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CMA gives Google’s $2B Anthropic investment the green light
It took the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) less than a month to decide that there is no need to proceed further with a merger investigation after Google’s purchase of a $2 billion stake in Anthropic. In a statement released on Oct. 24, the CMA indicated that it had obtained “sufficient information” to launch a preliminary investigation into the…
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Google’s Gemini app is now available on iPhones – Computerworld
Apple’s approach is to support those external services while building up its own AI suite with its own unique — and, if you ask me, vitally necessary — selling point around privacy. Others follow a different path, but it’s hard to ignore that control of your computational experience is the root of all these ambitions. King of the hill With its early mover advantage,…
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Sundar Pichai says more than 25% of Google’s code is now AI-generated – and it’s a big hint at the future of software development
Over a quarter (25%) of Google’s internal source code is AI-generated, according to CEO Sundar Pichai, hinting at what’s in store for the future of development at big tech firms. Speaking during a recent earnings call, Pichai explained that the firm is using AI within its development teams to improve coding processes, as well as to boost productivity and efficiency.…
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Google’s ‘Project Jarvis’ project could let AI agents take over computers
Google is believed to be working on an AI agent tool capable of autonomously navigating the web to complete tasks for users, according to reports. Dubbed ‘Project Jarvis’, the AI-powered tool is reportedly able to act autonomously across a variety of functions, including email management, conducting research, and scheduling appointments. Reporting from The Information last month said sources believed Project…
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Google’s mysterious ‘search.app’ links leave Android users concerned
Google has left Android users puzzled after the most recent update to the Google mobile app causes links shared from the app to now be prepended with a mysterious “search.app” domain. As the Google app is a popular portal for searching the web for Android users and delivers a personalized content news feed referred to as Google Discover, it has…
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Google’s Pixel Watch 3 is available at a new record low price for Verge readers
If you thought you needed to wait until Black Friday to score a steep discount on the new Google Pixel Watch 3, we’ve got some good news: right now, Wellbots is giving readers of The Verge an exclusive $75 discount, dropping the wearable down to a new all-time low price until November 12th. The 41mm, Wi-Fi-enabled configuration starts at $274…
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Google’s Big Sleep AI model just found a zero-day vulnerability in the wild — but don’t hold your breath for game-changing AI bug hunting tools any time soon
Google has claimed a vulnerability flagged by its Big Sleep AI model represents the first time an AI tool has found an unknown bug in the wild. Google clarified that this is the first time such a system has detected a memory-safety bug, acknowledging other AI tools have discovered different types of vulnerabilities before. “We believe this is the first…
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Microsoft slams Google’s ‘shadow campaigns’ as feud over cloud regulation escalates
Microsoft has fired shots at Google over its activity in the European cloud market, accusing the latter of conducting ‘shadow campaigns’ in the region. Rima Alaily, competition and market regulation lead at Microsoft, took to the company blog and claimed Google has played a part in creating a new organization designed specifically to discredit Microsoft. She called it an “astroturf”…
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Google’s answer to Microsoft 365 – Computerworld
Not all Workspace customers require the full list of Gemini functionality for staff, and, for many workers, AI assistants have proved most effective in and around meetings. To cater to these customers, Google launched an add-on “AI Meetings and Messages” that includes access to Gemini features in Meet only, for lower price of $10 per user a month. There’s…
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Google’s taking the extra search box out of your search results
For years, Google has included an extra search box within some search results, encouraging you to dig further and look only within a specific website. But now that sitelinks search box is going away because “usage has dropped.” It’s been over ten years since we initially announced the sitelinks search box in Google Search, and over time, we’ve noticed that usage…
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