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Scientists using Google’s quantum processor have taken a major step toward unraveling the deepest mysteries of the universe. By simulating fundamental interactions described by gauge theories, the team showed how particles and the invisible “strings” connecting them behave, fluctuate, and even break. This breakthrough opens the door to probing particle physics, exotic quantum materials, and perhaps even the structure of space and time itself.

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. In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses Google has just released a report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps use for each query. In…

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi's recent adoption announcement sent Google searches soaring. Their heartwarming Instagram reveal came as a surprise to many, leaving fans curious about their unexpected path to parenthood.

Google struck first in the annual tech showdown, launching its Made by Google 2025 event ahead of Apple’s

Google has just released a technical report detailing how much energy its Gemini apps use for each query. In total, the median prompt—one that falls in the middle of the range of energy demand—consumes 0.24 watt-hours of electricity, the equivalent of running a standard microwave for about one second. The company also provided average estimates…

Google's Pixel 10 series is already available with AI-powered features and bold hardware upgrades, while Apple's iPhone 17 Pro launches in Sept 2025 with a new A19 Pro chip and advanced cameras.

Google's Pixel 10 series launches tonight at the Made by Google event, with leaks suggesting prices starting at $799 (£593) — here's when to watch in the UK and what it could cost in your country.

Energy stored in liquid CO2 is converted back into gas to turn turbines on demand. The post Google Will Store Energy in Giant Domes Filled With CO2 appeared first on SingularityHub.

ChatGPT works by analyzing vast amounts of text, identifying patterns and synthesizing them to generate responses to users’

Game development has reached a turning point. A new Google Cloud study reveals that 87% of developers now

Google and NASA are trialing an AI-powered medical assistant that could help astronauts care for themselves when mission control is out of reach.

Perplexity AI challenges Google with a $34.5B offer for Chrome — a bold move that could change the future of browsers, search, and AI competition.

Google has introduced a feature that aims to streamline and generally improve how users interact with search results.

Perplexity AI made a $34.5 billion bid to buy Google Chrome, sparking debate over its seriousness and the potential impact on browser and search competition.

Epic Games wins a partial but landmark ruling in Australia against Apple and Google over app-store rules, paving the way for 'Fortnite' and the Epic Games Store to return to iOS in Australia while both tech giants weigh appeals.

NASA and Google develop CMO-DA, an AI medical assistant achieving 88% diagnostic accuracy to help astronauts treat injuries

Google's Salesforce breach by ShinyHunters in June 2025 exposed business info via voice phishing.

These AI Overviews’ responses emerge from Google’s inferior AI technology — but their display frequency continues climbing. The

Google has acknowledged that client data was compromised following a security incident involving one of its database platforms.

Numerous goo.gl addresses will cease functioning following the August 25 deadline, though certain ones remain protected. While Google

Google’s artificial intelligence-driven bug detection tool has successfully flagged its first set of software vulnerabilities. On Monday, Heather

Google has initiated the deployment of an artificial intelligence-powered age assessment system throughout the United States, designed to

Google's earthquake early-warning system has used phone accelerometers on Android devices to increase quake alerts by tenfold across 98 countries.

Google AI Mode is finally in the UK. However, news firms share their concerns and are now calling for stricter copyright protection. Here's why.

Google's AI Mode and Overviews, rolled out in 2025, cut site traffic by up to 70%. Publishers adapt with high-quality content and diversified strategies.

Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai lead two of tech's biggest giants — but who holds the higher net worth in 2025? We compare their compensation, shares, and latest valuations.

AI-generated videos are becoming dangerously convincing and UC Riverside researchers have teamed up with Google to fight back. Their new system, UNITE, can detect deepfakes even when faces aren't visible, going beyond traditional methods by scanning backgrounds, motion, and subtle cues. As fake content becomes easier to generate and harder to detect, this universal tool might become essential for newsrooms and social media platforms trying to safeguard the truth.

Google's Gemini AI achieved a historic IMO gold medal, earning rare praise from Elon Musk for its mathematical prowess. Separately, the Gemini app surged to over 450 million monthly users.

Google DeepMind has unveiled new artificial-intelligence software that could help historians recover the meaning and context behind ancient Latin engravings.  Aeneas can analyze words written in long-weathered stone to say when and where they were originally inscribed. It follows Google’s previous archaeological tool Ithaca, which also used deep learning to reconstruct and contextualize ancient text,…

Neuralink achieved two brain transplants in a day, targeting 20 by year-end. CEO Elon Musk envisions healing paralysis and blindness.

If you're in an earthquake-prone area and own an Android phone, it could save your life. It may even have already done so. The Android Earthquake Alert (AEA) system, which began in the U.S. in 2020 and has since expanded globally, sends an automatic alert approximately one minute before the ground starts shaking. That can be enough time to take cover or warn others nearby.

