If you have a smartphone running Android 12 that can’t upgrade past that version, I have some bad news: Google is dropping support for your phone. RIP Android 12 As spotted by Android Authority, Google is no longer seeding security updates for devices running Android 12 and Android 12L. The company omitted the Android version […]
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If you own a pair of AirPods, you might have quite the futuristic upgrade arriving later this year. That is, unless you’re a former Google customer—otherwise this will seem a bit like old news. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is working on a live translation feature for AirPods with the release of iOS 19.
Google’s first Pixel Drop of 2025 happened this week with a long list of upgrades for the company’s flagship phones, tablets, and watches. Google followed the update closely with the March 2025 Android Security Bulletin, with fixes for 43 malicious bugs—including two zero-day vulnerabilities that may actively be under “limited, targeted exploitation” on devices running
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When Google rolled out AI Overviews for Search last year, it didn’t go over so well. The company’s AI made some pretty massive mistakes with its results, many of which went viral. In response, Google pulled back the feature, reworked it, and slowly reintroduced it to the masses. You’ve probably noticed. This month, Google is
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The first Pixel Drop of 2025 is here—quarterly upgrades coming to Google’s phones, tablets, and watches include improvements to Gemini Live and other AI-powered functionality (like scam detection for calls and texts), health and safety features, and camera and connectivity updates. Here’s everything in the March drop, rolling out now. Gemini upgrades As with the
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Pixel users will soon get an extra layer of protection against malicious calls and texts, as Google’s AI-powered, real-time scam detection is rolling out widely next month. The Gemini Nano feature, which is coming to both Google Messages and Phone by Google, runs in the background and will alert you mid-call if it identifies “conversation
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I am probably going to regret putting my face in these. Credit: Justin Pot This week Google added Veo 2 to YouTube Shorts and—wow, this article is already gibberish. Let me back up. YouTube Shorts is YouTube’s TikTok knockoff competitor. Veo2 is Google’s AI tool for generating videos. As of this week, you can use
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Google has been taking its crusade against adblockers to a whole new level lately, and users are speculating that unskippable multi-hour ads are its latest weapon. Over the past week, Redditors have been sharing screenshots showing that they’ve been served ads with runtimes as long as three hours, with no skip button in sight—and that’s
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