When we talk about standout Android settings — especially new ones — we tend to talk about the higher-profile, flashier sorts of options. Maybe it’s the expanded Do Not Disturb Modes system introduced alongside the Android 16 update. Or maybe it’s some of the snazzy new Phone features on Google’s recently released Pixel 10 devices.

I know about being lonely. It sucks. I’m far from alone. As a people, we’ve been growing increasingly lonely; we’ve turned more and more inward. This isn’t new. We’ve been doing it since at least the ’90s, as Robert Putnam described in his book Bowling Alone, when we turned our backs on churches, bridge clubs,

If you’re new to Google Slides, our Google Slides cheat sheet can quickly get you up and running with the popular web-based presentation app. Once you’ve mastered the basics, it’s time to dig in with a few intermediate tips. This story guides you through how to create customized, reusable slide layouts; collaborate on a presentation

Need to build a slide presentation for a meeting, training, or other event? Google Slides is an easy-to-use web app that comes with essential tools and extras for creating and presenting slide decks. It stores your presentations in the cloud with Google Drive. Anyone with a Google account can use Google Slides for free. It’s

In an unprecedented day of privacy enforcement, Google was hit with $806 million in combined penalties on Wednesday as authorities on two continents delivered a coordinated blow to the tech giant’s data collection empire. The dual actions signal what analysts call a turning point in global privacy enforcement — the end of Big Tech’s ability

Industry interest has been piqued by AI browsers, which promote the idea that users can organize everything all in one place, instead of in multiple disparate tabs, and call on the assistance of AI agents to help. Atlassian is making a play in this nascent space, with plans to acquire The Browser Company of New

With artificial intelligence integrating — or infiltrating — into every corner of our lives, some less-than-ethical mental health professionals have begun using it in secret, causing major trust issues for the vulnerable clients who pay them for their sensitivity and confidentiality. As MIT Technology Review reports, therapists have used OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other large language models

Of all the startups that have come and gone, the personal finance company Klarna might be one of the best bellwethers for the finance industry overall. Specializing in “buy now pay later” microloans — tiny cash advances for purchases that don’t need to go through a bank — Klarna hit app stores at a time

Crime rates in the United States, as a matter of statistical fact, have fallen drastically over the past 30 years — but at the same time, due to a mix of sensational news reporting and irresponsible political rhetoric, the average American mistakenly believes they’re increasing. And now, barreling into that reality is a 38-year-old tech

For a while now, we’ve been seeing companies that fired a bunch of their human workers in favor of artificial intelligence move to recoup some of that flesh-and-blood labor. Now, that push has resulted in a new line of gig work: slop fixer-uppers, who get paid to improve AI-generated art, writing, and code — by making