In a statement, a Google representative described the deal as a result of unexpected demand for its recently launched AI products.

Cybercriminals, part of a gang known as Silent Ransom Group, have sent people pretending to be IT support employees to law firms' offices, where the criminals have stolen data using USB drives or remote access tools.

With xAI barely using any compute capacity, its parent company, SpaceX, is now aggressively lending out computing resources of the Colossus 1 data center to monetize its heretofore idle resources, all in a bid to improve its IPO-related prospects. As a case in point, SpaceX has just inked an agreement to furnish Google with scarce computing resources after recently inking a similar agreement with Anthropic. SpaceX will furnish Google with "110,000 NVIDIA GPUs, CPUs, memory, and other related components," with the agreement capable of being canceled by either party on a 90-day notice SpaceX has just filed a disclosure with […]

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Apple's new Siri, empowered by a custom Google Gemini model in the cloud, was supposed to run on Apple silicon, or so the maker of iPhones had assured not too long ago. Yet, Apple has struggled to accommodate Google's behemoth of a model on its own servers, forcing the Cupertino-based tech giant to resort to a NVIDIA GPU-based band-aid of sorts to safeguard at least a shred of its privacy-related credentials, all the while hosting the Siri-enabling Gemini model on Google's servers. Apple has to host the new Siri-enabling behemoth of a model on Google's servers for optimal inference, and […]

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If Alphabet's record-breaking $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings, we can see that investors are ready to chow.

Dreambeans is a curated list of AI-illustrated "stories" culled from the personal data in your Google account.

U.K. regulators are requiring Google offer a tool allowing website publishers to opt-out of generative AI search features. The option will be tested in the U.K. then rolled out globally.

An efficient networking chip appears to be the need of the hour as AI data centers rapidly fill up with a giga-ton of ASICs, GPUs, and orchestration-oriented CPUs. As such, it is hardly a surprise that Google now appears to have tapped Marvell to design a custom networking chip for its TPUs on one of Intel's advanced node processes. Google is tackling the data latency conundrum head-on by tapping Marvell to design a custom networking chip for its TPUs on Intel's advanced lithography For the benefit of those who might not be aware, a networking chip links individual ASICs to […]

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As people increasingly refuse to answer calls from unknown numbers, scammers are shifting their tactics by spoofing trusted phone numbers and using AI deepfake technology to sound like authority figures, family members, or employers.

"The company is experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions and services from enterprises and consumers, at levels that are exceeding the company’s available supply," Alphabet said in its statement.

Alternative search engine DuckDuckGo launches 'no AI' web extensions for Chrome and Firefox users.

On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether tech CEOs are "uniquely prone to AI psychosis."

In what might well be a script ripped off straight from a James Bond thriller, a Pixel Watch 5 prototype has just been discovered by a scuba driver, and is doing the rounds on social media right now, after it was accidentally dropped by a Google employee while traversing the Caribbean. The unreleased Pixel Watch 5 is being returned to the Google employee who had dropped it in the Caribbean waters, but not before the internet has gotten a good long look at the unreleased device Randy Pitchford of Gearbox fame has just detailed a bizarre incident, where his friend […]

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Google’s older-generation Tensor chips were all over the news and forums for their ability to make users uncomfortable by operating at higher temperature levels, to the point that the heatsink inside previous Pixel releases had permanent scorch marks on them. Looking at a number of these incidents, it wouldn’t be unsurprising if a Pixel rebooted, but one owner has found that a glitch with the Tensor SoC can also result in a spontaneous reset of the operating system, irrespective of whether the device is overheating or not. More specifically, the Tensor’s Thermal Management Unit (TMU) can trigger a reboot if the […]

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Gemini Spark helps automate everyday tasks, from inbox summaries to local event planning, but it’s unclear why Google made it a separate product.

The ruling drew support from founders, while lawyers said it could force platforms to revisit how they handle trademarked keywords.

A harrowing experience was narrated by a Pixel 9 Pro owner, who sent in his repair for a routine warranty claim for a well-documented hardware defect involving vertical green lines appearing on the display. This problem is specifically and officially covered under Google’s factory warranty, along with being included in the company’s Extended Repair Program. Unfortunately, a glitch in the automated repair diagnostic flagged the problem as something else, leaving the owner with a rather steep $489.41 bill to proceed with the repair. The disappointing part is that Google won’t return the Pixel 9 Pro until the balance has been […]

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After almost six generations of Tensor chipset launches, Google still hasn’t figured out that its custom silicon is one of the biggest selling points of a smartphone. We thought that by switching to TSMC, the Tensor G5 could finally be rid of the performance curse that plagued past SoC releases, but we couldn’t have been more wrong. Looking at the company’s Q1 2026 statistics, its U.S. smartphone market share could continue to dwindle if it ignores this specific aspect of its devices. Then again, Google can also capitalize on other areas, assuming it wants the Pixel 11 family to remain one […]

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According to the complaint, a Google engineer risked over $2.7 million on wagers related to Google's 2025 Year in Search campaign.