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A court in the western German state of Hesse has said Google is "spying" on people and has no right to publish information about their property on its Maps and Earth sites. The case stems from images taken from the air.
Google says its Minnesota AI data center will add clean energy to the grid and protect ratepayers. Experts question whether grid upgrades are needed.
CNN and Google have struck a multi-year partnership to help figure out how Google’s generative AI products can help boost engagement with its journalism, becoming the latest news organization to monetize its content to help a tech giant power its AI models. The deal appears to be in its early stages, as both sides have […]
AWS, Anthropic, OpenAI and Google are racing to build forward deployed engineering teams as companies seek returns on their AI investments.
Jio's share sale will be India's largest ever in rupee terms, and second largest in dollar terms, trailing the Hyundai Motors IPO that raised $3.3 billion in 2024.
Hollywood is providing plenty of Halloween inspiration this year, though some of the most-searched costumes for 2026 are coming from considerably stranger corners of the internet. Google has unveiled its top trending Halloween costume searches ahead of Oct. 31, with characters from horror films, video games and viral sensations dominating this year’s list. Leading the […]
The deal has faced months of delays and pushback, coming to represent a thorny issue of how far bankruptcy code should go to protect employee privacy as AI makes rapid advances.
Often dubbed "Russia's Google", the tech firm admits customers may experience disruption to digital services due to the attacks.
In our 'In Context' section we review how Californians are going to vote a tax on big fortunes on November 3. This is Proposition 40, which offers a 5% single tax on the assets of the state's billionaires. The proposal seeks to address the budget cuts of Republican Donald Trump. Magnates and Silicon Valley leaders, such as Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, have embarked on a crusade to stop that gravamen.
Google has launched the Suncatcher mission to test whether its TPU chips can work in space, a step towards its ambitious project to build data centers in orbit. The company seeks to take advantage of solar energy and reduce the huge water consumption required by cooling systems on Earth. Google is not alone: several companies are already competing to turn space into the next border of technological infrastructure.
A search for forecourts will now display their pricing, using the government's Fuel Finder scheme.
Finland has emerged as a key location for data centers amid the AI boom.
Finnish opposition has called for measures to prevent power shortages, soaring energy prices caused by data centres.
The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.
Google DeepMind Chief AI Readiness Officer Lila Ibrahim may be the only person with that title, and as intelligence risks rise, she takes it very seriously.
The processing is accelerated after the CNMC has already adopted its opinion on the new decree. The electoral advance leads to a wave of consultations between large investors
The weather tool can improve the accuracy of the precipitation forecasts by up to 50%, but its performance to the damage is still unknown.
The leading AI labs facing intensifying scrutiny over their safety and security practices.
Apple, Google and Meta are pushing new AI devices and assistants amid growing privacy concerns around wearables.
Google has been trailing OpenAI and Anthropic for much of 2026, analysts say Gemini 4 puts it back in the frontier AI conversation.
