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United States Patent and Trademark Office No stranger to wacky patents, Google's latest idea is to put a layer of what is essentially glue on the front of cars to help protect pedestrians who may be struck by autonomous vehicles.The glue will act like flypaper, the Guardian reports -- if a pedestrian is hit by a vehicle, they will stick to the car and carried until it comes to a stop. This way "both the vehicle and pedestrian may come to a more gradual stop than if the pedestrian bounces off the vehicle," the patent explains.While the patent specifically outlines self-driving cars as potential applications for the system, it does say it could be used on any type of vehicle. The company conti...

Google was widely expected to introduce the "Nexus" of virtual reality headsets at this year's developer conference. That's not exactly what happened. Instead of creating a single standalone piece of VR headgear with its own built-in computer, Google is launching a hardware and software platform -- dubbed Daydream -- to help any Android smartphone manufacturer create a VR headset themselves.Google is ruing off the same Android playbook, where the online search giant provided the software infrastructure necessary to help 400 hardware manufacturers create 4,000 different devices. Eventually, Android became the world's dominant mobile operating system with Google rarely creating its own hardwar...

The now defunct Google Wave (lead by Lars Rasmussen, left) was supposed to be an all-in-one communication platform that consolidated your email, instant messages, social networks and more. Though critics and users positively regarded the service, Google only let it ride until 2012, when it finally nixed it altogether. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

The Amazon Echo, Tap and Echo Dot. Chris Monroe/CNET Google is set to enter the virtual-agent market with a voice-activated device to be aounced at its aual Google I/O developers conference on Wednesday, according to a report from The New York Times.Called Google Home, the device will compete directly with Amazon's Echo, a smart home assistant that responds to spoken commands to play music, order pizza or call an Uber, among other tasks, according to the report. Echo launched in 2014 and is estimated to have sold more than 3 million units.The new Google product is expected to go on sale in the fall, according to the Times report.Google I/O is scheduled to start Wednesday with a keynote prese...

Google is going to bet big on virtual reality.The online search giant will hold the keynote address for its Google I/O developer conference on Wednesday, and VR is likely to be a big topic at the event. We're expecting to see some hardware, and there's buzz about software in the form of Android VR. But virtual reality isn't the only big topic we expect to hear about. Google should talk a bit more about Project Tango, its interior mapping technology, as well as a rumored rival to Amazon's Echo. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by CNET Executive Editor Roger Cheng, Senior Writer Ben Fox Rubin and Producer Bryan VanGelder....

Enlarge Image Screenshot by Daniel Van Boom/CNET Waze has more than 700,000 users in the San Francisco Bay area, and it intends to give them the ability to get to know each other better -- and help the environment in the process.The Google-owned navigation app on Monday aounced it is trialling a carpool service in the Bay Area for around 25,000 employees who work near Google's offices, the...

Enlarge Image GraphicaArtis/Getty Google's AI has been writing poetry. Of a sort, at least. It hasn't been intending to write poetry, but the poetry has just been spilling out of its soul. No, that's not it either. Actually, the "poems" are a result of the neural network figuring out how to form sentences and sound more like a human, according to a paper ava...

Juan Garzón/CNET We're just days away from Google I/O, the developer conference where we're bound to see new virtual-reality experiences and Android updates as well as (quite possibly) a few surprises. As always, CNET will be there in full force, with reporters on the ground at the show. Be sure to tune in to CNET for our real-time coverage of Google I/O, starting with our live show at 9:30 a.m. PT. (See what time that is in your local time zone.) For everything Google I/O, check out our full coverage of the show.Read: Google I/O 2016: What to expectRead: Google I/O live blog (starts Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. PT)Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Enlarge Image Google Google hopes to make group messaging simpler and more focused with a new app called Spaces, the company aounced Monday. Articles, images and videos will be the center of group conversations, called "spaces," because of the app's built-in integration to other Google products such as Google Search, YouTube and C...

Google The slow and inexorable slide to a world without Flash continues, with Google revealing plans to phase out support for Adobe's Flash Player in its Chrome browser for all but a handful of websites. And the company expects the changes to roll out by the fourth quarter of 2016.While it says Flash might have "historically" been a good way to present rich media online, Google is now much more partial to HTML5, thanks to faster load times and lower power use.As a result, Flash will still come bundled with Chrome, but "its presence will not be advertised by default." Where the Flash Player is the only option for viewing content on a site, users will need to actively switch it on for individu...

