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The Fitbit Air is a good wearable weighed down by a chatty AI “coach”

The Air succeeds as a minimalist, reliable fitness tracker, but Google’s AI Health Coach feels unnecessary. The Fitbit Air is […]

These LLMs are the best at resisting Russian propaganda

Open-weight models, including Nvidia’s Nemotron and Alibaba’s Qwen, showed strong results comparable to Anthropic’s best models. GPT-5.4—the best-performing model from […]

How some data center operators are tackling their water use problems

Some tech giants, including Microsoft, OpenAI, and Oracle, have made statements in recent months indicating that they are moving away […]

Google ordered to put clearer links in AI search and let UK publishers opt out

Google must change AI Overviews after claiming users don’t want “lots of sources.” A sign at the Google I/O Developers […]

Google’s new Gemma 4 12B model is designed to run on any laptop with 16GB of RAM

Gemma 4 12B is almost as capable as the version with 26 billion parameters. Credit: Google Gemma 4 12B is […]

Google DoubleClick Abused in New Malspam Campaign to Deliver DesckVB RAT

Ravie LakshmananJun 03, 2026Malware / Microsoft Defender Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malspam campaign that makes use of Google’s […]

Google June 2026 Android Update Patches 124 Flaws, One Actively Exploited

Ravie LakshmananJun 02, 2026Vulnerability / Mobile Security Google on Monday released patches for 124 security vulnerabilities impacting its Android operating […]