​Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.  

​Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I/O.  

​Google’s new Android feature, Pause Point, forces you to wait before opening distracting apps in an effort to curb addictive scrolling habits.  

​Intrusion Logging is a new part of Android’s Advanced Protection Mode, which aims to help protect human rights activists, journalists, and dissidents from government spyware attack and law enforcement forensic devices.  

​The new feature will first launch on the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones this summer.  

​Gemini Intelligence will also include Gboard based dictation and form filling capabilities  

​As the AI legal services industry heats up, Anthropic is launching its own suite of features designed to assist law firms.  

​The company says Googlebooks, which are launching this fall, are the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence to offer personal and proactive help.  

​Google’s transcription feature will initially launch with Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones  

​Indigo’s new social app lets you cross-post to the open social web, including Mastodon and Bluesky, and browse a unified timeline.