Google announced on Tuesday that it’s launching a new experimental app for Windows that’s designed to help people find what they need faster. The app will allow people to use an Alt + Space shortcut to instantly search for information from their computer files, installed apps, Google Drive files, and the web. The search bar works similar to Mac’s Spotlight …
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Microsoft is announcing that it’s investing £22 billion (around $30 billion) in the UK to help support AI infrastructure and ongoing operations from 2025 through 2028. The investment includes $15 billion in capital expenditures to build a supercomputer to support AI demand and adoption. “This will account for more than two-thirds of the tech sector’s total investment announcements in the …
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On Tuesday, Google announced a new open protocol for purchases initiated by AI agents — automated software programs that can shop and make decisions on behalf of users — with backing from more than 60 merchants and financial institutions. Called the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), the system is meant to be interoperable between AI platforms, payment systems and vendors, providing …
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is making support for its Themed Icons feature mandatory by automatically generating themed icons for apps that don’t already provide one. This change addresses inconsistent home screens, as many developers currently opt out of providing a themed icon for branding or design reasons. To enforce this, Google updated its Play Store policy today, …
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Outside of Chrome, Drive, and Quick Share, Google rarely makes native desktop apps with everything usually being based in the browser. That’s changing today with a new experimental “Google app for Windows.” The goal of this app is to “help you find what you need, faster.” Hitting Alt + Space brings up a familiar pill-shaped field to search your local …
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Google on Tuesday released a new payments scheme to make it easier for different AI apps to send and receive money. The open-source protocol not only includes support for more traditional forms of payments like credit and debit cards but also stablecoins, or cryptocurrencies pegged to underlying assets like the U.S. dollar. To add compatibility with stablecoins, Google worked with …
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General view of the Google headquarters in King’s Cross as the tech giant faces a 5 billion pound lawsuit in the UK for allegedly abusing its online search dominance. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google owner Alphabet on Tuesday announced a £5 billion ($6.8 billion) investment in the U.K.’s artificial intelligence development, just as the country prepares for …
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In brief Google’s Gemini to #1 in app downloads this month and Search interests this week. This is the first time Gemini app dethrones ChatGPT. This also helped boost Google’s valuation to beat $3 trillion, just behind Nvidia, Apple and Microsoft. Google’s Gemini app hit the top of the Apple App Store on September 15, dethroning ChatGPT for the first …
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