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Google announced at Google I/O 2025 that it’s bringing real-time speech translation to Google Meet. The feature leverages a large language audio model from Google DeepMind to allow for a natural, free-flowing conversation with someone in a different language, Google says. Speech translation in Meet translates spoken words into the listener’s preferred language in real time. Voice, tone, and expression are all preserved in the translation. The tech giant says the new feature has a variety of use cases. For instance, it can be used for English-speaking grandchildren talking to their Spanish-speaking grandparents. Or, it could be used by companies…

At the Google I/O 2025 developer conference, Google launched Stitch, an AI-powered tool to help design web and mobile app front ends by generating the necessary UI elements and code. Stitch can be prompted to create app UIs with a few words or even an image, providing HTML and CSS markup for the designs it generates. Users can choose between Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash AI models to power Stitch’s code and interface ideation. Stitch lets users choose between Gemini 2.5 Flash and Gemini 2.5 Pro modelsImage Credits:Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch Stitch arrives as so-called vibe coding…

Google announced several updates to the Gemini AI chatbot app during Google I/O 2025, including more broadly available multimodal AI features, updated AI models, and deeper integrations with Google’s suite of products. Starting Tuesday, Google is rolling out Gemini Live’s camera and screen-sharing capabilities to all users on iOS and Android. The feature, powered by Project Astra, allows users to have near-real-time verbal conversations with Gemini, while simultaneously streaming video from their smartphone’s camera or screen to the AI model. For example, while walking around a new city, users could point their phone at a building and ask Gemini Live…

Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis and Google co-founder Sergey Brin sat for an interview at Google I/O.Jennifer EliasGoogle on Tuesday announced that it’s getting back into the smart glasses game, and co-founder Sergey Brin said that this time will be different. “I’ve learned a lot,” Brin said Tuesday at a fireside chat during the annual Google I/O developer conference. His appearance came after Google announced a partnership with Warby Parker, which saw its stock rise more than 15% after the two companies said they plan to launch a series of smart glasses as soon as next year. The glasses will be built on…

Google announced during Google I/O 2025 that it’s rolling out Project Mariner, the company’s experimental AI agent that browses and uses websites, to more users and developers. Google also says it’s significantly updated how Project Mariner works, allowing the agent to take on nearly a dozen tasks at a time. U.S. subscribers to Google’s new $249.99-per-month AI Ultra plan will get access to Project Mariner, and the company says support for more countries is coming soon. Google also says it’s bringing Project Mariner’s capabilities to the Gemini API and Vertex AI, allowing developers to build out applications powered by the…

An Xpeng booth at the 2025 Spring International Auto Show in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, on March 7, 2025.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesXpeng shares jumped as much as 6% in premarket trading in New York, after the Chinese electric vehicle upstart reported first quarter earnings that were ahead of expectations.The stock had pared gains to rise 5.23% at 12:44 p.m. London time.Here’s how Xpeng did in the first quarter versus LSEG estimates:Revenue: 15.81 billion Chinese yuan ($2.18 billion), up 141.5% year-on-year and comparing with 15.1 billion yuan expected.Net loss: 660 million yuan, versus a 1.4 billion yuan loss expected and…

Google is rolling out a series of upgrades to its Play Store to help Android app developers better market their software and services to consumers. Among the highlights are new tools for managing subscription apps, topic pages that let users explore a specific subject on the Play Store, a new feature that allows people to sample audio from developers’ apps, and a more flexible checkout experience that will make it easier for developers to sell add-ons, among other things. Google last week shared a number of Android-related announcements at a pre-show before the start of its annual developer conference, Google…

Google I/O 2025, Google’s biggest developer conference of the year, takes place Tuesday and Wednesday at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. We’re on the ground bringing you the latest updates from the event.  I/O showcases product announcements from across Google’s portfolio. We’ve got plenty of news relating to Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube, and — of course — Google’s AI-powered chatbot, Gemini. Google hosted a separate event dedicated to Android updates: The Android Show. The company announced new ways to find lost Android phones and other items, additional device-level features for its Advanced Protection program, security tools to protect…

According to Thales, AI and quantum threats have catapulted to the top of the worry list for organisations wrestling with data security. That’s the key takeaway from the cybersecurity giant’s 2025 Data Threat Report, an annual deep dive into the latest data security threats, emerging trends, and hot topics.This year’s findings are stark: almost seven out of ten organisations now see the sheer speed of AI development – especially where generative AI is concerned – as the number one security headache related to its adoption. This anxiety isn’t just about pace; it’s also fed by concerns over a fundamental lack…

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