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  Perplexity Launches AI Shopping Tool After Google and OpenAI as Holiday Season Shopping War Intensifies

  Perplexity AI has released a new shopping assistant that lets users search for products, refine results and complete purchases within the same chat interface. The system uses natural-language prompts, remembers past conversations, and integrates PayPal for checkout. The feature is currently available to US users on the desktop and web interfaces.

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  Google Updates Circle to Search Feature With AI Mode for Additional Questions

  Google is upgrading Circle to Search to make it more seamless and conversational. According to a new report, Google app version 16.47.49 now sends all follow-up text queries to AI Mode instead of standard image search, though the update is still rolling out. Google first previewed this feature in July, but it wasn’t widely available until now. Th...

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  Google Introduces Major AI Shopping Upgrades Across Search and the Gemini App Including 'Let Google Call'

  Google has introduced new AI-powered shopping features across Search, AI Mode and the Gemini app in the US. The tools aim to speed up product discovery, comparison and checkout by offering natural language search, shoppable images, comparison tables and real-time inventory data. A new “Let Google Call” feature can contact local stores for stock...

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  European Union Probes Google Over Search Results Despite Trump Threats

  The EU launched a fresh investigation into Google on Thursday over suspicions the US giant is pushing down news outlets in search results, despite retaliation threats from US President Donald Trump.

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  Google Updates Gemini With Support for Instantly Summarising Webpages in Chrome for Android

  Users can now quickly generate webpage summaries through the Gemini overlay in Chrome for Android, following its initial launch last month in Chrome for Mac and Windows for US users. The Summarise Pages option appears above the Gemini prompt bar, between Share Screen with Live and Ask About Page. Selecting it produces a floating summary window, exp...

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  Google’s AI Mode Updated With Ability to Show AI-Generated Visual Results

  Google has announced a new feature for AI Mode which adds visual exploration capabilities. It enables users to search for and find something soecific that they cannot express in words. As per the company, they can further fine-tune the search results with prompts or ask follow-up questions about what’s on their screen. The new feature is rolling ...

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  Google Search App for Windows Launched With Spotlight-Like Features

  Google is testing a new Windows search app through Search Labs that launches with Alt + Space to quickly search local files, Google Drive, and the web. It installs like Chrome, requires sign-in, and integrates Lens for screen-based image searches and translations. AI Mode handles complex queries, while users can switch between results like images, ...

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  Explained: What Is Google's New "Preferred Sources" Feature Of Customising News Experience

  Publishers can encourage their followers and subscribers to select their website as a preferred source on Google.

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  ChatGPT’s Shared Conversations Were Reportedly Discoverable on Google Search, OpenAI Calls It Experiment

  ChatGPT has a feature that allows users to create a URL of their conversation with the chatbot and share it with friends or colleagues. As per a report, some of these shared conversations were discoverable when running a query on search engines such as Google Search, Bing, or DuckDuckGo. To see these conversations, one reportedly needs to filter th...

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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 Makes New Proposal to Stave Off EU Antitrust Fine, Document Shows

  Google has been under pressure after being hit in March with European Union antitrust charges of unfairly favouring its own services such as Google Shopping, Google Hotels and Google Flights over competitors.

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  Google Offers to Tweak Search Results to Promote Rivals, Stave Off EU Antitrust Fine

  Google is looking to tweak its search results to better highlight rival services, aiming to avoid a hefty EU antitrust fine. This move follows charges from the European Commission accusing the tech giant of violating the Digital Markets Act by prioritising its own services like Google Shopping, Hotels, and Flights on its Search browser.

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  Google Tests AI-Powered Audio Overviews in Search Results for Certain Queries

  Audio Overviews are now coming to Google Search, thanks to a new Search Labs experiment. The tech giant announced the new feature on Friday, highlighting that select users will see artificial intelligence (AI) audio conversations on certain results pages. Notably, Google recently added Audio Overviews to the Gemini app and website.

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  Google Celebrates Star Wars Day With Themed Confetti: "May The Fourth Be With You"

  Google is also celebrating the day by throwing confetti around the search page when a user types the term "Star Wars" or "May the Fourth be with you".