Google Assistant will vanish from Android phones and connected devices in September

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Like birthdays in late May and most of June, it's all about Gemini.

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Google plans to kill Assistant on your phone on September 4

Assistant will disappear, leaving only Gemini for voice control in the coming weeks.

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Sunbird's iMessage app for Android is back after a major privacy snafu

This was one of the interoperability tools people used before Apple adopted RCS.

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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down

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Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop

Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.

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Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

Shopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2.

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How to use Android Auto without turning off your VPN

A VPN might compromise your Android Auto experience at first, but there are some easy workarounds.

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