Google's Gemini AI systems can do a lot, judging by today's I/O keynote . That includes the option to set up a virtual teammate with its own Workspace account. You can configure the teammate to carry out specific tasks, such as to monitor and track projects, organize information, provide context, pinpoint trends after analyzing data and to play a role in team collaboration. In Google Chat, the teammate can join all relevant rooms and you can ask it questions based on all the conversation

Google just announced forthcoming scam detection tools coming to Android phones later this year, which is a good thing as these scammers keep getting better and better at parting people from their money . The toolset, revealed at Google I/O 2024, is still in the testing stages but uses AI to suss out fraudsters in the middle of a conversation. You read that right. The AI will be constantly on the hunt for conversation patterns commonly associated with scams. Once detected, youll receive a real-t

While Google and OpenAI have been racing to win the AI crown over the past year, we've seemingly reverted away from the idea of speaking to virtual assistants. Generative AI products have typically launched with text-only inputs, and only later add the ability to search images and basic voice commands. At Google I/O today, the company showed off Gemini Live, a new mobile experience for natural conversations with its AI. Google offered up a few potential use cases; You could have a conversati

The Google I/O event is here, and the company is announcing lots of great updates for your Android device . As we heard earlier, Gemini Nano is getting multimodal support, meaning your Android will still process text but with a better understanding of other factors like sights, sounds and spoken language. Now Google has shared that the new tool is also coming to it's TalkBack feature. TalkBack is an existing tool that reads aloud a description of an image, whether it's one you captured o

Google just announced some nifty improvements to its Gemini AI chatbot for Android devices as part of the companys I/O 2024 event . The AI is now part of the Android operating system, allowing it to integrate in a more comprehensive way. The coolest new feature wouldnt be possible without that integration with the underlying OS. Gemini is now much better at understanding context as you control apps on the smartphone. What does this mean exactly? Once the tool officially launches as part of Andro

Google has introduced another capability for its Circle to Search feature at the company's annual I/O developer conference, and it's something that could help students better understand potentially difficult class topics . The feature will now be able to show them step-by-step instructions for a range of physics and math word problems. They just have to activate the feature by long-pressing the home button or navigation bar and then circling the problem that's got them stumped, thoug

As part of its push toward adding generative AI to search, Google has introduced a new twist: video. Gemini will let you upload video that demonstrates an issue you're trying to resolve, then scour user forums and other areas of the internet to find a solution. As an example, Google's Rose Yao talked onstage at I/O 2024 about a used turntable she bought and how she couldn't get the needle to sit on the record. Yao uploaded a video showing the issue, then Gemini quickly found an expla

As Google starts to make its latest video-generation tools available, the company says it has a plan to ensure transparency around the origins of its increasingly realistic AI-generated clips. All video made by the companys new Veo model in the VideoFX app will have digital watermarks thanks to Googles SynthID system. SynthID is Googles digital watermarking system that started rolling out to AI-generated images last year . The tech embeds imperceptible watermarks into AI-made content so that AI

Google is shaking up Search. On Tuesday, the company announced big new AI-powered changes to the worlds dominant search engine at I/O, Googles annual conference for developers. With the new features, Google is positioning Search as more than a way to simply find websites. Instead, the company wants people to use its search engine to directly get answers and help them with planning events and brainstorming ideas. [With] generative AI, Search can do more than you ever imagined, wrote Liz Reid, vic

It's all AI all the time at Google I/O! Today, Google announced its new AI media creation engines: Veo, which can produce high-quality 1080p videos; and Imagen 3, its latest text-to-image framework. Neither sound particularly revolutionary, but they're a way for Google to keep up the fight against OpenAI's Sora video model and Dall-E 3 , a tool that has practically become synonymous with AI-generated images. Google claims Veo has an advanced understanding of natural language and visu

In a video demonstrating the prowess of its new Project Astra app, the person demonstrating asked Gemini do you remember where you saw my glasses? The AI impressively responded Yes, I do. Your glasses were on a desk near a red apple, despite said object not actually being in view when the question was asked. But these weren't your bog-standard visual aid. These glasses had a camera onboard and some sort of visual interface! The tester picked up their glasses and put them on, and proceeded to

When Google first showcased its Duplex voice assistant technology at its developer conference in 2018, it was both impressive and concerning. Today, at I/O 2024, the company may be bringing up those same reactions again, this time by showing off another application of its AI smarts with something called Project Astra. The company couldn't even wait till its keynote today to tease Project Astra, posting a video to its social media of a camera-based AI app yesterday . At its keynote today, tho

