I tried the new Google Photos Android app redesign, and now I want it in every Google app

The Google Photos app recently received a minor redesign, changing the app's navigation bar. I hope Google's other apps ...
Android

Google Photos Gets a Modern Treatment with a Pill-Like Navigation Bar

Google Photos is widely rolling out a new floating, pill-shaped navigation bar on Android, replacing the old fixed bottom bar and revealing more of your photo grid in the process. The update also ...
SFGate

San Francisco bar patron refused service after speaking out against face-scanning tech

Eric Norman felt annoyed that every time he went to his go-to bar in the Castro, the Mix, he’d have his photo taken and ID scanned. But he didn’t know then that his information was shared across a ...
TechCrunch

Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features

Google on Tuesday released the final version of its Android 17 operating system, as well as its counterpart for smartwatches, Wear OS 7. The latest release, which arrives first on its own Pixel ...
New York Post

UK to bar kids under 16 from using social media apps including TikTok, YouTube: Starmer

The UK will bar children under 16 from using a range of social-media platforms — including Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube — in an effort to shield young people from toxic online content and ballooning ...
The New York Times

U.S. Bars Foreigners From Using Anthropic’s Most Advanced A.I. Models

The company said on Friday night that the federal government had ordered limits on its Mythos and Fable 5 A.I. systems, citing national security concerns. By Cade Metz and Dustin Volz Cade Metz ...
New York Post

Iconic NYC dive bar says landlord is trying to steal brand and open copycat spot: suit

This is the roughest barroom brawl in town. The legendary downtown dive 169 Bar says their landlord is trying to hijack its now-famous trademark and reopen a copycat bar in the exact same spot using ...