F-Droid warns that the project will end if Google is allowed to seize control of the entire Android software ecosystem by way of its developer verification program. In addition to gathering personal information from devs, F-Droid says Google will be demanding registration fees from independent developers, many of whom give their apps away for free and would be uninterested in …
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Google is making the gradient “G” its new company-wide logo, according to an announcement on Monday. The new logo first began to surface across the Google app on Android and iOS in May, but soon, the design will begin to appear across all of the company’s platforms, marking Google’s first big logo change in 10 years. Google separated the red, …
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR F-Droid has warned that Google’s new developer verification rules could effectively kill alternative Android app stores. The platform says that Google’s rules are monopolistic and harmful to competition as well as user freedom. F-Droid says the new rules would make Google the gatekeeper of all Android apps, but Google maintains that developers will still …
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The background has been AI-generated inside Photoshop using Google’s Nano Banana model. Adobe has added two popular AI image models to Photoshop Beta, including Google’s viral Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, otherwise known as Nano Banana. Adobe says that Generative Fill has become one of Photoshop’s most popular tools, and it is expanding its capabilities by adding Nano Banana and Black …
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Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) may have trailed OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the early stages of the GenAI race, but it is now moving quickly with its latest initiative. Last week, Google announced what it calls the “next Chrome era,” introducing the most significant upgrade in the browser’s history by embedding Google AI throughout the platform. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks …
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A prototype app called Pixeltone developed by Adobe Research and the University of Michigan showed the possibility of using voice control and touch for photo editing. The top comment on the YouTube video demonstrating the capability is this one, left by a viewer 12 years ago: “Why so much hate? It isn’t for the “real” photographer, but for my dad, …
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Bringing AI to smartphones and tablets has been a massive success for Google, which earlier this month saw its AI assistant Gemini become the top free app on Apple’s App Store for the first time. More specifically, AI and Gemini have become integral parts of the past few major Android updates and are super-well integrated into the Android ecosystem. For …
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Google’s new, cheaper AI Plus plan is now available in more than 40 countries, including Angola, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. The company first launched its AI Plus plan in Indonesia earlier this month at Rp 75,000 ($4.50) per month. The plan costs around $5 in most countries, …
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Google is continuing to slowly tease its rumored plans to bring Android to PCs, merging it with ChromeOS, and now Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon is getting in on the action. He says he’s seen a version of the software, and that he “can’t wait to have one.” Amon was speaking on stage with Google’s head of platforms and devices, Rick …
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The experimental tool is available through public beta in the US. The format is visually similar to platforms like FigJam or Adobe’s Firefly Boards, so this isn’t a unique concept, but it’s interesting to see Google developing more design-based apps. Mixboard users can add their own images, or generate visuals with descriptions like “show me cups, bowls, and plates in …
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