Google may face a record antitrust fine from the European Commission in the coming weeks, according to the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph.The EU is considering levying a fine of about 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) against the web giant over its dominance in the search market, according to a Reuters account of the report. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Google and the European Union have engaged in a drawn-out battle over search for six years. At issue are the EU's claims that Google has abused its position as the world's most dominant search engine in unfairly prioritizing its shopping services over those of competitors.The EU's probe of Google began in 2...

This year, Google is taking I/O 2016 back to the mothership. Instead of holding it at a convention center in San Francisco, the company is hosting the event at the Shoreline Amphitheater outdoor concert venue right in its backyard (no, really). The show is meant to educate developers about using Google's platforms, but the reason we all tune in is to see product updates and big, brand-new things from the Inteet giant. I don't know for sure what Google will have to flaunt at I/O, but it's not too hard to guess, based on the official agenda and rumors. Here's what I expect to see at Google I/O 2016.Virtual reality pushes forward2016 is already the year of VR, and the I/O is staking its claim w...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageIts intentions seem clear. Except they're not. Matt Blaze/Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I bring good news.If you live in Philadelphia and you're conceed that Google's Street View vans are spying on you, relax.It...

Want to test a self-driving car? Google is looking to hire some help in Arizona as it grows its fleet of road robots. But Apple is shifting toward another car focus: It invested $1 billion in a ride-hailing app that competes with Uber in China. CNET Update also covers the controversy swirling at Facebook regarding how stories make it into the Trending box. CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a statement to assure users that the team that curates the highlighted news does not prioritize one viewpoint over another -- be it conservative or liberal political news: Subscribe: CNET Update delivers the biggest tech news of the day. Follow Bridget Carey's reports for a breakdown of trends, hot devices, new...

Enlarge ImageGboard adds Google search to iPhone keyboards. Jason Cipriani/CNET Those with Android-powered phones sometimes have enjoyed the fruits of Google's labor earlier than those with iPhones -- the Chrome browser, for example, or the ability to store Google Maps for offline use. But people with Apple's iOS-powered mobile devices were the first to g...

Google is testing self-driving cars in Phoenix. Google Google promises its self-driving cars will liberate us from the tedium of driving. But before that idyllic day arrives, some poor souls will have to spend a lot of time sitting in self-driving cars gathering data so Google can iron out the bugs.Fortunately, they'll get paid -- $20 an hour, according to the Arizona Republic. A Google job ad for drivers in Phoenix, the fourth and newest area where Google is testing self-driving cars, says the company wants people who'll drive for 30 to 40 hours a week.It won't be relaxed, though. Employees must be able to type 40 words per minute and will have to "operate comfortably in a fast-paced enviro...

The lengthy court battle between Google and Oracle has taken an interesting tu. The Wall Street Joual reports that Google's previous attempts to license Oracle's Java software may have just come home to roost.In court Wednesday, lawyers for Oracle said that judging from previous negotiations, Google brass knowingly infringed on Java patents and that Google built parts of its Android mobile operating system with Java despite not having a license, the Joual reported.If the lawyers' assertion is true, then Google will likely have to cough up the monetary damages Oracle believes it is due, especially in light of the Supreme Court's refusal to hear Google's appeal.Google didn't immediately respon...

Does the "N" in Android N stand for "Never"? It just might if we're talking about Android's Answer to Apple's 3D Touch. According to a recent report, Android fans will have to wait until a later version of Google's mobile software to try the feature.It you're not familiar with 3D Touch, it's a function which uses finger pressure to enhance touchscreen interaction on Apple's latest iPhone 6S.Google couldn't immediately be reached for comment. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Gboard bring searchable GIFs, Emojis, and Glide to iPhones. Google Sorry Android fans, Google decided to give its slick, new Gboard keyboard to iPhone and iPad devices first. Gboard lets its users search for emojis and GIFs right from its keyboard. It also brings the ability to enter text via Glide typing.Google has integrated its powerful search abilities into Gboard too. That means you'll be able to look up info for people, places, and other requests and paste them directly into messages without having to flip between apps. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Google is working on standalone hardware for the home that will integrate the web giant's search and voice technology, according to a report Wednesday by Recode.The device, which is going by the inteal name "Chirp," is said to resemble Google's OnHub wireless router. Such a device would likely make Google's familiar search command "OK Google" available throughout your home, a growing market for the web giant and its rivals.The device is seen as a competitor to Echo, Amazon's inteet-coected wireless speaker wrapped around a digital personal assistant named Alexa.Chirp is unlikely to launch at Google's I/O developers conference next week but is expected to debut sometime this year, Recode repo...