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Warren Buffett says he initiated Berkshire Hathaway's Alphabet trade and regrets not investing sooner in the company, despite GEICO being an early client of the tech giant.

Gemini 3.5 Pro Slips Alphabet’s Google is months behind on shipping Gemini 3.5 Pro, its most powerful flagship

Joël Lapointe was using Google Maps to plan a camping trail through Quebec's Côte-Nord region when he stumbled across a large indentation. Now, scientists have confirmed that the pit was indeed a meteor impact crater, dating back roughly 390 million years.

Publishers Take Google to Court Over Gemini Three of the world’s largest publishers and a bestselling novelist filed

The UK's new oversight regime impacts Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle, ensuring resilience in banking and financial services. Learn the key implications under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023.

A joint operation by the FBI and Google has disrupted a proxy network linked to millions of compromised Android TVs, highlighting the risks of cybercriminals exploiting smart home devices.

Your Search Uploads, Now AI Training Data Google has quietly changed how it feeds its AI. The company

Google's final appeal against a €4.1bn EU antitrust fine has been dismissed, confirming the company's abuse of Android's dominance. This ruling may lead to increased competition in the mobile market.

AI’s Environmental Bill Comes Due It’s no secret that AI is a hog, consuming energy and water like

A Father of the Internet Retires Vint Cerf is stepping away. The computer scientist who helped design the

Alphabet's stock fell over 5% amid AI talent departures and regulatory pressures, overshadowing a $75 million AI partnership with film studio A24.

Industry experts argue that AI is not the main driver of tech layoffs, suggesting companies are imitating competitors rather than making strategic decisions.

This partnership marks the latest foray into space exploration for Relativity Space, which aims to build cheap, reusable rockets

Noam Shazeer left Google for OpenAI just months before its IPO. The transformer co-author's exit could reshape pricing for ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot users within a year.

New Mexico investigators have ordered corporations like JPMorgan Chase and Google to preserve records related to Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch, marking an escalation in the investigation into his illicit operations.

The Nancy Guthrie case has spawned a tangle of wrench‑attack theories, Epstein speculation and cross‑border searches as investigators struggle to find the 84‑year‑old.

Google has filed a lawsuit against 'Outsider Enterprise,' a Chinese cybercrime network, for using AI to create phishing websites and scam campaigns, affecting thousands of US smartphone users

A teenager is on trial at Bristol Crown Court for the alleged murder of nine-year-old Aria Thorpe, with jurors deciding if it was accidental or intentional.

A Delhi facility fire has disrupted regional cloud connectivity, exposing how third-party data-centre dependencies, thermal stress and routing

When Google’s AI Overviews labeled two Munich publishers as scam operations, the companies did what anyone falsely accused

UK regulators require Google to let publishers opt out of AI news summaries while keeping search visibility, reshaping digital news competition.

Google DeepMind is funding research into the potential dangers of millions of different AI agents interacting with each other online. According to Rohin Shah, who directs the company’s AGI safety and alignment research, the mass-market arrival of agents that can carry out tasks without human oversight and follow instructions given to them by other agents creates…

For years, search visibility was fairly easy to describe. A company wanted to rank on Google. SEO teams

Google DeepMind has added an unusual sibling to its Gemma 4 open model family. DiffusionGemma, released on June

Apple's WWDC introduced a revamped Siri AI, leveraging Google's Gemini models, alongside major system upgrades across its platforms, focusing on speed, stability, and privacy.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned tech firms, including Apple and Google, that they must voluntarily implement tools to stop children sharing explicit images, but experts warn this is easier said than done

SpaceX has secured a $920 million monthly deal with Google for data-centre capacity, adding to its agreement with Anthropic in May, significantly boosting its revenue stream ahead of its record IPO.

McDonald's is testing AI technology in drive-thrus at select locations, aiming to improve efficiency. However, the move has sparked consumer backlash, with many preferring human interaction.

SpaceX on Friday signed a blockbuster cloud computing agreement under which Google will pay the Elon Musk-founded rocket company $920 million per month for access to a massive cluster of AI chips, according to a disclosure in its initial public offering filing.

