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As we inch toward the summer holidays, Google is announcing a slate of travel updates that place it squarely in the travel planning process and give it a lot more…

Google will now let you use AI to build travel itineraries for your vacations

A court filing in the U.S. Department of Justice’s case against Google over its alleged monopoly in the search market has revealed a few notable tidbits about the state of…

Google court filing reveals new business details of DuckDuckGo and Neeva

Google is testing a new feature that will place a call to a business on your behalf, wait on hold and then give you a call once a live representative…

Google tests a feature that calls businesses on your behalf and holds until an agent is available

There have been a growing number of complaints that Google Search is not as useful as it used to be. In fact, Google execs even admitted that young people are…

Google overhauls Search with tools to follow interests, annotate web pages and more

Google is coming for Honey and other deal-finding tools by introducing new features on Search and Chrome to help users find discounts. The tech giant announced on Tuesday that it’s…

Google Search and Chrome are getting new tools to help users find discounts

Google updated its search engine and Lens tool with new features to help you visualize and solve problems in more difficult subjects like geometry, physics, trigonometry and calculus. The update…

Google Search can now help you solve geometry, physics and calculus problems

Google’s gunning for Duolingo with a new Google Search feature designed to help people practice — and improve — their English speaking skills. Rolling out over the next few days…

Google takes aim at Duolingo with new English tutoring tool

Google announced today that it’s introducing new sustainability features, including a new tool aimed at people who are considering buying an EV. The company is also launching an expanded Flood…

Google introduces new sustainability features, including a tool for people looking to buy an EV

Google is opening its generative AI search experience to teenagers, the company announced on Thursday. The company is also introducing a new feature to add context to the content that…

Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers

Google is finished rolling out its new SafeSearch feature that blurs explicit imagery, such as violent or sexual photos, by default. The company announced back in February that it would…

Google now blurs explicit imagery in Search results by default

Google is introducing a few new Search updates that are designed to help users stay in control of their personal information, privacy and online safety. The company announced today that…

Google is making it easier to find and remove personal info, explicit images from Search

Google is adding contextual images and videos to its AI-powered Search Generative Experiment (SGE), the generative AI-powered search feature announced at May’s I/O conference. Later in the month, the company…

Google’s generative search feature now shows related videos and images

Google wants you to search more, and to do that, it’s launching a number of updates to Chrome on mobile today that will, among other things, highlight potential search queries…

Google brings contextual search suggestions, trending searches and more to Chrome on mobile

Google is introducing a few new ways to make it easier for users to find relevant information when searching for women’s sports, the company announced on Tuesday. The new updates…

Google Search is making it easier to find relevant information on women’s sports

Google announced today that it’s starting to open up access to new generative AI capabilities in Search after teasing them at its I/O event two weeks ago. The tech giant…

Google starts opening up access to its new generative AI capabilities in Search

Google is going to start using generative AI to boost Search ads’ relevance based on the context of a query, the company announced at its Google Marketing Live event today.…

Google Search ads will soon automatically adapt to queries using generative AI

AI chatbots have only just been put into consumers’ hands, but tech giants are rushing to monetize them. For instance, shortly after Bing Chat’s arrival, Microsoft began slipping ads into…

Google to experiment with ads that appear in its AI chatbot in Search

Alongside its work to integrate more AI features into Search, Google today also announced it’s introducing a new “Perspectives” filter will be coming to the top of some of its…

Google ‘Perspectives’ integrates Reddit, YouTube, TikTok and more in search results

Google Search is introducing a new experimental conversational mode that is powered by generative AI, the company announced at its annual I/O developer conference today. Instead of rolling out the…

Google is experimenting with a new AI-powered conversational mode in Search

Google is taking its first steps toward combating the potential for misinformation arising from AI-generated images. Complementing its announcements at its I/O developer event this afternoon, the company also introduced…

Google introduces new features to help identify AI images in Search and elsewhere

Google is celebrating Star Wars Day with a special Easter egg featuring Grogu, also known as Baby Yoda. When you type “Grogu” or “Baby Yoda” into the Google Search bar,…

Google celebrates Star Wars Day with a fun Grogu Easter egg

Google announced today that it’s introducing three new Search features to make it easier for users to research hotels, book their next plane ticket and discover things to do while…

Google Search gets new travel features, including a ‘price guarantee’ tool for flights

Google is introducing new extreme heat alerts in Search that are designed to surface information to help people stay safe during heat waves.

Google to roll out new extreme heat alerts in Search soon

Google is introducing new ways for users to verify information on Search, the company announced on Tuesday. The search giant is launching new features called “Perspectives” and “About this author,”…

Google Search is adding new ‘Perspectives’ and ‘About this author’ features to help users verify info

At its health-focused event today, Google announced a series of health updates for its products, including Search. Most notably, the company announced that it’s making it easier for people to…

Google is making it easier to find low-cost healthcare centers in search results

Google has released its annual “Year in Search” report outlining the top searches of 2022 around the world. The report reveals that popular online game Wordle topped the list globally.…

Wordle was Google’s top trending search term globally in 2022

Google announced today that it’s making it easier for users to drill down on a search and explore related topics. Search currently has a few filters to help you refine…

Google Search’s new topic filters make it easier to refine results or expand searches

Google is introducing a “Continuous Scrolling” feature on the desktop so users don’t have to navigate across pages to find the relevant search results for English-language queries in the U.S.,…

Google introduces ‘Continuous Scrolling’ on desktop for Search

Google announced today that it’s introducing a slew of new Maps, Search and Shopping features. The company revealed a majority of the new features during its Search On event in…

Google rolls out new features across Maps, Search and Shopping

Over the years, Google has made it harder to separate ads from organic search results at a glance. In its current iteration, when users perform a search, the only distinction…

Google is updating its ‘Ad’ tag to ‘Sponsored’ for mobile search