Google is upgrading Translate with Gemini-powered context-aware translations, live speech translation through headphones, and new language learning features, rolling out globally over time.

Global internet traffic rose 19% this year as people rely more on tech for daily communication and entertainment, new report finds.

Productivity is one space where companies keep wanting to experiment with AI assistants in the hope that they will save time for users and, as a result, they will want to use those assistants more. Google today launched one such experimental email-based assistant called CC through a Google Labs experiment.

CC, which joins other Google agents for things like coding, shopping, and web browsing in Chrome, is remarkably similar to ChatGPT Pulse, a personalized briefing tool OpenAI launched back in September. CEO Sam Altman described Pulse as his “favorite feature we’ve launched in a long time.”