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Dark vessel operating without AIS signal captured by Vantor satellites via Maritime Sentry, embedded by Google Earth AI models. Credit: Vantor WASHINGTON — Vantor, a commercial Earth-observation satellite operator focused on government and national security markets, announced plans to run Google Earth AI models inside classified government networks to automate…

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Sharing files with your iPhone friends just got easier Google Last year, Google first enabled AirDrop compatibility on Pixel 10 devices, a change that finally let Android phones share files with iPhones using Apple’s own system. Now, Google is expanding its Quick Share feature, and Pixel 9 phones are next…

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Podcaster David Greene is accusing Google of using his voice without permission to create one of the AI voices in the company’s research and note-taking tool NotebookLM. Google added Audio Overviews in the second half of 2024, allowing NotebookLM users to make brief podcast episodes out of pages of notes…

CTM360 reports that more than 4,000 malicious Google Groups and 3,500 Google-hosted URLs are being used in an active malware campaign targeting global organizations. The attackers abuse Google’s trusted ecosystem to distribute credential-stealing malware and establish persistent access on compromised devices. The activity is global, with attackers embedding organization names…

TranslateGemma is a suite of open translation models developed by Google, designed to facilitate seamless communication across 55 languages. Built upon the advanced Gemma 3 architecture, TranslateGemma offers a range of models tailored to various deployment needs, from mobile devices to cloud-based applications. Key Features Model Variants: TranslateGemma provides models…

Besides replacing Developer Previews, the Android 17 Beta cycle is operating on a faster release schedule. The continuous Android Canary channel introduced last year has replaced Developer Previews. Last cycle, we had two DPs in November and December, with the first Beta in January. Despite the late start, Android 17…

Now Playing is one of the Pixel’s oldest features and Google is getting ready to give it a big app “upgrade.”  About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called…

Google has officially kicked off the next chapter of its mobile operating system with the release of the first Android 17 Beta. This year marks a significant departure from the usual timeline we have grown accustomed to over the last decade. The early arrival of the first beta confirms Google’s…