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I’ve been messing with website performance for a while now. And one thing that kept coming up? Image sizes. Big images slow everything down. Visitors bounce. Google notices. It’s a whole thing. So I started looking into WebP. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s an image format Google cooked up. The idea is simple: … Read more
Most of Google’s AI announcements feel like press-release theater — impressive on stage, forgotten by the time you close the tab. NotebookLM is the rare one that earned a permanent spot in my actual week. I didn’t go looking for it. A colleague dropped a 200-page report in my lap and dared me to summarize … Read more
Google keeps shipping AI features that look great in a keynote and then quietly disappear from my life. So when Chrome started baking Gemini straight into the browser, I assumed Auto Browse would be another one of those. Then I read the fine print. This isn’t a summarize-the-page button — it’s an agent that can … Read more
Google just quietly changed how watermarks work in Gemini. And honestly? It’s a smarter move than it sounds. The headline is simple: you can now turn off the visible “sparkle” watermark on images, videos, and music that Gemini makes. Go to Settings → Media Watermark, flip it off, and your files come out clean. No … Read more
Google dropped Gemini 3.7 Flash on August 13. That’s three weeks after 3.6 Flash came out. Three weeks. I had to double-check that date the first time I saw it. Here’s what actually matters: it’s better at coding, better with AI agents, and it costs half of what 3.6 Flash originally cost. That last part … Read more
Google just announced they are killing three Gmail features that a lot of people rely on. Starting January 2027, you will no longer be able to send emails from a Yahoo or Outlook address through your Gmail account. The web version of POP fetching is going away too. And Gmailify, the feature that lets Gmail’s … Read more
Google has now confirmed what most of us already suspected. The Google Assistant is officially leaving mobile devices, with the process starting on September 4. I received the email last week. The language was polite but firm. From September 4, Google begins removing Assistant access from Android phones and tablets. The rollout stretches over a … Read more