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Google/Amazon/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:  Add us as a preferred source  on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways New Google Home Speaker arrives June 25 for $99. It directly rivals Amazon's $99 Echo Dot Max. Google may be smarter, while Amazon may sound better. Google just announced the new Google Home Speaker , which…

Nathan Ingraham for Engadget Google just introduced a new smart home speaker yesterday, but the arrival of a new product heralds the end of others. The company has confirmed that it will end production of the Nest Home Mini and Nest Audio. These Nest devices have been on the market…

Table of contents Google’s first half of 2026 has been defined by one word: agents. From new Gemini models and an upgraded Search experience to  AI-powered shopping tools, Google has spent the first half of the year weaving artificial intelligence into nearly every product it makes. The message from Google’s…

Google has begun rolling out Android 17, introducing a sweeping set of updates aimed at reshaping multitasking, mobile gaming, and device security, as the company continues to tighten integration between Android and its Gemini intelligence layer. The update, which first ships on Pixel devices before expanding to eligible smartphones throughout…

Inset: Donna Jo Franklin (Door County Jail). Background: The area near where Franklin allegedly set a barn on fire in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (Google Maps). In a recent incident in Wisconsin, a woman has been taken into custody for allegedly torching her former partner’s barn, as reported by local authorities…

Moving from an iPhone to an Android device has never been the smoothest experience. Apple did introduce some improvements with iOS 26.3, which let users move things like photos, messages, notes, contacts, passwords, and apps wirelessly. Google has now completely revamped the Android Switch, its migration tool, to make the…

PERSONAL TECH New rules cover organic rankings, AI Overviews, and user-approved search data sharing The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed two new conduct requirements for Google's search services, to improve transparency and fairness in result rankings and allowing users to port their search data to third parties.…

Table of contents Android 17 started rolling out to the Pixel 9a on Tuesday, as part of Google’s June Pixel Drop. This is a major feature update. Your phone is getting new multitasking tools, a smarter screen recorder, better privacy controls, and one genuinely useful perk that only just landed…

Dead Hand in Hand by Ollie Reynolds Mon 15th Jun 2026 Image: Nintendo A new description for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 suggests that the upcoming remake may be a more faithful 1:1 recreation of the original rather than a complete reimagining. As covered by…

Little Layers cuts through the noise with weather-based daily outfit suggestions built on NHS and Lullaby Trust guidance ELY, UK — June 2026 — For today's generation of parents, the answer to almost every question begins with a Google search. But when it comes to dressing a newborn — one…