Google had cut employees in its cloud division, adding that the round of cuts impacted only a few teams
Google sweetened its original offer for $23bn in July to $32bn, making it one of the largest tech deals ever
Shale company Occidental and Japanese heavy machinery maker IHI Corp also added their names to the pledge
By leveraging Google’s network and resources, Hub71 is set to provide a robust foundation for its startups to scale, innovate, and contribute to the UAE’s economy
Google’s accelerator initiative aims to bolster innovation and entrepreneurship in the region, providing startups with essential resources for development
The heightened scrutiny surrounding Big Tech’s AI investments highlights the need for transparency and ethical considerations in AI development
The Pixel line has enabled Google to showcase its advances and spur the developer ecosystem around its Android operating system
Google paid $26.3bn in 2021 to maintain search engine dominance, the judge noted
The company plans to integrate the best features from the search tool into ChatGPT in the future
Copilot+ PCs will be able to handle more artificial-intelligence tasks without calling on cloud data centers
Among Google’s latest salvos was an addition to its family of Gemini 1.5 AI models known as Flash, an upgrade to its image-to-text offering Imagen and an AI model that creates high definition videos
Worldwide traffic to ChatGPT’s website has been on a roller-coaster ride in the past year and is only now returning to its May 2023 peak
Browser companies criticised how Apple and Google rolled out the new features which they described as slow and clunky
The law requires platforms to gain explicit consent from users when they intend to combine a person’s data across different sources, such as Meta’s Facebook and Instagram
Suleyman will bring under one roof Microsoft’s consumer AI efforts such as its Copilot chatbot and the new Bing browser that uses the technology
The 2024 edition of the Mobile World Congress expects to attract close to 100,000 attendees from across the technology universe
Bard was rechristened as Gemini earlier this month and Google rolled out paid subscription plans
The software is currently available for red teaming as well as for use by visual artists, designers and filmmakers to gain feedback on the model
Epic Games will now have a chance to submit a court filing on how it wants Google’s Play Store to be fixed
UK to look at whether Microsoft-OpenAI deal harms competition
The accord requires foundation models such as ChatGPT and general purpose AI systems (GPAI) to comply with transparency obligations before they are put on the market
The launch of Gemini comes eight months after the search giant launched Bard and one year after OpenAI launched ChatGPT on GPT-3.5
The search engine giant has officially activated its newest cloud region in Saudi Arabia, opening a host of new digital opportunities for the country’s economy
Emails, documents, calendar appointments, photos and videos from Google accounts that have been inactive for at least two years will be permanently deleted
Google counts India as a key growth market, where most smartphones run on its Android ecosystem
The OS is now available on Pixel phones, with phones from manufacturers including Samsung, Nothing, OnePlus, and more supporting it later this year
The lawsuit against Amazon is part of a larger effort to address antitrust concerns related to major tech companies
The antitrust trial is a landmark case and centers on allegations that Google has engaged in monopolistic practices
Amazon.com and Alphabet say these are the first products that will let people use two assistants at once
The proposed tax would be payable by multinational businesses that make over $810m a year from global digital services