June 6, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend

This is not science fiction or some perverse prank. A Silicon Valley tech giant is seeking federal approval to release up to 64 million sterilized male mosquitoes in California and Florida over the next two years.

Millions of Americans may qualify for compensation from class action settlements involving major companies. Deadlines for claims are approaching, with potential refunds for various products and services.

Google has applied for an experimental mosquito release permit to deploy millions of non-biting southern house mosquitoes that it has infected with the bacterium Wolbachia pipientis, in an effort to reduce mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile virus.

UK media organisations can now control their content's use in Google's AI search tools, addressing concerns over traffic losses and digital journalism's economic impact.

Berkshire Hathaway invests £7.4B in Alphabet's £59B equity raise to boost AI infrastructure, marking a major tech investment under Greg Abel's leadership.

US prosecutors say Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo used confidential search data to bet on who would be the internet's most‑searched figures.

An alleged Google Pixel Watch 5 prototype was reportedly found underwater near St. Martin, fuelling speculation over its authenticity as images of the device circulate online.

Google's Debug project has applied to release 32 million Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in Florida and California. The EPA comment period closes 5 June 2026.

A Google engineer is accused of exploiting confidential search data to place profitable bets on prediction markets, allegedly making more than $1.2 million, federal prosecutors say.

Iranian media propose charging Google, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft fees for undersea internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz to generate major revenue amid tensions

Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo faces federal charges for allegedly using confidential company data to place high-stakes bets linked to singer D4vd, resulting in a £887,000 payout.

Ask Google how many Ps live inside the word “Google,” and its AI Overview will confidently tell you

When Google revealed plans to put an AI agent at the center of Search, a noticeable group of

Apple is expected to unveil iOS 27 at WWDC 2026, with a redesigned Siri app, satellite-powered Apple Maps and expanded Apple Intelligence tools across core iPhone apps.

Spotify is wading into a pool that’s getting crowded fast. The company just announced Studio by Spotify Labs,

During Tuesday’s Google I/O keynote, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, proclaimed that we are currently “standing in the foothills of the singularity.” It was a striking statement—the singularity is the theoretical future moment when AI rapidly exceeds human intelligence and dramatically transforms the world. But what struck me as I listened in the…

Google announced the return of its smart glasses at its annual product conference, with early reactions to the revived wearable technology largely positive.

An AI engineer claims Google dismissed him for protesting military AI contracts with Israel, alleging discrimination and whistleblowing.

Google spent its annual developer conference doing two things at once: wooing the coders who build on its

Katie Price's brief marriage to Lee Andrews is reportedly unravelling amid allegations from his ex-fiancée about false claims regarding a heart condition, which he denies.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt faced student backlash during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona as he addressed AI's impact on future careers and urged adaptation.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Here’s why Elon Musk lost his suit against OpenAI Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against OpenAI, which centered on whether the company breached its founding contract as a nonprofit. A…

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. When Google opens its doors tomorrow for its annual developer conference, I/O, it will do so as a clear third place in the foundation model race. A year ago, at Google I/O…

Pershing Square's Bill Ackman liquidated his Alphabet position to build a £1.58bn ($2.09bn) Microsoft stake at 21 times forward earnings.

Stanley Druckenmiller's Duquesne Family Office sold its entire Alphabet stake in Q1 despite impressive returns amid concerns over AI competition and regulatory pressures.

Berkshire Hathaway's latest 13F filing reveals a strategic shift with increased investments in Google and Delta Air Lines, while reducing stakes in companies like Visa and Amazon.

OpenAI faces another California lawsuit alleging ChatGPT user data was shared with Meta and Google, days after a separate suit linked ChatGPT to the FSU shooter.

I’ve watched enough Seed-to-Series-B founders burn $40,000 on Google Ads before realizing they hired the wrong agency that

Google and SpaceX are deep in conversation about lifting data centers off the planet and parking them in

Something odd happened to a US Commerce Department webpage this week. The notice describing how Google, Microsoft and

For two years, AI Overviews have sat at the top of Google search results like a kind of

Google’s DeepMind division has picked up a minority stake in the studio behind EVE Online, the long-running sci-fi

Google is reworking how AI Overviews and AI Mode display links, pulling in quotes from Reddit threads, social

One of Google’s most senior researchers is heading to Brussels with a strict message for EU competition officials:

Google's AI partnership with the Pentagon has sparked dissent, with employees fearing misuse in military operations amid ethical concerns over AI's role in defense.

