Broadcom Could Rally 33% as Macquarie Says Google Fears Are Priced In
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Broadcom Could Rally 33% as Macquarie Says Google Fears Are Priced In

Macquarie upgraded Broadcom to outperform and lifted its price target to $490, arguing concerns about losing Google's cu...

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Google Opens Gemini AI to K-12 Students in Classroom, Expanding School AI Race
Education

Google Opens Gemini AI to K-12 Students in Classroom, Expanding School AI Race

Google now lets school administrators enable Gemini for students of all ages inside Classroom, adding AI study tools whi...

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Maryland Digital Ad Tax Struck Down; Google, Peacock, Apple Win Refunds
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Maryland Digital Ad Tax Struck Down; Google, Peacock, Apple Win Refunds

Maryland's first-in-nation digital advertising tax has been invalidated, with refunds ordered to Google, Peacock and App...

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California AG Fights Court Bid to Halt Limits on Teen Social Feeds
Technology

California AG Fights Court Bid to Halt Limits on Teen Social Feeds

Rob Bonta tells a federal judge that Meta, Google and TikTok have offered no new First Amendment grounds to block SB976,...

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Google Lets Users Hide Visible AI Watermarks, Keeps Invisible Provenance
Technology

Google Lets Users Hide Visible AI Watermarks, Keeps Invisible Provenance

Optional visible watermarks are coming to Gemini and Flow, but SynthID and C2PA metadata will remain for verification.

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Google Pixel 11 Campaign Bets That the Best Phone Helps You Look Away
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Google Pixel 11 Campaign Bets That the Best Phone Helps You Look Away

Google’s Pixel 11 launch campaign turns digital fatigue into a product story, pairing HiLight and Gemini-powered Magic C...

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Google Edges Past Naver in Korean Mobile Users as AI Search Shifts the Web
Technology

Google Edges Past Naver in Korean Mobile Users as AI Search Shifts the Web

For the first time, Google's mobile app outranked Naver by monthly active users in South Korea, while ChatGPT's rise poi...

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Google Unveils Pixel 11 Smartphones With Expanded AI and Pixel Tag Tracker
Technology

Google Unveils Pixel 11 Smartphones With Expanded AI and Pixel Tag Tracker

Google has unveiled the Pixel 11 series with thinner cameras, stronger zoom, longer battery life and deeper AI integrati...

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Google Tests 'Ask YouTube' Conversational AI Search for Premium Users
Technology

Google Tests 'Ask YouTube' Conversational AI Search for Premium Users

YouTube is testing a new AI-generated search page that combines videos, Shorts, and text summaries. The Verge found it u...

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Former Google, AWS and Tinder Interns Share How They Turned Internships Into Full-Time Offers
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Former Google, AWS and Tinder Interns Share How They Turned Internships Into Full-Time Offers

Their paths differed, but the same habits recurred: lead with curiosity, build relationships, own the project, and docum...

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Google's Pixel 11 Line Takes Aim at Samsung's Fold Lead and Apple's AirTag Price
Technology

Google's Pixel 11 Line Takes Aim at Samsung's Fold Lead and Apple's AirTag Price

Google's August 12 hardware push adds a Pro-branded foldable, a 34.99 euro Pixel Tag and a health-focused Pixel Watch 5,...

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Google Gemini Surpasses 1 Billion Monthly Users as Voice and Screen-Sharing Surge
Technology

Google Gemini Surpasses 1 Billion Monthly Users as Voice and Screen-Sharing Surge

Google's Gemini passed 1 billion monthly active users in August, up from 950 million in July, even as Google shares fell...

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Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap Face a Growing Wave of US Child-Safety Lawsuits
Technology

Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap Face a Growing Wave of US Child-Safety Lawsuits

State AGs, school districts and families are suing Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap over youth mental-health harm; early ve...

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Publishers Plot a Post-Google Playbook as Earnings Reveal Diverging Bets
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Publishers Plot a Post-Google Playbook as Earnings Reveal Diverging Bets

Earnings calls from the NYT, News Corp, People Inc, USA Today Co., Ziff Davis and BuzzFeed show publishers building vide...

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Google Puts Guided Strength Training on the Pixel Watch 5 Wrist
Technology

Google Puts Guided Strength Training on the Pixel Watch 5 Wrist

The Pixel Watch 5 will deliver sets, reps, weights and rest timers directly on the wrist, removing the phone from custom...

