AI image generators have escaped nightmare fingers and entered the fake premium era

I tested Meta Muse, Gemini Nano Banana 2, and ChatGPT Images 2.0. The obvious AI failures are fading, but the new flaws are harder to laugh off.

Google Home’s latest update makes it easier for you to start using automations

Google Home version 4.20 adds pre-built automations you can turn on with a tap, making one of the app’s most useful features easier to use for automation newbies.

Google Photos can now turn your ordinary videos into AI-generated works of art

Google has introduced Video Remix for Google Photos, a new Gemini-powered feature that transforms ordinary videos with AI-generated lighting, artistic styles, and background changes in just a few taps.

Google’s SynthID watermark just debunked its first high-profile deepfake: a hoax image of Mitch McConnell
Google’s SynthID watermark just debunked its first high-profile deepfake: a hoax image of Mitch McConnell

Google’s SynthID watermarking system scored its first high-profile real-world win this week after Snopes used it to debunk an AI-generated image of Senator Mitch McConnell that had gone viral on Reddit and X. The image, which appeared to show McConnell…

Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool

The feature can do things like apply cinematic relighting to brighten up a dark clip, swap out a plain background for something fun, or add artistic styles to videos.

One symlink trick breaks 6 top AI coding agents, from Amazon
One symlink trick breaks 6 top AI coding agents, from Amazon

Security firm Wiz found one old Unix trick that breaks six popular AI coding assistants, from Amazon Q to Cursor. A booby-trapped repository can walk an agent past its own safety prompt. The payoff is a planted key that hands an attacker the developer’…

Google’s Pixel Watch 5 may not escape the 2026 price hikes

Pixel Watch 5 pricing has leaked ahead of Google’s August event, and the numbers point to small increases for select models.

The whole Pixel line could get more expensive this year
The whole Pixel line could get more expensive this year

Google’s upcoming Pixel lineup might cost more than last year’s. A report from Dealabs spotted by 9to5Google suggests that Google could raise the starting price of its 41mm Pixel Watch 5 to $399, while adding LTE could bump the price to $499. That’s a $50 jump from the base Pixel Watch 4, which starts at […]

Android 17’s new video standard fixes one of HDR’s biggest problems

Android 17 brings a new HDR standard called Eclipsa Video that promises consistent, comfortable HDR playback across every screen.

Google, Meta, Spotify and Sony fight Belgium’s creator-pay law at the EU court
Google, Meta, Spotify and Sony fight Belgium’s creator-pay law at the EU court

Google, Meta, Spotify and Sony have taken Belgium to Europe’s top court. They say its copyright law forces platforms to pay creators far beyond what the EU intended. Four of the biggest names in tech asked the EU’s Court of Justice on Tuesday to rein i…