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Alphabet's Waymo wins approval to expand driverless ride-hailing service to San Jose
Waymo has received approval from California regulators to expand its driverless ride-hailing service to San Jose and other parts of the Bay Area.
The Information
For Google Challenger Perplexity, Growth Comes at a High Cost - The Information
But it burned about $65 million in cash as it spent heavily on cloud servers and AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI, which power many of the...
Bloomberg
Salesforce Cuts Slack Price for US Government, Following Google
Salesforce Inc. will offer its Slack application to the federal government at a discounted rate, the latest software company to cut prices as the Trump administration aims to slash technology costs.
Axios
How Google is teaching American adults basic life skills - Axios
Four charts showing various how-to searches on Google. The charts show increased interest. Some common, practical life skills are among Google's most...
The Verge
Google I/O will be an AI show - The Verge
Google's big developer conference used to feature Android front and center. That's no longer the case.
TechCrunch
Google I/O 2025: What to expect, including updates to Gemini and Android 16 | TechCrunch
Expect plenty of news relating to Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube, and — of course — Google's AI-powered chatbot, Gemini. Earlier this...
Bloomberg
OpenAI Takes on Google, Anthropic With New AI Agent for Coders - Bloomberg
OpenAI is rolling out a new artificial intelligence agent for ChatGPT users that's designed to help streamline software development as the company...
PYMNTS.com
OpenAI Gaining Market Share in AI Tools, With Google a Far Second | PYMNTS.com
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PYMNTS.com
Amazon Cuts 100 Jobs in Devices Unit Amid Ongoing Efficiency Drive | PYMNTS.com
Amazon reportedly cut about 100 jobs in its devices and services ... AI tools, ChatGPT, Gemini, Google, OpenAI. OpenAI Gaining Market Share...
Reuters
Waymo recalls 1,200 self-driving vehicles in US after minor collisions | Reuters
... A Waymo self-driving vehicle is parked outside the Alphabet company's offices where its been testing...
Davidson's Gil Luria is calling for a "complete breakup" of Alphabet Inc., saying it's the best way to unleash shareholder value. Summary by Bloomberg...
TechCrunch
Google rolls out new AI and accessibility features to Android and Chrome | TechCrunch
Google also announced today that it's updating Expressive Captions, Android's real-time captions feature that uses AI to capture what someone says,...
Reuters
Google hits 150 million users for subscription service with help of AI | Reuters
... news. Sign up here. The same month, Google introduced a $19.99 a month plan with access to AI capabilities unavailable for free users. The company...
TechCrunch
Cognichip emerges from stealth with the goal of using generative AI to develop new chips
Most of these startups, including Windsurf, have traditionally relied on AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to power their applications. In...
South China Morning Post
DeepSeek's popularity waning as Kuaishou gains in video generation, AI platform Poe finds
In May, DeepSeek ranked as the third-most popular reasoning model on Poe, behind Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro and Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet, the...
Bloomberg
Senators Revive Bill to Break Big Tech’s Grip on Pentagon Deals
A bipartisan pair of senators is reviving a bill to break the grip that tech giants like Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have on the Pentagon’s cloud computing and artificial intelligence contracts.
TechCrunch
Y Combinator says Google is a 'monopolist' that has 'stunted' the startup ecosystem
Fabled startup investor and accelerator Y Combinator has some choice words for Google in an amicus brief it just submitted in the U.S.'s monopoly...
Bloomberg News
Google Backs Saudi AI Fund as Trump, MBS Tout New Investments - Bloomberg News
Saudi Arabian venture capital firm STV launched a $100 million artificial intelligence fund with backing from Google as part of a package of deals...
Reuters
Google says hackers that targeted UK retail sector are now targeting US retailers - Reuters
In an email sent Wednesday, Google's cybersecurity arm said that the hackers "are aggressive, creative, and particularly effective at circumventing...
TechCrunch
Harvey reportedly in discussions to raise $250M at $5B valuation - TechCrunch
The news comes just a couple days after Harvey said it would start using AI models from Anthropic and Google, adding to the models it uses from...
CNBC
YouTube announces Gemini AI feature to target ads when viewers are most engaged
"Peak Points" will allow advertisers to use Google's Gemini AI model to target ads to viewers when they are most engaged with a YouTube video.
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Anthropic's Upcoming Models Will Think… And Think Some More — The Information
The race to develop reasoning models that “think” harder is at full force. At Anthropic, which arrived later than OpenAI and Google to the...
TechCrunch
Google unveils its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive | TechCrunch
Google on Tuesday unveiled its new Android design language, Material 3 Expressive, at the Android Show ahead of Google I/O. The update is designed...
The Verge
Google I/O's Android Show: live updates and announcements | The Verge
Google did something a bit different this year. Instead of talking about Android during the I/O developer conference, which kicks off on May 20,...
The Verge
Google might replace the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button with AI Mode | The Verge
Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Some Google Search users are starting to see the platform's AI Mode search...
PYMNTS.com
Perplexity AI Eyes Launching Browser to Challenge Google | PYMNTS.com
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, Alphabet investors have been concerned that OpenAI could take market share from Google in search.
TechCrunch
Anthropic, Google score win by nabbing OpenAI-backed Harvey as a user | TechCrunch
Popular legal AI tool Harvey will now be using foundation models from Anthropic and Google in addition to OpenAI.
VentureBeat
AI power rankings upended: OpenAI, Google rise as Anthropic falls, Poe report finds
These gains came largely at the expense of Anthropic's Claude models, which saw a 10% absolute decline in share during the reporting period. The...
Bloomberg
Google Unveils Major Android Redesign Ahead of iPhone Overhaul
Google unveiled the biggest update to its Android mobile operating system in years, weeks before its biggest competitor in the space, Apple Inc., is expected to give a preview of its overhauled iPhone software.