Google escapes ad tech breakup in third Big Tech antitrust loss for US
World 12:00 03/09/2026Alphabet's Google escaped a breakup of its advertising technology business on Wednesday, marking the third time in recent years that U.S. antitrust enforcers have tried to force a Big Tech breakup and lost.
Vietnam ranks 3rd globally in package tour searches on Google
Travel 13:19 21/08/2026Vietnam ranked third globally in searches for package tours on Google in the first half of 2026, up 22 percent year on year, while searches from international travelers increased by 20 percent, according to Google Vietnam.
Australia passes law to levy tech giants that fail to pay for local news
World 09:40 21/08/2026Australia passed legislation on Thursday that will force tech giants to pay millions of dollars in levies if they fail to strike commercial deals with local media outlets for news on their platforms.
Google Opens 1st Directly Run Store outside U.S. in Tokyo
World 15:38 13/08/2026Tokyo, Aug. 13 -- U.S. technology giant Google LLC opened its first directly run store outside the United States in Tokyo's Omotesando fashionable district Thursday.
Three in five Americans favor stronger oversight of social media companies, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
World 14:12 10/08/2026A bipartisan majority of Americans support more government rules for how social media companies conduct business, including a requirement of age-verification tools to keep younger children off social media, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Google’s $15 billion India data centre project battles water, wildlife concerns
World 15:51 06/08/2026Work to build Google's planned Indian data centre hub is in full swing, with a hillside above the site stripped to red earth and terraced into steps, but mounting opposition from environmentalists is creating hurdles for the U.S. tech giant's $15 billion project.
Google plans new chip to run Gemini models more efficiently, the Information reports
World 19:16 21/07/2026Google is developing a new server chip that would incorporate elements of its Gemini model directly into the hardware, in a bid to serve its AI models more efficiently to users, the Information reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Google probed by Swiss regulator over Android default search feature
World 17:35 14/07/2026ZURICH - Switzerland's Competition Commission (COMCO) has launched a preliminary investigation into Google's removal of a feature that allows mobile phone users to opt out of using its search engine as default, the authority said on Tuesday.
Florida family sues Google after AI chatbot allegedly coached suicide
World 15:26 05/03/2026The family of a Florida man who took his own life filed suit against Google on Wednesday, alleging the company's Gemini AI chatbot spent weeks manufacturing an elaborate delusional fantasy before aiding him in his suicide.
Google, Shopee-owner Sea to develop AI tools for e-commerce, gaming
World 13:37 20/02/2026Alphabet Inc's Google and Southeast Asian technology conglomerate Sea Ltd announced a new tie-up on Thursday that will develop artificial intelligence tools for Sea's e-commerce and gaming products.
With freebies, OpenAI, Google vie for Indian users and training data
World 15:26 18/12/2025BENGALURU -- OpenAI, Google and Perplexity have begun an unprecedented fight for artificial intelligence users in India, rolling out freebies in a strategy seen as a way to harvest troves of multilingual training data in the world's most populous nation.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.2 after 'code red' push to counter Google's Gemini 3
World 10:21 12/12/2025OpenAI on Thursday launched its GPT-5.2 artificial intelligence model, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly issued an internal "code red" in early December pausing non‑core projects and redirecting teams to accelerate development in response to Google's Gemini 3.
