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What India searched in 2025 as AI and visual queries reshape search trends

Google said AI made Search more helpful in 2025, driving a 70% global jump in visual searches and bringing features like AI Mode and Search Live to India, where Lens usage leads the world

This Samsung-first Google's Circle to Search feature expands to more phones

With Android 16 QPR2 update, Google brings Circle to Search's continuous scroll-and-translate feature to more phones, ending Samsung's exclusivity. Here's how you can use it

Google brings Pixel's notification summaries to Android phones: What's new

Android 16's latest rollout brings AI chat summaries beyond Pixel phones, a notification organiser, and deeper personalisation options to more phones

Who is Amar Subramanya, the Google-Microsoft veteran set to lead Apple AI?

Apple has appointed Amar Subramanya as its new vice-president of artificial intelligence (AI), giving him charge of foundation models, machine learning research and safety

Android 16 update: Expressive captions, urgent tags for calls, scam checks

Google rolls out an update for Android 16 that brings expressive livestream captions, urgent-call flagging, on-spot scam checks with Circle to Search, the ability to pin tabs in Chrome, and more

Amazon's cloud unit rushes out its latest AI chip to take On Nvidia, Google

The accelerator, called Trainium3, was recently installed in a few data centers and will be available for customers beginning on Tuesday, Dave Brown, a vice president with Amazon Web Services, said

Google schedules Android Show XR Edition for December 8: What to expect

Google will detail its upcoming XR glasses and headset at The Android Show XR Edition on December 8, offering a closer look at its extended-reality hardware plans. Here's what you can expect

DeepSeek unveils 2 new models, claims performance on par with GPT-5, Gemini

The latest launch comes as the Hangzhou-based company didn't deliver any powerful models while its rivals, Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT, gained a lot of traction with their latest models

Tech Wrap Dec 1: Meta HSTN glasses, Intel on Apple MacBook, Google Messages

Meta HSTN AI glasses now in India. Intel may make Apple M-series chips. Vivo X300 series launch. Google Messages features. NothingOS 4 update. No DLC update coming for Assassin's Creed Shadows

Google rolls out Power Saving mode for Maps on Pixel 10 series: How to use

Google is rolling out a new Power Saving mode for Maps on the Pixel 10 lineup, offering a simplified navigation view that can extend battery life by up to four hours during driving

Google updates Gemini 3 Pro access limits for free users: What to know

Google has revised free access limits for Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro after a surge in usage, shifting to variable daily caps and temporarily restricting some NotebookLM features

Tech Wrap Nov 27: Nothing Phone 3a Lite, Gemini in Google Maps, Opera Neon

Nothing Phone 3a Lite launched in India. Google Maps gets Gemini AI for navigation assistance. Opera Neon adds new features. EA offering Battlefield 6 free trial. Gemini Circle Screen feature

Google might be testing circle to search-like feature for Gemini: Report

Google is reportedly testing a Circle to Search-style "circle screen" feature for Gemini, letting users highlight any on-screen content and ask follow-up questions directly

Google, the sleeping giant in global AI race, now fully awake with Gemini 3

Gemini 3 Pro has risen to the top of closely watched AI leaderboards on LMArena and Humanity's Last Exam

Google reportedly plans 'Aluminium OS' to rival Windows and macOS on PCs

Google is developing Aluminium OS, a unified Android-based PC platform that merges ChromeOS and Android, aiming to compete with Windows and macOS

Perplexity debuts AI shopping assistant to rival tools from Google, OpenAI

Perplexity has launched its conversational shopping assistant with guided product discovery and PayPal-powered checkout, competing with tools from Google and OpenAI

Nvidia CEO asks to boost AI usage, says employees should not fear job cuts

Stating that he wants every task that can be done by AI to be done by AI, Huang promised employees they would still have plenty of work

Meta in talks to spend billions on Google's chips against Nvidia: Report

The talks also involve Meta renting chips from Google Cloud as early as next year and are part of Google's broader push to get customers to adopt its tensor processing units (TPUs)

Explained: What’s powering Alphabet’s sprint toward a $4 trillion valuation?

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is closing in on a $4 trillion market valuation after a sharp surge in its stock price driven by artificial intelligence growth, renewed investor confidence

Google-parent Alphabet nears $4 trn mark: What drove its valuation?

Alphabet's stock price rose more than 5 per cent on Monday to reach a new record of $315.9 per share, giving the company its near-$4 trillion valuation