66 m. ago Google is shipping Gemini models faster than its AI safety reports

More than two years after Google was caught flat-footed by the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the company has dramatically picked up the pace. In late March, Google launched an AI reasoning model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, that leads the industry on several benchmarks measuring coding and math capabilities. That launch came just three months after the […]

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3 d. ago Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa+ launches with some missing features

Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa+ launches with some missing features  The Washington Post

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3 d. ago Isomorphic Labs, Google’s A.I. Drug Business, Raises Money From Thrive

The company, which uses artificial intelligence to develop new treatments, now counts the venture capital firm Thrive Capital as a backer.

Economics

6 d. ago 4 Best Smart Displays (2025): Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa

Ever wish you could smash a tablet and smart speaker together? These devices offer the best of both.

Technology

6 d. ago Google rolls out user choice billing on Google Play in the UK

Google said today that it will start offering user choice billing in the U.K., giving Google Play developers the ability to use other billing options instead of Google’s own system. The change kicks in on March 29, initially only to non-game developers. If developers opt for it, they cannot replace Google Play billing altogether. Instead, […]

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7 d. ago Judge Excludes Apple from Google Antitrust Trial with $20 Billion Search Deal at Risk

Apple's attempt to intervene in Google's antitrust trial has been denied by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, potentially jeopardizing the company's $20 billion search placement deal with Google. The decision was driven in part by Apple dragging its feet in replying to the court, which the judge said "seems difficult to justify." The post Judge Excludes Apple from Google Antitrust Trial with $20 Billion Search Deal at Risk appeared first on Breitbart.

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8 d. ago Waze removes Google Assistant from iOS due to ongoing issues

Since the integration of Google Assistant for Waze on iOS in 2020, iPhone users have faced ongoing issues that the company has struggled to resolve for “over a year,” Waze wrote in a post, apologizing for the “prolonged inconvenience.”  On Wednesday, the navigation app officially discontinued the feature. Many users had reported on Reddit that […]

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8 d. ago 10 Best Smart Speakers (2025): Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri

Chatty assistants from Amazon, Google, and Apple are popular. But which one is right for you?

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1 week ago Google claims news is worthless to its ad business after test involving 1% of search results in eight EU markets

Google has reported the results of an experiment it ran which removed news from search results for 1% of users for 2.5 months in eight* markets in Europe — claiming the results show that news is essentially worthless to Google’s ad business. The search giant conducted the test because European copyright law requires it to […]

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2 w. ago AI can be a powerful tool for scientists, but it can also fuel research misconduct

In February 2025, Google announced it was launching "a new AI system for scientists." It said this system was a collaborative tool designed to help scientists "in creating novel hypotheses and research plans."

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2 w. ago A key DeepMind robotics researcher left Google and Nvidia has already backed his stealth startup 

Nvidia has invested in a startup founded by a former Google DeepMind senior research scientist who specialized in robotics and AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago EU skewers Google, Apple over tech rules—despite Trump threats

The European Union defied U.S. threats of retaliation Wednesday by accusing Google of violating its digital rules—which could trigger hefty fines—and ordering Apple to make its iPhone interact better with rivals' devices.

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2 w. ago Google search, Play Store falling foul of Digital Markets Act rules, says EU

Google Search and its Play Store mobile app marketplace are suspected of breaching of the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), per preliminary findings announced Wednesday by Commission enforcers of the bloc’s flagship market contestability law who have been investigating the company for months. The DMA applies to a handful of tech giants, Alphabet (Google’s […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago Agentic AI startup AMT aims to be ‘Google Adwords for influencers,’ raises seed round

Booking an ad campaign with social media influencers is currently not exactly easy. For starters, influencers’ approaches to marketing can be unconventional, and there’s no standard way to engage with them. On the other side, marketing agencies that employ hosts of people to book and track brand campaigns are limited by how many influencers they […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago Nvidia and Google DeepMind will help power Disney’s cute robots

Nvidia is collaborating with Disney Research and Google DeepMind to develop Newton, a physics engine to simulate robotic movements in real-world settings, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced at GTC 2025 on Tuesday. Disney will be among the first to use Newton to power its next-generation entertainment robots, like the Star Wars-inspired BDX droids — one […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago Here’s why Google pitched its $32B Wiz acquisition as ‘multicloud’

Tuesday’s big news that Google is acquiring security startup Wiz for a record-breaking $32 billion comes with a very big qualifier. Google says it will position Wiz as a “multicloud” offering, meaning Wiz will not be a Google-only shop.  The reality is that Google had no choice but to do this, and a closer look […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago Google brings a ‘canvas’ feature to Gemini, plus Audio Overview

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Google seems to agree. On Tuesday, the company added a feature to its AI-powered Gemini chatbot that the company is calling Canvas. Similar in concept to OpenAI’s identically-named Canvas tool for ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Artifacts, Canvas provides Gemini users with an interactive space where they […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago Google plans to release new ‘open’ AI models for drug discovery

During a health-focused event in New York on Tuesday, Google announced that it’s developing a collection of “open” AI models for drug discovery called TxGemma. The AI models, which Google said will be released through its Health AI Developer Foundations program later this month, can understand both “regular text” and the structures of different “therapeutic […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago Google is buying Wiz for up to $33B to beef up in cloud security

Google is making the biggest acquisition in its history. The company’s parent company Alphabet is acquiring Wiz, the cloud security startup, for between $32 billion and $33 billion, sources very close to the deal have told me. The deal should be announced imminently. Our sources confirm that Wiz will remain an independent platform that will […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago Confirmed: Google buys Wiz for $32B to beef up in cloud security

Google is making the biggest acquisition in its history. The company’s parent company Alphabet is buying Wiz, the cloud security startup, for $32 billion in an all-cash transaction. The deal has now been confirmed. Wiz will remain an independent platform that will work across all cloud providers, not just Google Cloud Platform. There will be […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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