Google’s New AI Certification Teaches Prompts, Research, and App Building

Google introduces an AI Professional Certificate with six courses and a capstone, plus 20+ hands-on activities, and free access for small businesses.
TechCrunch

Google’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has surpassed 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), according to the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings. This figure illustrates the rapid consumer adoption of Gemini ...
Android Police

I replaced Google's core apps with open source alternatives, and I'm never going back

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...
UPI

Deepfake porn apps downloaded 705 million times on Apple, Google

Jan. 27 (UPI) --The Apple and Google app stores have applications that generate images of women with their clothes removed with AI, a tech watchdog reported Tuesday. The Tech Transparency Project ...
CNBC

Google launches Personal Intelligence feature in Gemini app, challenging Apple Intelligence

Google said its new Personal Intelligence tool is in beta in its Gemini app, and will be coming to AI Mode later this year. The feature connects Google apps to provide more personalized answers to ...
Engadget

Gemini can now pull context the rest of your Google apps, if you let it

Gemini is adding a feature that’s designed to feel more tailored to individual users. Once enabled, "Personal Intelligence" can pull context from across your Google ecosystem, including Gmail, Google ...
Ars Technica

Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store?

Elon Musk’s xAI recently weakened content guard rails for image generation in the Grok AI bot. This led to a new spate of non-consensual sexual imagery on X, much of it aimed at silencing women on the ...
CNBC

Grok and X should be suspended from Apple, Google app stores, Democratic senators say

Three Democratic senators called on Apple and Google to suspend Elon Musk's Grok and X apps from their stores. X and Grok, both owned by xAI, have recently enabled users to easily create and share ...
Forbes

Apple Warns All iPhone Users—Do Not Use Chrome Or Google App

Apple warns iPhone users to stop using Google Chrome. “Unlike Chrome,” it says, “Safari truly helps protect your privacy.” Apple’s warning now includes secretive fingerprinting. And Chrome’s not the ...
Search Engine Land

Google Discover pushing users into AI Mode

When you read an article from Discover, Google wants you to switch to AI Mode. This also applies to any page you open in Google's Android app. Google is pushing AI Mode in Google Discover, giving you ...
Android

Google Confirms Massive Gemini AI UX Overhaul & macOS App

Google is investing heavily in “Gemini App UX 2.0” and developing a native macOS app to improve its interface and better compete with rivals. This massive overhaul aims to simplify the user experience ...