How to Disable Google’s Gemini in Chrome
If you use Google’s Chrome browser for desktop, there’s probably a Gemini Nano AI model running on your computer right now and taking up about 4 GB of space. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but if you didn’t know about it and don’t want it, there’s a way to turn it off. The file […]
How To Keep Your Texts After Samsung Shuts Down Messaging
Samsung ends Messages app in July. Future Publishing via Getty Images Samsung confirms its Messages app will shut down in July, causing a furor for Galaxy smartphone owners who now must act to keep texts and texting. You have just ten weeks to make changes to ensure you’re not cut off after the shutdown. It’s […]
How to Use Google Chrome’s New AI-Powered ‘Skills’
Google Chrome just got another generative AI feature: Skills. Skills are repeatable AI prompts you can run in Chrome with a keyboard shortcut. Add it to the laundry list of AI tools Google has been injecting into all of its software. You can set up your own Skill using Gemini, Google’s chatbot, through the Chrome […]
How to de-Gemini your Google apps
Over the past couple of years, Google has found ways to stuff Gemini in nearly every app and service it offers. Whether it’s Gmail with its AI inbox or Chrome with its chat sidebar, Gemini is now inescapable inside of Workspace. I don’t know about you, but I don’t need an AI to tell me […]
Matt Brittin doesn’t just need to know how to run the BBC…
Indeed, his background as a president of Google’s Europe, Middle East and Africa operations is the reason he has been given the job. As the former director general Mark Thompson, now chief executive and chair of CNN, said, Brittin’s appointment is “an advance payment on the future”. The BBC has just signed a landmark deal […]
How to Avoid Getting Locked Out of Your Google Account
Many of us have a lot of digital data locked away in our Google accounts: emails, photos, chats, documents, schedules, restaurant reviews. Losing access to that data is likely to be fairly high on the catastrophe scale. There are steps you can take before that happens to minimize the chances of you and your Google […]
How to see more ABC News stories in Google Search
Google is now letting you choose which publishers you want to see more of in your search results to give users a personalised experience. Instead of the algorithm being in control, people in Australia are able to customise their results in Google Search with a feature called preferred sources. When you select ABC News as […]
How to use Google Photos’ new Me Meme feature
Google has started rolling out a new feature for its Photos app that can turn your images into memes. The feature, called Me Meme, uses Google Gemini to take meme templates and recreate them with the photo you use from within the app. It’s still in its experimental stages and will only be available for […]
How to Quickly Find Out What’s Streaming on Multiple Services at Once
There’s more to watch than ever before, but perhaps you still find yourself idly flicking through the “What’s New” carousel on Netflix and not seeing anything that really grabs you … so then you do the same for Prime Video and Disney+ too. The reality is that there’s so much on each one of these […]
How to clear Gmail storage and keep your inbox running smoothly |
Running out of storage on Gmail can be stressful, especially when important emails start bouncing back or the service becomes slow. Many people do not realise how quickly storage fills up across connected Google services like Drive and Photos. Since Gmail shares its storage with the rest of the Google account, everything from attachments to […]