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For residents and tourists alike, Google Maps Street View is an exceptionally useful navigational tool. However, not every country has welcomed Google's iconic Street View cars to their streets. One of these longtime holdouts, Germany, has only recently begun to change its tune after more than a decade of resistance. But why?

One of the Samsung Galaxy S24 series' unique features is about to become less so, as Google is set to allow Pixel 7 and Pixel 8 devices to capture HDR photos and videos directly inside of Instagram.

Google took its AI image generation tool Gemini offline last week following a number of errors. Now, Google CEO Sundar Pichai admits to employees, "we got it wrong."

Google has said it will endeavor to fix the AI Image Generator on Gemini (formerly Bard) after it was criticized for "erasing white people."

Google is working alongside the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to better understand methane emissions and potential mitigations.

Google has released Art Selfie 2, an app that harnesses generative AI to transform the user into a historical character.

Circle to Search, one of the major AI-powered features that was heavily emphasized during last week's Samsung's Unpacked event for the Galaxy S24 Ultra, is rolling out on Pixel 8 and 8 Pro along with several other AI-focused updates.

Google has announced Lumiere: an AI video generator that looks to be one of the most advanced text-to-video models yet.

Announced at Samsung Unpacked on Wednesday, it will now be possible search almost anything without having to switch apps with as little as a mere gesture.

According to a new report, Google and other popular search engines are consistently putting nonconsensual AI-generated deepfake porn at the top of some search results.

While there is, naturally, a lot of overlap between Google and Android, there have always been some compatibility issues for those who use non-Google devices. But Google announced it is working to bridge those gaps, making Android devices work together better regardless of the brand.

Despite Samsung, OnePlus, Google, and others heavily emphasizing folding smartphones, the hardware remains widely unpopular and make up barely 1% of the entire smartphone market.

Google has "launched" a second version of its AI image generator model but only to Google Cloud customers who use Vertex AI.

Google's Pixel 8 smartphone series already features some of the best smartphone cameras available. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro offers lots of light-gathering abilities, and on the Pro version, a slew of special camera tools provide users with even more control over their phone images. A new software update makes the camera even more versatile with an updated night timelapse feature.

Google announced this week that Photos is receiving two updates meant to improve organization and search, both of which are powered by AI.

A judge has ruled that social media companies -- including Meta, Google, Snap, and ByteDance -- must face the hundreds of lawsuits blaming them for children's addiction to its platforms.

Samsung has published the details of a new Isocell GNK image sensor that has its Dual Pixel Pro technology as well as new "advanced" HDR capabilities.

Google's "About This Image" tool, announced last May during Google I/O, combs an image's metadata to find context and identify if it's an AI fake or not. The tool is now rolling out as part of Google's updated search tools.

Google has offered indemnity to its users if they are sued for copyright violation after using its generative AI tools.

Among the Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro's key new features are many functions and tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Many find the new AI features fantastic, while others wonder if some of them might go a bit too far.

Those signed up to Labs and its Search Generative Experience (SGE) can now prompt Google's ubiquitous Search bar to create AI-generated images.

Google has announced its new flagship smartphones, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. Each smartphone sports the new Google Tensor 3 chip, Google's most powerful chip, and includes upgraded cameras. Google says the Pixel 8 Pro offers "the best Pixel camera yet."

As images made by artificial intelligence (AI) become more advanced, companies are racing to find ways to combat misinformation. Tuesday, Google announced it is testing a watermark to detect whether an image was made using AI.

Google Photos is rolling out its redesigned web-based editor with new features to make photo editing on a Mac or PC easier.

Digital photography offers people many benefits over analog photography. Perhaps chief among them is the ability to capture a near-infinite number of photos and keep them together in one location. However, with such great power comes the monumental task of organizing thousands upon thousands of files.

A Google Street View vehicle crashed in Indiana earlier this week following a high-speed police chase.

Google announced Thursday upcoming changes for explicit image search results. These updates affect both how users search and what information can be found on a person.

Google says it is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) software that is trained off real photos of a user and can then generate an infinite number of selfies so that a user doesn't even have to activate their camera to post to Instagram.

In a surprising move, Alphabet Inc. has sold its Google Domains assets and operations to website building and hosting giant Squarespace. Squarespace will acquire around 10 million domains from Google in the transaction.

Google Lens has been expanded with a new capability that will allow users to search for possible skin issues simply by taking a photo.

Google is expanding its use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by integrating the technology into Search, where its virtual try-on will now allow users to show clothes on a selection of real models by generating the items onto their bodies.

Google Photos now has the ability to recognize people even if there is no face visible in the photo.

Google has released a new product photography tool aimed at helping businesses to create their own high-quality images without the need for an "expensive" photographer.

Google has announced a series of new features that are designed to support users with disabilities, including an expansion to Lookout which can now describe the contents of a photo and answer questions about it to support those who are blind or have low-vision.

Google has announced it will delete a user's Google Photos if they have not logged into their account for two years.

Google's upcoming Android 14 update is going to allow smartphones to capture a a new "Ultra HDR" mode which is a new format that captures in JPEGs but with more dynamic range than the the typical 8-bit limitation the file format currently records.