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A confidential SEC filing alleges Google violated its own ethical ban on AI-assisted warfare by aiding an Israeli military contractor.

Aerial lidar is transforming how archaeologists map sites, but they should do it in tandem with Indigenous people.

Google's new Android Theft Protection uses AI, biometrics and auto-locking to stop phone thieves in their tracks. Here's how to use it.

Thousands of scientists are already experimenting with the AI to study cancer and brain disorders. The post Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo Decodes the Genome a Million ‘Letters’ at a Time appeared first on SingularityHub.

The US Department of Homeland Security is using AI video generators from Google and Adobe to make and edit content shared with the public, a new document reveals. It comes as immigration agencies have flooded social media with content to support President Trump’s mass deportation agenda—some of which appears to be made with AI—and as…

Google has paid out $200m in settlements, including a privacy lawsuit over unauthorised data collection, raising questions about impact on GOOG stock.

Google unveiled an artificial intelligence tool Wednesday that its scientists said would help unravel the mysteries of the human genome—and could one day lead to new treatments for diseases.

DeepMind’s AlphaGenome AI model could help solve the problem of predicting how variations in noncoding DNA shape gene expression

Model predicts effect of mutations on sequences up to 1 million base pairs in length and is adept at tackling complex non-coding regions

Google has agreed to pay $68 million in a settlement over claims that its Assistant recorded private conversations and shared data with advertisers without user consent.

The Maia 200 AI chip is described as an inference powerhouse — meaning it could lead AI models to apply their knowledge to real-world situations much faster and more efficiently.

Apple has announced that two new versions of Siri will launch this year backed by their new partnership with Google.

The Samsung Galaxy S26 is poised to revolutionise user safety by adopting Google's exclusive AI scam detection.

Augmented reality-powered smart glasses have seen a muted resurgence lately. Will Google's intervention reinvigorate what feels like a tired concept?

A US judge has ruled that Google must face the consumer antitrust lawsuit served to the company over their dominance of the search market

A federal judge in California has cleared the way for a consumer antitrust lawsuit against Google to proceed,

For the past two decades, there’s been a clear first step for anyone who starts experiencing new medical symptoms: Look them up online. The practice was so common that it gained the pejorative moniker “Dr. Google.” But times are changing, and many medical-information seekers are now using LLMs. According to OpenAI, 230 million people ask…

Google co-founder Sergey Bin has openly admitted Google now hires employees with no degree at a Stanford University closing event, signalling a shift in tech firms' hiring processes.

Multiplayer online game slither.io called out Google's AI overview on X after it claimed that it was available on Netflix under the name Snake.io

Google's Android 17 is set to unleash jaw-dropping features, radical UI changes and AI upgrades that could leave Apple iPhones in disarray.

Getting electricity to new data centers has become Google’s most pressing infrastructure headache. The culprit isn’t generating power—it’s

Google addressed the claims that its new AI agent shopping protocol will use data to overcharge consumers, denying them.

Apple's Siri snubbed ChatGPT for Google's AI. The real reason behind Apple's shocking decision will leave OpenAI reeling.

Apple and Google just formalized what many suspected: Google’s Gemini will become the engine driving Apple’s artificial intelligence

Google quietly scrubbed certain AI-generated health summaries from its search results after journalists discovered the automated responses were

Alphabet moved its position into the exclusive $4 trillion club this Monday, powered by a dramatic turnaround in

UK iPhone users will get a major Siri upgrade in 2026 as Apple integrates Google's Gemini AI, enabling smarter conversations, better context and multistep tasks.

According to Wedbush's Dan Ives, it is crucial for Apple to address its 'invisible AI strategy', and a partnership with Google Gemini could serve as a catalyst.

Apple has left its traditional habit of using exclusive in-house technologies in an attempt to reinvent Siri and its AI capabilities, turning to Google's Gemini.

Apple's iOS 26.3 Beta 2 simplifies switching to Android via a Google partnership, sparking industry debate alongside wallpaper refinements and the promise of smarter Siri soon.

