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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

1 week ago

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…

1 week ago

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

2 weeks ago

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

2 weeks ago

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

2 weeks ago

Toyota ‘Collaboration’ With Waymo For Autonomous Cars

Preliminary agreement between Waymo and Japanese car giant Toyota for Google's unit pioneering autonomous driving tech

2 weeks ago

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

3 weeks ago

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…

3 weeks ago

Alphabet’s Google Notifies Staff Of Job Threat Over Remote Working

Several units within Google notified remote workers jobs will be in jeopardy if they don't return to office for set…

3 weeks ago

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…

4 weeks ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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”

3 months ago

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

4 months ago

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

4 months ago

UK CMA Investigates Google Over Online Search Domination

More potential antitrust trouble for Google, after UK competition watchdog launches investigation into online search domination

4 months ago

Google Donates $1 Million To Donald Trump Inauguration Fund

Bending the knee continues from the tech industry, as Alphabet's Google becomes latest to make inauguration fund donation

4 months ago

Google Unveils Next Gen AI Gemini 2.0

Amid a potential breakup threat from US authorities, Google releases next generation of its AI tool Gemini

5 months ago

Waymo To Expand Ride-Hailing Service To Miami

Another major city in the United States is to receive Alphabet's Waymo ride-hailing service, with Miami the next stop

5 months ago

Google Asks Appeal Court To Throw Out Epic App Store Verdict

After Epic Games 2023 courtroom victory, Google appeal argues “dramatic redesign” of Play store will hurt app developers, consumers

6 months ago

Google Labels DoJ’s Structural Remedies As ‘Extreme’

Executive hits out at the DoJ's “staggering proposal” to force Google to sell off its Chrome web browser, plus other…

6 months ago

US DoJ Demands Google Sell Off Chrome, End Default Search Payments

US prosecutors confirm earlier reports, demand Google sells off Chrome web browser and end default search payments to Apple etc

6 months ago