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Microsoft accuses Google of secretly funding regulatory astroturf campaign
Microsoft is accusing Google of funding a proxy campaign designed to discredit it in the eyes of regulatory authorities and policymakers in the European Union and beyond.
Igor Bonifacic10.29.2024
Google files EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft
Google filed a complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft on Wednesday. It accused Microsoft of making it difficult for cloud customers to move their work from Azure to other providers.
Will Shanklin09.26.2024
Warner Bros. Discovery teams up with Google to generate captions using AI
Warner Bros. Discovery is using Google Cloud AI tech to generate captions for its programming.
Kris Holt09.25.2024
Google announces Axion, its first Arm-based CPU for data centers
Google has announced Axion, its first Arm-based CPU for data centers.
Sarah Fielding04.09.2024
Google announces new AI processing chips and a cloud 'hypercomputer'
It also has a new AI accelerator, the Cloud TPU v5p
Sarah Fielding12.06.2023
A Google-powered chatbot is handling GM’s non-emergency OnStar calls
General Motors is taking Google’s AI chatbot on the road. The automaker announced today that it’s using Google Cloud’s Dialogflow to automate some non-emergency OnStar features like navigation and call routing. Crucially, the automaker claims the bot can pinpoint keywords indicating an emergency situation and “quickly route the call” to trained humans when needed. GM says the system frees up OnStar Advisors to spend more time with customers requiring a live human.
Will Shanklin08.30.2023
Twitter has supposedly started paying its Google Cloud bill again
Twitter has resumed paying its Google Cloud contract after newly appointed CEO Linda Yaccarino reportedly stepped in to patch up the relationship between the two companies.
Igor Bonifacic06.22.2023
Twitter has reportedly refused to pay its Google Cloud contract
More platform instability could be in Twitter’s future, with the company reportedly refusing to pay Google for the Cloud services contract the two signed in 2018.
Igor Bonifacic06.12.2023
Google's latest AI tackles long and costly drug discovery
Google's Cloud division has launched two new suites aimed at addressing drug discovery while advancing precision medicine.
Steve Dent05.17.2023
Meta is spinning off the Pytorch framework into its own AI research foundation
Meta announced on Monday that the Pytorch project will soon spin out from the company’s direct control to become the Pytorch Foundation.
Andrew Tarantola09.12.2022
Google developer Emma Haruka Iwao has calculated Pi to 100 trillion digits
It took 157 days to perform the calculation.
Kris Holt06.09.2022A new Google Cloud team is building services for Web3 developers
Google wants to be the first choice for hosting blockchain apps.
Kris Holt05.07.2022
Google is buying cybersecurity company Mandiant for $5.4 billion
Mandiant is the company the banks and phone companies call when they get hacked. Now it'll be part of Google's Cloud platform.
Daniel Cooper03.08.2022
Engadget Podcast: The storm around Activision Blizzard’s CEO
This week, Cherlynn and Devindra are joined by Engadget’s Jessica Conditt to dive into the latest controversy around Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick.
Devindra Hardawar11.19.2021Google Cloud outage takes down Spotify, Snapchat, Etsy and more sites (updated)
It's like the universe is telling you to stop binging true crime podcasts.
Jessica Conditt11.17.2021
Google Cloud will show users their gross carbon emissions
The company says Earth Engine can help businesses tackle climate change.
Kris Holt10.13.2021
Google's AI photo app uses crowdsourcing to preserve endangered languages
Google has unveiled an app, Woolaroo, that uses AI and crowdsourcing to preserve and foster endangered languages.
Jon Fingas05.06.2021
Google moves in near the Mayo Clinic to ease collaboration
Google will open an office in Rochester MN this year, home of the Mayo Clinic's headquarters. Google already has dozens of offices in the US, but this will be the first in Minneapolis. The company worked with the Mayo Clinic to find spaces that let them collaborate easily with Mayo Clinic staff as they look to "transform patient care."
Nathan Ingraham02.19.2021
Google server problems took out Gmail and other services briefly
Gmail, YouTube and other Google services went down briefly for many users on Thursday night, but should be available again now.
Richard Lawler09.25.2020
Google’s next undersea cable will connect the US with the UK and Spain
It is named after computing pioneer Grace Hopper.
Daniel Cooper07.28.2020