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FIDO Alliance sets AI payment standards with Google and Mastercard
The FIDO Alliance established two working groups to create security and interoperability standards for purchases made by artificial intelligence agents. This...
Russia restricts internet over drone threats, triggering broad domestic backlash
Russia is throttling messaging apps and implementing intermittent mobile internet shutdowns to counter potential Ukrainian drone attacks. The government...
Google Expands Pentagon AI Deal for Classified Work, Sparking Employee Backlash
Google signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to provide artificial intelligence models for classified operations. The contract allows the...
Alphabet Inc Q1 2026 Earnings Preview: What Analysts Expect on April 29, 2026
Alphabet Inc. enters its Q1 2026 report with a consensus revenue estimate of $106.88 billion and EPS of $2.68, while shares trade at $352.39 against a $385.00...
Google Breaks Ground on $15 Billion India AI Hub, Targeting Global Cloud
Google laid the foundation stone for a $15 billion AI data center hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on April 28. Senior executives attended the event to...
Ineffable Intelligence raises $1.1B, marking the largest European seed round
Ineffable Intelligence raised $1.1 billion in a seed funding round. The investment values the UK-based AI startup at $5.1 billion. Sequoia Capital and...
Google faces EU order to open Android to rival AI assistants
The European Union unveiled draft proposals under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to compel Google to grant rival artificial intelligence services deeper access...
Over 600 Google Employees Demand Ban on AI for Classified Pentagon Work
More than 600 Google employees, with a significant number from the elite DeepMind AI division, have signed a letter addressed to CEO Sundar Pichai. The letter...
US gas plant costs jump 66%, fueled by AI power demand
The cost to build new U.S. natural gas-fired power plants increased 66% between 2023 and 2025. Unprecedented electricity demand from artificial intelligence...
Alphabet Bets $40 Billion on Anthropic, Aiming for AI Market Lead
Alphabet has committed a strategic investment of up to $40 billion in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. The agreement includes an immediate $10...
Google pivots to autonomous AI agents, securing billion-dollar Merck deal
Google shifted its AI strategy at the Cloud Next conference from model development to practical enterprise adoption. The company introduced the Gemini...
Anthropic Tests AI Agents as Autonomous Negotiators in Internal Marketplace
Anthropic has detailed "Project Deal," an internal experiment where its Claude AI models acted as autonomous agents for employees, tasked with buying, selling,...
Google invests $40 billion in Anthropic, challenging Microsoft’s AI lead
Google committed an initial $10 billion cash investment in AI startup Anthropic. The deal values Anthropic at $350 billion. Anthropic may receive an...
Google Expands AI Note-Taking in Meet to In-Person Meetings, Adds Zoom and Teams Support
At its Cloud Next 2026 conference, Google announced a significant expansion of its Gemini-powered "Take Notes for Me" feature in Google Meet. The AI tool,...
Mira Murati’s TML taps Google Cloud, doubling AI training speeds
Google Cloud expanded its agreement with Thinking Machines Lab (TML), the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. TML secured access to Google's...
Google launches Workspace Intelligence, challenging Microsoft Copilot in enterprise AI
Google announced Workspace Intelligence at its Cloud Next 2026 conference. The system creates a deeply integrated AI layer across Gmail, Docs, and Drive. The...
Google Launches Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Centralizing All Vertex AI Services
Google launched the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform to manage the full lifecycle of AI agent fleets. This system evolves the existing Vertex AI platform into...
Google Debuts Specialized 8th-Gen TPUs, Splitting AI Tasks to Rival Nvidia
Google introduced its eighth-generation Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), featuring two distinct chips for different AI workloads. The TPU 8t handles...
Merck taps Google Cloud Gemini, investing $1B to speed drug development
Merck & Co announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud at the Google Cloud Next 2026 conference. The drugmaker will utilize the Gemini Enterprise...
Google Launches Cloud Next '26, Betting $185 Billion on AI Infrastructure
Google opens its Google Cloud Next 2026 conference today. JPMorgan analysts label this year's event as more significant than previous years. The conference...