AI race weakens climate pledges at Google, AmazonGoogle and Amazon this week reported sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions, driven by the frantic construction of artificial intellig...
Pick n Pay launches AI grocery shopping assistant in South AfricaSouth African retailer Pick n Pay has launched an AI-powered shopping assistant named "Penny" to simplify grocery ordering. Customers can n...
Microsoft launches firm to help companies adopt AI with $2.5 billionMicrosoft has launched a new venture, Microsoft Frontier Company, backed by $2.5 billion, to guide businesses in selecting and integrating ...
A coastal city in the south is quietly powering India's AI futureVisakhapatnam is emerging as India's next AI infrastructure hub, attracting massive investments from tech giants like Google and Reliance. ...
EU top court to rule on record 4.1 bn euro Google fineThe EU's top court will decide Thursday whether to uphold a record 4.1 billion euro ($4.7 billion) fine the bloc slapped on Google for anti...
US in talks with AI companies for voluntary model standardsThe U.S. government is in advanced talks with AI companies to create voluntary standards for the release of new models, with an announcemen...
Google launches Nano Banana 2 Lite and Gemini Omni Flash to make AI image and video creation faster and more affordableGoogle has introduced Nano Banana 2 Lite, its fastest and most cost-efficient AI image generation model, alongside Gemini Omni Flash, a new...
Tourism ministry, Google ink MoU to boost promotion of India's destinations via digital techIndia's tourism sector is set to receive a significant digital boost as the Ministry of Tourism partners with Google. This collaboration wi...
Amazon's AWS commits $1 billion toward new unit for embedded AI engineersThe company is committing an initial $1 billion to the initiative with the goal of sending five to six pods of engineers to customers for 4...
'AI FOMO': Why this Google techie left the tech giant even after getting Rs 9.5 crore salaryA former Google account executive, Yousuf Imran, quit his high-paying job after earning nearly $1 million, citing fears of layoffs and the ...
UK regulator considers opening Apple, Google app stores to rival paymentsBritain's competition watchdog is proposing to let app developers direct users to cheaper payment options outside Apple and Google's app st...
China's Meituan says new AI model trained on domestic chipsChinese tech giant Meituan has unveiled LongCat-2.0, a new AI model comparable to Google's Gemini 3.1 pro. This marks a significant achieve...
Australia to give regulator more power to pursue Big Tech over under-16 banPrime Minister Anthony Albanese said there were still too many children on social media and tech firms were not doing enough to comply with...
Ambient intelligence: How AI is becoming omnipresent in our lives and the implicationsAmbient intelligence, once a futuristic concept, is now a consumer reality with AI embedded in everyday devices like smart glasses and ring...
Mind Games: Talent wars heat up as AI startups take on Big TechA fierce talent war is raging in the AI sector, with tech giants like Google facing significant researcher departures to rivals OpenAI and ...
Meet former Google engineer Aashna Doshi who quit her high-paying job to start a podcast and a startupAashna Doshi, a former Google engineer, has embarked on a new venture, launching her AI startup, Bounty. Driven by a desire for creative fr...
Google poised to lose two more senior AI staffers to AnthropicTheir moves rattled investors and cast new doubt on Google’s ability to compete in the fierce race to build better models.Shares of Alphabe...