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Google's Pixel 11 Lineup Arrives With Price Hikes, Pixel Watch 5 and a $29 Tracker
Technology

Google's Pixel 11 Lineup Arrives With Price Hikes, Pixel Watch 5 and a $29 Tracker

Google's new Pixel 11 phones start at $899 and go on sale August 20, alongside the Pixel Watch 5 and Pixel Tag. Here's w...

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Pixel 11 Base Model Could Ship With Just 8GB of RAM Despite Price Hike
Personal Finance

Pixel 11 Base Model Could Ship With Just 8GB of RAM Despite Price Hike

Leaked specs point to a cut from 12GB to 8GB of RAM on the entry-level Pixel 11, even as the starting price rises — thou...

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Google Launches AI-Powered Dashboards and Agentic Tools for Advertisers
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Google Launches AI-Powered Dashboards and Agentic Tools for Advertisers

Google is rolling out AI dashboards, benchmarking, and agentic capabilities across Ads and Analytics, letting marketers ...

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French Commune Besieged by Waze Traffic: Mayor Installs Light in Desperate Bid to Slow Commuters
Technology

French Commune Besieged by Waze Traffic: Mayor Installs Light in Desperate Bid to Slow Commuters

Lieusaint has become a daily shortcut for thousands of Waze users, causing gridlock and pollution. The mayor's traffic-l...

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Google Overhauls Hacker Group Naming to Cut Through Industry Noise
Technology

Google Overhauls Hacker Group Naming to Cut Through Industry Noise

Google’s threat intelligence unit has retired APT numbers for a country-linked naming system, aiming to streamline incid...

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Texas Orders Audits of Data Centre Construction, Clouding Google and Microsoft Expansion
Energy

Texas Orders Audits of Data Centre Construction, Clouding Google and Microsoft Expansion

Governor Greg Abbott has directed the state’s utility regulator and grid operator to audit new data centre projects, a m...

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Why a Google Pixel Diehard Is Skipping the Pixel 11 — and What It Means for Your Wallet
Personal Finance

Why a Google Pixel Diehard Is Skipping the Pixel 11 — and What It Means for Your Wallet

A two-year-old Pixel 9 Pro still outshines the new $1,099 Pixel 11 Pro in all the ways that matter for everyday users. H...

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Google Names Gemini 4 Lead as Both Co-Heads Quit to Launch Discovery Loop
Technology

Google Names Gemini 4 Lead as Both Co-Heads Quit to Launch Discovery Loop

In a seismic reshuffle, Google tapped Koray Kavukcuoglu to build Gemini 4 while Demis Hassabis stepped back and four AI ...

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Google Eyes $1.5bn Mechanize Deal to Close AI Coding Gap
Technology

Google Eyes $1.5bn Mechanize Deal to Close AI Coding Gap

Alphabet is negotiating a licence-and-hire arrangement with San Francisco-based Mechanize, a startup that builds evaluat...

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Publishers Start Blocking Google's AI Crawlers, Facing a Brutal Trade-Off
Technology

Publishers Start Blocking Google's AI Crawlers, Facing a Brutal Trade-Off

Cloudflare will soon default to blocking Google’s crawlers for publishers like the Financial Times and Condé Nast, as a ...

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Google Overhauls AI Leadership: Hassabis Shifts to Research, Dean Exits as Shares Fall
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Google Overhauls AI Leadership: Hassabis Shifts to Research, Dean Exits as Shares Fall

Demis Hassabis gives up the DeepMind CEO role to become Alphabet's chief scientist, while Jeff Dean leaves to start an i...

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Google's $200B AI Chip Financing Deal for Anthropic Takes Aim at Nvidia
Technology

Google's $200B AI Chip Financing Deal for Anthropic Takes Aim at Nvidia

Google, Broadcom and Wall Street lenders built a roughly $200 billion financing network to supply Anthropic with AI chip...

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Google Backstops Anthropic’s $15B Data Center Deal with Lease Guarantees
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Google Backstops Anthropic’s $15B Data Center Deal with Lease Guarantees

Google is providing billions in lease guarantees for AI startup Anthropic’s use of a massive new Texas data center campu...

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Google’s Russian Fine Debt Exceeds 56 Billion Rubles as Belgian Court Freezes Assets
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Google’s Russian Fine Debt Exceeds 56 Billion Rubles as Belgian Court Freezes Assets

Enforceable claims against Google in Russia top 56 billion rubles, up from 42 billion in April, while a Belgian court se...

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How to Activate Android’s Automatic Spam Call Blocker
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How to Activate Android’s Automatic Spam Call Blocker

Google’s built-in Phone app offers a filter that silently blocks suspected spam calls using a vast database of suspiciou...

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