In a flurry of negotiations following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Google has significantly accelerated its acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz, elevating its offer from an initial $23 billion to a whopping $32 billion—one of the largest tech deals in history.
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has agreed to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for at least $32 billion, according to sources cited by the Financial Times.
Google is reportedly preparing to collaborate with Taiwan’s MediaTek on the next generation of its AI chips—its Tensor Processing Units—set to be produced next year, according to a report by Information citing people involved in the project.
OpenAI is urging the Trump administration to grant AI companies an exemption that would allow them to train their models on copyrighted material—a move it argues is crucial for maintaining America's leadership in artificial intelligence.
Users on social media have uncovered a controversial use case for Google’s new Gemini 2.0 Flash model, which appears capable of removing watermarks from images—often from prominent sources such as Getty Images and other major stock media providers.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday abandoned its proposal that would have forced Alphabet’s Google to divest its investments in artificial intelligence companies, including rival Anthropic, as part of its broader antitrust case aimed at curbing Google’s alleged illegal search monopoly.
Google has open sourced SpeciesNet, an artificial intelligence model designed to automatically identify animal species from photos captured by camera traps.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that Google’s refusal to allow Enel’s JuicePass app access to its Android Auto platform constitutes an abuse of its dominant market position, siding with Italy’s antitrust authority.
Mountain View, CA, February 24, 2025 – In a move to bolster account security and curb global SMS abuse, Google is set to phase out its SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) option for Gmail users, according to a report by Forbes.
Mountain View, CA, February 17, 2025 – Google has quietly announced the pricing for its new AI video model, Veo 2, revealed last December.
Google is expected to face charges from the European Commission for breaching rules designed to rein in the power of Big Tech, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
n 2024, Russian courts imposed fines on Google LLC four times, totaling 15.1 million rubles ($172,300), according to the press service of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor).
Google on Wednesday rolled out an update for iOS that lets users search what’s on their screen with a simple gesture. The new feature, available in both the Google Chrome and Google Search apps, is similar to Android’s built-in “Circle to Search” function.
London, February 19, 2025 – Google has developed an advanced AI tool designed to serve as a virtual collaborator for biomedical researchers, the tech giant announced on Wednesday.
Mountain View, CA, February 19, 2025 – Google has pulled its AI assistant Gemini from the main Google app on iOS devices and is now directing users to download a dedicated Gemini app from the App Store.
Mexico has warned of a potential lawsuit against Google over its renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" for U.S. users, a decision made in response to President Trump’s executive order.
Google has launched its latest AI models, including the flagship Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental and Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, as it seeks to strengthen its position in the competitive AI market.
Google has revised its AI principles, removing previous commitments not to develop artificial intelligence for weapons or surveillance technologies.
Google Maps will soon rename the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America" in the US, following a change in the US Geographic Names System, the company confirmed on January 27.
Apple has requested to participate in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial, arguing that it must defend its lucrative revenue-sharing agreements with the tech giant, which send billions in payments each year for making Google the default search engine on Safari.
Google Street View snaps a photo of a man shoving a large white sack into his car boot. The sack is alleged to be a corpse and may relate to an alleged murder case in Spain.
Google's new Willow chip marks a breakthrough in quantum computing, solving problems in minutes that would take classical computers billions of years, with advanced error correction paving the way for practical applications in medicine, AI, and beyond.
Google and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms urged the Australian government on Tuesday to delay a bill that will ban most forms of social media for children under 16, saying more time was needed to assess its potential impact.
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