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Gemini isn’t replacing Google Assistant on Android just yet

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Google isn't quite ready to replace Assistant with Gemini on Android devices. The company said on Friday that it will "continue our work to upgrade Assistant users to Gemini on mobile devices into 2026," instead of its original plans to…

Google lobs lawsuit at search result scraping firm SerpApi

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Google has filed a lawsuit to protect its search results, targeting a firm called SerpApi that has turned Google’s 10 blue links into a business. According to Google, SerpApi ignores established law and Google’s terms to scrape and resell…

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Google may get much more chatty when you do a search from your Pixel home screen

This might be the first voice-based response to song searches that we've seen from Google.

Google Searches ‘Not Private,’ PA Court Effectively Rules

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Police in Pennsylvania can now obtain many Google search records without a warrant.

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Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’

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Google has filed a lawsuit against SerpApi, a company that offers tools to scrape content on the web, including Google's search results. SerpApi is accused of violating the Copyright Act by using "deceptive means" to automatically access…

Palo Alto Networks, Google Cloud Expand Partnership in Multibillion-Dollar Deal

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Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud expand their partnership in a multibillion-dollar deal to secure AI workloads as attacks on AI infrastructure surge.

The state of AI in 2025: How Google, Apple, OpenAI, and others fared

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AI continued to grow in 2025, but not in all the ways we expected, and not every company experienced the same level of success. Here's my report card.

Wall Street saves a weekly win, and one of our cyber stocks gets closer with Google

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Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

The Assistant lives: Google says it will 'adjust' its timeline for its Gemini transition

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Google walked back its plans to remove the Assistant in 2025, stating it will take another look for a "seamless" transition.

Google sues data scraping company SerpApi, alleging it used millions of fake search requests to access copyrighted content and sold it to third parties (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

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Google sues data scraping company SerpApi, alleging it used millions of fake search requests to access copyrighted content and sold it to third parties — Google on Friday sued a Texas company that “scrapes” data from online search results,…

Google Maps can now help you find your parked car — here’s how

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Google Maps has an automatic parking detection feature, here's how to use it.

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How to enable Expanded dark mode on a Google Pixel phone

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Google Pixel devices now have the option to force dark mode in more apps that don't natively support it, in the December 2025 update.

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Gemini will replace Google Assistant on Android in 2026

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Back in March, Google said Gemini would replace Assistant on Android phones this year. That “upgrade” is now set for 2026.

Assistant isn’t dead yet: Google backtracks on its Gemini timeline

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2025 was supposed to be the end for Google Assistant on Android devices. Nine months ago, Google said Assistant would be fully replaced by Gemini “later this year.” The number of days left on the calendar is dwindling fast, but Assistant…

NotebookLM can turn your messy data into structured tables for Google Sheets

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NotebookLM’s new Data Tables feature automatically organizes information from your sources into structured tables that can be exported to Google Sheets or Docs cutting out hours of manual copy-paste work.

Google’s no longer going to force everyone off Assistant by the end of the year

Assistant's mobile sunset gets delayed as Google reshapes the Gemini transition timeline.