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Tencent Signs 300,000 Carbon Credit Deal in Landmark Overseas Move
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Tencent Holdings (TCEHY), a Chinese technology company, has signed a 10-year agreement to buy…
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Ex-girlfriend of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt ordered to pay him $10 million after rape accusations
An arbitrator has sided with former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, ruling that he was not guilty of sexual assault against his…
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Google, Nvidia and other tech titans sign AI deal with the Pentagon
Eight technology companies, including Google, Nvidia and SpaceX, have struck deals with the Pentagon to help the U.S. military gain an…
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Walmart delivery by Google company drone may soon be coming to the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area residents who want food, groceries or other small items sent to their homes will soon have another option: drone…
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Lawsuit alleges Google chatbot was behind a user’s delusions and death
Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini encouraged a 36-year-old Florida man to embark on violent missions and to take his own…
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Google parent Alphabet says it could double capital spending in 2026
Along with Meta, the big cloud companies are expected to collectively shell out more than US$500 billion on AI this year Alphabet said on…
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Google goes from laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI with stellar AI growth
Alphabet’s potentially to double its capital expenditures in 2026 – to between US$175 billion and US$185 billion — Alphabet is taking on…
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Google asks US judge to defer order forcing it to share data with rivals while it appeals
ALPHABET’S Google asked a judge on Friday to postpone making the company share data with rivals while it challenges a ruling that the…
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Apple, Google strike Gemini deal for revamped Siri in major win for Alphabet
The iPhone maker has faced a series of setbacks on the AI front after being late to the race Apple will use Google’s Gemini models for its…
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Google and Character.AI to settle lawsuits alleging chatbots harmed teens
Google and Character.AI, a California startup, have agreed to settle several lawsuits that allege artificial intelligence-powered chatbots…
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Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025
One year ago, Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, made a bold prediction: “We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents ‘join…
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Google is at last letting users swap out embarrassing Gmail addresses without losing their data
Google has finally answered users’ cries, allowing Gmail users to swap out embarrassing teenage email addresses. Gmail account holders can…
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Image of Sydney shooter with India defence attache is AI-generated
As Australian police investigated why gunmen accused of carrying out a deadly shooting at Bondi Beach had travelled to the Philippines, an…
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Google works to erode Nvidia’s software advantage with Meta’s help
The effort is part of Google’s aggressive plan to make its TPU a viable alternative to Nvidia’s GPUs Alphabet’s Google is working on a new…
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TotalEnergies wins 21-year deal to power Google data centres in Malaysia
The power supply contract is expected to take effect in the first quarter of next year France’s TotalEnergies said on Tuesday (Dec 16) it…
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Google signs solar power pact in Malaysia with Shizen Energy
The agreement highlights efforts by global tech firms to decarbonise their energy-intensive operations such as data centres Alphabet’s…
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Google faces 110 million euros French asset freeze after Russian ruling, documents show
[PARIS/MOSCOW] The administrator of Google’s defunct Russian business has obtained a temporary freeze on some 110 million euros (S$167…
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OpenAI beefs up GPT models in AI race with Google
OPENAI released its latest artificial intelligence models on Thursday, shrugging off worries about how it will cash in on massive spending…
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Google says first AI glasses with Gemini will arrive in 2026
Competition is heating up in the emerging category of AI and augmented reality, or AR, glasses Alphabet’s Google said that it’s working to…
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Amazon rushes out latest AI chip to take on Nvidia, Google
Amazon.com’s cloud unit raced to get the latest version of its artificial intelligence (AI) chip to market, renewing efforts to sell…
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India’s Adani seeks up to US$5 billion investment in Google data centre to join AI boom
Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani have also unveiled investments in building data centre capacity India’s Adani Group…
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Google, the sleeping giant in global AI race, now ‘fully awake’
Several tech companies have plotted ways to develop their own semiconductors or forge ties that make them less reliant on Nvidia’s…
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Former Google chief accused of spying on employees through account 'backdoor'
When Columbia University law and MBA student Michelle Ritter met former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt in 2020, she said she wanted…
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Google opens new AI engineering centre in Taiwan
Alphabet’s Google on Thursday opened in Taiwan its biggest artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure hardware engineering centre outside…