Google announced updates to its Gemini family of AI models at I/O, the companys annual conference for developers, on Tuesday. Its rolling out a new model called Gemini 1.5 Flash, which it says is optimized for speed and efficiency. [Gemini] 1.5 Flash excels at summarization, chat applications, image and video captioning, data extraction from long documents and tables, and more, wrote Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, in a blog post . Hassabis added that Google created Gemini 1.5 Flash beca

Editors note (5/14/24) : The Google I/O keynote is live. See below for the stream, and toggle over to the Engadget Google I/O liveblog for real-time coverage. Its that time of year again. Googles annual I/O keynote is upon us. This event is likely to be packed with updates and announcements. Well be covering all of the news as it happens and you can stream the full event below. The keynote starts at 1PM ET on May 14 and streams are available via YouTube and the companys hub page . In terms of wh

Google is inserting more of its Gemini AI into many of its product and the next target in its sights is Photos. At its I/O developer conference today, the company's CEO Sundar Pichai announced a feature called Ask Photos, which is designed to help you find specific images in your gallery by talking to Gemini. Ask Photos will show up as a new tab at the bottom of your Google Photos app. It'll start rolling out to One subscribers first, starting in US English over the upcoming months. When

Dead by Daylight fans can check out the Dungeons and Dragons chapter starting today, but Behaviour Interactive teased another high-profile crossover during an anniversary showcase on Tuesday. A Castlevania chapter is on the way to DbD . There aren't any details yet about what that will include, but you just might get to play as Alucard or Simon Belmont in the fog. Behaviour plans to divulge more info about the Castlevania tie-up, which will arrive later this year, in August. As for the Dunge

Apples M1 iPad Air has dropped to a new low price of $399 , just as the latest model prepares to hit store shelves . This sale is from Amazon and it doesnt include every color, though both blue and purple are covered by this steep discount. The other colors are also on sale, but the deals arent quite as spicy. Amazons sale is for the base 64GB model. This device tops our list of the best iPads , though thats likely to change once the new models enter the chat . No matter what happens with our li

Microsoft has unveiled the next round of Xbox Game Pass arrivals. The marquee attraction is Senuas Saga: Hellblade II , which launches as a day-one Game Pass title on May 21. But the second May batch also includes Humanity (one of the best PlayStation games from last year), hockey sim EA Sports NHL 24 , magical first-person shooter Immortals of Aveum , the heartfelt classic Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and more. First up is Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons , the 2013 puzzle-adventure game that retu

Amazon's Prime Video is riding a high after the success of Fallout and it has more video game-related projects lined up. The streaming service has ordered a Tomb Raider series with Phoebe Waller-Bridge of Fleabag fame set as writer and executive producer. The show was rumored to be happening as far back as January 2023 and now it's official. If I could tell my teenage self this was happening I think shed explode. Tomb Raider has been a huge part of my life and I feel incredibly privileged to be

Figuring out the best iPad for you can seem confusing from afar. With the latest refresh to Apples tablet lineup, the company now sells three 11-inch tablets and two 13-inch ones, each with key differences in pricing, specs and accessory support. The iPad mini is getting long in the tooth, but still hanging around as well. If youre looking to buy a new iPad, weve tested the latest models and broken down which ones might work best. Editors note (5/14/24) : After reviewing Apples newest crop of iP

The Roku Streaming Stick 4K is on sale via Amazon for just $34 , which is a savings of 32 percent and one of the best prices weve seen all year. As the name suggests, this is a streaming stick that provides 4K visuals and ships with a voice remote that works with Siri, Alexa and Hey Google. Of course, this remote also has buttons. The stick easily made our list of the best streaming devices , for a great many reasons. We were impressed by the sheer amount of free and live content available via R

Amazon's Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was both extremely successful and extremely divisive in the LOTR fan community. (Separate question, has any recent adaptation or new content in a beloved franchise not been divisive? Thoughts for another time.) Lots of people whined about how Amazon should just trash the first season and start over, but clearly that was never going to happen. What is happening is that season two of The Rings of Power has its first trailer and an August 29 release da

Your experience while taking a flight comes down to many random factors, including who sits next to you. Your seatmate has plenty of ways to bother you you've lived them, we don't need to remind you how but now there's a whole new option. Meta has announced a new feature called Travel Mode for its Quest 2 and 3 headsets that lets people use the devices while on a plane. Meta claims it has specially tuned its algorithms, so the experience remains stable, even if you direct it out the window. Us

As if it wasnt already clear enough that streaming is basically just cable by another name at this point (though it's arguably less expensive for now), many of the top services are banding together to create bundles. A package combining Peacock , Netflix and Apple TV+ is expected to debut later this month. This StreamSaver bundle will be available to Comcast customers, according to CEO Brian Roberts. While Roberts didnt reveal how much the package will cost or what tiers of each service it w

