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Year ender 2025: Tracing rise of AI assistants from reactive to proactive

In 2025, AI assistants crossed a tipping point, transforming from reactive tools into proactive partners, shaping how people work daily. Here's how they have evolved over the years

Why Google is rehiring former engineers amid the global AI talent war

With Big Tech locked in a fierce AI hiring battle, Google is turning to former staff, rehiring experienced engineers to strengthen research

Google, Apple warn US visa staff against travel amid embassy delays

The administration of President Donald Trump this month announced increased vetting of applicants for H-1B visas for highly skilled workers, including screening social media accounts

Creators are the media studios of the future: YouTube India MD Gunjan Soni

With ₹14,300 crore in revenue and 455 million users, YouTube has become one of India's biggest media platforms, spanning TV, creators, commerce, and AI-led growth

Google warns staff with US visa to avoid int'l travel amid embassy delays

Some US embassies and consulates face visa appointment delays of up to 12 months, the memo said, warning that international travel will 'risk an extended stay outside the US'

Google's upgrade program lets you get new Pixel every year: How it works

Google has launched the Pixel Upgrade Program in India, allowing users to upgrade to a new Pixel smartphone every year through a 24-month no-cost EMI plan starting at Rs 3,333 per month

OpenAI, Google, Perplexity roll out freebies in India in race for AI users

To lure price-conscious users, Google in November started giving its $400 Gemini AI Pro subscription for free for 18 months to 500 million customers of Reliance Jio, India's biggest telecom player

Google rolls out Gemini 3 Flash for everyday tasks with improved reasoning

Gemini 3 Flash replaces Gemini 2.5 Flash in Google Gemini app, bringing faster responses for everyday tasks with Gemini 3 Pro-level reasoning

Google releases Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 for Pixels: What's new, eligibility

Google's first Android 16 QPR3 beta adds new animations, navigation layout options, flashlight controls and finally allows Pixel users to remove the At a Glance widget

Google works to erode Nvidia's software advantage with Meta's help

The effort is part of Google's aggressive plan to make its Tensor Processing Units a viable alternative to Nvidia's market-leading GPUs

Waymo in talks to raise over $15 billion at nearly $100 billion valuation

Waymo and its would-be financial backers have weighed a valuation as high as $110 billion, though the amount raised and final value have yet to be determined

With freebies, OpenAI, Google vie for Indian users, training data

Five AI analysts, however, said the freebies strategy would help companies gain from India's linguistic diversity to secure crucial data for AI training

Google partners with NHA to deploy AI to digitise medical records

Google is also working to bring more than 400,000 NHA-registered health facilities, such as hospitals, clinics and diagnostic labs, onto Google Maps and Search

YouTube Create for iOS brings AI video creation tools to iPhone: What's new

YouTube Create brings AI-based editing tools to iPhone and Android users, enabling quick video trims, audio cleanup, captions, voiceovers and template-driven creation on the go

Google Pixel Watch 4 gets new gesture controls, AI-enhanced smart replies

The latest Wear OS 6.1 update brings double-pinch and wrist-turn gestures to Pixel Watch 4, while a new Gemma-based AI model improves Smart Replies and expands them to Pixel Watch 3

Google Phone beta rolls out 'Expressive Calling' with DND bypass option

Google Phone app's latest beta introduces expressive calling feature, letting users mark calls as urgent with animated alerts, visual cues, and optional DND interruption

Google tests 'Disco' AI browser that turns tabs into interactive web apps

With Disco, Google is testing a Gemini-powered browsing tools that builds personalised web apps from browsing activity and natural-language prompts

Google releases Emergency Live Video sharing feature for Android: Details

Google is rolling out Emergency Live Video for Android in select regions, allowing responders to request live footage during emergencies to speed up assessments and guide callers effectively

YouTube TV to introduce genre-based channel packs in 2026: What changes

YouTube TV will shift to genre-based channel packs in 2026, marking its first major break from the traditional cable-style bundle and giving viewers the choice to pay only for what they watch

Google's Pixel 10a may closely mirror Pixel 9a's hardware: What to expect

According to a recent report, the Pixel 10a may arrive as a near-identical successor to the 9a. Expect similar hardware across display, cameras, and battery