For a quarter of a century, Google Search has opened with the same proposition: a blank white rectangle, a blinking cursor, and the implicit instruction to reduce your question to a handful of keywords. On Monday, at its annual I/O developer conference, Google declared that era over. The company unveiled what it calls an “intelligent […]
Google has spent more than two decades refining a product built on a simple premise: you type a question, it returns a list of links. At I/O 2026 on Monday, the company signalled that premise is no longer enough. Among the biggest announcements was a new category of AI-powered tools called information agents, persistent, background […]
Google is having another go at smart glasses, and this time it is bringing fashionable friends along for the ride. At Google I/O 2026 on Tuesday, the company announced a new partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to produce AI-powered “audio glasses” designed in collaboration with Samsung. Powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro and running on […]
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