In 3 years, system embedded in Android phones sent warnings to millions of users in 98 countries

As soon as Google launched its latest video-generating AI model at the end of May, creatives rushed to put it through its paces. Released just months after its predecessor, Veo 3 allows users to generate sounds and dialogue for the first time, sparking a flurry of hyperrealistic eight-second clips stitched together into ads, ASMR videos,…

AlphaGenome predicts how long stretches of DNA "dark matter" affect gene expression and a host of other important properties. The post New Google AI Will Work Out What 98% of Our DNA Actually Does for the Body appeared first on SingularityHub.

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. Don’t let hype about AI agents get ahead of reality —Yoav Shoham is a professor emeritus at Stanford University and cofounder of AI21 Labs. At Google’s I/O 2025 event in May, the company…

We got two big pieces of energy news from Google this week. The company announced that it’s signed an agreement to purchase electricity from a fusion company’s forthcoming first power plant. Google also released its latest environmental report, which shows that its energy use from data centers has doubled since 2020. Taken together, these two…

MethaneSAT, the first satellite made by an environmental nonprofit organization, was designed to monitor some of the world's largest industrial contributors of greenhouse gas emissions. Now, without power, the spacecraft's mission has abruptly ended.

Google has just launched AI Mode, initially via an animated Doodle, transforming the way we search. Powered by Gemini 2.5, this new feature combines search results with AI-generated summaries and answers.

Google's new Gemini CLI brings powerful AI, including coding, content generation, and research, directly to developers' terminals.

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. Google’s new AI will help researchers understand how our genes work When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2003, they revealed the full set of DNA instructions that make a person. But…

When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2004, they revealed the full set of DNA instructions that make a person. But we still didn’t know what all those 3 billion genetic letters actually do.  Now Google’s DeepMind division says it’s made a leap in trying to understand the code with AlphaGenome, an AI model…

Passwords of Google users were leaked by what is considered to be the largest data breach. Here's how to check if your account has been compromised.

Over 16 billion stolen passwords leaked online, impacting Apple, Google, Facebook users. Experts urge immediate action as malware-driven breach unfolds.

The nonprofit iNaturalist announced that it received a $1.5-million grant from Google’s philanthropic arm to develop generative AI tools for species identification. The news didn’t go over well

Gen Z increasingly chooses Google for online shopping, driven by AI tools like Overviews and Lens, impacting Amazon's share.

The National Hurricane Center will experiment with the company’s DeepMind program to enhance the work of its expert meteorologists.

Google offers voluntary buyouts across its Search Ads, K&I, engineering, marketing, and communications units, continuing headcount reductions since the 2023 layoffs.

The Guardian reported on the fox infestation at an expensive Google office in London. But, it was criticised by an animal group after calling foxes 'pests.'

Google's AI Overviews face heavy criticism for 'hallucinations' generating false information, potentially harming millions and undercutting publishers by diverting users.

MPs are pressuring Apple and Google over their refusal to implement a simple fix that could deter phone theft.

Google is reportedly planning a highly secretive 'Pixel Penthouse' event in London to preview upcoming Pixel devices. Attendees will allegedly be required to sign NDAs.

Google's latest Android Auto update allows video app audio while driving, sparking concerns over driver distraction and potential £200 fines under UK law.

Google I/O 2025 unveiled major AI leaps with Gemini 2.5 and Project Astra. Highlights included Google Beam, a 3D communication platform launching with HP.

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. By putting AI into everything, Google wants to make it invisible If you want to know where AI is headed, this year’s Google I/O has you covered. The company’s annual showcase of next-gen…

If you want to know where AI is headed, this year’s Google I/O has you covered. The company’s annual showcase of next-gen products, which kicked off yesterday, has all of the pomp and pizzazz, the sizzle reels and celebrity walk-ons, that you’d expect from a multimillion dollar marketing event. But it also shows us just…

A Google DeepMind system improves chip designs and addresses unsolved math problems but has not been rolled out to researchers outside the company

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. The first US hub for experimental medical treatments is coming The news: A bill that allows clinics to sell unproven treatments has been passed in Montana. Under the legislation, doctors can apply for…

Google DeepMind has once again used large language models to discover new solutions to long-standing problems in math and computer science. This time the firm has shown that its approach can not only tackle unsolved theoretical puzzles, but improve a range of important real-world processes as well. Google DeepMind’s new tool, called AlphaEvolve, uses the…

A test of AI model performance across the industry is being gamed by technology giants, making objective scientific comparison impossible, researchers have claimed

Google Play has undertaken a significant cleanup, slashing 1.6 million apps since the start of 2024 in a bid to improve quality.

