The updates indicate that Google is looking position to AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it’s moving beyond simply helping users find information to actually handling parts of the trip-planning and booking process itself.
Coates said in a LinkedIn post that the company is not trying to recreate Twitter.
Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could leave lower-cost phones with less memory.
Consumer AI apps need to stop making users learn their product architecture.
Flipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem.

Ads have started popping up in Apple Maps, following Apple’s announcement in March that it would let businesses pay for top spots. They’re appearing on my iPhone as the first entry in the “suggested places” section in search, but Apple says they’ll also show up at the top of search results. According to 9to5Mac, the […]

An Australian payments company thinks American small businesses will pay for the privilege of earning points. PayRewards, the US arm of Pay.com.au, has launched with $28M in funding and a promise that bank transfers which currently earn nothing can ear…

Pennsylvania has sued Snap over Snapchat. The case rests on a 13-year-old account, opened on a new iPhone by an investigator in the attorney general’s office before the filing. What that account could reach is the evidence. Attorney General David Sunda…
Ring says users can still opt for end-to-end encryption.