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Alphabet’s Verily closes its medical device division and lays off staff

Alphabet's Verily was one of the company's star "moonshot" businesses, with its research delving into areas ranging from connected diabetes therapies to robot surgery. Now, Verily has shuttered...

Alphabet settles with shareholders over Google antitrust lawsuit

Google is still waiting to hear how it will have to address its monopoly in the search engine business — it plans to appeal the judgement — but...

LinkedIn: Top 10 Large Companies for Career Growth in US

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has claimed the top spot on LinkedIn’s 2025 list of the 50 best large US employers for career growth. The rankings, which relied entirely...

Waymo faces questions about its use of onboard cameras for AI training, ads targeting

In an iconic scene from the 2002 sci-fi film Minority Report, on-the-run Agent John Anderton, played by Tom Cruise, struggles to walk through a mall as he’s targeted...

Is Google Rigging Search? EU’s Preliminary Findings Are In

The European Commission claims that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has breached the Digital Markets Act. The specific allegation is that Google is self-preferencing on Search and the Play...

Google Acquires Startup Wiz for $32B to ‘Turbocharge Improved Cloud Security’

Google has announced it is acquiring cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion. The acquisition is parent company Alphabet’s largest to date, more than doubling its previous record-breaking $12.5...

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A new breed of Android flagships is coming and it should make Samsung nervous

A new wave of Android flagships is on the horizon, and they’re not playing it safe. The biggest shift is that these phones...

Watch the trailer for Science Saru’s Ghost in the Shell anime series

A new trailer has given us our best look yet at the upcoming The Ghost in the Shell anime. While it might not...

Apple is opening Siri to pick AI models, but there’s only only that makes sense to me 

Apple promised us a smarter, more capable Siri at WWDC 2024. The pitch was compelling: a Siri that understands your personal context, digs...

YouTube CEO opens up about AI slop, and it sounds like cozy promises

YouTube is in a slightly tricky position right now. On one hand, it’s encouraging creators to use AI tools to make content faster...