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August 08, 2025528: I Dream of Genie
It's cool that Google is working on a way to let you spawn 3D map environments, but who is all this AI for?
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Genie 3: A new frontier for world models
Create personal illustrated storybooks in the Gemini app
Andy's storybook
Flo's storybook
Google Pixel 10: Soon
Google's Linux Terminal plays a big part in turning Android into a true desktop OS
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1 hr 3 min
July 31, 2025527: Making Adjustments
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, the Google Home outage, and why YouTube is clamping down on underage users.
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Google Home's voice control for lights flickers out
Extending our built-in protections to more teens on YouTube
r/degoogle: EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google
Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption
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1 hr 1 min
July 24, 2025526: Bananas
Google's Q2 2025 earnings report is bananas. No one is clicking on links fetched by AI.
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Someone Has Eaten Maurizio Cattelan’s $6.2 Million Banana—Again
Alphabet beats earnings expectations, raises spending forecast
Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results
Get the latest news about Google Gemini
Transform your photos into videos and remix your pics in Google Photos
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1 hr
July 17, 2025525: The Future First
Google's pivot away from ChromeOS has been greatly exaggerated.
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'I think you see the future first on Android' – Google's Android leader Sameer Samat
More advanced AI capabilities are coming to Search
Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department
Apple's Browser Engine Ban Persists, Even Under the DMA
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1 hr 2 min
July 11, 2025524: Antioxidant Index
Samsung unpacked its expensive new foldables. Perplexity and OpenAI are coming for Google's AI-powered search.
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Hands On with Samsung's Satisfying-to-Shut Galaxy Z Flip 7
Hands On with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7: The Ultimate Foldable for Your Wallet
Don't Forget the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 and Galaxy Watch 8 Classic
Samsung's Now Brief Still Serves Bad Headlines
Dive deeper with AI Mode and get gaming help in Circle to Search
Nvidia-backed Perplexity launches AI-powered browser to take on Google Chrome
Exclusive: OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome
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1 hr 3 min
July 04, 2025523: Les Misérables
It's been a miserable week for Google. So, before we get into it, much ado about Nothing.
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Nothing Phone (3)
Nothing Headphone (1)
Google hit with $314 million US verdict in cellular data class action
Racist AI-generated videos are the newest slop garnering millions of views on TikTok
Google kills the fact-checking snippet
Simplifying the search results page
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1 hr 6 min
June 26, 2025522: Where Is the Love?
Spotting wildfires from space and helping uncover the secrets behind that AlphaGenome. That's how Google would like to help.
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Google Wants to Get Better at Spotting Wildfires From Space
Google Earth celebrates its 20th anniversary with historical street view and new AI insights
Google Earth turns 20
AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome
Google Cloud donates A2A AI protocol to the Linux Foundation
Google unveils new Gemini AI features, like select to search, for Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo's new $649+ 14" flagship with a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra
Google reduces its Google TV and Android TV budget by 10% and cuts Android TV and Google TV's ~300 employees by up to 25%, as it focuses on YouTube
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59 min
June 20, 2025521: The End (of the Web) is Nigh
Is Google about to destroy the web? Yeah, kind of. The BBC explains why.
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Is Google about to destroy the web?
Search Live: Talk, listen and explore in real time with AI Mode
Our latest scams survey sees changing online security habits
‘It’s absolutely f---ed’: Why Google’s new £1bn London office is in crisis
These retro SEGA games are now free on Android until they disappear forever
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1 hr 1 min
June 12, 2025520: [Laughing]
Android 16 is out (for Pixels only), and why does iOS 26 look like it's been raining?
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Android 16 is here
Google says it will appeal online search antitrust decision
Advanced Protection: Google's Strongest Security for Mobile Devices
Pixel VIPs, Android 16 and more updates in the June Pixel Drop
Expressive Captions: Google's Next Generation Caption
Exclusive: OpenAI taps Google in unprecedented cloud deal despite AI rivalry, sources say
Gemini in Chrome
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1 hr 9 min
June 05, 2025519: Should Google Dump Itself?
What would Google be like if all its various businesses were to break up and venture out on their own? Then, is Google planning anything for Pride Month?
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Fate of Google’s Search Monopoly Is Now in a Judge’s Hands
Google says it will appeal online search antitrust decision
Google to spend $500 million revamping compliance in shareholder settlement
What if Google Just Broke Itself Up? A Tech Insider Makes the Case.
Experience Pride with Google
Google's Pride playlist on YouTube Music
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1 hr 5 min

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Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all…