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Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai hail India's historic T20 World Cup victory
Tech honchos Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, and others hailed India's historic win over South Africa in a nerve-wrenching final of the ICC T20 World Cup at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday.
Brazil judge closes coordination probe into Google, Telegram
The bill, which is still pending, would require that internet companies' search engines and social messaging services find and report illegal material, and would charge hefty fines for failures to do so.
Alphabet hit with Austrian privacy complaint over alleged browser tracking
Google has introduced a set of tools called the Privacy Sandbox to block covert tracking techniques and limit data sharing with third parties while developers and publishers can measure ads without tracking individual users.
Judge rules Google will not face jury trial in US digital ads case
Google avoids jury trial by paying $2.3 million to U.S. government for alleged digital advertising dominance, preventing the first-ever civil antitrust case jury trial by the Justice Department and states suing the tech giant.
New York lawmakers pass measure to protect youths on social media
New York state lawmakers passed legislation to protect children online by restricting social media platforms from exposing 'addictive' content to users under 18 without parental consent.
Nvidia's stock market value surpasses $3 trillion
Nvidia's stock price has more than doubled this year and it's now the third most valuable company in the S&P 500. The company is also about to undergo a stock split and has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors.
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Tribunal rules $17 billion UK adtech lawsuit against Google can go ahead
The lawsuit, which seeks damages on behalf of publishers of websites and apps based in the United Kingdom, is the latest case to focus on the search giant's business practices.
Google's privacy chief to exit
Google's chief privacy officer, Keith Enright, is leaving the company this fall after 13 years. The departure is part of a broader reorganization within the privacy teams amid heavy government scrutiny over privacy issues.
OpenAI, Google DeepMind's current and former employees warn about AI risks
The letter further warns of risks from unregulated AI, ranging from the spread of misinformation to the loss of independent AI systems and the deepening of existing inequalities, which could result in "human extinction."
Google cuts at least 100 jobs across its cloud unit: report
Alphabet-owned Google is laying off at least 100 employees from several teams in its cloud unit, CNBC reported on Monday. Roles in sales, operations, engineering, consulting, and 'go to market' strategy were some of the positions cut.
Google says tech infrastructure investment in Singapore reaches $5 billion
The company said its data centres in Singapore employ over 500 people and are used to power services such as Google Search and Maps.
Arm aims to capture 50% of PC market in five years, CEO says
Demand for use of Arm's technology in personal computers got a boost after Microsoft unveiled ambitious plans last month to launch a new breed of PCs with artificial intelligence features to compete with Alphabet and Apple.
Nvidia set to overtake Apple as world's second-most valuable company at $2.68 trillion
Nvidia could soon surpass Apple to become the world's second-most valuable company, benefitting from the surge in adoption of AI applications. Nvidia's high-end chips power virtually all AI applications, propelling its stock value to $2.68 trillion.
EU court backs Google, Amazon, Airbnb in Italian rule dispute
The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union said, "A member state may not impose additional obligations on an online service provider established in another member state."
Singapore to invest $222 million to boost quantum computing capability
Singapore to invest $222 million in a new national quantum computing strategy, announced by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat at the Asia Tech x Singapore Summit. The investment will focus on building capabilities in quantum processors over five years.
Google to invest $2 billion in data centre and cloud services in Malaysia
Google announces $2 billion investment in Malaysia for its first data centre and cloud region, supporting the country's digital ambitions and AI capabilities to enhance local industry and global competitiveness.
US presses TikTok, Meta and X to crack down on antisemitic posts: report
The Biden administration urges tech companies to tackle antisemitic content. Companies like Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok met with U.S. special envoy Deborah Lipstadt to combat rising antisemitism post Hamas attack on southern Israel and Gaza Strip bombardment.
US court to hear challenges to potential TikTok ban in September
A U.S. appeals court sets a fast-track schedule to consider challenges to a new law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban, joined by TikTok, ByteDance, and TikTok content creators.
Top EU data regulator says tech giants working closely on AI compliance
Des Hogan, Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland, highlighted the broad powers of national regulators to enforce changes in AI products for data privacy compliance.
EU in touch with Telegram as it nears criterion for EU tech rules
The Digital Services Act (DSA) which kicked in last year applies to all online intermediaries and platforms, but with tougher obligations on Big Tech to do more to police illegal and harmful online content on their platforms.
Google invests $350 million in Flipkart as part of nearly $1 billion funding round
Flipkart secures $1 billion funding with investments from Google and Walmart. Walmart, which holds an 85% stake, invested $600 million in the round. Valued at $35-36 billion, Flipkart plans to expand with Google's cloud collaboration.
Amazon to launch AI-overhauled Alexa with paid plans, CNBC reports
While the e-commerce giant is yet to nail down the price of the new services, a subscription to Alexa will not be included in its popular $139 annual Prime offering, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the company's plans.
Google cuts mystery check to US in bid to sidestep jury trial
Google disclosed the payment, but not the amount, in a court filing last week that said the case should be heard and decided by a judge directly. Without a monetary damages claim, Google argued, the government has no right to a jury trial.
Microsoft debuts 'Copilot+' PCs with AI features
At an event on its campus in Redmond, Washington, Chief Executive Satya Nadella introduced what Microsoft calls "Copilot+" PCs, saying that it and a range of manufacturers would sell them, including Acer and Asustek Computer.
OpenAI strikes deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT
The deal underscores Reddit's attempt to diversify beyond its advertising business, and follows its recent partnership with Alphabet to make its content available for training Google's AI models.
India well positioned as shift to AI happens: Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Pichai, who is also the chief executive of Alphabet, Google's parent company, was talking a day after announcing several of Google's innovations in his keynote address at Google I/O connect, the company's annual developer conference. "AI tools for a lot of our products... India is number one country in terms of user base. To be able to serve them we're committed to bringing the same AI tools," Pichai said.
Google I/O 2024: From Gemini 1.5 Pro, Project Astra to Trillium, ET brings you the low down
Gemini 1.5 Pro, with a one million token long context window, is now available with Gemini Advanced in 35 languages, the company announced at Google I/O, its annual developer conference on Tuesday.
Google unveils Trillium chip; Gemini 1.5 Pro with 2M tokens made available for developers
Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday unveiled a product called Trillium in its artificial intelligence data center chip family that it says is nearly five times as fast as its prior version.
OpenAI plans to announce Google search competitor on Monday, sources say
OpenAI to introduce AI search tool challenging Google. ChatGPT integrated with Microsoft's Bing to extract web info with citations. OpenAI's announcement could be timed a day before the Tuesday start of Google's I/O conference, which it conducts annually, and where the tech giant is expected to unveil multiple AI-related products.
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