The United States is taking additional measures to quash Chinas influence on its economy. The White House has announced a tremendous increase in tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese imports, including semiconductors, steel, aluminum and EVs. The latters tariff is set to increase fourfold, from 25 percent to 100 percenta move that the White House claims will protect American manufacturers. The announcement further reported that Chinas EV exports grew 70 percent between 2022 and 2023. Other tar

In recent years, outdoor pizza ovens have become popular options for upping your culinary game at home. Whether its on the deck, patio, porch or anywhere else in your backyard , these products are more versatile and easily stored than a permanently installed setup. All the options Ive selected in this guide are portable, though you might need some help lugging a few of them around due to their size and weight. These pizza ovens are versatile options for aspiring pie pushers with limited space or

Apples new iPad Pro is one of the most divisive (and thinnest) devices the company has made in years. Sure, its an undeniable feat of engineering and thinner than an iPod nano. Apple squeezed a new M4 chip and tandem OLED panel into its latest flagship tablet. The new OLED enables more brightness and improved HDR performance compared to the old iPad Prostandard screen brightness is up to 1,000 nits, compared to 600 nits for the last model. Its so powerful and so beautiful. But this cutting-edge

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Sony Interactive Entertainment (SEI) has announced a new leadership structure that puts two people in charge of different parts of its business. Hideaki Nishino, who is currently serving as the SVP for the Platform Experience Group, will become the CEO of SIE's Platform Business Group starting on June 1. On the same day, Hermen Hulst will take on the role of CEO for SIE's Studio Business Group after serving as SVP and Head of PlayStation Studios. The two executives are stepping into their roles

Theres one clear perk that Android has over iOS and thats variety when it comes to the phones you have to choose from. Apple has made the iPhone is the only game in town for iOS, but with Googles operating system, there are dozens of choices out there from manufacturers like Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus and others. But that also means it can be difficult to decide which device is best for you when it comes time to upgrade, or if you want to switch from iPhone to Android in the new year. If youre l

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Lawmakers from opposites sides of the aisle are looking to sunset Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, because it has outlived its usefulness. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers and ranking member Frank Pallone, Jr. have released a bipartisan draft legislation introducing their proposed bill, which is seeking to render the provision ineffective after December 31, 2025. In the op-ed piece the lawmakers wrote for The Wall Street Journal , they admitted that

Its a new direction for Dyson: a floor cleaner without mention of suction, cyclone technology or any of its usual vacuum vocabulary. The Wash G1 is the companys debut hard-floor cleaner, and it swaps suction for high-speed rollers, water and nylon bristles. Itll go on sale later this year for $700/ 600, which is expensive but still cheaper than Dysons top-of-the-line Gen 5 vacuum. I got to test out the Wash G1 at Dysons HQ, a few hours west of London in the UK. The product was born from the incr

The expensive and gorgeous iPad Pro M4 is a complicated device thats hard to outright recommend does it make sense to spend well over $1,000 for a tablet with the inherent limitations of iPadOS compared to a Mac or Windows PC? The iPad Air , however, is much easier to evaluate. Since its 2020 redesign , the Air has had nearly the same form factor as the Pro, with some corners cut to differentiate the two. But the Air is also a clear upgrade over the base iPad, appealing to someone like me who a

It hasnt even been released yet, but Apples new iPad Pro is probably one of the most divisive devices the company has made in years. On the one hand, its an undeniable feat of engineering. Apple squeezed a new M4 chip and tandem OLED panel into a tablet thats somehow thinner and lighter than the one it replaces. And the prior iPad Pro was no slouch either, garnering loads of praise for its combo of power and portability since it was first introduced in 2018. On the other hand, this tech comes at

Its no secret that Meta is eager to prove itself as an AI company, and it might be eyeing a new hardware project to help it get there. The company is in the early stages of exploring designs for AI-enabled headphones, according to a new report in The Information . The company is reportedly calling it Camerabuds, because the headphones or earbuds (the company is considering both designs) would have two outward-facing cameras that would be able to detect the wearers surroundings and power real-tim

It's almost that time again, folks: we're about to find out about some of Google's big ideas for the year ahead at its I/O developer conference . Most of the big news will come from the opening keynote on May 14, which will almost certainly give us more info on Android 15 as well as a whole bunch of AI updates. There will surely be some surprises, though we'll more than likely need to wait until the fall to get the full lowdown on the company's latest flagship hardware. As al

Apple has rolled out iOS 17.5, which includes a bunch of updates, including support for a cross-OS alert system for unwanted Bluetooth trackers that the company worked on with Google. The other headline feature is the introduction of web-based app distribution in the European Union. This is a function that Apple is introducing in the wake of the bloc's Digital Markets Act coming into force. It won't be a free-for-all, however. Developers who want to let users download iOS apps from their

