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News Weekly: Google rebrands Bard, Gemini arrives in Canada, and more


A round-up of the biggest Google/Android-related news that stood out this week.

"So we know that Canadians have been waiting for this moment with anticipation, and I can tell you that we've been working really hard as a team to make it happen on a personal level," said Jules Walker, product manager for Gemini Experiences. While we are not sure why Google took so long to bring Gemini (formerly Bard) to Canada, several speculations suggest that this could be due to the soured relationship between the company and the Canadian Government as a consequence of the Online News Act(Bill C-18). (Image credit: Jay Bonggolto / Android Central)We see a lot of phishing scams doing the rounds lately, be it an email link or an SMS asking you to make a payment to a certain website or apps that sneakily take your data and often exploit the users.

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