Google just declared itself a contender in AI design at IO 2026

Google says it’s designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.

Quartermaster is building a maritime hive mind

The Arlington, Virginia-based startup has raised $42 million to equip ships with sensors that blow the current AIS tech out of the water.

‘Ask YouTube’ brings AI-powered conversational search to video, adds Gemini Omni to Shorts

Google is completely revamping its search experience, and that doesn’t stop at YouTube.

GitHub says hackers stole data from thousands of internal repositories

The code hosting giant GitHub said it was investigating a breach, but said there was no evidence of customer data theft.

Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas

Figma’s new AI assistant will be first available on Figma Design

You can now talk to your Gmail inbox, as seen at Google IO 2026

Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.

How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches

Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes.

Discord enables end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling for every user

Good news! Discord’s hundreds of millions of users now have their communications scrambled, so not even Discord can see them.

From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing

Ocean, an agentic email security platform, claims its AI can thoroughly analyze the context of every incoming email to detect fraud and impersonation attempts.

From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing

Ocean, an agentic email security platform, claims its AI can thoroughly analyze the context of every incoming email to detect fraud and impersonation attempts.