Google quietly kills Project Mariner as the AI agent race shifts gears
… General technology Google quietly kills Project Mariner as the AI agent race shifts gears Google's autonomous web assistant is over, but Gemini is picking up the pieces. …
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Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data
… The primary feature for Nova AI is a built-in conversation assistant that doesn’t require a separate app — it lives in your launcher. Code Nova AI "Nova AI is built into your launcher — no separate app needed. …
Walmart's Gemini speaker leak suggests Google is opening up its ecosystem again
… This could mark the return of third-party smart speakers powered by Google’s newer AI assistant, though launch timing remains unclear. …
Apple takes a step towards Android by opening up Siri to third-party AI in IOS 27
… After years of keeping Siri locked down, Apple is reportedly planning to let other AI assistants connect directly to Siri in iOS 27. This means the iPhone might not just use Apple’s own AI or even just ChatGPT anymore. If any AI is ready for this moment, it’s Google Gemini. …
Gemini’s clean chat interface may not stay ad-free for long
… A Google executive suggests the company is not ruling out ways to make money from its flagship AI assistant. …
Google's latest trick gets Gemma 4 running 3x faster right on your phone
… By • May 6, 2026 • • • Add AndroidAuthority on Google Google TL;DR Google has introduced new assistant models, called “drafters,” that could significantly speed up Gemma 4. Drafters work by predicting sections of prompts to the main model, which can focus on processing them in bigger batches. …
Samsung’s Project Luna companion might succeed where Ballie failed
… The core of this vision is a shift from “personal AI” housed on smartphones to “communal AI” — an intelligence that lives and seamlessly moves across the entire home ecosystem, seamlessly jumping from device to device. …
Here's how Google is quietly reimagining how you use your Android phone
… The underlying communication between AI and your apps could mean we won’t use apps as directly or as much as we do today, with AI coordinating tasks on our behalf like a human assistant. …
Google just blocked a zero-day exploit made with AI
… AI is moving from assistant to active participant in cybercrime Google One of the most worrying examples involves what could be the first known AI-developed zero-day exploit. …
Google will soon let you vibe code Android apps on the fly
… App development has very quickly shifted from being a manual task undertaken in Android Studio to vibe coding and AI-assisted development workflows. …