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OpenAI this week announced deeper integration between ChatGPT and Google Chrome, including the ability to hand control over your tabs to the AI assistant.

Yesterday, Google started rolling out its Universal Cart, and the company is very prominently placing it in Search, AI Mode, Chrome, and the Gemini app.

For as great as smartphones are, they can just prove enormously distracting — and sometimes we need a little help saving ourselves from our own worst impulses. If you’ve found yourself embarrassed by your 20 hours a day of screen time, tools like Google’s Digital Wellbeing suite can be a huge help. Today we’re learning…

With Halloween just a couple of weeks away, it’s the perfect time to make sure you’re ready for trick-or-treaters. It’s not enough just to buy candy in bulk, of course; you’ll also need to make sure your home feels appropriately spooky, and with Nest’s annual Halloween doorbell chimes now available, the hardest part is already…

The Moto Tag 2 Android Find Hub trackers are still down at the lowest prices we have tracked, but today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by Nothing’s Glyph Matrix-equipped Phone (3) up to $300 off the original price alongside Best Buy’s 1-day Windows Copilot+ PC flash sale with up to $500 off touchscreen laptops and…

Google hands out extended free trials to its AI Pro subscription frequently with new smartphone purchases and more, but trial users end up getting less access compared to paid subscribers in what is a bit of a misleading situation.

Six months of free AI Pro is a useful sweetener when you’re buying a pricey Pixel, especially when Google values the Pixel 11 Pro’s included subscription at almost $120. For anyone already interested in Google’s premium AI tools, that could help justify the phone’s price. You’d also reasonably expect to get the same Pro experience…

YouTube is experimenting with bringing previews of its conversational “Ask YouTube” feature directly into standard desktop search results, putting AI-generated summaries front and center before users even click on a video result. The move expands on Google’s ongoing push to integrate generative AI across its video platform, following the rollout of Ask YouTube on mobile.

Smart health hardware these days has increasingly leaned on recurring software subscriptions to further monetize the user base, but Withings’ latest move is now crossing a line. If you pick up a Withings smart scale or hybrid smartwatch today hoping to route your health metrics into Apple Health or Google Health Connect for broader health…

Phone Link already saves you from reaching for your phone during a busy workday, but Microsoft wants that convenience to feel like part of Windows itself. An earlier report outlined that ambition, and phone controls surfaced in Quick Settings this month. Now, Microsoft has officially detailed its next steps.