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Google reveals the most-used emojis for every year since 2020 — and their hidden meanings

nypost.com

A picture may say a thousand words, but these popular emojis say more.

Google’s new Gemini Live Avatars want to make support bots feel more human

Google's Gemini 3.8 Live Avatars can check you into a hotel while you keep chatting.

Google Messages finally rolls out new long-press menu with precise copying

9to5google.com

After testing got underway in January, Google Messages is finally widely rolling out a new long-press menu in conversations.

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F-Droid app store thumbs its nose at Google's dev crackdown

www.theregister.com

The Chocolate Factory is tightening the screws on Android sideloading, but the FOSS app market is rolling out a huge overhaul and planning for the future

Google rolling out Android 17 QPR2 Beta 6 for Pixel

9to5google.com

Android 17 QPR2 Beta 6 is now available for Pixel devices, barely a week after Beta 5 launched.

Google Photos Wardrobe Feature Comes to iOS

www.macrumors.com

Google today said its digital wardrobe option is available in the Google Photos iOS app in the U.S., India, and Brazil.

Google Wallet got a lot of new tricks in 2026 – these 5 are my favorites

www.zdnet.com

You can do a whole lot more than tap to pay with Google’s Wallet app.

OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Join Forces to Set AI Safety Standards

www.pymnts.com

Anthropic, Google and OpenAI aim to launch a standards body focused on artificial intelligence (AI) by the end of this year or early next year, The Information reported Thursday (Sept. 24), citing unnamed sources. The three AI companies…

Google’s most-searched teenage slang of 2026 confuses older generations

nypost.com

Gen Alphas are loudly and proudly confusing millennials, Gen Xers, Baby Boomers — and even the 20-somethings of Gen Z — with their viral, vexing vocabulary.

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Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face

www.theverge.com

Google's new Gemini 3.8 Live update lets users have conversations with the model while watching an animated AI persona respond in real time. The "Live Avatar" will lip-sync and show different facial expressions during conversations, but it…

Google Messages has a flash bug that could be ruining your photos

www.phonearena.com

The flash goes off, but that's no promise your picture comes out lit.

Google Photos update packs a handful of vintage styles with 'Moods' and curated wardrobes

www.androidcentral.com

Google Photos update feels like a true Throwback Thursday with "Moods" that bring vintage styles to your photos and a Wardrobe expansion in the app.

I made my Google TV Streamer faster and easier to use with one setting

www.pocket-lint.com

If you're experiencing lag on your Google TV Streamer, this is one of the easiest ways to fix it.

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Special Report: Google News Implements Months-Long Blackout of Major Trump Admin Fraud Crackdown

www.newsbusters.org

One of President Donald Trump’s major focuses has been rooting out fraud across taxpayer-funded public services. Through their White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, Co-chairs Vice President JD Vance and Federal Trade Commission Chair…

Google Maps is failing to complete basic searches for some users

Google Maps on the web reportedly can’t find ‘restaurants’ or other broad searches.

Google To Train 25,000 Veterans in Skilled Construction Trades Amid Data Center Boom

www.realtor.com

Google.org is providing a "seven-figure" commitment to train 25,000 new skilled trades workers amid the shortage of construction workers.

Coworking Firm Industrious to Provide Hologram-Like Google Beam Meetings

commercialobserver.com

Industrious, a major flexible workplace company, announced Thursday that it has partnered with Google to launch a network of Google Beam meeting rooms exclusively for its members and guests. Google’s HP Dimension with Google Beam bills…

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Google Gearing Up to Launch Experimental “Data Center” Into Space Next Week

futurism.com

It’s not just Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin looking to send data centers into orbit. Google is also looking to get in on the fun — and is now gearing up to launch a fridge-sized satellite with the equivalent computing…

Google is sending an AI data center into space — with help from Elon Musk’s SpaceX

www.tomsguide.com

Google is launching TPUs into orbit aboard a SpaceX mission to test if solar-powered orbital data centers can solve AI's growing power demands.