Author: Amelia Scott

It will even look for opportunities to maximize your loyalty points. Google Google is announcing a series of updates to Shopping today, the most notable of which is probably its new Universal Cart. Universal Cart is a tool that brings all your purchases under one roof and allows you to shop from multiple locations. Essentially, you’ll be able to add products to that cart from every corner of Google’s mansion, including search, YouTube, and Gmail. Once you add a product to the cart, the system’s agentic AI will get to work finding the cheapest price, comparing…

TikTok, the social video app, has two different owners. There is the main company, ByteDance, which owns TikTok and its Chinese equivalent, Douyin. In 2025, a third arm was created, with US control transferred to a joint venture, TikTok USDS JV. Who Really Owns TikTok is an interesting rabbit hole to explore. If you’ve only seen it on the surface, the reasoning behind the company’s current situation is fascinating. The corporate-level mess comes mostly from the U.S. government, but also from other companies trying to get their way on the most popular social media app of all time. In 2021,…

Anchor your snow globe worlds to real locations from Google Maps. Google Project Genie is rolling out today to all Google AI Ultra adult subscribers worldwide, following its US debut in January. The service is also getting a new Street View feature that can generate interactive landscapes based on real-world locations found on Google Maps, starting with places in the United States. Project Genie is Google’s AI-powered system for creating explorable snowball environments from written prompts, with creations lasting 60 seconds at 720p and 24fps. Users can create contained worlds in the style of their choice,…

It’s great when a specific manufacturer becomes almost synonymous with its most popular products. Examples like the Roomba robot vacuum (made by iRobot) immediately come to mind when it comes to automated cleaning technology, and one of the first brands you might think of when someone mentions “Bluetooth speaker” is JBL. Over the past few years, JBL has released a ton of speakers that customers love. Still, the underdogs deserve their chance at glory. While there are an unimaginable number of Bluetooth speakers to choose from in stores and online, there are a handful of underrated Bluetooth speaker manufacturers that…

The company is expanding SynthID to Chrome and Search. Google As Google introduces new models and tools for generating AI content, it also makes it a little easier for people to answer the question “was this created with AI?” » The company is expanding its SynthID AI detection system so that features such as Circle to Search and Lens are able to identify AI-generated and edited images. SynthID is the watermarking system developed by Google that adds invisible metadata to content created or edited with its own AI tools. Last year at I/O, the company launched…

Google Search is becoming even more of a centerpiece of its AI ambitions. Today at Google I/O 2026, the company announced that Search has been upgraded to the Gemini 3.5 Flash model, which it says offers faster inference, smarter results, and the ability to process different media types. As a result, Google is also launching a new smart search box that can dynamically expand to accommodate complex queries, as well as use videos, images, files, and even Chrome tabs as inputs. However, none of this comes as a surprise. Over the past year, we’ve seen Google gradually upgrade AI mode…

BrandonKleinPhoto/Shutterstock Launched in 2014, Ring cameras can help homeowners protect their property by giving them access to live video feeds anywhere a device is installed. Acquired by Amazon in 2018, Ring now has 50 different devices available with an assortment of features and specifications. There are some uncomfortable truths about using Ring cameras, but there’s one feature in particular that may give you goosebumps. Powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI), Ring’s video descriptions are intended to be a way for users to distinguish between normal activity and an emergency when…

Images Tada/Shutterstock Some premium apps and services requiring a monthly subscription may offer annual discounts if the consumer is willing to pay for a longer period. These are usually 12-month plans, although some subscriptions may also offer 24-month deals. The disadvantage is that the consumer will have to pay an initial lump sum when subscribing to this annual plan. To make it easier to pay for these discounts, while still allowing developers to offer deals, Apple rolled out a new payment plan in the App Store in late April that…

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When looking for a new platform, some gamers don’t hesitate to pull the trigger on Razer Blade laptops, and for good reason. The company has built its reputation on sleek, black aluminum machines like the $2,299.99 Razer Blade 14. Yes, ultra-thin laptops are stunning, but when you look up to the higher configurations of the Razer Blade 16 and 18 hitting $5,000, you start to wonder about cheaper alternatives that do the same job. Gamers don’t need to spend Razer money to get top-notch…

Microsoft/Linux/BGR Foundation The Windows vs. Linux argument can be easily summarized fairly quickly. If you’re looking for a secure, semi-stable system that doesn’t require you to be a power user, stick with Windows. Just make sure you have the correct version of Windows 11, Home or Pro. For those who are fed up with subscriptions or Microsoft’s artificial intelligence, or who need a free Windows alternative for older PCs unable to install Windows 11, Linux is probably your best choice. Despite the above summary, the question of which operating system…