Google on Wednesday released the first beta of Android 17, which brings performance improvements and a way to add new features to media and camera apps. Most importantly, it’s changing how developers get access to new APIs and features of the latest version. With this release, the company is ditching developer betas and adopting a … Read more
A major breakthrough in the Nancy Guthrie case largely came down to Google’s technical expertise, a person familiar with the investigation told CNN. The mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie disappeared over a week ago in Arizona. But on Tuesday, authorities revealed footage of a masked and armed person outside her door on the day … Read more
Google handed over a trove of personal data about a student and journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in response to a subpoena that had not been approved by a judge, according to a report by The Intercept. The search and advertising tech giant provided ICE with the usernames, physical addresses, and an itemized … Read more
As part of Safer Internet Day, Google unveiled updates to its “Results about you” and non-consensual explicit image removal tools. The “Results about you” tool already allows users to remove Search results containing their phone number, email address, or home address, and it can now also be used to request the removal of results that … Read more
Autodesk, a company known for its suite of 3D design software, is suing Google over claims that it infringed on its “Flow” trademark, as reported earlier by Reuters. The lawsuit, filed in a California court last week, alleges that the name of Google’s AI video generator, Flow, will likely confuse customers with Autodesk’s own AI-enabled … Read more
By Jonathan Stempel Google sued by Autodesk over AI-powered movie-making software Feb 9 – Google has been sued by Autodesk for allegedly infringing its “Flow” trademark to market competing AI-enabled software used to make movies, TV shows and video games. In a complaint filed on Friday in San Francisco federal court, Autodesk said it began … Read more
Nearly 1,000 Google employees recently signed a petition where they demanded the company to cut alleged ties with the US department of homeland security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection CBP). Seeking more signatures from employees in the letter that is titled ‘Googlers Demand: Worker Safety & ICE Contract Transparency’, employees … Read more
Did you know? The very first Doodle launched as an “out of office” message of sorts when company founders Larry and Sergey went on vacation. Learn More Did you know? The first Doodle launched in 1998, before Google was officially incorporated. Learn More Did you know? The first animated Doodle premiered on Halloween 2000 Learn … Read more
Carbon removal startup Terradot is acquiring competitor Eion, the two companies announced today. The sale was driven largely by big investors like sovereign wealth funds, which want to work with companies that can handle large contracts. Eion was simply too small, Eion CEO Anastasia Pavlovic Hans told The Wall Street Journal. Both companies spread pulverized … Read more
Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube viewers are reporting that background play no longer works on Samsung Internet, Vivaldi, and other browsers. The breaking of background play on multiple browsers suggests this could be a targeted change by YouTube. One user claims that the feature is working again on Brave. Update: January 29, 2026 … Read more