorphic Labs have raced to build better models. SandboxAQ is betting that access is the bigger obstacle and that Claude solves it.

Walmart launches new budget-friendly Android tablets starting at $97
Walmart launches new budget-friendly Android tablets starting at $97

Walmart’s Onn brand just launched a whole line of budget-friendly Android tablets that, all together, cost less in total than a single iPad Pro. As spotted by 9to5Google, the six new tablets ship with Android 16 and all but one cost less than $200. The little Onn Core 7 is the most affordable of the […]

Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons
Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons

It’s not just you – the Google Workspace apps are getting a new look. The redesigned app icons, leaked last month, are now rolling out widely, as we started noticing this morning. Users with the redesigned icons will notice they now have a gradient look that fades from lighter to darker shades, rather than being […]

Google has sold so much TPU capacity that its own researchers are queueing for the rest
Google has sold so much TPU capacity that its own researchers are queueing for the rest

Alphabet runs the most enviable AI infrastructure stack in the industry. The success of the third-party deals with Anthropic and Meta is the reason internal access has become a competitive resource. Google has spent a decade quietly building the most e…

Google I/O 2026: everything announced so far, from Gemini Intelligence to the death of the Chromebook
Google I/O 2026: everything announced so far, from Gemini Intelligence to the death of the Chromebook

Google I/O 2026 begins on Monday at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, and the company has already shown much of its hand. The two-day developer conference, which runs 19–20 May with a keynote at 10 a.m. PT, is expected to formali…

Your Pixel phone might soon tell you when a caller is lying about who they are

Google is working on phone number spoofing detection for the Google Phone app. It could warn you when someone is pretending to call from a saved contact’s number and even let you hang up instantly.