Google’s search executives have delivered a clear message to website owners: stop breaking your content into tiny pieces

Google has removed its AI overviews on queries about liver blood tests after an investigation by The Guardian found it shares misleading information

Walmart and Google have teamed up to make shopping fast and easier than ever for everyone with Gemini AI-powered assistant.

The European Union is preparing sanctions against major American technology companies and banks if the US refuses to withdraw renewed claims over Greenland.

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground observatories.

Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, and his wife Wendy are financing an ambitious quartet of telescopes that could

Google Classroom added a feature that lets educators convert their teaching materials into podcast-style audio content using Gemini

A monopoly in a global capitalist system is an oxymoron. Still, when it comes to hardware designed for

Google surges close to $4 trillion in value, overtaking Apple for the first time in six years as AI ambitions put pressure on OpenAI and NVIDIA. What it means for the iPhone maker.

Google announced integrating Gemini AI to Gmail for more productivity; sparking concerns about privacy and data used to train AI models.

"We're going to do it in three years, and we're going to do it for a ridiculously low price."

Google and AI start-up Character.AI have settled a lawsuit over a teenager's suicide, raising issues about AI safety, mental health risks and Big Tech accountability. Here is what happened.

Schmidt Sciences announces investments in orbiting observatory and three ground-based instruments

Elon Musk suggested that Google improves its Gemini after mistaking 2026 for next year. But, the irony is Grok also made the same mistake.

Theta Labs CEO Mitch Liu's calculated pump-and-dump schemes repeatedly wiped out investor and employee value. He even retaliated when employees raised concerns.

After five years, the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max is undergoing a major transformation to challenge Google TV's dominance.

Tech giants Samsung and Google introduce AI TV at CES 2026, suggesting a quiet power play in millions of homes across the globe.

Google's AI-powered search is quietly changing social media in the UK, helping Reddit surge past TikTok to reach nearly 60% of internet users. Here is what changed and why it matters.

Samsung Electronics will push Google’s Gemini AI technology into 800 million mobile devices throughout 2026—doubling last year’s rollout

Google's AI search summaries are giving dangerous health advice, from telling pancreatic cancer patients to avoid fats to misreporting liver test results, misleading users and prompting serious risks.

Which is the best streaming device out there? We've pitted four of the best models on the market against each other to determine the top option.

Google stock 2026: Discover why Alphabet's Cloud revenue could surge 50% and how Waymo's 1 million rides per week aim to drive shares to new record highs.

Is work from home really dead? Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and many others are tightening office rules, and their decisions could reshape how your company expects you to work in 2026 and beyond.

For years, Gmail users have been locked into the addresses they chose at sign-up, but a new official support document suggests this is about to change.

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As a space scientist, I predict that the company will soon have to reckon with a growing problem: space debris.

The global countdown is on as Father Christmas navigates the 2025 night sky. With President Donald Trump joining the mission to field calls from curious children, the race to track the sleigh has never felt more high-profile.

Google AI Overviews have caused website traffic to plummet by up to 70%, leading to revenue losses and hiring freezes that disproportionately impact entry-level workers and recent graduates.

One journalist has taken on the world's biggest AI companies, accusing OpenAI, Google, Meta and xAI of using copyrighted work without consent. The case could change how artificial intelligence is trained forever.

OpenAI chief Sam Altman reveals what he sees as Google's biggest weakness in the AI race, despite its unmatched business model and global dominance.

Google joins X in attacking the UK's Online Safety Act, warning that strict content policing and heavy regulation are pushing Britain toward 'authoritarian irrelevance' and stifling digital innovation.

Apple and Google have warned US visa workers to avoid international travel due to embassy stamping delays.

Google just terminated two YouTube powerhouses that amassed over 2 million combined subscribers by flooding the platform with

iShowSpeed has become the most-searched streamer globally, even as recent controversies continue to spark debate and draw massive online attention.

In an emergency rollout, Google just released the second Android security update. The update was said to have addressed 'critical' security issues, and users are urged to install it.

In the wake of Sunday's tragic Bondi shooting, conspiracy theories and deliberate misinformation have spread on social media.

