The new global ad labeling could reshape how users see and interact with sponsored results, effecting CTR, on Google Search.

Google has quietly confirmed a major Chrome update coming soon to billions of Smartphone and PC users. While its Gemini in Chrome update dominates the headlines, for many of everyday users this silent change could be just as welcome.

That's because Google recently integrated Nano Banana — the company's AI-powered image generation and editing tool — into Gemini's new Gemini 2.5 Flash Image. Simply put, if you go to Google AI Studio or to the Gemini App, you should be able to make better photo creations. In Mashable's tests, Nano Banana works particularly well as an image editor.

Google's VP of product, Robby Stein, says teams risk killing breakthrough ideas by staying too small for too long.

Google has recently launched a new feature that allows users to prioritize news outlets they trust, including local sources such as 8 News Now.