Google Chrome Safe Browsing Feature Updated With Real-Time Privacy-Preserving URL Protection

Google Chrome Safe Browsing Feature Updated With Real-Time Privacy-Preserving URL Protection

Google Chrome offers users a Safe Browsing feature that checks for malicious URLs before loading web pages, and the search giant has now given it a major upgrade — a privacy-preserving real-time link scanning mechanism that checks an encrypted version of links that a user is visiting via an independently…

Google DeepMind’s SIMA Is an AI Agent That Can Play 3D Video Games

Google DeepMind’s SIMA Is an AI Agent That Can Play 3D Video Games

Google DeepMind introduced a unique artificial intelligence (AI) model on Wednesday that can play 3D video games just like a human would. The AI model is called Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent or SIMA, and it is learning how to interact with various gaming environments and carry out different tasks. The…

Google Reportedly Tests Screen Mirroring Feature for External Displays on Pixel 8 Series

Google Reportedly Tests Screen Mirroring Feature for External Displays on Pixel 8 Series

Google Pixel 8 series has reportedly received a new feature that will finally allow users to mirror their smartphone screen on a larger external display. The feature was added to the series via the Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2 update for Pixel devices. The update enabled the DisplayPort Alternate Mode…

Xiaomi Removes Feature That Let Users Run YouTube Videos in the Background for Free: Here’s Why

Xiaomi Removes Feature That Let Users Run YouTube Videos in the Background for Free: Here’s Why

Xiaomi has announced that it is removing a popular feature which allowed users to run YouTube videos in the background. YouTube Premium users, who pay for ad-free streaming, can play YouTube videos over other applications in a picture-in-picture (PiP) mode or just the audio in the background without the video….

Google Pixel 9 Series Could Introduce Adaptive Touch Feature to Boost Touch Sensitivity: Report

Google Pixel 9 Series Could Introduce Adaptive Touch Feature to Boost Touch Sensitivity: Report

Google is said to be working on an adaptive touch feature for Pixel phones and its reference was allegedly spotted on Android 14 QPR3 Beta 1 last month. This advanced feature would make the screen adjust its touch sensitivity based on environmental conditions and the activities of users. Now, a…

Google Chrome for Android is Reportedly Testing Picture-in-Picture Mode for Custom Tabs

Google Chrome for Android is Reportedly Testing Picture-in-Picture Mode for Custom Tabs

Google Chrome for Android is reportedly working on an interesting feature that allows users to minimise a custom tab in picture-in-picture (PiP) mode. Chrome Custom Tab is a feature extended by the browser for third-party app developers who want to build an in-app web browser experience via Chrome browser. This…

Elon Musk Says X’s Long-Form Videos Will Soon Be Available on Smart TVs

Elon Musk Says X’s Long-Form Videos Will Soon Be Available on Smart TVs

Long-form videos will soon be available on smart televisions, billionaire Elon Musk said, after Fortune magazine reported that social network X planned to launch next week a TV app for Amazon and Samsung users. The platform rolled out an early version of video and audio calling for some users last…

Apple Could Release a Foldable iPhone in 2026, Will Reportedly Be Thinner, Lighter Than Competitors

Apple Could Release a Foldable iPhone in 2026, Will Reportedly Be Thinner, Lighter Than Competitors

Apple is said to be working on a host of foldable devices, with a clamshell foldable phone and a foldable tablet rumoured to be in the works. Earlier this week, a prominent Apple analyst claimed that a foldable MacBook would in fact be Apple’s first product in the category, going…

Google Drive Brings Improvements to Video Playback, and Search Experience on iOS

Google Drive Brings Improvements to Video Playback, and Search Experience on iOS

Google Drive is getting a couple of updates that will improve the usability of the cloud-based storage platform. The tech giant is adding a new transcode to improve the playback speed and rebuffering of videos played within Drive. It is also improving the search functionality on iOS and adding query…

Google Adds a New Gemini AI Feature That Will Let Users Fine-Tune Its Responses

Google Adds a New Gemini AI Feature That Will Let Users Fine-Tune Its Responses

Google has introduced a new feature for Gemini, its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot. The new feature provides users with granular control over the generated response to a prompt and allows them to make changes to a particular portion of the text. Users can regenerate the selected portion, edit its length…