Google Messages finally lets you customize chats with others - here's how to do it

Ever since Samsung discontinued its messaging app, Google Messages has become the primary text app for Android users unless you happen to use WhatsApp.
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Google Hikes Prices of TV Streamer, Nest Doorbells and Cameras

The Google TV Streamer gets a massive 50% bump, with the brand saying its price adjustments reflect rising component costs.
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Top Tech Analyst Warns: OpenAI’s Ad Business Grew 10x in 6 Months. Google Search Is the Most Exposed

A top Wall Street analyst is sounding the alarm on a fast-growing OpenAI revenue stream that targets the exact same advertiser budgets powering Alphabet's most profitable business.

Google’s AI-first Googlebook laptop is almost here – can it avoid the Copilot+ PC problem?

It won't be another high-end Chromebook like the Pixel, and Google has to hope it'll succeed where Copilot+ PCs have fallen short.

Google could soon make it easier to listen to your Gemini Daily Brief

Google is working on a feature for Gemini Daily Brief that will let users listen to their briefing without having to ask Gemini to read it.

How Meta, Google and TikTok are racing to guess your child's age — and what could go wrong

Determining which accounts belong to children is the linchpin of online child safety measures that Meta, Google, TikTok, Roblox and other companies are ramping up as public and regulatory sentiment in
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Google Rolls Out 3 New Ways to Book Travel Using AI Mode in Search

Just in time for Labor Day weekend, Google launches upgraded travel features to book flights, hotels and more.