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Google, Amazon, and Apple say their AI-powered virtual assistants make it easier to get things done on smartphones or at home. Last month, a couple in the Waasmunster area of Belgium got an unexpected lesson in how these supposedly automated helpers really wo…

Starting today, when you search for Apollo 11 on an augmented reality-enabled device, there'll be an AR option in the Knowledge Panel. If you tap it, you'll get to explore a 3D recreation of the command module. You can zoom in and out, and look at it from jus…

Both Democrats and Republicans have been concerned that just a handful of companies not only have control of the internet (and technology at large), but might be abusing their power to squeeze out competition. The investigation won't necessarily lead to actio…

To use the feature, go to the Google app on your smartphone and open up Lens. Then point the camera at the artwork you're interested in and tap the blue dot. This brings up a slider with information about the work, which you can tap to see a biography of…

While Chrome has let users mute audio in individual tabs for some time, Google is currently testing a new media control feature in the browsers latest Canary build. When enabled, users can play, pause, and skip/rewind audio and video content directly from the…

Google is preparing to introduce a new feature to Chrome in the form of a general purpose play/pause button located on the web browser's toolbar. With so much of our entertainment and services now accessed through a web browser, we're all used to having seve…

Plenty of us rely on public transportation, but there are times when your local transit system is anything but reliable. Those of us who use it to commute are used to being packed into buses and subway cars, but sometimes there are just too many passengers an…

TL;DR: The hands-free Google Home is the perfect hub for your smart home pick one up for just $69 at Walmart.  While not everyone can afford to hire a real-life personal assistant to follow them around everywhere and help with various tasks, the next best th…

Nowadays, a large number of browsers including Opera, Brave and even Microsoft's Edge run on Google's Chromium engine. As such, Google gets to dictate terms, and launched the Manifest V3 proposal. That would help speed up browsing by blocking an API called we…

Over the past five years, Kubernetes has grown from a project inside of Google to an open source powerhouse with an ecosystem of products and services, attracting billions of dollars in venture investment. In fact, we’ve already seen some successful exits, in…