Looks like Google is doubling down on AI-centric search despite a rocky, glue-pizza-marred rollout last year. At Google I/O 2025, the company announced “AI Mode” for search that greatly expands what it started with AI Overviews. According to Google, “AI Mode,” which is available in Labs starting Tuesday, “expands what AI Overviews can do with […]
Apple Snoozed, so Now It Might Lose Google as Its Default Search Engine (and $22 Billion a Year)
We’ve all overslept an alarm or missed a deadline, but has it ever cost you $20 billion? According to Ars Technica, it may have just happened to Apple, which apparently suffered from some decision paralysis that pissed off a federal judge and might cost the company its lucrative agreement with Google to make the company’s […]
You Can Find Makeup Looks and Clothes to Wear With Google Search’s AI-Powered Vision Match
Just in time for prom season, Google is officially rolling out Vision Match as part of the Google search experience on mobile. The feature was previously available as an experiment. Starting today, you can use it to describe a look you’re going for and have Google help you shop for it. Vision Match is pretty […]
PSA: Google Is Making It Easier to Remove Your Personal Information From Search Results
If you ever Google yourself and don’t like what you see, you have some recourse. Google’s Results About You tool, which it first introduced in 2022, just got an update that makes it easier for you to request the removal of search results that contain your personal information, including outdated search results that are no […]