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Google Cuts Gemini 3.7 Flash Price in Half as It Claims to Top Claude on Business Workflows

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Gemini 3.7 Flash launches with a 50% introductory price cut through December 31, 2026, benchmark improvements on coding and document tasks, and a claim that it outperforms both Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra on business workflow…

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Google’s Pixel 11 Explained: 7 Things to Know Before Upgrading

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Google unveiled the Pixel 11 lineup with deeper Gemini integration, Tensor G6, AI camera tools, higher prices, and seven years of software support.

Google Launches Gemini 3.7 Flash: Coding Gains at Half-Price Through Year-End

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Gemini 3.7 Flash launches today at half the price of its predecessor, with FrontierCode and DeepSWE coding benchmark gains, as Gemini 3.5 Pro misses a fourth deadline. Introductory pricing of $0.75 per million input tokens expires December…

A Google Pixel with a silicon-carbon battery could be in the cards

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A Google Pixel with a silicon-carbon battery is reportedly in the cards; the only thing we're wondering is how long we would have to wait.

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Gemini Becomes Google’s 14th Product to Reach 1B Monthly Users

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Google says Gemini has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users, making it the company’s 14th product to hit the milestone as AI adoption accelerates.

Android Auto became more useful after I stopped using these 4 Google defaults

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Android Auto does a decent job out of the box, but some of its default settings are clearly designed for the average case instead of your specific situation. That kind of thing is okay at first, but it gets really annoying when the novelty…

Google, tech giants offer free AI training for teachers to help in classroom

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With back-to-school season in full swing, teachers are getting some lessons of their own - from tech companies on how to use AI.

This Former Google Employee Created an ‘AI’ Chatbot That Lets You Speak to An Actual Human

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Thousands of human volunteers are applying to do an AI chatbot’s job themselves.

Google promises 7 years of spare parts availability for the Pixel 11 lineup

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Google officially unveiled the Pixel 11 series at its Made by Google event. Google has now shared details about the availability of spare parts for the new smartphones.

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Alright, I'll say it: Verizon has the best Google Pixel 11 Pro preorder deal — so what's the catch?

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The Google Pixel 11 lineup has landed, and Verizon is already offering some exceptional deals on the flagship phones.

Google unveils Gemini 3.7 Flash, its "most intelligent workhorse model" for coding and agents, pricing it at $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens at launch (Tulsee Doshi/Google)

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Google unveils Gemini 3.7 Flash, its “most intelligent workhorse model” for coding and agents, pricing it at $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens at launch — Our most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents. — Senior…

Is There Anything Special About Google’s Pixel 11 Series? | The PetaPixel Podcast

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This week on the PetaPixel Podcast, Nikon's future plans may have been leaked by the most unlikely of sources: Apple. Plus, Fujifilm shares that the camera industry is finally feeling the pinch from the memory crisis, and it will likely…

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Google should have gone the GTA 6 route with its Pixel 11 show; instead, we got the Trevor Noah cringe fest

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Google's Pixel event was an incredibly awkward show that happened 8 hours after the phones were launched. And here's why it didn't really work, but could have, and why following Rockstar's strategy with GTA 6 might have been a better move.

Google updates its Pixel Buds Pro 2 wireless earbud with a fresh look and a noise-cancelling upgrade

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Google hosted its annual Made By Google event last night, in which the spotlight shone mostly on the new Pixel 11 series of smartphones. While there were a couple of additional product reveals, including the Pixel Watch 5 and Pixel Tag…

Google calls Pixel an "intelligence system," but its basic automation is surprisingly dumb

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The big word Google has been throwing around a lot for Pixel phones this year is “intelligence.” It wants your phone to genuinely be able to take control and do stuff for you. When it comes to automation, though, Pixel phones don’t seem…

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Google Pixel 11 vs Google Pixel 10: Should You Upgrade to New Model?

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Deciding between Google's newest Pixel 11 and its predecessor, the Pixel 10? Our in-depth comparison breaks down everything you need to know, from the cutting-edge Tensor G6 chip and vastly improved camera system of the Pixel 11 to the…

Google makes costly bet Apple proved can work

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For years, Google had a problem that even its dominance of internet search couldn't solve: Apple owned the relationship with hundreds of millions of valuable consumers through the devices they carried every day. Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google…

Google AI Overviews Break 2022 Pledge, French Press Alliance Tells Regulator

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Google AI Overviews triggered a French antitrust complaint on August 11 after APIG, representing nearly 300 French newspapers, alleged the July 2026 launch breached 2022 neighboring-rights commitments requiring dedicated publisher…