You can now talk to your Gmail inbox, as seen at Google IO 2026
Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.
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How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches
Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes.
Discord enables end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling for every user
Good news! Discord’s hundreds of millions of users now have their communications scrambled, so not even Discord can see them.
Mach Industries just spent $50M to solve a major defense tech problem
Mach says the acquisition meaningfully improves unit economics across its five vehicle programs at exactly the moment the company is starting to scale.
From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing
Ocean, an agentic email security platform, raised funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Elon Musk said Sam Altman “stole” a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims
“By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America.”
Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses
Google is back in the glasses game with “audio glasses” out this fall.
Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View
Google DeepMind is integrating Street View with Project Genie to create immersive, interactive world simulations for robotics, gaming, and travel, allowing users to explore environments, weather changes, and rare scenarios.
With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company’s annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.
How to use Google’s new information agents
Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes.