Imagen will be available in Google’s AI Test Kitchen app. | Image: Google Google is being extremely cautious with the release of its text-to-image AI systems. Although the company’s Imagen model produces output equal in Read more…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has announced an ambitious new project to develop a single AI language model that supports the world’s “1,000 most spoken languages.” As a first step towards this Read more…
Flooding in Sanford, Florida, after Hurricane Ian. | Photo by Pauln Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google announced a big expansion of its flood forecasting and wildfire tracking services today. It launched a tool called Read more…
Google Lens is now built into its search bar. Google has been integrating its Lens image recognition tech into several of its products for quite a while now, including Google Photos and Chrome, but now Read more…
Did you know Google had a separate Street View Map? I didn’t. | Illustration: The Verge Google will be pulling the standalone Street View app from app stores in the “coming weeks” and discontinuing support Read more…
Image: Microsoft Microsoft’s rolling out a feature to Office Insiders that lets you insert images from your Android smartphones directly into a web-based Word or PowerPoint file. While Microsoft already offers ways to transfer content Read more…
The Google Nest Audio speaker can be paired with a twin for stereo sound. | Photo: Dan Seifert / The Verge Lots of retailers are wasting no time gearing up for Black Friday, Best Buy Read more…
Illustration: The Verge Google’s rolling out a handful of new shopping features that should make it easier to find good deals directly from search. When you search for a product, Google will now surface results Read more…
Right now, you can save on the Apple Watch Series 7 and other cool tech as part of Target’s ongoing Black Friday sale. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The holiday shopping season Read more…
The side panel is getting an upgrade. | Image: Google Google Chrome has a new sidebar that should make it faster and easier to check out a bunch of search results in a row without Read more…