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AI Start-Up Perplexity ‘Raising $500m’ On $14bn Valuation

Nvidia-backed AI start-up Perplexity reportedly in advanced talks for $500m funding round valuing it at $14bn as it challenges Google

3 days ago

Anthropic Says DOJ Plan Would Harm AI Investment

DOJ plan to monitor Google's AI investments would stymie deals with smaller firms, says AI start-up and Google partner Anthropic

4 days ago

Google Settles Race Discrimination Lawsuit For $50m

Google agrees to pay $50m to settle allegations of race discrimination in proposed class-action lawsuit in tech giant's latest bias…

4 days ago

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

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

DeepMind UK Staff ‘Seek Unionisation’ To Challenge Military Deals

About 300 DeepMind UK staff seek unionisation to challenge Google's renewed pursuit of military, surveillance AI deals, FT reports

2 weeks ago

Google Ad Monopoly Remedy Trial To Begin On Friday

Judge sets 2 May date for Google and US Justice Department hearing to consider remedies after advertising monopoly ruling

3 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

Russian Court Says Google Disclosed Data On Ukraine Casualties

Russian court finds Google liable for YouTube video allegedly disclosing personal data on Russian casualties in Ukraine

3 weeks ago

Justice Dept Argues Google Must Face Harsh Remedies

US Justice Department lawyers argue Google must face wide-ranging remedies including selling off Chrome, with AI also taken into account

3 weeks ago

Italy, White House Condemn ‘Discriminatory’ Tech Taxes

Italy, White House issue joint statement condemning 'discriminatory' tech taxes as US seeks to end levy on multinational digital giants

4 weeks ago

Google To Appeal Portions Of Ad Monopoly Ruling

Google says it will appeal 'adverse' portions of ruling that found its ad business is illegal monopoly, says decision was…

4 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

4 weeks 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

Google AI Presents April Fool’s Joke As True

Google AI Overview wrongly says Welsh town has won Guinness World Record for roundabouts in latest artificial intelligence gaffe

1 month ago

Google Brings Android Development In-House In Major Shift

Google reassures developers Android to remain open source as it brings development entirely in-house, reduces AOSP releases

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 Agrees To $28m Settlement In Bias Case

Google agrees to pay $28m to settle claims it offered higher pay and more opportunities to white and Asian staff

2 months ago

EU Charges Google Over DMA Violations

Preliminary findings from European Commission argue Google unfairly restricts app developers, self-preferences in search

2 months ago

Google To Acquire Wiz For $32bn In Cloud Security Mega-Deal

Google to acquire cloud security start-up Wiz for $32bn, its largest acquisition to date as it faces off against cloud…

2 months ago

Mobile Browser Market Not Working Well – CMA

Report from CMA's independent inquiry group concludes mobile browser markets not working well, but cloud gaming gets a pass

2 months ago

Amazon, Google, Meta Pledge Support To Triple Nuclear Capacity

Big name tech firms have backed a pledge to support a goal of at least tripling world's nuclear capacity by…

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

Educational Tech Firm Chegg Sues Google Over AI Overviews

Educational tech firm Chegg argues Google AI Overviews break competition law by accessing content without providing traffic in return

3 months ago