Artie Beaty

2 days ago | zdnet.com | Artie Beaty

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNETAlmost a year after teasing an AI-powered "Ask Photos" feature for its Photos app, Google says the feature still isn't quite ready. An official rollout has been going on since October, but Google says it's pausing the current rollout at least two weeks while it works out some bugs. Also: This new Google app lets you use AI on your phone without the internet - here's howIf you're not familiar, the feature helps you find certain photos or bits of information by asking Gemini.

2 days ago | flipboard.com | Artie Beaty

1 day agoHere's How I Got My Gmail Account Back to Inbox ZeroI got back 15GB of free storage, and I didn't have to delete any of my old emails. When my Gmail account started to display the dreaded "Account storage is full" notification, I knew I needed to get rid of some old messages.

2 days ago | zdnet.com | Artie Beaty

Kerry Wan/ZDNETIf you have a Samsung account you haven't used in a while, consider checking on it to see if there's anything you need. Otherwise, it might get deleted. Until now, inactive Samsung accounts have been left untouched. If you switched phones to another brand, you had a little assurance that your old information would still be there if you ever needed it or decided to go back to Samsung someday. Also: Grab the Samsung Galaxy S25 for up to $560 off - here's howThat's changing soon.

2 days ago | zdnet.com | Artie Beaty

Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesIf you collaborate with other people on the same Google Drive files, a new AI-powered feature will help you stay on top of any changes made while you're away. Google recently announced a new feature called Catch me up. Starting Wednesday, Google said, Gemini can tell when changes are made to files in your Google Drive since you last viewed it and give you an overview of what's new.

3 days ago | zdnet.com | Artie Beaty

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNETNotebookLM, Google's AI-powered note-taking service, is getting an upgrade that will make sharing your research even easier. Starting today, you can now share notebooks publicly through a single link. Anyone you send this link to -- classmates, coworkers, fellow teachers, students, or friends -- will be able to see your notebook.