A tech war is brewing between the US and EU as Washington threatens retaliation against Europe after heavy fines on Google, Apple and Meta, with Spotify now in the firing line.

Google has embedded its natural language programming tool Opal directly into Gemini’s web interface, giving users the ability

Google’s latest AI model brings unprecedented speed to frontier intelligence, processing complex queries three times faster than previous

Google has launched an ambitious project to make its AI chips work seamlessly with PyTorch, the software framework

Over the past few years, many marketers have begun rethinking the analytics platforms they rely on. Users opt

OpenAI just launched GPT Image 1.5 on Tuesday, bringing sharper edits, better instruction accuracy, and image creation speeds

Google is shutting down its dark web report feature on February 16, 2026, ending a service that launched

The novel design for the new qubit uses the chemical element tantalum in tandem with a special silicon substrate, creating what researchers say are the most coherent superconducting qubits to date.

Google’s latest update transforms ordinary headphones into live translation tools, delivering voice translations that preserve the speaker’s natural

Apple and Google simultaneously deployed critical security fixes this week after discovering their systems were compromised through previously

Google unveiled a revamped Gemini Deep Research agent Thursday, powered by its Gemini 3 Pro foundation model. The

Following an internal 'Code Red' triggered by the threat of Google's Gemini 3, OpenAI has fast-tracked the launch of its new model, GPT-5.2.

Google is under growing EU pressure after Apple's recent penalty, with regulators warning that the tech giant could face hundreds of millions in fines unless it makes bigger changes.

Reddit suffers a global outage as 'Internal Server Error' messages spike, prompting a surge in 'Is Reddit Down?' searches and widespread confusion among users.

Google Pixel 11 hasn't been crowned yet, but as the competition intensifies and the new year draws closer, it is becoming an easy crowd pleaser. Can it bag the top spot?

Singer D4vd tops Google's 2025 trending list ahead of Coldplay and Bad Bunny as police investigate the discovery of a teen's body in his car.

New study slams OpenAI, Meta and Google as major AI systems like ChatGPT and Gemini fail to meet global safety standards, raising urgent concerns over risks. Find out the risks.

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Amazon unveiled its Trainium3 chip and the multimodal Nova 2 Omni model at re:Invent, intensifying the AI race.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai warns that over 1,000 state AI bills could prevent US competitiveness and urges a national unified framework to ensure safe, responsible AI use.

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Tech giants are tightening AI access as OpenAI, Google and ChatGPT introduce daily limits amid soaring demand and GPU strain across the Artificial Intelligence industry. Find out the new limits.

Google's new SMS policy lets employers read work messages, raising major privacy concerns as experts warn more industries could soon adopt the same monitoring tools.

Google's new update allows employers to access text messages on managed Android devices. Learn when your boss can read your chats and who is affected.

A deep dive into the claims surrounding the murder of National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom, including online allegations that her name was searched in Israel days before the shooting, and the growing political fallout.

Google is reportedly in talks to sell its tensor processing units – a type of computer chip specially designed for AI – to other tech companies, a move that could unsettle the dominant chip-maker Nvidia

Quantum computers are computing systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects. These computers rely on qubits (i.e., the quantum equivalent of bits), which can store information in a mixture of states, as opposed to binary states (0 or 1).

Nvidia loses £195 billion as Google unveils powerful AI superchips. Meta reportedly explores Google TPUs, here is what Nvidia said about it.

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5, backed by Amazon and Google, challenges Microsoft's AI supremacy with superior performance and competitive pricing, sparking a potential price war.

Authorities in Singapore have issued direct orders to Apple and Google, demanding they shut down fraudulent government impersonation

In 2017, fresh off a PhD on theoretical chemistry, John Jumper heard rumors that Google DeepMind had moved on from building AI that played games with superhuman skill and was starting up a secret project to predict the structures of proteins. He applied for a job. Just three years later, Jumper celebrated a stunning win…

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Andrej Karpathy received early access to Google’s newest AI model on November 17, one day before its public

Heather Wright discovered her daughter Anna Kepner was killed on a cruise ship via a Google search, claiming her estranged ex-husband kept the tragic news secret.