Google, Meta, and Others Protest Australia’s Proposed Social Media Restriction for Youth
November 27, 2024 – Several tech giants, including Google, Meta, TikTok, and X (formerly known as Twitter), have jointly criticized a new regulation proposed by the Australian government that aims to prohibit social media use by individuals under the age of 16. The companies argue that the bill, which was submitted to the parliament on…
Google Fights Back: DOJ’s Order to Sell Chrome ‘Harms Consumers, Developers, and US Tech Leadership’
November 21, 2024 – Following a report by tech media outlet AppleInsider on November 20th, revealing that the US Department of Justice has ordered Google to sell its Chrome browser, the search engine giant has launched a counterattack. Google argues that such a move would harm consumers, developers, and America’s technological leadership. According to the…
Google’s Alleged Android-Powered High-End Laptop Takes Aim at Apple’s MacBook Pro
November 19, 2024 – Rumors are swirling in the tech world as an internal email, leaked yesterday by tech publication Android Headline, reveals that Google is in the process of developing a new high-end Pixel laptop, codenamed “Snowy.” The email sheds light on Google’s ambitions for this premium device, drawing comparisons to other top-tier laptops…
NVIDIA and Google Team Up to Boost Quantum Processor Development
November 19, 2024 – NVIDIA and Google Quantum AI have announced a collaboration that will utilize the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform to empower Google researchers in developing large-scale digital models of quantum computers, aimed at addressing design challenges. According to the joint statement, Google’s Quantum AI division will leverage NVIDIA’s Eos supercomputer and its hybrid quantum-classical…
US Justice Department Moves to Break Google’s Search Monopoly with Chrome Sale Order
November 19, 2024 – According to a report by Bloomberg, the top antitrust official at the U.S. Justice Department has decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet’s Google to sell its Chrome browser, citing it as a key gateway for most people to access its search engine. The move, described by Bloomberg as the…
Google’s Open-Source AlphaFold3 Ushers in New Era of AI-Driven Biological Discovery
November 12, 2024 – According to a blog post published by Nature yesterday (November 11th), Google’s DeepMind team has open-sourced the code for AlphaFold3, inviting academic researchers to download and optimize the Nobel Prize-winning protein structure modeling tool for non-commercial use. Compared to its predecessor, AlphaFold3 offers the ability to model proteins in interaction with…
Google’s Standalone Gemini App for iPhone: Bringing AI Voice Chat to iOS
November 11, 2024 – iPhone users might soon have a novel way to interact with Google’s AI assistant, Gemini. According to recent reports from 9to5Google, Google is currently testing a standalone “Google Gemini” app on the Apple App Store, promising an expanded array of AI capabilities beyond what’s currently available within the Google app. Notably,…
Google’s Initial Shopping Mall Retail Outlet Opens Its Doors
November 01, 2024 – According to a blog post published by tech media outlet 9to5Google on October 31st, Google has opened its first-ever Google Store retail location within a shopping mall today, November 1st. The new retail outlet is situated in the Oakbrook Center mall in Oak Brook, Illinois, marking the tech giant’s fifth physical…
Google Reveals: Over 25% of New Code Now AI-Generated
October 30, 2024 – Google is actively developing a range of artificial intelligence products, while also heavily utilizing AI in their construction process. According to CEO Sundar Pichai, during the company’s 2024 third-quarter earnings call, “more than a quarter of Google’s new code is now generated by artificial intelligence and then reviewed and accepted by…
Google Extends AI-Driven Search Result Summaries to 100+ Markets, Reaching 1 Billion Users
October 29, 2024 – Google announced in a blog post yesterday (October 28th) the expansion of its AI Overviews in Search feature to over 100 countries and regions worldwide, reaching a global audience of 1 billion monthly active users. Initially launched in the United States in May of this year, and later extended to select…