Google DeepMind’s latest update to a top Gemini AI model includes a dial to control how much the system “thinks” through a response. The new feature is ostensibly designed to save money for developers, but it also concedes a problem: Reasoning models, the tech world’s new obsession, are prone to overthinking, burning money and energy…

Google's shock layoffs hit Android and Pixel teams, raising fears for mobile innovation. Discover why it's happening and what's next for tech fans.

A former Google executive is suing his ex-manager for discrimination and retaliation after experiencing sexism in the workplace, claiming only women were included in meetings and considered for promotions.

Just as tobacco companies knew they were poisoning people, today’s social media titans knowingly poison our politics, peddling lies and stoking angry divides for profit

The Dreamer AI system of Google's DeepMind reached the milestone of mastering Minecraft by ‘imagining’ the future impact of possible decisions

More than a billion people use Google Maps to help them navigate their world every month. If you own a smartphone, the odds are better than average you're one of those people.

Google X has introduced the Taara chip, a fingernail-sized invention that taps the "virtually limitless" potential of light-based internet connectivity.

Roll out of high-speed laser connections intended to revolutionize internet access in major African cities.

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. Is Google playing catchup on search with OpenAI? —Mat Honan I’ve been mulling over something that Will Heaven, our senior editor for AI, pointed out not too long ago: all the big players…

This story originally appeared in The Debrief with Mat Honan, a weekly newsletter about the biggest stories in tech from our editor in chief. Sign up here to get the next one in your inbox. I’ve been mulling over something that Will Heaven, our senior editor for AI, pointed out not too long ago: that all the big players…

Scientists took 10 years to figure out how one type of superbug gains its ability to infect diverse bacterial species. When prompted, Google's new AI "co-scientist" gave them the answer in two days.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has assumed the top job at the startup Relativity Space, which aims to compete with SpaceX and other big launch companies.

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. Gemini Robotics uses Google’s top language model to make robots more useful The news: Google DeepMind has released a new model, Gemini Robotics, that combines its best large language model with robotics. Plugging…

Google DeepMind has released a new model, Gemini Robotics, that combines its best large language model with robotics. Plugging in the LLM seems to give robots the ability to be more dexterous, work from natural-language commands, and generalize across tasks. All three are things that robots have struggled to do until now. The team hopes…

The trajectory of AI in translation hints at the future of generative AI. The post What Google Translate Tells Us About Where AI Is Headed Next appeared first on SingularityHub.

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. Welcome to robot city The city of Odense, in Denmark, is best known as the site where King Canute, Denmark’s last Viking king, was murdered during the 11th century. Today, Odense it’s also…

Schrödinger’s cat is scratching its head over the “topological” qubit that is causing a buzz in quantum computing. We should be, too

Researchers who have been given access to Google's new AI "co-scientist" tool are enthusiastic about its potential, but it isn't yet clear whether it can make truly novel discoveries

Google Chrome's new extension standards will affect uBlock Origin, prompting users to seek alternatives.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin is urging DeepMind employees to work 60 hours weekly to boost productivity.

Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder, is driving a 60-hour workweek to win the AGI race, a journey rooted in his escape from Russia and rise to billionaire status.

Google's second generation of its AI mathematics system combines a language model with a symbolic engine to solve complex geometry problems better than International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) gold medalists.

Researchers who have been given access to Google's new AI "co-scientist" tool are enthusiastic about its potential, but it isn't yet clear whether it can make truly novel discoveries

By combining digital and analog quantum simulation into a new hybrid approach, scientists have already started to make fresh scientific discoveries using quantum computers.

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns AI could be used for biological weapons by rogue states. He calls for government oversight of AI development.

Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America has caused the name to vary on Google Maps, causing confusion and outrage amongst users.

As policies restricting race-conscious hiring and diversity programs gain traction, businesses reassess their commitments, often citing compliance concerns.

Google’s AlphaGeometry2 AI reaches the level of gold-medal students in the International Mathematical Olympiad

Google now allows AI weapons development in revised guidelines amid revenue challenges and fierce AI competition.

Shaboozey recently reacted to the tilting of his Google search results page, highlighting the search engine giant's unique approach to paying tributes.

State-backed hackers from Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia tried to exploit Google's Gemini AI for malicious purposes, from phishing to malware creation.

Google faced backlash after a glitch omitted Joe Biden from the list of US presidents, leading to accusations of bias.

AI-generated research is a threat, both in terms of society's knowledge and public trust in science. This was the conclusion made by the researchers from the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås, Sweden, that recently identified over a hundred suspected AI-generated articles in the Google Scholar search engine.

Google's "Year in Search 2024" compilation is out, and three space stories this year made the list.