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Check your password now. NurPhoto via Getty Images Republished on August 10 with new warnings about AI hacking risks for Gmail users. Google has confirmed that attacks on Gmail users to steal security credentials are now surging and are behind “37% of successful intrusions.” Put more simply, password theft is allowing hackers to gain access to accounts. This includes infostealer …

In a move just slightly atypical of an IP-protective company like Google, an accessory it never officially released is now showing up across online retailers — unannounced, unsupported, and actually kind of awesome. Say hello (again) to the Pixel Tablet Pen, the stylus that was supposed to launch alongside the Pixel Tablet but got quietly scrapped before hitting store shelves. …

Believe it or not, Big Tech’s fall hardware events are already upon us. (Heck, Samsung already got a jump on things in July.) Up next: Google’s big Pixel shindig. You can learn all about the new Pixel 10 lineup, along with new watches and earbuds, on August 20. Google’s new hardware has leaked far and wide. But that doesn’t mean …

Artificial intelligence is blooming with new product launches each day, but as much as AI labs would want us to believe that they are nearing AGI, there are still instances when their chatbots seem to go off the rails — and in very different ways. OpenAI’s GPT-4o, for instance, started showing sycophantic behaviour (becoming overly agreeable) after an update, while …

What you need to know Prominent tipster Evan Blass, in his “Pixel Drop,” posted images and alleged marketing promos of the upcoming Pixel devices and the Pixel Watch 4 on X. The alleged videos show both phones from all angles, along with shots of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold’s hinge and active display, which showcases its slightly thinner bezels. The …

DeepMind, Google’s AI research lab, announced the release of Genie 3, a new AI system capable of generating interactive virtual environments in real-time—and bringing us one step closer to the Holodeck. Google says in a DeepMind update that with a simple text prompt, Genie 3 can create dynamic, navigable scenes that run at 24 frames-per-second in 720p resolution. Granted, Genie 3 can be …

Google is rolling a fix for a bug that made some Pixel users’ three-button navigation unresponsive with its monthly software update this August. As The Verge notes, after the company released Android 16 in June, Pixel users have been reporting that their buttons are being unresponsive or that it’s taking up to 30 seconds for their device to register a …

Image Credits:Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch Google on Wednesday launched its AI coding agent, Jules, out of beta, just over two months after its public preview debut in May. Powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro, Jules is an asynchronous, agent-based coding tool that integrates with GitHub, clones codebases into Google Cloud virtual machines, and uses AI to fix or update code while …

Google on Wednesday launched its AI coding agent, Jules, out of beta, just over two months after its public preview debut in May. Powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro, Jules is an asynchronous, agent-based coding tool that integrates with GitHub, clones codebases into Google Cloud virtual machines, and uses AI to fix or update code while developers focus on other tasks. …

Within the titles of the calendar invites, the researchers added their crafty malicious prompts. (Google’s Wen contends that the researchers changed default settings on who can add calendar invites to someone’s calendar; however, the researchers say they demonstrated some of the 14 attacks with the prompts in an email subject or document title as well). “All the techniques are just …