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Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. Over 600 Google employees signed a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai demanding that Google block the Pentagon from using its AI models for classified…

Let’s start with YouTube TV first – the company’s live broadcast TV offering exclusive to the US. Users might know that the platform already has a Multiview feature that allows viewing two, three or even four channels all at once. Why? Well, besides brain-rot optimization, there are actually some practical…

Published Apr 26, 2026, 2:45 PM EDT Nick Lewis is an editor at How-To Geek. He has been using computers for 20 years --- tinkering with everything from the UI to the Windows registry to device firmware. Before How-To Geek, he used Python and C++ as a freelance programmer. In college,…

Google will invest at least $10 billion in Anthropic, and that amount could rise to $40 billion if Anthropic meets certain performance targets, Bloomberg reports. The investment follows Amazon’s $5 billion initial investment in Anthropic a few days ago; the Amazon deal also leaves the door open to further investment…

Stockinq/Shutterstock If you fly or travel a lot, you're going to love the new feature Google Wallet is rolling out. A new lock screen element has been added that allows you to see your flight status, and it uses the same Live Updates functionality that helped Android 16 bring a…

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Why it matters: Enterprise AI is moving past chatbots into something potentially more consequential: autonomous software agents that can carry out multi-step work across data, applications, and business processes. At Cloud Next 2026, Google made its…

An ongoing bug with Android XR has left Samsung’s Galaxy XR headsets in rough shape, with serious performance issues that Google is now rolling out a fix for. Update 5/7: Google has confirmed a fix is now rolling out. Update vI610UEU2AZD8 is rolling out to Galaxy XR now and, with…

Google is listening to its user base and course correcting The only thing worse than having to restart your phone for an update is to have that update make your phone worse. Google is addressing the latter as many users have noticed their battery draining noticeably faster after a recent…

As previously teased, Google Wallet for Android now offers Live Updates for tracking your current flight. If you add your boarding pass to Google Wallet, you already get notifications with updates like boarding time changes. The persistent notification also provides quick access to the QR code at the gate. Wallet…

Key Highlights A new AI image creation tool from OpenAI could arrive within the next few weeks Enhanced capabilities for rendering intricate visuals and technical diagrams Generated content will appear more authentic and less artificially produced Launch follows Google’s recent gains in the image generation market Sam Altman directed his…