Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I/O. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google adds Gemini-powered Dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups
Google’s transcription feature will initially launch with Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google brings agentic AI and vibe-coded widgets to Android
Gemini Intelligence will also include Gboard based dictation and form filling capabilities Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google’s ‘Create My Widget’ feature will let you vibe code your own widgets
The new feature will first launch on the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones this summer. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google unveils Googlebooks, a new line of AI-native laptops
The company says Googlebooks, which are launching this fall, are the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence to offer personal and proactive help. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google launches new Android security feature to help uncover spyware attacks
Intrusion Logging is a new part of Android’s Advanced Protection Mode, which aims to help protect human rights activists, journalists, and dissidents from government spyware attack and law enforcement forensic devices. Read more:…
Tech Crunch – Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling
Google’s new Android feature, Pause Point, forces you to wait before opening distracting apps in an effort to curb addictive scrolling habits. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – The AI legal services industry is heating up. Anthropic is getting in on the action.
As the AI legal services industry heats up, Anthropic is launching its own suite of features designed to assist law firms. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Indigo brings the open social web to one app
Indigo’s new social app lets you cross-post to the open social web, including Mastodon and Bluesky, and browse a unified timeline. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Bipartisan lawmakers push for ICE training on recognizing tribal IDs following stops of Native Americans
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to undergo training to recognize tribal IDs following reports of Native Americans being wrongly detained by immigration enforcement….