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In this day and age, the news can be a constant source of dread, but Google thinks it doesn’t have to be that way. Google just released a new feature for its voice assistant called “Tell me something good.” You can test it out by asking Google Assistant on your phone or with your Google …

Do you wish you had a personal trainer to whip you into shape? What about an AI one? Google is reportedly working on a wearable health and fitness assistant called Google Coach, according to Android Police. Google Coach will do more than just track your exercise, says Android Police, it’ll also use AI and the data it learns from you …

After two days’ worth of iPhone deals, let’s turn our attention to Android, shall we? Specifically, the Samsung Galaxy S8, which was Samsung’s flagship just over a year ago. I’ve got two options for you. First, Boost Mobile has the preowned Galaxy S8 for $299.99, a price that includes a $50 Boost Mobile credit. See it at Boost Mobile Second, …

For my high school graduation, my mom put together an album with photographs of me growing up in New Orleans and South Carolina. It had a leather-bound cover and black-matte pages. She attached the printed pictures to the paper with photo corners and hand-wrote captions about what was going on. With each turn of a page, I rediscovered photos and …

Samsung is making its digital helper more helpful. The tech giant’s Bixby voice assistant is becoming more conversational and personal, part of an effort to make the service more useful, the company said at its Unpacked press event in New York on Thursday. Samsung used the event to introduce its latest phone, the Galaxy Note 9. For example, if you ask …

Samsung on Thursday launched its new Galaxy Note 9 flagship phone at the Barclays Center in New York, home of the Brooklyn Nets. It’s a massive, great phone, as you might expect, and it costs a bomb. But there was much more that Samsung showed off, including Fortnite’s Android debut, the Galaxy Home smart speaker and a Galaxy Watch. Here’s all our …

Google’s line of smartwatches formerly known as Android Wear, now known as Wear OS, have suffered from sameness and repetition. Lots of manufacturers, too much mediocrity and none of them really good at all. Samsung has its own imminent smartwatch revamp on its way: the Samsung Galaxy Watch. The next Apple Watch is expected this fall. How will Google keep …

Google Assistant will now pull together curated personal information, like flight times, restaurant reservations, scheduled meetings, expected package deliveries, reminders and more, and lay them out in a single overview you can scroll through.  Announced on Monday, the new feature will be available on Android and iOS phones starting this week. Your overviews are updated throughout the day, and you …

We don’t typically cover executive moves at CNET, but this one might pique your curiosity: Apple has poached Google’s former head of AI and search to help fix Apple’s Siri voice assistant. Technically, the poaching part happened three months ago, but on Tuesday the other shoe has dropped: As spotted by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s Leadership page now lists Giannandrea as “Apple’s …

Google Duplex is a technology that’s designed to work for people, not take their jobs — at least, according to Google. When Google unveiled Duplex at its I/O conference in May, it caused quite a stir. The technology is an expansion of its Google Assistant AI that is meant to sound much more human. Google says the main purpose of …