Today's launch of Google's new IM and voice over IP client, Google Talk, may not have been a shocker (as rumours circulated earlier this week) but it holds more significance than the usual product ...

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Google spent the last few years locked in a legal grudge match with Epic Games, which claimed that Google’s stewardship of the Play Store was anticompetitive. Now, the companies are thick as thieves, ...

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Google I/O 2026 just wrapped, and we're breaking down the absolute biggest announcements. Join our expert panel—featuring Andrew Lanxon (CNET), Andrew Gebhart ( PCMag ), and Timothy Beck Werth ( ...

Google's new speaker is a modest update, but the question is whether Gemini is a good smart home assistant.