Google is expanding its Gemini-powered Ask Maps feature in English to 130+ countries and adds agentic food ordering, hotel booking, and attraction searching
ZDNET's key takeaways — Google expanded Ask Google capabilities. — Users can more easily order food, book hotels, and find attractions.
Google integrates Nano Banana 2 into Google Earth via a new Create Image button, letting users prompt to create infographics or visual alterations of locations
ZDNET's key takeaways — Google Earth can now generate AI images with Nano Banana. — The tool is entertaining, but weak for serious geographic work.
Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke's Entire launches a decentralized Git network to handle high coding agent traffic, with servers in the US, the EU, and Australia
ZDNET's key takeaways — Entire launched a decentralized Git network built for agents. — The company plans to open-source its backend.
Anthropic expands Claude Cowork to web and mobile in beta for Max plan subscribers, and says 90%+ of Cowork usage is unrelated to software development
ZDNET's key takeaways — Claude Cowork is becoming a cloud-based AI helper. — Desktop still offers the fullest Cowork experience.
Anthropic launches Claude Tag, an agentic AI coworker for Slack that can learn context, give suggestions, and more, in beta for Claude Team and Enterprise tiers
ZDNET's key takeaways — Claude Tag puts an always-on AI coworker inside Slack. — Each Slack channel can get its own isolated Claude identity.
Anthropic launches Claude Tag, an agentic AI coworker for Slack that can learn context, give suggestions, and more, in beta for Claude Team and Enterprise tiers
ZDNET's key takeaways — Claude Tag puts an always-on AI coworker inside Slack. — Each Slack channel can get its own isolated Claude identity.
Anthropic prices both Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 at $10 per 1M input tokens and $50 per 1M output tokens, less than half the price of Claude Mythos Preview
ZDNET's key takeaways — Anthropic is releasing Claude Fable 5 for general users. — Fable 5 uses Mythos-class power with safety controls.
Google adds a $100/month AI Ultra plan aimed at developers, tech workers, and creative pros, and cuts its top Ultra subscription from $250/month to $200/month
ZDNET's key takeaways — Google has introduced a cheaper AI Ultra plan at $100 a month. — The full Ultra Plan is now $50 cheaper at $200 a month.
Google restructures its AI plans, introducing a $100/month AI Ultra plan for developers and cutting the top-tier Ultra subscription from $250 to $200/month
ZDNET's key takeaways — Google has introduced a cheaper AI Ultra plan at $100 a month. — The full Ultra Plan is now $50 cheaper at $200 a month.
Google unveils Googlebook, a laptop lineup with a unified OS that merges ChromeOS and Android, coming from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and others this fall
ZDNET's key takeaways — Googlebook is a new device line coming this fall. — It merges Android and ChromeOS for smoother phone-to-laptop use.