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Google I/O 2026: Date, time, potential announcements and everything else you need to know
By Tom Pritchard last updated
Google's big developer conference is happening in late May. Here's what you need to know about the show.

I stopped treating ChatGPT like Google — and everything suddenly clicked
By Amanda Caswell published
I stopped using ChatGPT like Google and started treating it like a thinking partner — here’s why that simple shift made the AI dramatically more useful, personal and practical.

I kept my Gmail address but ditched cloud AI — local AI made me feel far more secure
By Amanda Caswell last updated
I swapped my cloud-based AI inbox for a zero-knowledge email client for a week — and what I discovered about how much my old inbox knew about me was genuinely unsettling.

I used NotebookLM to offload my mental clutter for a week — here’s what I stopped stressing about
By Amanda Caswell published
I used Google NotebookLM as an “external brain” for a week — and it helped reduce mental clutter, organize ideas and stop the constant stress of trying to remember everything.

I realized I was wasting money every time I used ChatGPT — this simple system fixed it
By Amanda Caswell published
I kept wasting prompts and hitting AI limits, so I built a simple ‘high ROI’ system for ChatGPT that made my answers smarter, faster and far more useful.

How to turn on Android’s anti-theft protection features and secure your phone
By John McCann published
Google’s new anti-theft features are a great addition, but you need to enable them first. Here's how.

'No clear consent flow for this download': Google Chrome is silently stashing a 4GB AI model on your device — and Google just responded
By Amanda Caswell last updated
Chrome may be downloading a hidden 4GB AI file to your PC — here’s what it is and how to check if it’s there.

'Not happening! Y'all are wild': Google shoots down rumors Android will copy the iPhone's Liquid Glass design
By Tom Pritchard published
Other phone makers may be happy to copy aspects of Liquid Glass for their phones, but Google claims it isn't one of them.
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