Alphabet Pumps $5 Billion into Waymo to Accelerate Self-Driving Car Technology
July 24, 2024 – Ruth Porat, the Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has announced a significant investment of $5 billion into its self-driving car venture, Waymo. This substantial infusion of funds, according to Porat, is aimed at bolstering Waymo’s position as a global leader in the field of autonomous vehicles….
Google Partners with EssilorLuxottica to Develop Smart Glasses with Gemini AI
July 20, 2024 – Reports from technology news outlet The Verge indicate that Google has reached out to EssilorLuxottica, the company behind the popular Ray-Ban brand, to discuss a potential partnership for the production of Gemini smart glasses. EssilorLuxottica, an Italian-French vertically integrated multinational corporation headquartered in Paris, was formed through the merger of Luxottica…
Google to End Support for goo.gl Short Links in 2025
July 19, 2024 – Google announced in a press release yesterday (July 18) that it will discontinue its URL shortening service goo.gl on August 25, 2025. After this date, attempts to access shortened links will receive a 404 response. The tech giant introduced the URL Shortener service in 2009, enabling users to easily share web…
Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and 11 Other Companies Form Alliance to Bolster AI Security
July 19, 2024 – At the Aspen Security Forum held yesterday, 14 leading companies in the AI field, including Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Amazon, NVIDIA, and Intel, announced the formation of the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI). This alliance is aimed at enhancing the security of artificial intelligence systems. Hosted by the OASIS global standards body,…
Apple Warns 1.4 Billion iPhone Users: Ditch Google Chrome for Better Privacy
July 17, 2024 – According to a report by Forbes, Apple has launched a new promotional campaign targeting its global community of over 1.4 billion iPhone users, urging them to ditch Google’s Chrome browser in favor of its native Safari browser. The relationship between Google and Apple has always been complex, with a previous tacit…
Google Offers Massive €470 Million to Halt CISPE-Microsoft Settlement, But Faces Rejection
July 17, 2024 – Google has offered a staggering economic incentive of 470 million euros to persuade the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to reject a settlement with Microsoft and instead, urge the European Union (EU) to proceed with an investigation into Microsoft’s cloud computing division. According to reports in July, CISPE had…
The Energy Footprint of Tech Giants: Google and Microsoft Exceed Electricity Usage of Over 100 Nations in 2023
July 15, 2024 – A staggering revelation has emerged regarding the colossal energy consumption of tech giants Google and Microsoft, as Michael Thomas’s analysis underscores their respective annual electricity usage at a whopping 24 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2023, surpassing the total power demands of over 100 nations, including Iceland, Ghana, and Tunisia. This colossal energy…
DeepMind CEO Asserts: Current AI’s Comprehensive Intelligence Lags Behind House Cats
July 10, 2024 – In a groundbreaking revelation at the prestigious “Future of Britain 2024” conference hosted by the Global Institute for Transformation, Demis Hassabis, the visionary CEO of Google DeepMind, painted a nuanced picture of the current state of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Hassabis, engaging in a candid dialogue with former British Prime Minister Tony…
Google Takes on Apple with Its New SoC Tensor G5 Now in Tape-Out Phase
July 05, 2024 – In the competitive mobile phone market, where leading players boast their own SoC (System on a Chip) technology, it was only natural for tech giant Google to forge its own path in chip manufacturing. Starting with the Pixel 6 series, Google’s Pixel models have been equipped with the company’s customized Tensor…
Major Update: Google Translate Now Supports 110 Additional Languages, Reaching 8% of Global Population
June 28, 2024 –Google announced today that it is expanding Google Translate to include 110 new languages, encompassing Cantonese, NKo, and Tamazight. These languages, ranging from Cantonese to Qʼeqchiʼ, are spoken by over 614 million people, accounting for approximately 8% of the global population. Some of these languages are major world languages with over 100…