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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. Google could owe you some money, now that it’s moving to settle a class action lawsuit over how it handled recordings captured when its…

AI chatbots are getting better at answering questions, summarizing documents, and solving mathematical equations, but they still largely behave like helpful assistants for one user at a time. They’re not designed to manage the messier work of real collaboration: coordinating people with competing priorities, tracking long-running decisions, and keeping teams…

Just after the start of 2026, Google parent Alphabet became more valuable than Apple for the first time since 2019, a technically meaningless milestone, but a symbolically powerful one. And it’s still true that Apple is the less valuable company, and Google’s AI partnership with Apple is perceived as a…

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Microsoft hands over BitLocker keys in the event of a court order. (Symbolic image created with Nano Banana Pro) While Apple and Google stress that they cannot unlock customer devices, the situation is different with Windows encryption: Microsoft routinely hands over BitLocker keys from the cloud to law enforcement agencies.…

In Big Tech's never-ending quest to increase AI adoption, Google has unveiled a meme generator. The new Google Photos feature, Me Meme, lets you create personalized memes starring a synthetic version of you. Google describes Me Meme as "a simple way to explore with your photos and create content that's…

Google Search is the main gateway to the internet for many people, but the experience has changed significantly in the past few years after the introduction of AI features like AI Overviews and AI Mode. The next step in this AI-focused overhaul of Google Search might be the most important.…

Smartphones get a bad rep for being overly familiar these days, but Google’s upcoming Pixel 10a launch might be taking things to a whole new level. The folks at YTechB published another round of Pixel 10a renders, showcasing the device from all four main angles, and as we’ve seen with…

Google is rolling out a redesign to the media player on Android Auto alongside the latest widely available updates. Android Auto 16.0 started rolling out to beta users earlier this month, but has more recently hit the stable track with version 16.0.660224. And, with this version, Google is also rolling…

Nearly all smartphones these days can take a decent photo. More lenses or megapixels doesn't necessarily mean they're any better at taking great shots. But for consistently great images, even in low-light settings, you need a phone with a top camera setup. For example, the Galaxy S25 Ultra , the…