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Google Maps only showing preview? Here’s how to get the start button back
By Kaycee Hill Published
Google Maps can sometimes not show the Start button to begin navigation. Here's how to get it to show up.

I just got Gemini for Android Auto in my car — and I can't believe how much better it is than Google Assistant
By Tom Pritchard Published
Google Assistant was the bane of my driving experience, but Gemini is already making up for all those past wrongs.

7 AI mistakes I see people over 50 make again and again — here's how to fix every one
By Elton Jones Published
Spending time with my older family members as they try to navigate AI tools exposed me to seven common mistakes they make—here’s how I helped fix them all.

From hidden menus to frustrating trade-offs, our complete comparison of major AI chatbot privacy controls shows exactly how ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and others track your chats and what you can do to stop them
By Amanda Caswell Last updated
I compared the privacy settings of ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Meta AI and Grok to see which made it easiest to opt out of AI training.

Google AI just proved Meta can't fix smart glasses privacy — it's time for 'peeping tom' laws to enter the digital age
By Jason England Last updated
Meta's emergency smart glasses update disables the camera if the privacy LED is tampered with. But I just used Google AI to generate a step-by-step bypass guide.

Google Pixel 11 release date and prices leak as official August 12 Pixel event invites go out
By Scott Younker Published
Two new leaks reveal a Pixel 11 price hike and Google's next phones event.

Google wants to train its AI on your search history. Here's how to opt out now
By Kaycee Hill Published
Opt out of Google's new data collection feature before your media gets used to train its AI models.

Gemini isn't just a chatbot anymore — here are 13 things it can do in 2026
By Amanda Caswell Published
Gemini is much more than a chatbot in 2026. Here are 13 powerful features — from Gemini Live to NotebookLM — that are worth trying today.

Phones need to focus less on AI, and more on what makes hardware actually great — here's why
By Tom Pritchard Published
AI is the hot new thing in the tech world, but it's the only thing phone companies seem to care about these days. It's high time they started focusing on everything else, too.
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