タグ: google gemini

Google just launched Gemini 3.5. The first model in the family, Gemini 3.5 Flash, went live on May 19, 2026 at Google I/O 2026, and it does something Google has never done before. The cheap, fast “Flash” tier now beats the previous flagship. Gemini 3.5 Flash outscores Gemini 3.1 Pro on Terminal-Bench 2.1 (76.2%), MCP Atlas (83.6%) and GDPval-AA (1,656 Elo), runs roughly 4x faster in output tokens per second, and costs about 25% less. It is already the default model in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search for billions of people worldwide. One thing did not ship today. Gemini 3.5 Pro was pushed to next month, and […]

These 14 Gemini AI photo prompts turn one ordinary selfie into a cinematic film still, a fashion-magazine cover, a vintage polaroid, a studio headshot, or a Renaissance painting, and every one of them is copy-paste ready. They run on Nano Banana, Google’s native image model inside the Gemini app, which means no Photoshop, no Lightroom, and no prompt-writing skill on your part. You upload a photo, paste a prompt, and Gemini hands back an edited portrait in a few seconds. This is the same viral trend that made ChatGPT photo edits explode in 2025. The quality bar has since moved to Nano Banana 2, the newest Gemini image model and […]

Since August 14, 2025, Google Flight Deals has been turning plain-English trip ideas into flight offers at least 20% below typical prices, no date juggling required. That single shift, plus the rise of AI tools like Hopper, Going, Skyscanner Savvy Search, ChatGPT, and Perplexity, has rewritten how smart travelers find flights this year. This guide walks you through exactly how to use AI to find cheap flights in 2026, which tools do what, the prompts that actually work, and the rookie mistake that lets airlines quietly push your fare up by 20% or more. We tested four AI tools on the same route to see who actually delivered, and we’ll […]

Paying for ChatGPT Plus at $20/month, Claude Pro at $20/month, Google AI Pro at $19.99/month, and Perplexity Pro at $20/month stacks up to nearly $80 every month, or roughly $960 a year, and most of those tools do not offer a single dollar off through any of the “promo codes” you will find on coupon sites. The honest answer is that real AI deals in 2026 are quiet, small, and almost never live on coupon aggregators. This guide covers every legitimate way to lower your AI bill right now: which student discounts are still live, which ones quietly expired this year, which subscriptions are 15% to 17% cheaper if you […]

More than 1,000 people every month type “how to turn off Google Gemini” into search, and the number keeps climbing. Google quietly switched Gemini on by default across Gmail, Chrome, Android, Workspace, Maps and Search through 2025 and early 2026, and most users only noticed when the AI started summarising their inbox or hijacking the power button. A class-action lawsuit (Thele v. Google LLC, filed November 11, 2025) accuses Google of secretly enabling these features around October 10, 2025. Users in the EU, UK and Japan were opted out by default, while US users were opted in. If you live in the US, the off switch is yours to find, […]

Google’s mysterious Omni video model surfaced inside the Gemini app days before I/O 2026. We cover the leaked UI string, the early demo videos, and the three theories about what Omni actually is.

The standard cost of a major AI assistant in 2026 is $20 per month: ChatGPT Plus at $20, Claude Pro at $20, Google AI Pro at $19.99, and Perplexity Pro at $20. Budget tiers start at Google AI Plus at $7.99 and ChatGPT Go at $8, with Grok SuperGrok Lite at $10 just above. Power-user plans run ChatGPT Pro and Claude Max at $100 and $200, SuperGrok at $30, and SuperGrok Heavy at $300, while Google AI Ultra was cut to $99.99 at Google I/O 2026 (with a $200 higher-limit plan on top). DeepSeek has no monthly plan; web chat is free and the rest runs on per-token API pricing. […]

For the first time ever, Mac users can install all three flagship AI apps natively. Google’s Gemini for Mac shipped on April 15, 2026, and that closes the gap with ChatGPT and Claude, which have had polished native apps on macOS for over a year. Three apps, three different philosophies, and exactly one Dock you have to share between them. Google has since launched Gemini 3.5, its newest model family. This is the first month a real three-way comparison is even possible, so we ran ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini side by side on the same M-series Mac for two weeks. Below you get the honest verdict on which native app […]

WWDC 2026 runs June 8 to 12, with the keynote on Monday, June 8 at 10am Pacific Time streamed on Apple.com, the Apple TV app, and the Apple YouTube channel. Apple sent media invites on May 18, 2026 confirming the full schedule, and on May 23 quietly registered a new genai.apple.com subdomain that almost nobody outside MacRumors has spotted. This year’s keynote is the most consequential AI moment Apple has ever had. On January 12, 2026, Apple and Google jointly announced that the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be built on a custom 1.2-trillion-parameter Google Gemini model. Apple is reportedly paying around $1 billion per year for it. […]

Google launched the native Gemini Mac app on April 15, 2026. It ends a long stretch where Mac users had to run Gemini in a browser tab while ChatGPT and Claude already had proper desktop apps. The download is free, the install takes under two minutes, and the headline feature is the Option + Space global hotkey that brings up Gemini from anywhere on your Mac without breaking your workflow. If you already use Gemini on the web or on iPhone, this is the upgrade you have been waiting for. If you have been weighing Gemini against ChatGPT or Claude, the playing field just changed. This guide walks you through […]