Global internet traffic rose 19% this year as people rely more on tech for daily communication and entertainment, new report finds.

CC, which joins other Google agents for things like coding, shopping, and web browsing in Chrome, is remarkably similar to ChatGPT Pulse, a personalized briefing tool OpenAI launched back in September. CEO Sam Altman described Pulse as his “favorite feature we’ve launched in a long time.”

Search Live gets an upgrade with Gemini 2.5 native audio, delivering faster, more natural voice conversations and hands-free help in the Google app.

You might've heard "Madame Morrible, flip it around, Wicked Witch" on your social media lately. Now Google is getting in on the viral meme.

Google has started rolling out a shortcut to access NotebookLM directly within Gemini, allowing you to bring your notebooks to the chatbot.

OpenAI would eat Google’s lunch. ChatGPT was the future of search, and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) was a lumbering giant about to be disrupted. Fast forward to December 2025, and the story has flipped. Google just delivered its first $100 billion quarter,

Gemini works great as a standalone AI chatbot, and its bundled cloud storage and deep integrations with nearly every Google app make it a superb value.

In the past few days, tapping the Pixel Launcher search bar opens a different screen powered by the Google app. This is not a