AI Takes Center Stage: A Glimpse into Google's I/O and Microsoft's Build 2025


The tech world is buzzing with AI innovation, and recent announcements from Google's I/O and Microsoft's Build 2025 conferences clearly show the future is AI-powered. From Google's expansive integration of Gemini into everything from smartwatches to cars, and a complete overhaul of search with "AI Mode," to Microsoft's focus on AI agents in Windows, Edge, and GitHub Copilot, both giants are rapidly rolling out features designed to transform how we work, communicate, and interact with technology. Get ready for a new era where AI isn't just a tool, but an intelligent collaborator embedded in our daily digital lives, offering everything from real-time language translation to autonomous code generation.

Microsoft overhauls the Windows 11 Start menu and adds new AI features
People with big monitors can rejoice.That's because Microsoft is reshaping the Start menu in Windows 11 to be bigger, among other things, per an official company blog post released on Tuesday. The new Start menu not only has a larger layout, but a new view will also sort apps by how often you use them, giving you quick access to your most important...
Google Find My Device rebrands as Find Hub to track people, devices, and luggage
Google’s Find My Device network is getting a new name — the Find Hub.During The Android Show, the Android 16-focused preview event ahead of Google I/O 2025 next week, we learned that Google's location tracking network is being rebranded as Find Hub, probably to avoid confusion with Apple's Find My network. During the event, Google team members said...
Googles Gemini AI is coming for your car, watch, and TV
Starting soon, Google Gemini will be available on your watch, in your car, and on your TV. At The Android Show, an Android-focused mini event leading up to Google I/O, the tech giant announced that its Gemini AI model will be integrated into Wear OS, Android Auto and Google Built-in, and Google TV. With Wear OS in the coming months, Google Pixel Watch...
Microsoft upgrades Edge with 3 AI features - including a big one for PDFs
At Build 2025, Microsoft showed how Edge is adopting new skills for individuals and organizations.
Copilot's Coding Agent brings automation deeper into GitHub workflows
Microsoft just gave GitHub Copilot the power to create, modify, and submit code independently. Here's what this approach means for developers, workflows, and the future of programming careers.
Your Outlook inbox is about to get several Copilot AI upgrades for free - here's what's new
Microsoft 365 Copilot gets a makeover at Build 2025. Here's everything coming your way.
Microsoft unveils new AI agent customization and oversight features at Build 2025
The announcements point to the tech giant's broader strategy of equipping businesses and individuals with their own, custom-made AI systems.
Microsoft Build 2025: The age of AI agents and building the open agentic web
TL;DR? Hear the news as an AI-generated audio overview made using Microsoft 365 Copilot. You can read the transcript here.   https://msblogs.thesourcemediaassets.com/2025/05/Build2025_OMB_AI-generated_AudioOverview_Final.mp3 We’ve entered the era of AI agents. Thanks to groundbreaking advancements in reasoning and memory, AI models are now...
Microsoft Build 2025 recap: Co‑Creating with AI and Agents
Microsoft Build 2025 was all about turning the vision of AI-Native workplace into reality. We’re no longer talking about AI in abstract terms – we’re seeing concrete features that make AI a true collaborator in our daily work. I have selected the most important announcements from Microsoft Build 2025 related to Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI at work....
Whoa: Google Meet can now translate a foreign language in real-time
You already know Google Translate, but what about live voice translation in Google Meet?This feature is one of the major Workspace announcements Google shared at its annual I/O event on Tuesday. Starting today, Google is rolling out real-time speech translation in Google Meet for subscribers of its AI Premium plan. When a user on a Google Meet video...
Google AI Mode is launching in the U.S., kicking off a new era of AI search
Google just cracked open the future of search, and it talks back.During today's Google I/O 2025 keynote event, Google announced that it is now rolling out the AI Mode search tool to everyone in the United States. Powered by Gemini, AI Mode will now include new "Deep Search" features and some agentic capabilities.AI Mode represents the biggest shift...
Your Google Search experience will never be the same, thanks to 8 new AI features
Search got a deluge of AI updates at Google I/O 2025.
Microsoft's new AI tool lets you edit images and summarize docs right in File Explorer
Now available to Windows 11 insiders, the AI actions feature will offer different AI-powered commands that you can run on files directly in File Explorer.
You can sign up for Googles AI coding tool Jules right now
Google just rolled out a product that might make coding a lot easier.Google introduced Jules, its AI coding tool, in December in Google Labs. Today, Jules is available to everyone and everywhere the Gemini model is available, without a waitlist. SEE ALSO: Here's everything AI coming to Google Gmail ...
Heres everything AI coming to Google Gmail
At Google I/O, the company unveiled a major push to infuse AI deeper into Gmail. The tech giant is promising users that the change will translate to less time spent writing emails and more time doing literally anything else. With the help of Gemini, Google’s flagship AI model, Gmail is moving from a helpful assistant to a full-on writing partner, scheduler,...
Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning, multi-agent orchestration, and more from Microsoft Build 2025
Today at Microsoft Build 2025, we announced Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning—a new, low-code capability in Microsoft Copilot Studio for every organization to tune AI models using their own company data, workflows, and processes. The post Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot Tuning, multi-agent orchestration, and more from Microsoft Build 2025 appeared first...
Everything you need to know from Google I/O 2025
From the opening AI-influenced intro video set to "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals to CEO Sundar Pichai's sign-off, Google I/O 2025 was packed with news and updates for the tech giant and its products. And when we say packed, we mean it, as this year's Google I/O clocked in at nearly two hours long. During that time, Google shared some big wins...
Google dropped a ton of AI features at I/O. You can try these ones for free.
Google announced a ton of new products and features at I/O, the company's annual developer conference. We've compiled a full list of everything announced, but in case you heard about that jaw-dropping $250 a month AI Ultra plan, you might be wondering which of this stuff is actually free. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might...
New leak suggests Grok 3.5 is coming soon from xAI
The Grok 3.5 launch is imminent, according to references to the model spotted in some lines of code. The latest version of Grok doesn't have an official launch date, but that could be coming any day now since mention of Grok 3.5 has been showing up in xAI's latest web build, according to TestingCatalog, which posted

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