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Tencent Signs 300,000 Carbon Credit Deal in Landmark Overseas Move
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Tencent Holdings (TCEHY), a Chinese technology company, has signed a 10-year agreement to buy…
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AI-generated images of bank notes circulate online after Myanmar armed group declares independence
An ethnic armed group in Myanmar's Karen State declared it had established an independent republic in the war-torn country in early…
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Google asks US judge to defer order forcing it to share data with rivals while it appeals
ALPHABET’S Google asked a judge on Friday to postpone making the company share data with rivals while it challenges a ruling that the…
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Living or dying by review: Online extortionists flood businesses with fake appraisals on Google Maps
An online scammer by the name of "Dr. Shaan" extorts U.S. businesses by giving them bad reviews on Google Maps to drive away their…
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Google Launches Personalized Shopping Ads Within Its AI Mode Tool
Google has announced it is introducing personalized advertising for retailers to target shoppers purchasing items through AI Mode. The…
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Factory closure plan could lead to 125 jobs losses
About 125 people could lose their jobs after a synthetic textile manufacturer announced the potential closure of its UK factory. US-based…
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Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025
One year ago, Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, made a bold prediction: “We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents ‘join…
Business
Image of Sydney shooter with India defence attache is AI-generated
As Australian police investigated why gunmen accused of carrying out a deadly shooting at Bondi Beach had travelled to the Philippines, an…
Culture
Google works to erode Nvidia’s software advantage with Meta’s help
The effort is part of Google’s aggressive plan to make its TPU a viable alternative to Nvidia’s GPUs Alphabet’s Google is working on a new…
Business
Google's Quiet Solar Move in Malaysia Could Signal a Bigger Shift in Asia's Data Center Power Race
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) just lit up a new front in Asia's clean power race. The tech giant has…
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Google signs solar power pact in Malaysia with Shizen Energy
The agreement highlights efforts by global tech firms to decarbonise their energy-intensive operations such as data centres Alphabet’s…
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Google faces 110 million euros French asset freeze after Russian ruling, documents show
[PARIS/MOSCOW] The administrator of Google’s defunct Russian business has obtained a temporary freeze on some 110 million euros (S$167…
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OpenAI beefs up GPT models in AI race with Google
OPENAI released its latest artificial intelligence models on Thursday, shrugging off worries about how it will cash in on massive spending…
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Google says first AI glasses with Gemini will arrive in 2026
Competition is heating up in the emerging category of AI and augmented reality, or AR, glasses Alphabet’s Google said that it’s working to…
Culture
Amazon rushes out latest AI chip to take on Nvidia, Google
Amazon.com’s cloud unit raced to get the latest version of its artificial intelligence (AI) chip to market, renewing efforts to sell…
Culture
India’s Adani seeks up to US$5 billion investment in Google data centre to join AI boom
Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani have also unveiled investments in building data centre capacity India’s Adani Group…
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Judge in Google ad tech case seeks quick fix for web giant's monopolies
The US judge considering whether to order a breakup of Google’s advertising technology business asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) on…
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Google opens new AI engineering centre in Taiwan
Alphabet’s Google on Thursday opened in Taiwan its biggest artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure hardware engineering centre outside…
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Google DeepMind to open new AI research lab in Singapore
Google DeepMind said on Wednesday (Nov 19) it is opening a new artificial intelligence research lab in Singapore that will focus on…
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Google launches Gemini 3, embeds AI model into search immediately
Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday (Nov 18) launched the latest version of its artificial intelligence model Gemini, emphasising that the new…
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Buffett acquires US$4.9 billion stake in Google parent Alphabet
WARREN Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway acquired 17.9 million shares of Google parent Alphabet during the third quarter, while further…
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Google plans US$40 billion Texas data center investment amid AI boom
ALPHABET’S Google said on Friday (Nov 14) it would invest US$40 billion in three new data centers in Texas, as part of its push to expand…
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Google plans US$40 billion Texas data centre investment amid AI boom
ALPHABET’S Google will invest US$40 billion in three new data centres in Texas, as part of its push to expand capacity for artificial…
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Google hit by fresh EU probe into suspected news search abuse
There are suspicions that it is pushing down results for publishers’ websites when they include content from commercial partners Google is…