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Apple and Google are the subjects of an investigation under the UK competition watchdog’s new digital markets competition regime, with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) probing its dominance in the mobile market.
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First, there was deep learning, which was quickly replaced by generative AI. Then foundational or to some, frontier AI became THE buzzword. Then multimodal AI. Now, it’s the turn of agentic AI.
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Google has expanded its AI tools to all Workspace Business and Enterprise applications at no extra cost — though plan prices have increased.
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Google Cloud has appointed Maureen Costello as VP for the United Kingdom and Ireland (UKI) and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Intersect Power, a US-based clean energy provider, has penned partnerships with Google and TPG Rise Climate (TPG) to supply power and storage solutions for data centres.
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Google has unveiled its latest quantum computing chip, Willow, a next-generation hardware unit that dramatically reduces quantum computational errors and can perform complex calculations exponentially faster than classical supercomputers.
Forthcoming events
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Google broke ground on a new cable landing station in Fiji which will act as a hub to support international subsea cables that connect the island nation to the wider Pacific.
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Google is expanding its Australia Connect initiative with two new subsea cables connecting Australia with Christmas Island.
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Google has announced it is transforming the way customers interact with search, tapping AI and visual tools to make the experience more “personalised than ever”.
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Lumen has continued its partnership spree with big-name vendors, striking a deal with Google Cloud to power AIOps and data insight solutions across its network.
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Google Cloud announced it will make multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all users of its cloud services.
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A newly launched cloud lobbying group Microsoft accused of being secretly controlled by Google has hit back at the allegations, claiming it is fighting for equality in a "broken" market.
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Microsoft has hit back at Google Cloud's claims that its licensing terms “restrict” customers from moving to competitors, claiming the hyperscale rival is secretly funding a group trying to discredit the company.
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Google has purchased small modular nuclear reactors to provide carbon-free power to its US data centres.
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Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work using AI to uncover the complex structure of almost every protein known to science.
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Google and Vodafone have unveiled a 10-year partnership aimed at revolutionising the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity services for millions of customers across Europe and Africa.
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Google is continuing its global infrastructure expansion as it plans to launch its first data centre in Thailand.
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Google has started construction on two new data centres in Dorchester County, South Carolina, as part of a $2 billion investment that will create 200 jobs.