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The 'Bard of Google' spins a tale of tech idealism and disillusionment
Claire Stapleton's Don't Be Evil recounts her 12 years at Google, the 2018 employee walkout and her growing disillusionment with the company's culture and corporate values
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Google's $15 billion India data centre project faces environmental concerns
The tech giant's planned Andhra Pradesh data centre hub is facing legal challenges and protests over concerns about water resources and its proximity to a wildlife sanctuary
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Google shifts AI leadership to California in race against Anthropic, OpenAI
The company is consolidating its artificial intelligence leadership in Mountain View as it seeks faster decision-making and a stronger position in the race against OpenAI and Anthropic
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Google shakes up AI leadership, DeepMind CEO Hassabis new chief scientist
Alphabet named Demis Hassabis its chief scientist while several senior Gemini leaders, including Jeff Dean, left to launch a new AI startup.
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Bombay HC orders removal of defamatory posts against Nitin Gadkari
The bench directed Meta, X Corp and Google LLC to ensure forthwith that the posts are taken down
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Best of BS Opinion: India must align ESG disclosures with global standards
Today's opinions examine PVC import restrictions, India's judicial backlog, reforms to ESG disclosures, digital inequalities in Neet and what Google searches reveal about society
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'What we ask Google' offers intriguing insights, but few fresh revelations
For at least three generations now, Google is like a second conscience. Simon Rogers, data editor at Google, mines our search data for clues into who we are becoming
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Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI to meet Trump officials about AI safety testing
Anthropic and OpenAI disclosed in recent days that their AI tools breached the systems of other companies, stirring concerns among US lawmakers
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Alphabet rolls back AI image feature in Google Earth over policy concerns
The feature, powered by Google's Nano Banana 2 AI model, had allowed users to generate photorealistic images grounded in Google Earth's satellite, aerial and 3D imagery by typing a text prompt
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Indians involved in solving world's toughest problems: Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind executives explain how the AI lab is deploying autonomous agents in the country
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Google study finds workplace AI acting more as assistant than replacement
Based on 15 million interactions, Google's study finds AI is used across 68 per cent of occupations but complete task automation accounts for less than 10 per cent of interactions
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Google introduces personalised round-the-clock AI assistant Gemini Spark
New AI agent will proactively complete tasks with user approval and roll out to Gemini AI Ultra and Pro subscribers in the coming weeks
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Parliamentary panel summons Meta, Google, X over social media regulation
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said the panel has called representatives of Meta, Google, X and Snapchat to explain how they protect the privacy and ensure public order
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From Google to Zomato: What the Digital Competition Bill means for firms
The Union government may raise thresholds under the proposed Digital Competition Bill. Here's what the law seeks to do, who may fall within its scope and why the changes matter
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Bombay HC permits Gadkari to sue Meta, X, others over defamatory deepfakes
The HC allowed Gadkari to file a civil suit against Meta, X, Google and unknown persons over allegedly defamatory AI-generated deepfakes and fake posts linked to the ethanol-blended fuel programme
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Trump threatens fresh EU tariffs after $1 billion Google antitrust fine
Trump said Washington would launch a Section 301 trade investigation into EU after regulators imposed antitrust fine on Google, calling the penalties discriminatory against US technology firms
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Alphabet raises AI spending target to $205 billion as cloud demand surges
Tech giant lifts 2026 capital expenditure guidance by up to $15 billion after reporting robust cloud growth, signalling an even bigger bet on AI infrastructure
Google is building AI fence around the internet it once championed
Google's AI-powered search is keeping users on its platform, raising concerns that declining traffic to websites could threaten the future of the open web
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Google plans new chip to run Gemini models more efficiently: Report
Google expects new chip, dubbed "Frozen v2," to help address an AI computing capacity crunch that has fueled internal tensions and prompted Google Cloud to decline deals with outside customers
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Techno-feudal giants worldwide have upended the state-corporation balance
The West would like to believe that oligarchs exist only in Russia, but that isn't the case beyond ideology
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