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Gmail's new AI Inbox is here, but it'll cost you $250 a month

Gmail's AI Inbox is rolling out to Google AI Ultra users, offering smart email prioritization tools.

Android Central · Apr 1

AI ‘slop’ is flooding YouTube Kids—and more than 200 groups and experts are calling for a ban

Fairplay, the group that led a coalition of 200 organizations in writing a letter to YouTube and Google, said it found only 5% of all videos on YouTube to be high-quality content.

Fortune · Apr 1

Crisis of Memory: Citi Just Cut Its Micron Stock Price Target by 16%

Memory prices are softening after Google figured out a way to make memory usage more efficient. Is this the death knell for MU stock, or will it end up being a long-term winner?

Barchart · Apr 1

Google faces call to limit AI slop to children on YouTube

Advocates warn that ‘AI slop’ is being mass-produced to profit from preliterate children who are unable to understand the platform's existing disclosure labels

The Independent UK · Apr 1

Data centers are so hot their ‘heat island’ effect is raising temperatures up to 6 miles away

Researchers warn these “heat islands” could have a “remarkable influence on communities and regional welfare,” and affect more than 340 million people.

Fortune · Apr 1

I found a hidden Pixel feature that explains what's wrong with Bluetooth (and Android Auto)

Pixel's hidden tool runs tests and suggests fixes like re-pairing or clearing cache.

Android Central · Apr 1

'What if the AI agent you just deployed was secretly working against you?': Vertex AI 'double agent' flaw exposes customer data and Google's internal code

Misconfigured AI agents can lead to data disclosure and other risks.

TechRadar · Apr 1

“Get the data-driven results musicians dream of”: Chibson and Acorn Amps team up for the definitely-not-Google Drive pedal

It's inspired by a well-known cloud storage service and a pun so obvious, we can’t believe we had to wait this long

Guitar World · Apr 1

Google just gave us a sneak peek of its screenless Fitbit band, and Whoop should be worried

Steph Curry has teased the upcoming screenless Fitbit band on his Instagram, and Google could succeed where others have failed in making a potent Whoop rival.

Tom’s Guide · Apr 1

'Hundreds of thousands of stolen secrets could potentially be circulating as a result of these recent attacks': Google says North Korean hackers behind major attack on Axios

North Korean hackers used an updated version of a known backdoor to target a popular npm package.

TechRadar · Apr 1