More Google staff offered 'buyouts' (cough layoffs), including employees in search, engineering, marketing, research and comms teams
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Google Partners Chile For Trans Pacific Humboldt Cable
Google and the government of Chile sign agreement for undersea cable connecting South America with Asia and Oceania
Google Agrees To Pay $500m To Revamp Compliance
Google settles shareholder lawsuit that accused company directors and executives of exposing company to antitrust legal action
Google Touts ‘AI Mode’ For Search Engine
Alphabet's Google starts embedding AI into its search engine and touts 'AI mode' so users can interact with an 'intelligent' Google Search
Waymo Clocks Up 10 Million Robotaxi Trips – Report
Head of Waymo reveals impressive number of completed robotaxi trips, as firm racks up 250,000 paid trips per week
Google Returns To Smart Glasses With Kering Eyewear Partnership
Google is once again re-entering the smart glass market with partnership with French firm for its Android XR AI glasses
Google Partners Elementl Power To Develop Nuclear Projects
Amid growing energy demand from AI systems, Google to provide capital for three nuclear projects in partnership with Elementl Power
Apple Looks To Add AI Search To Safari – Report
If true, potential bad news for Google, after report that Apple is seeking to add AI search to its Safari web browser
Waymo Partners Magna To Scale Up Jaguar I-PACE Fleet, With US Factory
Waymo partners with Canadian firm Magna at a new Arizona plant, to scale up fleet of self-driving robotaxis
US Asks Judge To Break Up Google Ad Tech Business
More regulatory headaches for Sundar Pichai, as US DoJ asks judge to also breakup Google's ad tech business
CEO Pichai Says Google Hopes To Reach Gemini Deal With Apple In 2025
Bad news for OpenAI? Alphabet's Sundar Pichai says Google hopes to reach Gemini AI agreement with Apple this year
Toyota ‘Collaboration’ With Waymo For Autonomous Cars
Preliminary agreement between Waymo and Japanese car giant Toyota for Google's unit pioneering autonomous driving tech
Alphabet Rises As AI Initiatives Begin To Pay Off In Q1
Boom time. Amid ongoing cost cutting and potential break-up threat, Alphabet profits surge as AI bets start to pay off
OpenAI Would Buy Google’s Chrome, Executive Tells Judge
AI pioneer OpenAI is interested if Google is forced to sell of its Chrome browser amid antitrust trial in United States
Alphabet’s Google Notifies Staff Of Job Threat Over Remote...
Several units within Google notified remote workers jobs will be in jeopardy if they don't return to office for set number of days
Google Digital Ad Network Ruled Illegal Monopoly By Judge
More bad news for Google. Second time in less than a year that some part of Alphabet's business has been ruled a monopoly
Google Sued In UK For Online Search Domination
Search engine giant being sued for £5 billion ($6.64 billion) damages over allegations for online search domination
Google Cuts Hundreds Of Android, Pixel Staff – Report
Hundreds of staff within the Android, Chrome and Pixel teams at Alphabet's Google are reportedly being laid off
Waymo Confirms Washington DC Robotaxi Plan For 2026
Pioneering robotaxi service from Alphabet's Waymo to go live in Washington DC next year, as US expansion continues
Alphabet Spins Out Taara To Challenge Musk’s Starlink
Moonshot project Taara spun out of Google, uses lasers and not satellites to provide internet connectivity in hard-to-reach locations
DoJ Drops Proposal To Force Google To Exit AI Investments
But US authorities still require Google to sell its Chrome browser, in order to mitigate 'illegal monopoly' ruling last year
Google Starts Layoffs In Cloud, HR Units
'Buyouts' offered to staff in Google's human relations unit in US, after reported layoffs in Cloud division earlier this week
Google Debuts AI Agent To Aid Scientists, Researchers
Google develops an AI agent, AI co-scientist, to act as virtual scientific collaborator to help scientists uncover new discoveries
Google To Pay $340m To Settle Tax Probe In Italy
Ouch. Italian prosecutors to drop tax case against Google, after tech giant agreed to pay a hefty settlement figure
Google Joins Others In Ending Diversity Initiatives
Google becomes latest tech firm to scrap some of its diversity hiring targets, and cites executive order from Donald Trump
Alphabet Disappoints Investors, Despite Profit, Revenue Increases
Negative reaction from Wall Street, after Google parent Alphabet slightly missed Q4 revenue target, despite healthy overall growth
Alphabet Lifts Ban On AI For Weapons
Google ban on use of AI for developing weapons, surveillance tools ended by Alphabet, amid “increasingly complex geopolitical landscape”
Google Wins UK Injunction To Halt Russian Enforcement Of Judgements
Google wins permanent injunction from London's High Court to prevent enforcement of Russian YouTube judgements
Google Invests $1 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic
More investment into OpenAI rival Anthropic, after Google reportedly makes fresh investment of more than $1 billion
UK CMA Investigates Google Over Online Search Domination
More potential antitrust trouble for Google, after UK competition watchdog launches investigation into online search domination