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UPDATE: Sep. 2, 2025, 12:04 p.m. On Sept. 1, Google clarified that Gmail users were not at risk from security intrusions, refuting headlines that stated they had alerted billions to update their passwords immediately. To users that haven't already locked down your personal accounts in light of massive data breaches:…

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Credit: Emre Akkoyun/Shutterstock Key Takeaways Google Translate can now generate language lessons using AI. The lessons let you practice listening to or speaking your target language. In addition, Google Translate now has real-time live translation for the app's Conversation feature. Table of Contents Did you know you can customize Google…

On-device AI models eat up a lot of memory Google’s Pixel 10 sports 12GB of RAM, just like last year’s Pixel 9. However, less of that RAM is available for apps and games to use because on the Pixel 10, about 3GB are reserved for AI. Some digging by  Android…

Face Endless Waves in Hero Stickman F5GAME has officially released Hero Stickman, the bold new take on the RPG genre, on the Google Play Store. The game mixes classic turn-based strategy with the energy of a side-scrolling brawler, creating a style of play that is both tactical and action-packed. It…

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne. Photo by Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press/File Article content OTTAWA — The federal privacy commissioner says individuals have the right to have some information delisted from search engine results, but Google is refusing to comply. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS Enjoy the latest local,…

Last year, I thought Google’s Pixel 9 was a perfectly fine Android phone saddled with a bunch of AI features that ranged from “sorta neat to try once” to “actively pointless.” I had a similar experience with the Google Pixel 10 . The base model of Google’s latest flagship, to…

Google Cloud’s head of Web3 strategy used a LinkedIn post to share new details on the company’s in-development layer-1 blockchain, the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL).  Rich Widmann described the blockchain as the result of “years of R&D at Google,” designed to be credibly neutral and compatible with Python-based smart…

If you bought a Pixel 9 Pro last year, you might need to turn off your Gemini subscription Last year, the Google Pixel 9 Pro smartphones came with a free year of Gemini AI Pro, which costs around $360 per year or $30 per month. But as we approach the…

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