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Selling Chrome Won’t Be Enough to End Google’s Search Monopoly
To dismantle Google’s illegal monopoly over how Americans search the web, the US Department of Justice wants the…
Microsoft’s Three Mile Island Deal Signals a Broader Nuclear Comeback
For five years, reactor one at Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania has lain dormant. Now,…
Inside Google’s 7-Year Mission to Give AI a Robot Body
Often during evenings and sometimes weekends, when the robots weren’t busy doing their daily chores, Catie and her…
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56
The unassuming house on Santa Margarita Avenue in Menlo Park, California, had been empty for only a couple…
Waymo Will Bring Autonomous Taxis to Los Angeles—Its Biggest Challenge Yet
Paid autonomous vehicle service is coming to Los Angeles, thanks to a decision by California regulators today to…
Google’s AI Boss Says Scale Only Gets You So Far
In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are yet to…
Google’s Flagship Gemini AI Model Gets a Major Upgrade
Alphabet’s Gemini AI model has been public for only two months, but the company is already releasing an…
Google Parent Alphabet’s Spending on Acquisitions Cratered in 2023
Pennies were pinched in Mountain View last year. For much of its existence as a public company, Google…
Google Splits Up a Key AI Ethics Watchdog
When Google CEO Sundar Pichai emailed his workers the company priorities for 2024 this month, developing AI responsibly…