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  • Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/starship-stacked-oft-3.jpeg?resize=1200,674″] Google and SpaceX are in talks to launch orbital data centers in space, reports The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter. The potential deal comes as SpaceX gears up for its $1.75 trillion IPO later this year, selling investors on the idea that data centers in space will be…

  • Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/googlebook.png?resize=1200,843″] At Google’s virtual Android Show: I/O Edition event on Tuesday, the tech giant announced a series of upcoming updates and features, including improved Gemini Intelligence features; new hardware called Googlebook; and other Android improvements, like vibe-coded widgets, Gemini in Chrome, and new emoji. The features are arriving ahead of Google’s annual developer…

  • Google launches new Android security feature to help uncover spyware attacks

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/android-unlocked1.png?resize=1200,675″] Google is rolling out a new opt-in feature in Android that aims to help security researchers investigate spyware attacks. The feature is called “Intrusion Logging” and is part of Android’s Advanced Protection Mode, which Google launched last year, an opt-in special security mode that enables certain features with the goal of making…

  • Google’s ‘Create My Widget’ feature will let you vibe-code your own widgets

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/create-my-widget.png?resize=1200,704″] Google on Tuesday unveiled a new “Create My Widget” feature for Android that allows users to vibe-code their own custom widgets. The feature will first launch on the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones this summer. To create a widget, users will be able to describe what they want using natural…

  • Google brings agentic AI and vibe-coded widgets to Android

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GettyImages-2233653192.jpg?resize=1200,786″] Google announced a number of new Gemini Intelligence-branded AI features at its Android Show: I/O Edition event on Tuesday. These include the ability for AI to complete tasks across apps, browse the web, fill out forms, dictate speech, and even allow you to vibe-code your own Android widgets. Gemini gets more powerful…

  • The AI legal services industry is heating up — Anthropic is getting in on the action

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2261514463.jpg?w=1024″] Anthropic announced Tuesday that it is launching a host of new chatbot features designed to provide automated assistance to law firms. The new features expand Claude for Legal — the law-focused plug-in that launched earlier this year — offering users a new set of legal plug-ins and MCP connectors designed for specific…

  • Google adds Gemini-powered dictation to Gboard, which could be bad news for dictation startups

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/google-gemini-jagmeet-singh-techcrunch.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Google announced Rambler, a new AI-powered voice dictation feature for Gboard — its widely used Android keyboard app — at its Android Show: I/O Edition 2026 event on Tuesday morning. The launch puts Google in direct competition with the likes of Wispr Flow and Typeless, a growing crop of AI-powered dictation apps…

  • Google unveils Googlebook, a new line of AI-native laptops

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/googlebook.png?resize=1200,843″] Google on Tuesday unveiled Googlebook, its new line of laptops built around Gemini, Google’s flagship family of AI models. The tech giant is working with partners like Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo to make the first Googlebooks in a variety of shapes and sizes. The company says the Googlebook, set to…

  • Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/doomscrolling-GettyImages-2197384352.jpg?resize=1200,800″] An anti-doomscrolling feature is now built into Android. (Yes, things have gotten that bad.) On Tuesday, Google announced Pause Point, which is designed to keep users from engaging with addictive apps on Android, the mobile operating system that powers Google’s Pixel smartphones, Samsung devices, and others. Pause Point works by requiring a…

  • Indigo brings the open social web to one app

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bluesky-mastodon-feud.jpg?resize=1200,675″] Trying to get off billionaire-owned social media but don’t know where to start? A new app called Indigo is launching today to let users explore the open social web across multiple services, all under one roof. Decentralized social media is having a moment, as more people realize they want control over their…