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Lake Ontario Renamed on Google Maps Google Maps users in the United States can no longer find Lake

Imagine doctors could understand exactly which cells caused a patient's cancer or whether pathogens contributed to the disease. They could then use the information to tailor a treatment plan to the patient's specific cancer. But answering such questions would mean wading through data from thousands of experiments locked in massive databases around the globe. Moreover, the search would take at least several days.

Google Narrows a Spam Rule for Europe Google will stop applying one of its most contested search penalties

Analysis by the company’s DeepMind unit suggests that an A.I.-enabled model delivers accurate forecasts a day or more before conventional models can.

Gemini Enterprise Enters the Legal Market Alphabet’s Google expanded its Gemini Enterprise platform on Tuesday with a package

Alphabet's shares fell as key AI researchers left to form Discovery Loop, a new AI venture. Despite the departures, Google remains a founding investor, maintaining ties with the new company.

In September, major US class-action settlement payment processes, involving Comcast, Disney, and Google, are likely to gain momentum.

Google’s new button for publisher loyalty Google is handing publishers a button. Embed it on an article page,

Google's $8.25M Play Store settlement closes to claims on 14 September 2026. Court filings estimate $40 to $200 per child.

Rerouting flights to stop contrails Google and the UK government have launched a 30-month trial to test whether

A free year of Google AI Pro Google is giving eligible college students in the United States a

A flight attendants' union objects to Google's $10m purchase of Spirit Airlines' internal data, citing inadequate privacy protections for former employees' records, and seeks court intervention.

Pixel manufacturing shifts away from China Google plans to stop making any Pixel device in China from next

Students around the world are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT to find answers to questions about physics, according to a new study led by researchers at Bar-Ilan University.

Nvidia's investment in SpaceX makes it a major stakeholder, alongside Alphabet's larger share. Explore the strategic partnerships and financial impacts in the AI and space sectors.

Alphabet’s 100-Fold SpaceX Return Alphabet put $900 million into SpaceX in 2015. Eleven years later, that position is

Brits have flooded Google with searches for 'eye damage' and 'eyes hurt' following the solar eclipse, while fewer than 30 people sought help through Moorfields Eye Hospital by 9am.

On August 12, 2026, a Google glitch falsely reported Sam Altman's death, highlighting challenges in digital accuracy. Wikipedia vandalism contributed to the false claim.

Google DeepMind's Gemini 3 Pro AI model can influence beliefs and spending decisions, especially in finance, as shown in a study involving 10,101 participants across the US, UK, and India.

Google Search briefly displayed a false death notice for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman due to a vandalised Wikipedia page. The error was quickly corrected after users flagged the misinformation.

Google’s Full Hardware Refresh Google has detailed its 2026 hardware lineup ahead of its own showcase event: four

Google's Pixel 11 focuses on AI advancements, offering enhanced software features and increased storage, but at a higher price point. The new Tensor G6 processor supports these AI capabilities.

A 2022 AI Study Resurfaces In spring 2022, Google approached a group of professional writers, including award-winning science-fiction

Google is shutting down Gmail third-party email hub features on the web by 2027, forcing users to switch back to multiple email platforms.

Tech layoffs in 2026 have already surpassed last year's total by August, with major cuts from Zillow, TikTok, Etsy, and Google, highlighting restructuring trends in the industry

Google is cutting 52 jobs in Washington, marking its largest layoff in the state since Alphabet's 2023 workforce reduction, affecting engineering and business roles across multiple offices.

The artificial intelligence system largely accomplished the task it was built to solve, and researchers outside DeepMind have already been carrying its work forward

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, Europe's cartographers traded on their reputation for accuracy and detail at a time of huge societal change. But as demand grew for increasingly detailed maps of the world to support industrialization at home and colonization overseas, they didn't always get it right.

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 AI empire is being reshaped. Here’s what’s changed. After a wave of painful losses in the tech talent wars, delays to its next flagship model, and murmurings of poor morale,…

Jeff Dean, a key figure in Google's AI advancements, leaves after 27 years to start Discovery Loop, a new AI venture backed by Alphabet, amid a major AI leadership reshuffle.

Silicon Valley Girl host Marina Mogilko reveals a Generative Engine Optimisation blueprint to rank inside ChatGPT and Google's AI Overview, warning traditional SEO is no longer enough.

Google swiftly retracted its AI-generated satellite image feature on Google Earth after experts raised concerns about its potential to spread misinformation and undermine trust in digital evidence.

Google Earth’s One-Day AI Feature Google rolled back an AI image-generation feature in Google Earth on Friday, one

A TikTok maths educator has revived one of Google's most infamous interview brainteasers, the 'prisoner hat' riddle, just as the tech giant's former HR chief's verdict on such puzzles comes back into focus.

Google Earth's new Nano Banana AI tool lets anyone paste fake buildings or disasters onto real satellite maps worldwide, and researchers warn it threatens how we verify news.

AlphaFold Team Broken Up The award-winning team behind Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold programme no longer exists. Google has reassigned

Google Cloud added support for Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model days after White House officials accused the Chinese company of copying US AI technology.

Anthropic's Claude AI is criticised after a flaw exposed private user chats on search engines, revealing confidential and intimate conversations. The company faces scrutiny over its security measures.

Damages Claims Pile Up Europe’s long campaign against Google’s business practices has entered an expensive new phase. The

Alphabet's latest earnings show Google posting a record $112 billion profit, largely from AI-linked investments, even as it reports negative free cash flow for the first time in its public history.

Selfie Video Sign-In Google added a new way back into a locked account: record a short video of

Google’s First DMA Fine The European Commission fined Google 890 million euros, roughly 1.015 billion dollars, for breaking

Google shares fell after Alphabet raised AI spending forecasts and reported negative free cash flow despite beating earnings estimates.

In the United States, Google's, now Alphabet's, Debug initiative has asked the federal government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilized male mosquitoes in California and Florida.

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While getting ready for a camping trip, an amateur astronomer spotted a possible crater. It appears to be a match, pending microscopic results.

Google’s Gemini-in-Silicon Chip Google is building a new server chip that would bake parts of its Gemini model

More than 4,500 Google workers have signed a petition demanding stronger layoff protections as the Alphabet Workers Union accuses the tech giant of prioritising profits over people.

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…