Inside Google’s Two-Year Frenzy to Catch Up With OpenAI
But more piles of fascinating research are only useful to Google if they generate that most important of outputs: profit.… Read More »Inside Google’s Two-Year Frenzy to Catch Up With OpenAI
Google’s Taara Hopes to Usher in a New Era of Internet Powered by Light
Alphabet’s “moonshot factory,” known as X, has long cultivated craziness in its edgy projects. Perhaps the most outlandish was Loon,… Read More »Google’s Taara Hopes to Usher in a New Era of Internet Powered by Light
Google’s new video model, I see 2, will cost 50 cents per second
Google has silently revealed the price of see 2, the AI model that generates video that presented in December. According… Read More »Google’s new video model, I see 2, will cost 50 cents per second
Selling Chrome Won’t Be Enough to End Google’s Search Monopoly
To dismantle Google’s illegal monopoly over how Americans search the web, the US Department of Justice wants the tech giant… Read More »Selling Chrome Won’t Be Enough to End Google’s Search Monopoly
Google’s Next Antitrust Trial Could Make Online Ads Less Annoying
Google argues that it faces fierce competition from Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and others. It further contends that customers benefited from… Read More »Google’s Next Antitrust Trial Could Make Online Ads Less Annoying
See what Google’s original office looked like in 1998
The death of the former YouTube Managing Director Susan Wojcicki on Friday, her key role in one of Silicon Valley’s… Read More »See what Google’s original office looked like in 1998
Google’s environmental report deliberately avoids mentioning the real energy cost of AI
Google has released its 2024 Environmental Report, an 80-plus-page document outlining all of the giant company’s efforts to apply technology… Read More »Google’s environmental report deliberately avoids mentioning the real energy cost of AI
Google’s AI Overview Search Results Copied My Original Work
Last week, an AI Overview search result from Google used one of my WIRED articles in an unexpected way that… Read More »Google’s AI Overview Search Results Copied My Original Work
India struggles to curb PhonePe and Google’s dominance in mobile payments
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the governing body that oversees the country’s widely used Unified Payments Interface (UPI)… Read More »India struggles to curb PhonePe and Google’s dominance in mobile payments
Apple cancels its car, Google’s AI fails and Bumble stumbles
Hello friends, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter covering notable happenings in the tech industry. This week, investment… Read More »Apple cancels its car, Google’s AI fails and Bumble stumbles