Developers can now add live Google Maps data to Gemini-powered AI app outputs

This addition allows developers to connect Google's Gemini AI models' reasoning capabilities with live geospatial data from Google Maps, enabling applications to deliver detailed, location-relevant ...

Google Ads API v22 adds generative AI, smarter bidding, and more

The latest Google Ads API update gives advertisers new AI-driven automation, smarter bidding options, and deeper performance ...
Droid Life

Google Acknowledges Life Completion With ‘Mark as Read’ in Gmail

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Two months ago, we told you life was complete with the arrival of Mark as Read shortcuts for Gmail ...
9to5google

Google, Gmail, and other services hit with partial outage affecting login

An apparent partial outage has hit some Google apps and services including Gmail, with the main cause seemingly being login problems. Update: Google has confirmed the outage, and that it has now been ...
New York Post

Google scraps Gmail ‘blacklist’ that labeled GOP fundraiser emails ‘dangerous’ — and sent them directly to spam

Google has scrapped Gmail’s controversial use of a “blacklist” that had been flagging Republican fundraising emails as “dangerous” — and sending them directly to spam, The Post has learned. As The ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads API Releases Monthly In 2026

Google will switch to a monthly release cycle for the Google Ads API in 2026. These are all estimated release dates but Google wants to release more frequent updates and will aim for a monthly release ...
Benzinga.com

Google Services Crash: Gmail, YouTube, Maps Reportedly Experience Major Outages Across Eastern Europe, US Cities

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) experienced widespread service disruptions on Thursday morning, affecting core platforms including Gmail, YouTube and Google Maps across Eastern Europe and ...
Reuters

France hits Google with $381 million fine for consumer protection failures

PARIS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - France's data protection authority said on Wednesday it had fined Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google 325 million euros ($381 million) for improperly displaying ads to ...
CNET

That Supposed 'Gmail Hack': Google Says It's False, but Watch Out for Phishing Anyway

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...
NBC Chicago

‘Entirely false': Google addresses claims of ‘major Gmail security warning'

Google has addressed recent claims that a warning was issued to all Gmail users alerting them of a "major" security issue, saying the claims are "entirely false." In a blog post issued Monday, the ...
The Hill

Google denies reports 2.5B users impacted by Gmail hack

Google on Monday denied reports that 2.5 billion Gmail users had been impacted by a hack, saying claims that it issued a warning about a major security issue are “entirely false.” Reports emerged last ...