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08 Feb 2025

Anthropic

DeepSeek the 'worst' performer on bioweapon data safety test: Anthropic

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has voiced grave concerns over DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm that has recently taken the world by storm with its R1 model.

06 Feb 2025

Pixel

IndiaAI Mission may include Google Tensor chips alongside NVIDIA, AMD

Google may provide its Tensor chip for the next phase of the ₹10,738 crore IndiaAI Mission, according to Moneycontrol.

06 Feb 2025

Microsoft

Google unveils its latest AI model to compete with DeepSeek

Google has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, the Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental.

06 Feb 2025

Amazon

After Amazon and Meta, Google scraps its diversity hiring goals

Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, has opted to scrap its goal of increasing hiring from historically underrepresented groups.

05 Feb 2025

Apple

China's antitrust watchdog considers probe into Apple's App Store practices

China's antitrust regulator is mulling an investigation into Apple's App Store policies and fees, Bloomberg News reported.

Google's U-turn: Removes pledge not to build AI for weapons

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has updated its guidelines on artificial intelligence (AI) use.

05 Feb 2025

Amazon

US Postal Service suspends incoming parcels from China, Hong Kong

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has indefinitely stopped accepting incoming parcels from China and Hong Kong.

05 Feb 2025

Sundar Pichai

Google is planning to introduce ads in Gemini AI assistant

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai has hinted at the possibility of bringing advertisements into the company's Gemini AI assistant.

04 Feb 2025

Apple

Apple's bid to intervene in Google search antitrust trial rejected

US District Court Judge Amit Mehta has rejected Apple's urgent plea to pause the ongoing Google Search monopoly trial.

03 Feb 2025

Epic Games

Google fights to overturn Play Store verdict in Epic battle

Google is appealing a court verdict and a judge's order to make changes to Play Store.

03 Feb 2025

Aaradhya Bachchan

Aaradhya Bachchan (13) moves court again over fake health-related videos

Aaradhya Bachchan, the 13-year-old daughter of Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, has filed a fresh petition in the Delhi High Court.

31 Jan 2025

Gmail

Beware! Cybercriminals are using AI voices to steal Gmail credentials

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now being used to orchestrate sophisticated scams, targeting Gmail's 2.5 billion users.

31 Jan 2025

Google Gemini

Google's Gemini AI app gets better with Flash 2.0 upgrade

Google has announced the latest version of its Gemini app, powered by the Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model.

Google's new AI tool can call businesses on your behalf

Google is testing a novel feature, "Ask for Me," which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to call local businesses on behalf of users.

Is your VPN app trustworthy? Google's new badge will tell

Google Play has introduced a new feature that will display verification badges on approved Virtual Private Network (VPN) apps.

28 Jan 2025

Google Search

Google is challenging EU's $4.5B antitrust fine over Android

Google has appealed to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), against a record €4.3 billion ($4.5 billion) antitrust fine imposed seven years ago.

27 Jan 2025

Donald Trump

Why TikTok isn't back on app stores despite Trump's reprieve

TikTok's future in the US continues to be uncertain as both Apple and Google have not restored the popular short video app on their app stores.

Why Chinese AI company DeepSeek has Silicon Valley spooked

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has created quite a stir in the US tech industry.

26 Jan 2025

Republic Day

Google celebrates India's 76th Republic Day with 'wildlife parade' doodle

Google is celebrating India's 76th Republic Day with a special doodle that combines wildlife with culture.

25 Jan 2025

Apple

TikTok remains absent from Apple, Google app stores in US

Nearly a week after its removal, popular social media platform TikTok remains missing from both Apple and Google's app stores in the US.

25 Jan 2025

Starbucks

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol's 4-month earnings surpass Apple, Google chiefs

Brian Niccol, the new CEO of Starbucks, has been awarded a compensation package of around $96 million for his first four months of work in 2024.

24 Jan 2025

Joe Biden

Google's 'data error' briefly removed Biden from US presidents list 

In a recent incident, Google suffered a technical glitch that briefly erased former US President Joe Biden from its list of American Presidents.

24 Jan 2025

Android

Android 16's first public beta now available: How to download

Two months after releasing the developer preview in November, Google has officially launched the first public beta of Android 16 for Pixel smartphones.

24 Jan 2025

Anthropic

Anthropic introduces 'Citations' feature to improve AI reliability

Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, has launched a new 'Citations' feature for its developer API.

24 Jan 2025

Fitbit

Fitbit fined $12.25M for smartwatches that burned users

Fitbit, a dominant player in the wearable technology space, has been slapped with a $12.25 million fine over its Ionic smartwatches.

23 Jan 2025

Apple

UK regulator to investigate Apple, Google's dominance in mobile ecosystems

The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched strategic market status (SMS) investigations into the mobile ecosystems of tech giants Apple and Google.

23 Jan 2025

Android

Gemini can now perform tasks across apps with single command

In a major development, Google has announced a major upgrade for its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Gemini.

23 Jan 2025

Samsung

Google Gemini can now perform multi-app tasks in single prompt

Google has announced a major upgrade for its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Gemini.

23 Jan 2025

Samsung

Samsung, Google have joined forces to develop AR glasses

Samsung and Google have announced a partnership to develop augmented reality (AR) glasses. The news was confirmed by Samsung's TM Roh in an interview with Bloomberg.

22 Jan 2025

Indonesia

Google fined $12.4M by Indonesia over unfair business practices

Indonesia's antitrust agency has slapped a fine of IDR 202 billion ($12.4 million) on Google for unfair business practices.

22 Jan 2025

Anthropic

Google invests $1B in AI firm Anthropic

Google has pumped a whopping $1 billion into Anthropic, an artificial intelligence (AI) company recognized for its Claude series of AI models.

21 Jan 2025

Instagram

Tech giants sign EU pledge to combat online hate speech

Meta, Google, TikTok, and X have promised European legislators that they will step up efforts to prevent and remove illegal hate speech from their platforms.

20 Jan 2025

Android

Leak reveals Android 16 could arrive sooner than expected

Google appears to be gearing up for the launch of its next-generation operating system, Android 16.

AI systems struggle with complex historical questions, new study reveals

A new study has found that artificial intelligence (AI) systems are failing to respond to complicated historical queries.

19 Jan 2025

Google Search

You now have to enable JavaScript to use Google Search 

Google has made it mandatory for users to enable JavaScript, a widely-used programming language for making web pages interactive, to use Google Search.

17 Jan 2025

YouTube

Google refuses fact-checks for Search and YouTube despite EU law

Google has officially rejected the European Union's (EU) demand to include fact-checks in its Search results and YouTube videos.

17 Jan 2025

Technology

Google signs largest biochar carbon removal deal with Indian start-up

Google has signed a deal to purchase 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from Indian start-up Varaha.

16 Jan 2025

Google Chrome

Google's upcoming AI feature will block pop-up ads on Chrome

Google is testing a new feature for its Chrome browser to save you from the pain of constant pop-up requests.

16 Jan 2025

Gmail

Google makes Gemini AI free to use in Gmail, Docs

Google has announced that its Workspace suite users can now access Gemini-powered AI experiences directly from Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Meet at no extra cost.

15 Jan 2025

Bing

Microsoft removes UI that mimicked Google's look on Bing

Microsoft has quietly removed a deceptive user interface (UI) that mimicked Google's look on its search engine, Bing.