Apple and Google have agreed to make changes to their UK app stores following intervention by the country’s competition watchdog, after it concluded the two firms hold an “effective duopoly” over the sector. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the tech giants have committed to a series of measures designed to improve transparency and […]
Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Google has agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class action lawsuit arguing that its voice-activated assistant secretly recorded smart device users in violation of their privacy. A preliminary settlement was filed on Friday in San Jose, California, federal court, but still requires approval by U.S. District Judge […]
Synthesia has raised $200 million (£146 million) in fresh funding in a round led by Google Ventures, pushing the London-based company’s valuation to $4 billion and cementing its position as one of the UK’s most valuable artificial intelligence businesses. The investment marks a sharp step up from Synthesia’s previous £146 million Series D round in […]
Hello! A man uses a phone next to a Microsoft logo during the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting, in Davos, Switzerland, on 20 January 2026. (Reuters) Cognitive warmup. April 2025: Satya Nadella says as much as 30% of the Microsoft code is written by AI. July 2025: Microsoft says Windows 11 24H2 is the […]
NEW DELHI: Google on Thursday announced a new programme—Google Market Access Program—to help Indian startups expand into global markets. The programme is designed to help Indian AI startups move from pilot projects to long-term global enterprise contracts. According to Google, many startups struggle at this stage despite having strong technology. FILE PHOTO: Preeti Lobana, country manager for […]
Apple Inc. has chosen Google Gemini over ChatGPT to power its AI technology as well as Siri in a multi-year deal, in what is seen as a big win for Alphabet Inc. over Sam Altman’s OpenAI in the global AI race. The Apple-Google deal unlocks unlocks two billion active Apple devices for Google Gemini to […]
Nvidia Corp. has agreed to a licensing deal with AI chip startup Groq, furthering its investments in companies connected to the AI boom. Groq founder Jonathan Ross and other top executives will join Nvidia “to help advance and scale licensed technology”. (Bloomberg) As part of the Nvidia-Groq deal, Groq’s Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Ross and […]
Google wants a larger share of India’s digital payments, and isn’t resting on continued domination of Google Pay as one of the dominant UPI, or unified payments interface, players. The tech giant’s foray into the co-branded credit card space, with the Google Pay Flex Axis Bank Credit Card, underlines what has been a rather interesting […]
Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly in talks to spend billions on Google’s Tensor AI chips, which are powering its industry-benchmark Gemini 3 model. Nvidia Corp. shares plunged even as Alphabet Inc.’s shares surged on the news. Google already supplies up to 1 million Tensor chips to Anthropic PBC, in what has been called a “really […]
Alphabet Inc.’s Google and venture capital firm Accel will partner to fund at least 10 early-stage Indian AI startups, in the first such funding partnership involving the search giant. India-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Google is investing $15 billion to build a 1 GW AI data centre in India, and is offering Google Gemini for […]