OpenAI on Monday announced GPT-4o, a brand new AI model that that the company says is one step closer to much more natural human-computer interaction. The new model accepts any combination of text, audio and images as input and can generate an output in all three formats. Its also capable of recognizing emotion, lets you interrupt it mid-speech, and responds nearly as fast as a human being during conversations. The special thing about GPT-4o is it beings GPT-4 level intelligence to everyone, inc

A group of Amazon workers in Quebec have formed the first union at one of the company's Canadian warehouses. On Friday, the province's labor tribunal granted union accreditation to workers at the DXT4 warehouse in Laval, a Montreal suburb. It determined that a majority had opted to unionize after signing union cards. A group of some 200 workers are organizing as the Laval Amazon Workers Union under the Confdration des syndicats nationaux (CSN), which represents around 330,000 people acro

Google is teasing an intriguing new AI feature one day ahead of its I/O developer conference. The company shared a brief video on X that appears to show a new camera-powered AI feature thats able to recognize whats in the frame in real time. The video, which is labeled as a prototype, shows what appears to be a Pixel device with the camera open viewing the keynote stage at I/O. The person holding the camera asks, hey, what do you think is happening here? A voice replies that it looks like people

Apple and Google's long-in-the-works effort to alert people to unwanted Bluetooth trackers that may have been planted on them has come to fruition . The companies have developed an industry standard called Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers. This makes it possible to alert someone via iOS or Android if they're being tracked with one of those devices. When an unknown Bluetooth device is seen moving with someone over a period of time, they'll get an alert that reads [Item] Found Moving With You,

Google is teaming up with HP to bring its futuristic video conferencing technology Project Starline to enterprise consumers. The company first began demoing this service in 2021 and the first iteration involved a 3D video chat booth with a projection of the person youre talking to. We came away extremely impressed by the holographic technology , remarking on how realistic everything seemed and that the other person seemed to be in the room with you. However, this technology isnt quite the same a

Its only been a month since Apple started allowing retro game emulators on the App Store and we already have our second bona-fide hit. The newly-released Gamma is a free PS1 emulator with plenty of bells and whistles for those looking to dive back into the world of blocky polygons. It joins the massively popular Nintendo emulator Delta . We have no idea why these apps keep getting named after the Greek alphabet, as both are made by completely separate devs. Gamma comes courtesy of developer ZodT

Great smartphones don't need to cost a fortune. Years of commoditization have brought features once exclusive to high-end devices including big batteries, multi-camera arrays and high refresh rate displays down to their more affordable siblings. While there are still some things you'll only find on flagship smartphones , you don't have to compromise as much anymore if you're looking to find the best buy at a lower price point. If you have less than $600 to spend, we can help yo

Apple last week refreshed its iPad lineup by upgrading the iPad Pro and iPad Air . The latter got its first hardware update in over two years. The latest iPad Air is powered by an M2 chipset and it ships on May 15. If youre interested in picking one up and havent yet done so, youre in luck. Youll get a $30 discount on the M2 iPad Air if you preorder one at Amazon. The discount is available on select models such as several colorways of the base 11-inch iPad Air with 128GB of storage, which drops

One of Ankers MagGo power banks is on sale for just $32 via Amazon . This is a discount of 21 percent, as the device is typically $40. For the price, you get a full-featured magnetic power bank that boasts a 10,000mAh capacity, which allows for around 22 extra hours of use with a modern smartphone. The power bank features magnetic charging technology, like Apples MagSafe, and the device automatically attaches to the back of a smartphone via those same magnets. Its also light and portable, so mos

Things are really changing over at Apple with the announcement of a new M4 iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air . The company has also discontinued the ninth-generation iPad and cut the price of its 10th-generation model to $349. While that was exciting on its own, Apple's 10th-gen iPad is now available for an even better deal on Amazon: $334. The discount brings Apple's 64GB base model to a new record-low price. The 10th-gen iPad is becoming Apple's cheapest option on the market and it's a solid product. W

The recipe for Googles A-series Pixels is incredibly straightforward: Combine top-notch cameras with a vivid display and then cram all that in a tried and tested design for a reasonable price. But with the addition of a Tensor G3 chip, the Pixel 8a now supports the same powerful AI features as Googles flagship phones. So when you consider that all this comes for just $499, youre looking at not just the top midrange Android handset on the market but possibly one of the best values of any phone on

Its grill season, yall. Time to clean those outdoor cook stations , or invest in a new one and make sure you have all the tools you need for the ultimate backyard culinary setup. To help you with the selection process, Ive compiled a list of the best grills and accessories for cooking on the porch, deck, patio or anywhere else outside when youre at home. Our reviews lineup includes a wide range of grills and other smart-grilling devices, all of which can help you elevate your BBQ game. I have so