A compression algorithm like TurboQuant turns the data in the AI's working memory into a smaller, more efficient form.

Google Translate has hit its twentieth birthday, and the company is marking the occasion with a feature that

Google faces backlash as over 600 employees protest a classified Pentagon AI deal, raising concerns about ethical AI use and potential damage to the company's reputation.

Hundreds of Google employees have signed a petition urging CEO Sundar Pichai to reject a Pentagon AI deal, warning it could lead to 'unmonitored harm' in classified military use.

While most AI-hungry firms empty Nvidia’s warehouses, Google keeps quietly stamping silicon with its own initials. At Google

At Google Cloud Next this week, the company rolled out a wave of AI upgrades to Workspace that

Meta is reportedly tracking employee keystrokes and activity on work devices to train AI systems, raising concerns over workplace surveillance.

Google announced on Monday that its Photos app is gaining a suite of built-in touch-up tools designed for

Google just made its AI-powered search a lot more useful — and a lot harder to ignore. The

A Tech Transparency Project report found that Apple and Google app stores allegedly steered users, including minors, to 'nudify' apps, earning $122M from 483M downloads.

The European Commission wants Google to open up its search data to competitors, including AI chatbots that offer

Google has spent months weaving Gemini deeper into Chrome, and the latest addition targets one of the most

Google has settled a £107M lawsuit over claims that Android devices sent user data without permission; includes US users from November 2017 onwards.

Millions of Android users could be included in the payout process

As school holidays continue around Australia, many parents are looking for educational ways to keep their children entertained.

Google DeepMind has hired an in-house philosopher to explore the boundaries of machine consciousness and ethics. This move follows years of controversy surrounding AI sentience and the limits of large language models.

For the first time in the history of online advertising, Google may lose its crown. Emarketer projects that

Launching a website and getting no traffic is not a content problem. It is a domain problem. Search

Google and Intel are doubling down on a partnership that traces its roots back nearly three decades to

By Alius Noreika · technology.org Ranking a Shopify store on Google requires far more than installing an SEO app and

Google released a free iOS app called Google AI Edge Eloquent this Monday — and did so with

Finding your phone number, home address, or other private details among the Google search results can be unsettling,

Writing content, designing slides, trying your best to make sure everything makes sense and looks professional…Yes, that’s all

When Stephen Punwasi, a 41-year-old data analyst from Toronto, Googled “when did Hulk Hogan die” late last year,

Google agrees to a $135 million settlement over claims of unauthorized data usage on Android devices. US users may qualify for payouts

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AI companies like Anthropic are now competing for the same scarce energy resources Bitcoin miners seek, which could drive more miners to rent their computing power to AI firms instead of mining cryptocurrencies.

Broadcom and Google have agreed to a multi-year partnership that will keep the chipmaker deeply embedded in Google’s

Teachers warn that Google Lens may be enabling a new wave of cheating, as students show sudden academic gains while long-term learning declines.

A Los Angeles jury found Instagram and YouTube negligent in how they were built, opening a new legal fight over how courts view social media

The IRGC has issued a direct threat to 18 US technology companies following the death of Jamshid Eshaghi. Staff at Microsoft, Google and Apple have been warned to flee West Asia offices.

Iran warned firms like Apple, Microsoft and Google could be targeted over alleged US support, urging employees to leave workplaces amid rising tensions.

Google now allows users to change their Gmail usernames, a long-awaited feature that offers more flexibility in managing email accounts.

Discover the escalating tensions as Iran targets major US tech companies like Microsoft, Google, and Apple in West Asia. Learn about the potential impacts on global markets and security risks in the Gulf region.

Google Pixel users calling the White House briefly saw the switchboard labelled 'Epstein Island' due to a manipulated Google Maps listing.