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Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates

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In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we unpack the mass layoffs at Meta, big announcements at Google I/O, and the latest backlash against AI.

Big Changes to Google Analytics and Google Ads Coming in June: Is Your Business Prepared?

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Are you ready for the significant changes to Google Analytics and Google Ads that are coming on June 15? Your business may need to take immediate action by updating your structural configurations in Google Analytics and Google Ads, as well…

Broken Google Pixel 8 gets turned into a surprisingly capable retro gaming console

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Most phones with failing displays usually end up sitting in a drawer, traded in, or eventually recycled. But one Pixel 8 owner decided to do something much more interesting after his phone developed the now-infamous vertical pink line…

Threat hunters find Google API keys still usable 23 minutes after deletion

www.theregister.com

Plenty of time for cyber crims to grab data or hit you with a giant bill

Google Bets $190 Billion on ‘Agentic’ AI Push as Gemini Usage Surges

techmoran.com

Google unveiled a sweeping expansion of its artificial intelligence strategy at its I/O 2026 developer conference, positioning the company for what Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai described as the next phase of computing: autonomous…

The biggest surprise from Google I/O 2026? Poll reveals majority of Android fans are most excited for Android XR and Gemini

www.techradar.com

Poll reveals most Google I/O announcements had been what Android fans wanted, but there was nothing about the next Google Home speaker and Googlebooks.

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Gemini for Home expands: Google opens access to carriers and hardware makers

www.androidcentral.com

Google's Gemini expanded to more developers, companies, service providers, and more, as it looks to break open access to other device makers.

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Skip the app: This Google Maps widget puts live traffic on your home screen

www.howtogeek.com

Stop opening Google Maps just to check traffic.

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Google's AI-Powered 'Magic Pointer' Is Its Latest Feature In A Frustrating Trend

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Google announced a new AI feature for its Googlebook laptops that reinvents how you interact with your cursor. It's impressive, but it raises a few questions.

5 Ways Google's New Smart Glasses Can Succeed Where Google Glass Failed

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Google has finally unveiled more information about its upcoming smart glasses, and they already look to be a huge improvement on the Google Glass.

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Android's openness was always a myth—and Google just admitted it

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Google's mobile platform hasn't been as open as it sometimes claimed.

Google's Googlebook is just the Pixelbook all over again—and that worries me

www.howtogeek.com

Google has announced a successor to the Chromebook, introducing a class of computer that merge together Android and Chrome OS, with a thick layer of Gemini on top. The first Googlebook, titled simply the Googlebook, is an attractive…

Google Maps hackers target Barcelona and Real Madrid stadiums in brutal name change

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Internet pranksters targeted the Google Maps listings of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid to the surprise of fans

Google is going to ruin the internet

The internet should be a place you go, not a place that comes to you. Google's new changes to search turn that all around. They'll ruin everything.

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Looks like Google TV could get Wii-style pointy controls, just like my LG TV's Magic Remote that drives me and my kids mad

www.techradar.com

Google has told app developers that Google TV will be adding support for "pointing remotes" that sound very similar to LG's Magic Remote

Google Is Making Huge Changes That Are Poised to Decimate What’s Left of Journalism

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The post Google Is Making Huge Changes That Are Poised to Decimate What’s Left of Journalism appeared first on Futurism.

With SynthID, Google is cleaning up the AI mess it helped make, but Omni power makes it clear we'll never get ahead of generative AI fiction

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Can the companies that are building truth-bending AI models also be the same ones to help police the fake content?