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Google offers voluntary exits in five countries: Who’s eligible, what’s the payout

Google is offering voluntary exit packages to employees in five countries as Alphabet ramps up AI spending. Who is eligible, how much could they receive, and does this signal more job cuts ahead? Here

Google extends voluntary buyout offers to staffers in many countries

Google has extended voluntary exit offers to employees in five countries, while protecting hiring priorities in AI and cloud computing amid rising investment costs.

Google Dreambeans AI launched in India: What is it, how it works, and more

Google's Dreambeans uses AI to create personalised daily story collections from users' connected Google apps, bringing information from Gmail, Photos, Search and YouTube into one feed

Fitbit Air review: Great for sleep and recovery, less so for GPS tracking

After years of wearing screen-based smartwatches, I tried going screenless with the Fitbit Air. Its lightweight design and week-long battery life won me over, though tracking accuracy has a few quirks

Google Gemini may infringe publishers' rights, EU court adviser says

An adviser to the EU's top court has backed publishers in a copyright dispute over Google's Gemini chatbot, saying its reuse of press articles may infringe their rights in certain circumstances

Explained: How a backdoor in Android TV devices exposed 1.3 million users

A backdoor embedded in over 1.3 million Android devices exposed gaps in Google's certification checks. Here's how the malware worked, what it did and what the breach means for device security

AI capex boom

Global tech investors are evaluating returns

Google in talks with Pentagon to join Trump's Golden Dome defence programme

The Pentagon is standing up a new industry group that aims to secure the data that feeds into military software being built for Golden Dome

Sideloading on Android: What Google's new rules mean for rival app stores

Google's new Registered App Stores programme promises easier app installs and background updates for rival marketplaces on Android. But will it improve competition with Google Play?

Big tech's $750 billion AI bet faces strain with slowing core growth

The earnings reports and the ensuing stock selloffs expose the tensions escalating over big tech's transition to new AI-powered products, and the spending required to get there

Alphabet loses over $500 billion in market value as AI hits Google search

Alphabet lost over $500 billion in market value as weaker-than-expected search and advertising sales raised concerns over AI's impact on Google's core business and soaring infrastructure costs.

Google, XREAL launch AURA XR glasses with Gemini after Meta's VR push

Google and XREAL have launched AURA XR glasses with Android XR and Gemini. The launch follows Meta's unveiling of similar glasses with a separate compute puck

Asian shares fall as Alphabet earnings miss drags Wall St futures lower

Alphabet's 10% after-hours slide wiped nearly $400 billion off its market value, while Samsung fell over 4% despite record profit as investors await results from Amazon and Intel

Google revenue misses estimates despite 25% growth; Alphabet shares fall

Google parent company Alphabet Inc. came up short of Wall Street expectations despite strong revenue growth in its third-quarter results, which sent its stock falling in after-hours trading Wednesday. The Mountain View, California-based company said its net income was USD 26.17 billion in the July-September period. That's down from USD 34.98 billion in the same period a year earlier. Revenue grew 25 per cent from the same period last year to USD 127.58 billion, but that was shy of analysts' expectations. Analysts, on average, were expecting revenue of USD 127.97 billion, according to a poll by FactSet. The company earned USD 2.12 per share. Results were impacted by an USD 8.7 billion loss on equity investments in the quarter. It was not immediately clear if the reported earnings per share are comparable to the analyst estimates, which were around USD 3.01 per share. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, said in a statement that the quarter was strong and that the company is "n

AI an economic equaliser, tech at its best when inclusive: Google India VP

Google sees artificial intelligence as "an economic equaliser", and believes technology is at its best when it is inclusive and democratic, giving even the leanest teams the same intelligence, speed and security as a large global enterprise, Preeti Lobana, Vice President and country manager of Google India, said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Google Cloud Day event where she addressed over 600 business owners, managing directors and technology executives, Lobana said in her conversations with business leaders across the country, she often hears "a mix of excitement about AI's promise" and understandable apprehension about the complexities ahead. Many growing businesses, she said, worry about cost. "In fact, many growing businesses worry that AI requires massive IT teams, complex integrations, and deep pockets. People worry about the cost. But at Google, we see AI differently," she said. For Google, AI is a powerful technology, which more than anything else, is "an economic ...

OpenAI plans to buy chips from Google as part of its AI build-out

The move reflects OpenAI's multipronged bid to quickly add more AI processing power

Anthropic relies on rival Google, Amazon, Microsoft for 48% of revenue

Amazon, Google and Microsoft customers can buy access to Anthropic's AI models through their existing cloud accounts. The cloud providers bill the customer, keep a fee and pass the rest to Anthropic

Who are the key investors backing AI startup Anthropic ahead of IPO?

Amazon, Google and leading investment firms have poured billions into the Claude maker, whose public listing will test investor appetite for AI companies beyond Silicon Valley

UK vows 100 mn euros for biosecurity lab with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google

The lab will use AI to detect and monitor biological threats, with OpenAI and Anthropic providing up to 200 million euros in AI model credits

Cognizant, Google Cloud expand partnership to drive agentic AI adoption

Cognizant and Google Cloud on Tuesday announced an expansion of their partnership to accelerate the adoption of agentic AI, including a new 'Gemini Frontier Capability Group'. The group brings together a dedicated global workforce that pairs Google's full-stack, enterprise-ready AI platform with Cognizant's domain, industry and engineering expertise as an AI-builder, according to a release. Supported by more than 18,000 dedicated Cognizant associates, the new group represents a substantial joint investment and builds on the momentum created by Cognizant's dedicated Gemini practice launched in April 2026. The new group is designed to bridge the path from pilot to production, equipping enterprises with the ability to safely deploy resilient, enterprise-grade agents that can help drive measurable business value, the release said. "Establishing our dedicated Gemini Frontier Capability Group lets our best frontier engineering talent focus entirely on getting frontier AI into production