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  Apple Must Allow Alternative Browser Engines on iOS by December Under Japan's New Mobile Software Competition Act

  Apple will be forced to allow browsers that do not function on the WebKit browser engine, under Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act Guidelines. The country's regulator dubbed the Cupertino company’s practice as anti-competitive as it blocked other browsers to offer the same performance as Safari. This will essentially allow other web browse...

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  Google Search's AI Mode Is Reportedly Rolling Out to Android Tablets

  Google is reportedly expanding its new artificial intelligence (AI) search experience, AI Mode, to Android tablets. As per the report, the Mountain View-based tech giant is rolling out AI Mode to the larger display devices with the latest update to the Google app. Tablets typically tend to get new features later than smartphones and desktop interfa...

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  Nothing's Essential Space Updated With Ability to Share Memories, Flip-to-Record Audio Clips

  Nothing Essential Space, the artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled hub for organising information, has now been updated with two new features. Triggered with the help of a dedicated AI button on the side, Essential Space allows users to quickly capture the information on the display to transcribe and summarise it.

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  Gemini's Storybook Feature Lets You Generate New Illustrated Books With Read-Aloud Narration

  Google added a new quality-of-life feature to its Gemini chatbot on Tuesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can now generate custom illustrated storybooks based on text prompts, uploaded images or documents. Users can also specify the style of the artwork in the storybook, as well as instruct Gemini to use specific names of characters, se...

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  WhatsApp's Guest Chats Feature Could Enable Communication With Users Who Don't Have an Account

  WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature that will potentially allow users to message people who do not use the instant messaging service. The Meta-owned company is said to be releasing this new functionality as part of its Google Play Beta program for Android phones.

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  Google’s Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast Video Generation Models Now Generally Available to Developers via Vertex AI

  Google announced on Wednesday that the Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast video generation models are now generally available to all developers on Vertex AI. These models were so far available in closed beta to only those developers who had registered for the artificial intelligence (AI) models. With this, the company is now letting everyone using the platform a...

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  Google Upgrades AI Mode With Search Live With Video Input, PDF Support and Canvas Feature

  Google is adding several new features to AI Mode in Search, the company’s latest artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search experience. On Tuesday, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced four new features to expand the usability of the tool. The most prominent inclusion is the expansion of Search Live, which will allow users to ask questio...

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  Google NotebookLM Gets a New Video Overviews Feature, Studio Panel Upgraded

  Google NotebookLM is getting another artificial intelligence (AI) feature to help users better understand complex topics. On Tuesday, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced the rollout of Video Overviews, a tool that can generate a visual narrative-focused overview from the sources. The new feature is aimed at complementing the existing Audio...

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  YouTube Brings AI-Powered Age Estimation to Enable Features to Protect Teens

  YouTube is launching a new age verification feature in the US, utilising machine learning to estimate users' ages. This technology aims to ensure age-appropriate content is displayed for younger viewers, and is designed to bypass instances where users may have provided incorrect birthdates to circumvent age restrictions.

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  Google Chrome Gets AI-Powered Store Summaries to Improve Online Shopping Experience

  Google Chrome is adding a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will help users make informed decisions while purchasing products online. On Monday, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced AI-powered store summaries that will show users relevant insights about products when they visit a product page on an e-commerce website.

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  Google Brings a Native Media Player in Gemini Mobile App, Lets Users Play Audio Overviews

  Google has added a new feature in the Gemini mobile apps, which will now make it possible for users to play Audio Overviews. Audio Overviews was first added in the company’s NotebookLM product, and was later brought to Gemini earlier this year. However, the functionality was such that while Gemini app users could upload a file to generate a podca...

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  Google Releases Web Guide Experimental Feature in Search, Uses AI to Organise Search Results Page

  Google is bringing another new experimental artificial intelligence (AI) feature to Search. On Thursday, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced Web Guide, a new filter on the search results page that categorises information and groups URLs to make it easier for users to learn more about the topic. It is currently an opt-in feature, which mean...

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  Google Rolls Out Android Canary 2507 Update for Pixel With Experimental New Features

  Earlier this month, Google announced the Android Canary release channel which replaced the existing Android Developer Previews. It is now rolling out only the second update in the release channel, dubbed Android Canary 2507. As per the tech giant, it is specifically meant for developers who want to test the new Android APIs. The latest release is i...

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  Google Reportedly Working on a Cheaper AI Plan for Gemini; APK Teardown Suggests

  The APK teardown of the latest Google app beta version, done by a publication, suggests that Gemini could offer a Google AI Lite plan for users, which could offer more AI features than the free version of Gemini at a reasonable price. However, there is no official confirmation from the tech giant.

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  Google Photos Rolling Out AI-Powered Image-to-Video Generation and Remix Features

  Google Photos is getting two new artificial intelligence (AI) features that will allow users to transform their images in the gallery in different ways. On Wednesday, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced an AI-powered image-to-video feature that will allow users to convert any photo in the gallery into a video.