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Tech companies face mounting child safety lawsuits while pushing AI into schools
Lawsuits against Snap, Meta and Google are creating headwinds for tech companies just as artificial intelligence tools expand into classrooms.
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Google refused 54K-name petition, say campaigners
Campaigners oppose the development of a large data centre on a wildlife site at Thurrock.
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Hyperscalers and Apple surge after election results remove investor uncertainty
Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft stock was up after the midterms, while stocks tied to Trump advisor Elon Musk and data centers fell on Wednesday.
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Google responds to political backlash over removing search from schools that ban AI
After elected officials voiced outrage over Google turning off search at schools that ban AI, the company said search can be turned back on with AI Overviews.
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Why AI is boosting Meta's ad business while hurting Google search
The gap between Meta's ad revenue growth and Google's search expansion was the widest it's been since 2021 in the latest quarter.
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Google lost nearly half a trillion this week. Here's how Mike Khouw is trading it
Google lost nearly half a trillion this week. But the week's tech sell off might provide an opportunity, says Mike Khouw.
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Google value plunges by $500bn as its own AI search hits ad sales
Google spooked investors so badly that its stock hit a six-month low, after it revealed its AI own search summaries were affecting ad revenue.
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Reddit shares sink on weak sales guidance and plans login requirement test as Google search traffic shrinks
Reddit posts third-quarter earnings and reveals plans to require all users to create official accounts as Google search traffic shrinks
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AI buildout hits snag as Google and Microsoft put off raising capex forecasts
Microsoft and Alphabet both reported capital expenditures that fell short of estimates, adding to concern over the cost of the AI buildout.
Entertainment
YouTube Q3 Ad Revenue Growth Slows, Rising 9% to $11.2 Billion, as Alphabet Misses Earnings Estimates
YouTube continued to vacuum up digital ad dollars in the third quarter of 2026, but the video platform’s advertising business grew at slower pace than in recent quarters. YouTube’s growth also was lower than Alphabet overall, given a sales boom in the internet giant’s Google Cloud division, which saw revenue double. Meanwhile, Alphabet came in […]
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Google alters its cloud playbook, enlisting partners to sell more AI chips
Google is opening its TPU business beyond its own cloud as custom chips become a bigger engine for growth.
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Sponsor to a Google founder
We end up assuming that the millionaires would rather flee than contribute taxes to the common good; the unassuming thing is that there are workers to defend it.
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Meta- and Google-backed Jio Platforms’ shares soar over 21% on trading debut after record IPO
Jio had offered 270 million shares in the IPO priced at 1,119 rupees apiece, raising 302 billion rupees ($3.2 billion) in the country's largest-ever IPO.
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Walmart says AI training is boosting confidence with the technology among its 2.1 million associates
Walmart says training from OpenAI and Google is helping its 2.1 million associates feel more confident using AI and digital tools.
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Oracle integrates ChatGPT, Codex into apps and expands cloud chip lineup
Oracle is integrating OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Codex into its applications and plans to add Google TPUs and OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip to OCI.
Politics
Technological women see the government's demands on data centres illegal and seek the way to overthrow the decree
The 'data centers' sector has a heavy burden on the rules in the process and calls on the Council of State to have an impact on the opinion of the advisory body. It does not rule out going to court to prevent him from seeing the light
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Government gives data centres five years to meet the toughest demands
The Executive will allow the facilities, which had protested by the rule, to benefit from a transitional regime until 2031. They intend to approve it before the elections or even in office.
Entertainment
Trump Says Google CEO Rejected His Request to Rename Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps
President Donald Trump, who has already renamed two bodies of water after America, said he would like to redub the Atlantic Ocean as well — but that the CEO of Google pushed back on the idea. At a rally at Clemson University in South Carolina Tuesday evening, Trump told the crowd, “So we have a […]
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Critical PHP web security flaws spark global alarm as Google, OpenAI and Amazon respond
Critical PHP security flaws trigger global warnings as Google, OpenAI and Amazon respond to potential cyber threats.
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OpenAI to bring AI models to Google's cloud, in further expansion beyond Microsoft
OpenAI will now have its models on all three of the top clouds, giving corporate developers more choice.