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I re-created Google’s cute Gemini ad with my own kid’s stuffie, and I wish I hadn’t

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Buddy’s in space. When your kid starts showing a preference for one of their stuffed animals, you’re supposed to buy a backup in case it goes missing. I’ve heard this advice again and again, but never got around to buying a second plush deer once “Buddy” became my son’s obvious favorite. Neither, apparently, did the […]

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How to track Santa Claus this Christmas Eve using AI

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If you’re a parent with young children, then you’ll probably hear this a lot on Christmas Eve: “Where’s Santa right now?” With tracking tools like the NORAD Santa Tracker and Google’s Santa Tracker, everyone can know when Father Christmas will arrive. Plus, there are now some new AI tools to bring the holiday magic. Here’s

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The Pixel 10, our favorite Android phone, is nearly 50 percent off right now

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If you’re in the market for a new Android smartphone — or on the hunt for a solid last-minute gift — Google’s Pixel 10 is a great place to look. We consider it the best Android phone you can buy, and right now, you can grab it at Amazon starting at $449 ($350 off) when

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How AI broke the smart home in 2025 

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This morning, I asked my Alexa-enabled Bosch coffee machine to make me a coffee. Instead of running my routine, it told me it couldn’t do that. Ever since I upgraded to Alexa Plus, Amazon’s generative-AI-powered voice assistant, it has failed to reliably run my coffee routine, coming up with a different excuse almost every time

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Frozen Waymos backed up San Francisco traffic during a widespread power outage

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Waymo driverless car is not able to detect traffic lights after a major power outage in San Francisco, California, | Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images A power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday that blacked out about 130,000 customers at its peak, according to Pacific Gas and Electric Company, but also caused another

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Want to link from Google’s app store to your app? That’ll be $2–4 per install

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Today was the deadline for Google to reveal how it’s complying with Judge James Donato’s order to crack open Android for third-party app stores, stop illegally tying its Google Play Billing system to its app store, and let developers link to ways to download their apps outside the Play Store in the US. But Google

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Gemini isn’t replacing Google Assistant on Android just yet

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Gemini on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. Google isn’t quite ready to replace Assistant with Gemini on Android devices. The company said on Friday that it will “continue our work to upgrade Assistant users to Gemini on mobile devices into 2026,” instead of its original plans to make the switch by the end of 2025.

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