Don’t miss the latest developments in business and finance.

Alphabet Inc

Applying artificial intelligence to the search business that made Google a household name remains the largest gambit for the company, CIO Ruth Porat said

Updated On: 11 Dec 2024 | 9:07 AM IST

Google said in a filing Wednesday that US District Judge James Donato's ruling is mistaken and asked that the outcome of the long-running litigation be set aside

Updated On: 28 Nov 2024 | 9:25 AM IST

Antitrust officials, along with states that have joined the case, also plan to recommend Wednesday that federal judge Amit Mehta impose data licensing requirements

Updated On: 20 Nov 2024 | 9:10 AM IST

Dorsey ordered Apple to return ownership of the apps to the US units. A lawyer for an Indian firm that had been wrongly given ownership of the apps unsuccessfully tried to persuade Dorsey

Updated On: 13 Nov 2024 | 9:12 AM IST

A total of 17 Russian television channels, including state-affiliated outlets, have filed legal suits against Google after it began blocking channels in 2020

Updated On: 31 Oct 2024 | 12:58 PM IST

As its main search business matures, Google is betting on growth from its cloud division, which supplies computing power, software and services to other companies

Updated On: 30 Oct 2024 | 8:43 AM IST

Digital investments have helped propel Malaysia's economy this year, with growth beating market expectations in the last two quarters and the ringgit currency becoming one of Asia's top performers

Updated On: 01 Oct 2024 | 10:59 AM IST

A break-up order could come at a later stage if Google continues its anti-competitive practices, they said, pointing to a precedent setting case involving Microsoft two decades ago

Updated On: 13 Sep 2024 | 11:41 PM IST

Those advertising tools contributed to the more than 75 per cent of Google's $307.4 billion in revenue last year that came from advertising.

Updated On: 04 Sep 2024 | 11:29 PM IST

Google is intensifying its focus on India with the introduction of advanced AI tools aimed at breaking down language barriers and enhancing agricultural practices, a senior company official said. Abhishek Bapna, Director of Product Management at Google DeepMind, highlighted the importance of reducing language barriers in India's economic development. Language is very essential for economic development. For instance, a language barrier should not hinder someone from explaining their medical issues to a doctor or accessing banking services, Bapna said during his short visit to IIM Calcutta. The tech giant has launched Google Gemini, formerly known as Bard, an artificial intelligence chatbot that supports more than 40 global languages, including nine Indian languages. Bapna added that Google's ongoing focus is on continuously improving language quality and expanding support for more Indian languages in the future. Currently, the chatbot supports nine Indian languages - Hindi, Bengali

Updated On: 15 Aug 2024 | 12:28 PM IST

Agreements under scrutiny include Microsoft's partnerships with startups such as OpenAI, Inflection AI, and Mistral AI, as well as Alphabet's ties to other smaller companies such as Anthropic and Cohe

Updated On: 31 Jul 2024 | 12:11 AM IST

The tech giant is also providing cloud-computing services to fast-growing startups, fueling consistent profitability for that business after years of losing money

Updated On: 24 Jul 2024 | 8:15 AM IST

The Shenzhen-based company is weighing a commission lower than the typical 30 per cent cut that Apple and Alphabet Inc.'s Google take for payments made via their mobile stores

Updated On: 18 Jun 2024 | 1:56 PM IST

Google on Tuesday rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links, a shift promising to quicken the quest for information while also potentially disrupting the flow of money-making internet traffic. The makeover announced at Google's annual developers conference will begin this week in the U.S. when hundreds of millions of people will start to periodically see conversational summaries generated by the company's AI technology at the top of the search engine's results page. The AI overviews are supposed to only crop up when Google's technology determines they will be the quickest and most effective way to satisfy a user's curiosity a solution mostly likely to happen with complex subjects or when people are brainstorming, or planning. People will likely still see Google's traditional website links and ads for simple searches for things like a store recommendation or weather forecasts. Google began testing A

Updated On: 15 May 2024 | 7:06 AM IST

The deal between the two tech giants is at the heart of the landmark case, in which antitrust enforcers allege Google has illegally monopolised the market for online search and related advertising

Updated On: 02 May 2024 | 7:14 AM IST

Many big customers have started spending again on cloud computing after pausing last year to cut costs, executives and analysts said

Updated On: 01 May 2024 | 9:03 AM IST

The company also said it would pay a dividend of 20 cents a share, its first ever, and repurchase an additional $70 billion in stock. The shares jumped 13 per cent in extended trading

Updated On: 26 Apr 2024 | 7:20 AM IST

Google told the affected employees that it's keeping this matter as confidential as possible, only disclosing information on a need to know basis

Updated On: 18 Apr 2024 | 11:28 PM IST

The stock is heading back toward what would be a record $2 trillion market value - a milestone surpassed only by Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp

Updated On: 11 Apr 2024 | 10:39 PM IST

The Competition and Markets Authority said Thursday it's uncovered an "interconnected web" of partnerships and investments within AI involving a handful of the same tech firms

Updated On: 11 Apr 2024 | 10:31 PM IST